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Your advice to help me gain 3 pounds of muscle
Hi everyone! So my current goal is to gain 3 pounds of muscle. How can I do this? Any advice you have is helpful. I am a 5'7" female, currently 21% body fat. I have been having a hard time increasing the amount of weight I lift. Thanks for your input!
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Your thoughts on Eat to Live?
I received the book Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman for Christmas. It advocates a 90% vegetarian and unprocessed diet for nutrient density and lifelong health. It says animal proteins contribute to colon cancer, citing the China study. The daily ETL guideline is 30-60% cals from vegetables (except potatoes), 10-40% from…
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Lifting/resistance with shoulder arthritis - ideas please
Hi, I'm a 5'7", 32 year old female now 5 pounds to go to get to my healthy weight range. So far I've lost weight with cardio alone, but I know resistance will help reshape my body. I used to enjoy lifting but then developed arthritis, cronic pain and muscle spasms in my shoulders and couldn't lift hand weights or anything…
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Question: Protein requirement if not lifting weights?
I recently switched my macros to 40-30-30. The protein requirement is really high and requires me drinking extra protein shakes, eating jerky and more chicken than I normally would. I know this is recommended to help with muscle growth, especially when weight lifting. But I currently don't have lifting in my routine. Is…
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Newb questions
What are macros? What is TDEE? Anything else you think I should know to understand MFP and the forums? Thanks.
