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Confused on Stage 1
Hello, I'm starting The New Rules of Lifting for Women on Monday and though I read the book entirely I'm still relatively confused about how I'm supposed to do my workouts. So I looked on the Internet for a spreadsheet for Stage 1 (with hope that somehow miraculously I'd figure it out for Stage 2 when the time comes) and I…
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Soy Crumbles
So I'm trying to build muscle, but to meet my daily protein goals I decided to go the natural way and not use protein shakes and other supplements. I found these soy crumbles (add in boiling water, wait for 10 minutes) which contain 52g of protein per 100g. Since I'm not a very good cook, I was wondering if I can just make…
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Uneasy about protein shakes
So I've decided to try the The New Rules of Lifting for Women and the program includes a protein shake after every workout session. The thing is I've never used protein shakes of any kind, and in my mind there's a sort of a prejudice towards them believing they belong in the group of steroids and unhealthy unnatural…
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Cooking tomato
Suppose I have an average tomato. Let's say that's 17cal. If I just take the tomato, peel it (assuming the perfect peeling where ONLY the skin comes out and the insides are intact), chop it up and put it in a pan where I heat it and stir it until it becomes a mushy sauce-like kind of thing, how many calories will that be?…
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Mass to calories ratio
Hello everyone, Recently I figured that if I manage to find foods that have a larger mass than calories they could fill me up and I'd still intake relatively little calories. So far I have found only a few foods of this kind: 1. Heinz Baked Beans - 415g can for 318 calories. Deal. Mainly protein so keeps me full for long.…
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Looking for friends
Hello, My name is Ellie. I'm 21 and I'm willing to lose 2-3kg and get in better shape. My current mass is 52kg and I'm 167cm tall (or short). I do 6 days of work out for an hour and as of this week I'm including an extra hour of exercise in 3 of my 6 days. I'm losing weight at a steady rate and I'm happy with that,…
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Mass to calories ratio
Hello everyone, Recently I figured that if I manage to find foods that have a larger mass than calories they could fill me up and I'd still intake relatively little calories. So far I have found only a few foods of this kind: 1. Heinz Baked Beans - 415g can for 318 calories. Deal. Mainly protein so keeps me full for long.…
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Mass to calories ratio
Hello everyone, Recently I figured that if I manage to find foods that have a larger mass than calories they could fill me up and I'd still intake relatively little calories. So far I have found only a few foods of this kind: 1. Heinz Baked Beans - 415g can for 318 calories. Deal. Mainly protein so keeps me full for long.…
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Strength training
Hello everyone, I have a slight worry here. I do zumba classes 4-5 times a week and I try to put in some aerobics in my week as well. Our zumba classes consist of 45 minutes of dancing (we have one song with weights for the upper body) and the last 15 minutes are butt exercises, abs and back (crunches push ups and so on).…
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Is zumba enough?
Hello everyone, I have a slight worry here. I do zumba classes 4-5 times a week and I try to put in some aerobics in my week as well. Our zumba classes consist of 45 minutes of dancing (we have one song with weights for the upper body) and the last 15 minutes are butt exercises, abs and back (crunches push ups and so on).…
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Just a Thank you note
Hello everyone, I know I haven't reached my final goal yet, but I am seeing results after only 20 days after starting this whole thing and I am literally thrilled. I feel healthy, purified, clean, full of energy and I must say zumba has improved my quality of life on so many levels. I'm just so much happier now. I'd like…
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How long will it take?
Hello everyone! I do a cardio workout 5-6 times a week (started on Monday the 10th) and have only done one ball pilates class this week as well, however I intend to do 1 to 2 of those per week in the future. I went vegetarian with minimal dairy product intake aside from my milk in my muesli in the morning. So generally my…
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Why did aerobics not work out?
Hello! I'm 167cm tall and weigh 55kg. I remember times when I used to weigh 50kg and I'd like to get back to that. I recently (a month ago) took up an aerobics class which was incredibly difficult. I was expecting weight loss, but instead I got weight gain. I understand that I gained a lot of muscle mass and that could be…
