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competing
Hey ladies, are any of you bikini competitors? How did you get started and what advice would you have? I'm interested to hear any words of wisdom! I've been approached a couple times in the gym about it, so I'm curious.
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why are unsaturated fats healthier?
Is it because they skip the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase step in beta oxidation & produce fewer ATP equivalents? Or because poly-unsaturated fatty acids form dienes and consume energy through reductase? Is it because of some property of the kinked hydrocarbon chains due to the cis bonds? These are the only possibilities I can…
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leg question
Okay so I've always been a runner, but I supplement with *some* strength training and crosstraining. However, this summer I've been much more serious about resistance training and activities like cycling. I've definitely been doing many more squats than before. Here's the problem--I have gained TWO INCHES of muscle in my…
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workout songs
Any suggestions? Preferably in the same genre as my other songs. (As in, don't recommend a Black Eyed Peas song. Nothing will make me want to stop exercising any more than Fergie or will.i.am. Except for maybe Taylor Swift haha.) Currently my favorites are: 1. Move Your Body- My Darkest Days 2. Shoot It Out- 10 Years 3.…
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which color?
http://shop.lululemon.com/products/clothes-accessories/women-shorts-skirts-and-dresses/Run-Speed-Short-32138?cc=9188&skuId=3419748&catId=women-shorts-skirts-and-dresses# I already have grapeseed and black, but I loveee these shorts. What should my next color be? (Not the blue, they don't have my size.)
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feeling fat today
So I don't feel so hot right now, just woke up and felt terrible about myself. I feel like my efforts haven't been successful lately. For my entire adult life I've been very careful about what I eat, and it showed (I was a size 00). But somehow I've crept up to a 2 and I cannot get back to my former size. Maybe I'm just…
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haven't weighed myself
I suffer from huge body image problems & I have been known to weigh myself daily, but I haven't stepped on the scale for a month now! I have no idea what I weigh right now, and that feeling is almost liberating. I plan to weigh myself again sometime, but it's nice to lose that focus!
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this is ridiculous
For over a year I've been consistently logging everything on this site. For the majority of this year, I was a size 00-0 (5'5" 118-124 lbs with a fit/muscular build). Literally from April to May, I gained about 10 pounds and went up to a size 2-4. I don't know why this happened, but what's more frustrating is that I can't…
