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Deadlifts and Light headed
For anyone that lifts weights I have a question about getting light headed. Whenever I'm doing deadlifts, I sometimes get a little light headed after I've finished my set, not fall down light headed, but still light headed. Is this normal or am I not breathing correctly? any help would be most appreciated.
Help with understanding sugars
I looked at the sugars in my diet for the first time today and it has me set at around 50 and i conusmed over 140+. I'm trying to figure out how concerned I should be about my sugars and if I need to cut them back dramatically down to the 50 number?
Deadlifts and how you feel about them?
I myself have only been doing deadlifts in my routine for about 7 weeks. So far I love these exercises. I'm not that strong with them yet, but I love how exhausted and how I feel while doing them and afterwards. The exercise just feels like more than just a push and pull motion. Along with squats, it's the only other lift…
My Bit of Success
My bit of success. I lost about 53 pounds and a hole lot of stomach. Didn't really want to post anything till the one year mark, but I just noticed how much of a difference there has been. I know there is only about a month left, but I have every intention to make even more of a difference.
All-Pro Strength
I'm on my second 5 week round of All-Pro strength routine and I've enjoyed it a lot. I wanted to see if anyone else has used this routine and how it worked for them? I can say that in the last 3 weeks I didn't lose to much weight, but I've lost over 8+ inches over my entire body, not counting my arms that actually…
Do you(r) research?!
I am curious if people actually research the mass amounts of information out there or if they only accept the tid bits of information they read from the MFP forums and friends? do you eat your calories back or dont? which burns weight faster cardio/weights? can i eat before bedtime? when you have these questions do you…
Stretching after weights/cardio
Quick question. Sometimes my workouts run a little longer then I intend, do to chatting with other people, and I end up barely getting to work on time. I know I need to stretch and I end up stretching later at home. I wanted to know if that is ok or does the stretch need to be as close to the workout as possible to help…
Being asked for advice
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but since it does feel like a bit of a success, I feel it's appropriate to discuss here. Over the past few weeks, people have been coming up to me and asking for advice on how to get started and what they could do to help them get in to shape. A little back story, I started losing…
No Fat or Weight Loss
Happy, but a bit confused. Gained about a pound and didn't lose any fat, according to my home scale. However, my measurements have dropped. Chest 40.5 to 39.875 Waist 41 to 39.5 Hips 39.5 to 38.25 Adding all the inches together totals up to approx 7.375 over the past 18 days. I know it's more about the inches, but confused…
Macro Nutrients
So I have my diet set at 35-Carbs 30-Protein and 35-Fat. I've read several different places that we need about a .3-.5 grams of fat for every pound of body weight. these numbers would put me at about 73g of fat and my weight is about 203. I also read that we want about .5-.8 grams of protein for every pound of fat, so this…
Anime before a Workout
Who watches anime before they go workout? I DO! Team Gurren: You dumbass! kick logic out and do the impossible. Remember that. That's the way Team Gurren roles!!! Got to love animated motivation!
Rock Lee Workout
ROCK LEE WORKOUT: Motto - If I can't do this, I must do this!!! Failure adds up! 1st round: EX 1 - 30 second - 5 pull ups (assisted if necessary) 10 second rest EX 2 - 30 second - 10 burpee (push ups if you can) 10 second rest EX 3 - 30 second - 20 squats (jump squats for more difficulty) 10 second rest *Failure Exercise -…
First Negative Comment
So I have facebook linked to MFP, like most people would, I imagine. Everytime I log my exercises it shows up on facebook. So today, I logged my exercises and it posted to facebook, but I alos made a comment about a dislike towards Bear Crawls, and for the first time I actually had someone tell me to stop posting all the…
Making fun of the Fatties and the Anorexic!
So I was just thinking to myself after I was reading some posts and I thought to myself about my own actions and actions of others that I have seen in my life. I have picked on very skinny girls in the past and have made fun of them for being skinny and assuming they don't eat. I know that I have had friends that have…
Cardio VS Weight Lifting - The Truth
There is no truth here, just an opinion. Not going to discuss any actual facts, but discuss my feelings about the two different paths to exercising. If anyone has similar or opposite or not even in the same realm feelings about the two, please add them to the discussion. (if a discussion actually occurs) For myself when it…
Help with shake recipe
I want some help with my shakes. I don't want to get use to starwberry & banana shakes. here are the ingredients I will have avail for breakfast tomorrow. 2%milk, both strawberry and chocolate protein mixes, strawberries, bananas, a mango, almonds, plain greek yogurt, apples, oranges, baby spinach and walnuts. so…
Putting Scale Away
I have noticed that I have been weighting myself a lot, more often then I need. I don't know why either, I know not to expect real weightloss that way, but I still keep doing it. So, I've decided I am weighting myself tomorrow morning and putting my scale in the closet till next week. I think seeing it there has created…
TDEE seems way high
I have been going off the bmr and all that for my calorie intake, but reading on a post I came across tdee. I am not 100% sure about it or if im inputting the information correctly. I exercise 4-6 times a week and entered that in calculator and it is telling me that i need to eat between 3202 or 3563 if i input heavy…
Afterburn Effect and Fat LOSS
I just read this interesting article about afterburn effect from working out and it's got me wondering if anyone else had some further information on the topic. Here is the link: http://www.builtlean.com/2011/06/29/afterburn-effect-of-exercise-qa-with-dr-christopher-scott-phd/ Seems to be focused on anaerobic exercises…
Adding Strength Training to Workouts
I've been working out and losing nicely for about 8 months and lost a little over 40 pounds. I've done mostly cardio, I did a little weight lifting, but low weights and high reps when i first started working out. Now i'm about 30 pounds away from my target weight and want to start adding weight lifting to my workouts. I'm…
Before Bedtime Snack
I have read a lot of different opinions regarding eating at night, some say no other say yes. However, I just started reading about catabolism, where the body start to eat consume muscle mass instead of fat storage. I read that it is better to keep the body in anabolic state and one of the ways to do that is to eat every…
Been here 4 a while.
Hola, I have been on MFP for a while now, but never bothered to introduce myself. I don't know why, but now I figure it would be smart to get to know some people on here. Get some advice and some support. I got started on weightloss because I saw a smaller skinny friend go from approx 160 to about 195 in a year through…
Lunch Exercise
I don't know if this is the proper place to post, but it is exercise. I just did a run with a co worker of about 1.2 miles in about 14 minutes. We stopped every 1/8 of a mile and did push ups starting at 5, all the way up to 8 by the half mile and then finished the last half between walking and jogging. Followed the run up…
30 day shred or.....
So I've been doing insanity the past month and have been enjoying it. My mom has shown interest in it, but she has not worked out herself a lot. After reading a lot of different topics, I've read a lot of stories about 30 Day Shred. I wanted some insight on whether this workout would be good for a beginner, because I know…
Core Exercises: when and how often should I do them?
I have been working out pretty hard over the past 3 months or so. I have been doing a kickboxing class at La Boxing for about 3 months and I started Insanity about a month ago, about to enter the 2nd part. All this working out that I do has some core exercises involved and sometimes I am doing them over 4 times a week. All…