Recent content by Anna Kubit

Question... For those of you with IUD, Did you have to insert it while you have your period? My gyn. wants me to insert it when i have my period, but that's not for another month. Just want to know if anyone had it inserted while not having your period... I'm getting paraguard. Anna

I understand that I need to bulk up and then cut in order to show muscles... I can't seem to build muscle well without proper nutrition, as in 'high cals, and some carbs.' Yet, when I am on a bulking up diet, I stay at the same BF% or my BF% goes up. I need my BF a lot lower still... So should I...

Thanks everyone! I seem to be doing better. I feel great (muscles are nice and tight) and my BF% is steady or going down. One thing I am going to do though over the next month or two is try to bulk up and not worry about the fat so much, and then cut. This should solve all my issues. I'll...

My fav lately include natural stuff... http://www.sukisnaturals.com/ I like the moisturizer for acne-prone skin (I seem to be breaking out more lately; hormonal + stress I think). Suki makes products also which are not for acne-prone people... Like the carrot moisturizer... Suki's stuff is...

Speaking of Melatonin, I've used it, but I have to take more than the recommended dose for it to work even. This is usually when I use it in a row a few times... Like when I try to change my bod clock to wake up a lot earlier... It this normal to have to take so much? Can one get addicted to...

I pulled a muscle I think... I was doing my stiff leg deadlifts and maybe I had the wrong form or went too far down... I felt this sharp pain in my lower left-side back and since I have not been able to bend down without supporting myself (or if not, lots of pain). It hurts even if I bend down...

Daisy, that makes a lot of sense. ;-) I am going to increase water intake even more. Right now I drink about .75 gal of H20 per day.. and that's after increasing my water intake a lot. I'll take it up to 1.5 galons per day (*I am going to hate the bathroom soon after all this water intake...

Good points, girls ;-) Thanks... What i am eating: I eat every 2-3 hours (mostly every 2 hrs) from when i wake up... I am trying to get up at consistent times to make this process easier though... So usually: Morning: Soy milk, 4 tbs oats, 1 splenda, 3 tbs ground flaxseed, 2-3 tbs of whey...

CT here ;-) I wouldn't mind going to FL though... Looking for a job there right now actually ;-)

Hi girls! Here's the issue: I've been measuring my BF% on my stomach area since 10/24 and it's about steady. My workouts this week have been intense... My weight seems to have gone up about 1.5 lbs (maybe because I am training with weights again; this hopefully is muscle). I am at 131.5 for the...

Daisy, Thanks so much! That makes a lot of sense! Regarding the HIIT training, I am on the treadmill for a sprint of 20 sec, then 10 sec break/slow, for a total of 2 minutes of this. And at the end I am super-tired: 'Ready to die' type tired! ;-) Please explain if you have the chance of how...

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For a mattress, I recommend Tempur Pedic. Great stuff! Been using it for years and now if I sleep on a regular mattress, I have so much pain.. It aligs your back correctly, so it should help ;-) Can buy it at Brookstones.

Thanks for all that input ;-) I think I am done with hormones... I have been searching the posts on here and I have read too many horror stories of gaining fat, etc. I am so serious about my fitness that I rather not have sex or to use a condom in order to more easily reach my goals. Maybe...

Hi everyone! I have started my 2nd hypertrophy specific 6 week cycle at the beginning of this week. The last cycle was short (about 3 weeks) as I started out with too much weight (tried to increase too fast and exhausted way too fast). I just had a little over a week off before starting this...