Posts by stashie

"It will probably turn some fat into muscle or help you keep the muscle you have while loosing fat but unless ur lifting tons of weight ur not gonna bulk up."

You CANNOT turn fat into muscle. They are 2 different cell types and they do not morph into each other. You can undergo muscle hypertrophy which means your muscle cells get larger. You CANNOT create new skeletal muscle cells. There is some new research being done that may prove that cardiac skeletal muscle cells can be generated, but there is nothing as of yet about skeletal muscle in the rest of your body. Again, YOU CANNOT TURN FAT INTO MUSCLE!!! It just makes no sense. I am currently a 3rd year Veterinary Student so I am knowledgeable about Physiology and Metabolism.

I use Circuit Training for Weightlifting Days (and Plyo). I use Judo for Kenpo days. I have a heart rate monitor that (based on my age, gender, and heart rate) tells me how many calories I burned. So I use the calories burned and time it took me based on the heart rate monitor to convert it using the Circuit Training or Judo calories. For example, today I burned 1176 calories doing Kenpo X and Kenpo Cardio Plus for 78 minutes. So in the Judo workout, I enter it in as 111 minutes and it's the same calories burned. This way I keep my calorie deficit around 300-500 per day with 2 maintenance or slightly surplus days (5-10% above my calories burned) per day.

It's impossible to guess how many calories you will burn per workout because it's different for everyone. I highly suggest getting a heart rate monitor!

Yes, I do circuit training twice a week for an hour each time and I love it!

I would say go for the muscle hypertrophy with weight lifting and be sure you're eating enough calories to gain size. As long as you eat enough in a healthy way, you should increase your lean body mass with (hopefully) minimal changes to your body fat. After that, I would then focus on lowering the body fat which will be much easier once your lean body mass is higher and you're burning more calories even at rest.

Try not to focus so much on your overall weight and instead think about how you feel/look as compared to before. If you're into numbers, figure out your lean body mass and body fat percentage. Your weight will fluctuate every day and throughout the day so don't base your progress on that alone.

Be sure to drink enough water and try to avoid pre-packaged foods. Anything you can buy that is fresh would be so much better! Lots of products now say low sodium on the front, but just check out the nutrition label to see the amount of sodium per serving.

Weight training will help you with fat loss, but make sure you're eating enough. "Toning" is a terrible term, just build up your strength by using heavier weights and your body will change with time.

Large/whole oats, or fine/milled? Whole oats

Stovetop or microwave? Microwave

Favourite mix-in? Cinnamon or apple slices

Favourite toppings? See above

Favourite topping combination? See above!

Preferred alternative grain to oats? None

Favourite savoury hot cereal or porridge? Quaker Oats

Favourite brand? Quaker

Favourite product of that brand? Quaker oats 1-minute canister

Is there a hot cereal you’ve not had you’d like to try? Possibly Kashi hot cereal

Is there a hot cereal you have had you’d like to recommend or discourage? Nope

1/2 cup of dry oats (40 grams) is 150 calories.

I eat 1 cup of oatmeal with cinnamon, 1 slice of double protein bread with 1 tsp of peanut butter, and ~16 ounces of water. I wait 1-2 hours before I exercise.

Online body fat measurement calculators aren't that great, your BF% could be way different than it's telling you. It would be better to use a scale that measures body fat, or (the best thing) if you belong to a gym then have it measured there. That will give you the most accurate answer as to your actual body fat.

I always go to the bathroom before I run, my body is on a good schedule now to do so!  Maybe take it easy when you run or try to run after you have to go to the bathroom. (It might not be the running that's causing it, just that you have to go at that time each day?)

I know what you mean... whenever I order water in a restaurant or have water at someone else's house with a meal (all I drink is water), they always ask if I'm on a diet. Hello?! You NEED water to live! We're mostly MADE of water! People are so crazy sometimes haha. :)

1. How old are you? 23

2. Did you or are you planning to attend college? Attending veterinary school

4. What do you do for a living? Full-time graduate student right now

5. Do you enjoy your job? I love school!

 6. How many hours do you work in a day? I am in class/studying around 70 hours a week

7. How many days a week do you workout (gym)? 4-5 days a week

 8. What time do you prefer to workout? Afternoon

9. Does your job get in the way of exercise? Nope!

Back in 2004, I decided to make an account on OKCupid for the fun of it because I loved thespark.com. This guy happened to message me who lives an hour away from me and we talked on AIM for 6 months. Then, he happened to be driving near my area so I met him in a public place (I brought my brother with me haha). We ended up starting a relationship and we've been together 4 years come this September. This summer we also got engaged. :) We have a bit of a long distance relationship right now because I am away at college most of the year, but we spend all my breaks together.