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Help with using Libra app to maintain
I am currently trying to maintain while recomping. I started using the Libra app a little over a month ago but am not sure how to read what it's telling me. My starting weight was 140.9 and today's weight is 142, but it's been up and down during that time. The trend line on the graph has been heading up for the last week…
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Have you ever retroactively decided you were bulking?
My plan was, starting in October, to recomp -- eating at maintenance and doing Stronglifts 5x5. Due to some bad eating choices over the holidays (okay, starting at Halloween), I seem to have gained about 7 lbs. I figure at least some of that has to be muscle, right?? So I'm pretending I meant to do that, calling it a dirty…
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A couple of whiny little questions :-)
I am brand new at lifting heavy weights, so please bear with me. Squats: When I rest the bar across the back of my neck and my shoulders, it is quite painful. I seem to be getting a bruise on the vertebra that sticks just below the curve of your neck (C7?) Am I doing something wrong, or will I just get used to this? Also,…
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Parents: how do you talk to your kids about weight issues?
Okay, this is a spin-off from the apparently endless DisneyWorld exhibit thread. :laugh: Parents, I would like your tips on how you talk to your kids about making healthy food choices (easy) and what happens if they don't (not so easy). I have a preschool son and daughter. My son is super picky and very thin. My daughter…
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How important is eating right after a strength workout?
Hi, I am trying to improve my body fat percentage as well as lose weight, so I'm doing some weight training (so far mostly with the Supreme 90Day DVDs). What I'm hearing on the DVDs and what I have read in "The New Rules of Lifting for Women" is that I should be eating (or drinking) a meal high in protein and carbs right…
