Posts by starffy

Sounds like you might be too obsessed about it.

Try upping your calories for a day every now and then.  Or add a cheat meal every two weeks or something.  You don't want to do the same thing every day, or your body gets used to it, and adjusts to maintain at the level you're at.

Also, you said you were eating 1850/day without exercise and you switched to 1600 with exercise.  Are you including eating back any of the calories from the exercise?

I use several website calculators (each with different formulas), a body fat scale, a body fat hand monitor, and a self caliper device.  The body fat scale varies based off of hydration, but I try to use it once a day when I'm fully hydrated.  All of them are within 2-3% of each other.  When I first started, however, I was taking the measurements in the wrong areas.  Read the directions thouroughly and find a site that details precisely where to measure each body part.  The difference between measureing over your belly button and an inch below greatly affects the accuracy of these formulas.

When I had my wisdom teeth out two years ago (before I was counting), I ate pretty much nothing but ice cream and my muscle milk protein shake for the first two days.  This is a specific situation when protein supplements are very useful.  

I also had jello once.  And Cream of wheat.

Being big or being small doesn't change who you are on it's own. Take a look at how you've changed. Being healthy doesn't mean you can't have any fun. Okay, you shouldn't be drinking, but at your age, you shouldn't any way.

Some people change their whole view of the world, and all they thing about is being healthy. Live a little. When you go out with your friends, DON'T bring up what you can and cannot eat. Just find something healthy wherever you go, or bring something of your own. A lot of people get upset when you're talking about your diet all the time.

I would do things that scared me and learn from every experience I had. I would never be scared to try new things and make a fool of myself at all!

It sounds like you've become more self conscious by becoming thin. If you didn't care about making a fool of yourself while you were bigger, why do you care now?

You are the people that make us feel uncomfortable. It's like " He's looking at me... Why is he looking at me? - looks at self - Okay, good... he stopped. .... ooh nu He's doing it again.... >_< - leaves - " 
It's unnerving/disturbing to get eyeballed every so often. Say something! Or don't stalk girls at the gym. Some girls are too self conscious to know they're eye candy. They just think you're a stalker. Or can't keep from staring at their most unflattering attributes.

That's a shame.  Most people don't stare at unflattering attributes.   I know when I'm at the gym, and there's an attractive girl nearby, I tend to look over at her every now and then.  I can't help it; it's my nature (and human nature in general).  Yes, I could go over and speak to the girl, but a) if I'm in a relationship I'm not going to, nor am I not going to look, and more importantly b) at the gym, I'm not in a talkative mode. I try not to stare, so much as glance over every now and then.

Personally, I always like to assume the best, so whenever I notice a girl (or a guy)looking at me, I take it as a compliment.  It makes me feel better than wondering what they're staring at.  When I was younger, I wasn't sure, but at some point, I made a conscious choice to always assume the best...unless they're pointing at me and laughing.  But luckily that doesn't happen very often.

Right, if you're looking for a wonder drug, or even one that lives up to it's own hype, you may as well throw your money away.  Even steroids aren't as effective as the media portrays them.

They are supplements, not replacements.  If you diet properly and exercise properly you'll see results.  If you do so with the right supplements, you'll see better results.  But you won't see amazing results, and without diet and exercise you probably won't see any results. 

Since the op is looking for a recommendation, I will mention that I've been taking sessamin for almost a month now on the recommendation from a friend who swears by iti, and I've been eating rather poorly (not terribly, but I wasn't maintaining a deficit, and probably went well over maintenance many many times during the holidays), and I've gained weight of course, but my muscle definition/tone has actually improved more than if I had been dieting.  And I didn't change my workout.  I'm going to give it another month eating properly and see how it goes.

Endless crunches is the wrong way to go.  Try doing three sets of 15 on an 2-3 exercises every other day.  Add resistance if you can.

If you just keep adding on more crunches, you end up turning it into an aerobic exercise, which isn't really going to help you build any abs.  And you'll need at least a day rest every time.  But don't worry about building abs so much that they pop out.  Girls normally won't have that happen without steroids. 

That's normal.  You probably weren't getting enough fiber before, but now you are, especially with the amount of fruit you're having.

Too much fruit?  Well, there is for me, but it's perfectly healthy as far as I know. 

Tumors require certain types of protein in order to grow, so if you have a tumor, cutting down on those proteins can help prevent tumor growth.  But that's not the same as those proteins causing tumors.

You seem to be hitting everything.  Here's what you have for upper body: 

back: row of some sort,  lat pulldowns
chest: bench press, incline fly, bent over fly, pullovers
shoulders: military press / lateral + front
biceps: curls
triceps: (overhead extension, skullcrusher, or dip) 

It sounds to me like you're doing too much for a single session.  How long does it take you?  Try to limit yourself to about 45 minutes; after that testosterone levels drop (for both men and women), and you get significantly diminished returns.

Since you're trying to gain now, I would suggest switching to a 3 day split.  That way you can really push yourself on each muscle group, and have more rest before you hit the same group again.

Try this: 

Day 1: Chest, shoulder and triceps. 

Day 2: Back and biceps

Day 3: Legs 

I just got my iphone a few weeks ago, and I've been using it with calorie-count a lot.  It's great being able to add things and look things up at the restaurant instead of planning ahead or finding out how off you were later.

There are definitely some parts that could be better for a mobile interface, like what amazon has done for their iphone site. 

I've met a fair amount of rich fat men.

But I think it largely stems from the way the US government subsidizes so many foods that make junk food cheaper. 

Well, it is a public forum about weight loss, so to me at least, it was a given that there'd be a lot of people obsessing about their weight.  And  a lot of people don't know what a reasonable goal for them is.  You gotta just get past it.

Also, sometimes it is actually better for some people to set an unreasonable goal as most people never reach goals they set for themselves.  Some may keep pushing until they reach a more reasonable goal.  For others, they might stop early because of it, so it really comes down to the individual.