That's probably right! I think community service as punishment is a great thing *devilish grin*

Oh by the way, Hi Steve!! Hee hee! Have fun advising, financially!

I love your journal title!

Just wanted to say that you're amazing and you give a lot of great advice...I'm going back to some of your posts to pick up some info to incorperate it in my daily nutrition and exercise!

Thanks!

hello handsome how are you this saturday?

Lena

Howdy Steve Have a nice weekend

Stopping in to say hello Have a great sunday..

Hey steve, my name is rashmi & I’m 32 yrs old. Currently I weigh ‘bout 169.4 lbs.
I have a question. I work out 6 days a week for about an hour. 4 days of cardio & 2 days of resistance training.
Today I went for a physio test & didn’t do too well. My cardio endurance & flexibility were below average. Also my body fat % is 43%. I’m OK with this coz I know it’ll only get better.
Ok here the problem, about 10 yrs ago, I was clinically diagnosed with Anorexia. It too is not an issue now. I’ve made peace with my past & it helps me to appreciate what I do now better.
What I need to know is will all the muscle mass I lost back then come back?

Thanks

So, Your Steve. I recently joined and made a diary. One of the members had said that Steve would probably suggest I eat more calories. (not worded exactly like that) Every since, I been wondering (even posted) Who is steve?

Been thinking to myself and what does he know. Well after finding your journal. (finally) It appears that you are very knowledgeable.

I have read as many threads you wrote, that I could before my eyes glazed over.

I am new to exercise. For whatever reasons. I won't go into them here.

I started this a week ago. weight then was 221. Weight yesterday was 217.
I do not look at this as a diet. I know it is a lifestyle change. My doc and I figured it up about 3 months ago. See I was a Mountain dew addict. I was consuming between 1000-1500 calories a day in mountain dew.

I now drink one 12 oz can a day. I quit smoking on the 12th of this month.
I have started walking a min. of 1/2 mile daily. Seeing that I have sat like a couch potato for 10 years. I felt I should start low and build up.

Like alot more here, I don't want flabby body parts left after the weight is gone. I assume I can't rid it all. I have damaged my body to much through the years. However there has to be some plan for a beginner for exercise and muscle training (whatever that is). How do I find a good calorie intake for me? I dropped to 1500 ...from what I have seen here..that is error number 1.

I just have to say, you must be one awesome person. You joined here for your own reasons. Then we all (drooled) I mean came running to you for advice. many people would say ### and been gone. Good karma here.

Thanks for any advice you may be able to give. If you wanna peek and see what I have been eating...crazys diary.

Angie

Hey Steve!

My wife (bethann1156) has been a member here quite a little while now and talks about the information she gets off of this site and aminly from you.

A little about my goals. I ballooned to a very plump 218 pounds and as a typical new Years resolution, I decided to go on a diet and lose that fat. I probably did it too fast but being a former wrestler, I did this most of my life. Anyways, I have now dropped about 32 pounds, down to 186 as of this morning.

What I want to do now is keep shredding the body fat but also gain about 10-15 punds of muscle in the process. I play a lot of softball and tournament season is upon us now. If I drop too much weight, I lose the pop in my stick.. gain too much weight, my old ass knees and lower back suffer from the stress.

Any insight on a good bulking up/fat burner/muscle buiding would be most appreciative!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Bruce

hey handsome!

Welcome back - hope you had a great time fishing with your buddies and the weather cooperated as did the fishies...

hi ya Steve! Hope you had a good weekend!

Hey Steve! Yesterday I read the first 50 pages of your journal (it took a while lol) and while I was enterained throughout it, I also learned soooo much! I feel like an expert now! I was trying to explain to some of my girl friends today about not lifting 3lb weights in sets of 3x20 today, but rather doing something heavier in sets of 5x5 or 5x3. They didnt believe me lol. But today I did go do some weight machines (I am still scared of free weights, but I'll conquer them soon) and I did heavier weights with less reps. Just thought i'd stop in and let you know that your diary has been such a good read, and I still have about 100 pages left!

... waits patiently to hear all the fish stories about the ones that got away...