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Juicing and Removing Pulp - Nutrition Stats
Hi guys, Just a quick question to those who make their own juice or even recipes and then use the recipe calculator on this site. Let's say that after you've entered all of you ingredients, your juice comes out too 250 calories (x carbs, x protein, etc, etc) but then you remove a good percent of the pulp. How do I…
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Block of exercise vs throughout the day cadence?
This may be a foolish question but in which example are you getting a better work out in terms of building muscle and strength. Or are you getting the same level exercise? 200 sit ups in one hour. -OR- 200 sit ups throughout the day in sets of 30.
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Concentrating on legs with a workout balance
My lower body has always been resistant both to fat loss and muscle build. So while my torso looks toned and tight, my butt, thighs and legs look like I go to the gym once a month. Right now, my average workout day consists of 15 minutes of cardio (jogging, rollerblading, biking, elliptical) and then about 30 minutes of…
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Effective leg workouts for the lazy
Alright so not for the lazy but for those who very much dislike working on their legs. My lower body is resistant to looking/becoming toned and shedding body fat. At the same time, I find it hard to workout my legs because it's strenuous and painful for me. It makes it difficult to motivate myself to do them or to do any…
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Legs always feeling that 'burn' ?
Lately I've been noticing that I'm almost always feeling that burning sensation in my legs even during the slightest effort. Walking up stairs in my house, crouching down to get something and even getting up after I've been sitting on the floor. To put this in perspective, I'd put the intensity of my burn at 9/10 on the…
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How long did it take you to tone resistant areas?
Everyone has that one spot which seems to be resistant to toning or weight loss. For me it definitely has to be my thighs. I managed to tone them a long time ago through rollerblading but had gotten out of the habit since. I really can't remember how long it took to tone them, especially the inner adductors. I think it…
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MFP Guilt
Has anyone else been on here for a while with no friends, just enjoying the site for the logging aspects but then gaining friends and suddenly beginning to question eating habits? Like gee, I'd really like to eat this tube of raw cookie dough but I don't want people seeing it in my food journal. Awkward.
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Perception of strength
I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this. Sometimes I'll see a workout or an exercise and think 'wow, there's no way I can do that.' I'll try it out anyway and either barely be able to do it or not at all. But the ladies that I see doing the same exercise don't appear to be that fit. So I'll attempt it a few more…
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Maintenance vs gaining definition?
About a year ago I was very close to my ideal shape. I weighed about 107lbs with 23% bodyfat. Right now I'm around 112 with maybe 24% bodyfat. Now maybe this is something I'm just imagining but it honestly seems that it was easier to get more definition with the same effort when I was already in shape. For example, at…
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Attempting Keto diet
Today I start my ketogenic diet. It's not something I plan to stay on for long. I find it to be a fascinating idea and so my primary reason behind this attempt is just getting first hand experience with this diet. Obviously attain a leaner build is a great secondary reason but because I also am concentrating on physical…
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Am I not pushing hard enough?
Just to get this out of the way; I am not impatient. I have seen some results and I've been moderately satisfied with them. On an average day: I burn 200 doing cardio and strength training. I consume about 1000 calories. 80 grams of carbs. 50 grams of fat. 90 grams of protein. Initially I was seeing great results and lost…
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Calorie deficeit and hunger
I began just over a month ago on MFP and tried to maintain a diet of just under 900 calories. I realize that this was quite the large deficit but I wanted to see a change quickly. On average I'd say that I consume around 1100 calories a day and usually eat back my exercise macros. I try to keep my carbs fairly low…
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Working out and Muscle Soreness
When I first began working out, I would be sore pretty much every day. I'm about 6 weeks into working out regularly now. I have increased weights and speed (for cardio) but I no longer feel all that sore. So the question then is do you need to be sore in order to build muscle? I'm not talking about fat loss necessarily.…
