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Adjusting to building muscle
Hi all, I am looking for some advice and support with my journey I started with my personal trainer at world health. I started about a month ago with the goal of becoming more toned and decreasing body fat. I started at 130 and 17.5% BF (I am 5'8"). The first phase was called the "adaptive phase" where my muscle were…
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4-5 hours of sleep
Hey guys, I workout at least 5-6x a week for 1 1/2- 2 hours a day. I have found that ever since I have been doing this (past 4 months or so) I am sleeping less. I usually go to bed around 10pm and I am up at 2:30-3:00 am everyday. I don't feel groggy or anything but I am worried that this could potentially be detrimental…
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Refrigerate natural peanut butter?
Can someone please help me out here...I eat a lot of natural peanut butter and it always says "refrigerate after opening" I HATE doing that as it gets too hard. Do I NEED to put my natural peanut butter in the fridge? I've read some people do because it goes rancid and it can make you sick and there's some people who don't…
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Natural peanut butter
Anyone know how to melt natural peanut butter? I like to drizzle it on my yogurt & fruit in the morning. I've tried the microwave (like with normal peanut butter which works) and it was a fail....help!
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Booster Juice Post workout?
I go to world health club and one of the locations has a booster juice in it. I haven't had a booster juice in a LONG time so I figured I'd have a look @ the nutrition content and see if any were reasonable post workout drink/meal replacement. OMG the sugar content in even a small smoothie is AT LEAST 20g. However some of…
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Inches vs weight
I'm a 5'8" female...weighing 126-128lbs. Do any other women find it hard to get used to the idea of focusing on inches lost rather than the number on the scale? I have been lifting for a while now with a bit of cardio....I was 123lbs from August til about November. I notice my weight has gone up but I feel and look more…
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Weight gain after weightlifting
I am a 5'8" female weighing 126-127lbs. I weighed myself yesterday morning and was 126.5lbs. I then had a core strength class for 30 min and a total body weightlifting class (vigorous) for an hour after that. My intake was approx 1500cal and I probably burned 200-250cal. I woke up this morning weighing 128.9lbs! I find…
