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@dawn16 Oh yes me too! The 2 years I was on yasmin was the time I put on most weight because I was craving sugary junk food all the time. Once I got off it, the cravings stop. On the other hand keto also help me get into a better state with foods and diet.

@but_first_coffee Hmm I don’t think so because it wasn’t reported that they did autoantibodies testing. They mostly did HOMA-IR to assess for beta cell function and carried out several glucose tests like the OGTT. I don’t have the actual paper to read and the information was mostly published in...

@cordereko There was a study done in my country that showed that we produce less insulin and have poorer response to glucose loads than Caucasians. Our obesity rate isn’t high yet we are one of developed nations with the highest diabetes numbers. There are a lot of skinny fat people around with...

@tomarnold I feel it’s all 3. Anyway losing weight and dieting alone did nothing much to reduce my waist size. Even when I was at 90-95lbs which was underweight, my waist was still at 27inches. I only lost about 1.5 inches dropping from 130-95lbs. It sucked because I lost fat mostly in my boobs...

@swpocket There are outliers definitely since both cholesterol and bone disease can be affected by family history, genetics and lifestyle habits. Low risk doesn’t mean no risk. However what I’m saying for the general population it is not common to test for it because the risk is low for...

@swpocket It’s not done on younger premenopausal women in their 20s and 30s because of estrogen. Estrogen is the protective hormone for women against high cholesterol and bone resorption. That’s why there is a lesser extent for women at healthy weight in their 20s, 30s and early 40s to have...

@dayna Thank you! I heard that good form can help push out one final pull that's why I try to have good form! You are my goals too! I hope to reach 10 one day too. But first I focus on 8 :) And yep I'm also begining to try to get some in after some heavy lifting and am surprised I can do 5...

@nikkilang80 Yep they most definitely are. I don't know how some people progress so fast though. I have been stuck at about 5 for the past month. Now I'm just roughly getting 6.

@shillman Hey thank you! You got this as well! Lets us move towards the goal. If I succeed I will post again. To be honest, even 6 clean pull ups now will make me very happy.

@ortiz1983 Hi sorry for the late reply. Pre pregnancy I think I was able to do about 3. At that time I was already lifting and doing Muay Thai so that contributed a bit. Post partum I didn't train but somehow could do 2 at a whim. I looked at my lifts and realized I was doing quite a bit of...

@joshgale123 Chin-ups are easier because they work the muscles on the front of your body, like your biceps and chest, while pull-ups are more effective at targeting your back and shoulder muscles. I can do 7 chin ups but can only do 4-5 pull ups. To get better at them you need to do them at...

It's a personal goal of mine to be able to do 8 pull ups by the end of year. I'm still struggling between 5-6 currently but will take anything I get now. I'm following the 20 pull up challenge on top of other lifts I am doing. For reference. I'm 150cm and 48kg.

@cthelight7 Yeah I second what the other commenter said. We have our height working against us so weightlifting alone isn't enough. I kind of realized that once I started adding more Muay Thai lessons post partum. The abs start coming bad. I had them prior to pregnancy since I was doing both MT...

@jessicaz0218 I’m the same height and same weight as you but I believe I’m around 20-22%. Unfortunately for us short girls to maintain at this weight with a recomp requires incredibly hard work. I only managed to get to this stage through years of Muay Thai and lifting. I added in pole dance...

@stigss Weigh yourself in the morning morning right after you wake up. That is the best time as you have fasted and not eaten anything. Even sometimes weight can fluctuate. Mine can fluctuate to up to 3lbs.

@g3ntl3w4rri0r I do a couple of sports but my favourite right now is pole dance. The unfortunate thing is it is an expensive sport. It’s a full body workout of stamina, stability, strength and flexibility. And the more one advances, the more advance moves requires a lot of flexibility. So to...

@zazzi I have been lifting since late 2015 so I already have a background and know what good form is. So it was very easy for me to continue doing it. I definitely had to drop weight as I got bigger. And while it's not captured, my husband was spotting behind me while I was lifting since it's a...

@adriana28 Have you considered that the 3lbs you have put on is perhaps muscle? I mean you said you continued being active lifting 4 times a week. Perhaps you are eating more as well because your body is using that extra calories to build muscle. If you are still progressively overloading, that...

@markedbychrist Yes! Once out of the 4th trimester, it gets easier and baby gets a lot more responsive. Finally your son open his eyes and see the world. It just gets better from then although there will still be sleep regressions and such. Our daughter is now 3 and she says the cutest things...

@lapinot I just noticed that you eat 1500-1700. Pole dancing makes me very hungry and I am eating beyond 2600 nowadays ever since I installed my own home pole and am doing more pole than lifting. Despite maintaining the same weight and eating more(actually I can’t help it because I’m hungry...