Re: newbie - few questions

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Hi ,

Let's see if I can answer your questions...

1) Not all BFL recipes that you find on the boards are balanced or a

good idea for fat loss. Look for ones that include ingredients from

the authorized list and have nutrition stats. You want around 200-250

calories and 20-25g each of protein and carbs in order to call it a

meal.

2) Avocado is a healthy fat, so you have to really watch the portion

and you still need a protein and carb in the meal. For fat intake,

you're probably looking at 5-7g per meal or around 25-35g spread

throughout the day. That's pretty low. Some people supplement with

additional healthy fat like flax oil or Udo's and don't necessarily

count it in those totals.

3) Peanut butter - same as above.

4) Your 10s sound good. Sweat may or may not be involved during

weights. HIIT cardio leaves most people drenched, but that's not a

given either.

Hope that helps a little. Don't stress too much about the numbers.

Palm/fist portions really do work as long as you stick to the list,

but it's good to have an idea about the numbers when you're looking at

a label or a recipe. Congrats on getting started!

> Hey there,

> I'm and on day 4! My buddy and I already feel so much better!

> our muscles " hurt so good " and we LOVE it!

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> I have a few questions:

> 1) I got several recipes off the boards (not sure which ones though).

> One of the recipes is for " chocolate balls " . It's quite yummy, but

> it says 25 servings on it. That would be 1 ball per

> serving...hmmmmmm....that sure isn't very much food!! Does anyone

> have the nutritional info. on these? And if it says a serving does

> that mean it counts for an entire meal? If so, that's a bummer! I

> need help with " serving sizes " on many of these snacks.

>

> 2) I also got recipes for guac. So I'd been eating guac and baked

> pita chips as a meal...then I saw that guac is under " fats " - so how

> can that account for a meal? Do you just eat like, 2 teaspoons and

> make sure you have no other fat for the day? Then I suppose you still

> need to add a protein.

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> 3) I see that natural peanut butter is also in the fats...same

> question as above.

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> 4) On hitting 10's. Today, we definately hit our 10's on most

> exercises....sometimes earlier than we should have....we continued the

> reps, but when needed, my friend helped me get the bar all the way up.

> So, although I'm hitting 10's, as in, can't possibly do another

> one, I never started to " sweat like a pig " , which surprised me. Does

> it count for our 10's?

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> thanks for everything! from Atlanta

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