Posts by Susan Jackson12

If anyone is looking for homemade protein bar recipes, I make them to grab for work snacks... You just need soy flour and whey protein. I have some versions made with low-fat cottage cheese and others using non-fat Greek yogurt.

Here is my latest batch, apple cinnamon flavor:


Variant 1, chocolate orange
Variant 2, lemon elderberry
Variant 3, apple cinnamon

Here’s a recipe from my side. I experimented with a mushroom-based dough for pies, quiches, and things like that, using barely any fat—just enough olive oil so the mushrooms don't burn. The full recipe is here, and it goes like this:


The dough is just 450g of mushrooms, a bit of olive oil to sauté them, 200ml of wheat germ, 50ml of oat flour, salt to taste, and whatever herbs you like (I went with wild oregano). You grind the mushrooms and sauté them until the excess moisture evaporates, then mix in the dry ingredients. Let the dough rest in the fridge for half an hour and it's ready... you don't roll it out, you just press it into the pan. It wouldn't be as flaky as a traditional crust without butter, but the flavor is absolutely perfect.

Alex Thomas27 said:I want calves like girls my age (17). Girls my age don't have 16-inch calves. They have slender, tapered calves, and that's what I want.

Oh, honey. With your measurements, your calves aren't your only issue. You need to lose weight; you're carrying quite a bit of extra bulk.

Working out won't make your calves bigger because you'll be losing fat. You should focus on building muscle mass to maintain your weight and look toned, but there's no way you'll get bulky without intense training and a significant calorie surplus—and since you need to lose weight, you'll be in a deficit. Muscle hypertrophy doesn't happen without a surplus. So, you don't need to worry about that.

If you still think exercise will increase your calf size, explain to me how yours are 16 inches just from walking, while I work out intensely six days a week and mine are only 13 inches? And I'm much older than you... almost 39. You have excess weight everywhere, so you need to slim down, and then you'll slim down everywhere. It's possible your calves are genetically thicker, but based on your other stats, it's clear you're just overweight.

I'm probably just feeding the trolls here, but I'll answer anyway... who knows, maybe this is actually a serious question...

Total troll. Claims calves swell up just from walking? Lol.

I'm also 5'6", with measurements of 36" hips, 25" waist, 35" bust, 13" calves, and 20" thighs. If walking causes swelling, imagine what happens to me since I do single-leg squats, weighted squats with 55 lbs, and a whole bunch of other stuff...

The fix is pretty straightforward—lose weight. Cut your daily calories, bump up the protein, and start training. Mix in some cardio you actually enjoy, but make sure to hit strength training too so you don't lose what little muscle you have.

Practice whenever it works for you. The most important thing is staying consistent, so pick a time slot that actually fits your schedule... As for morning workouts, stick to light cardio. You shouldn't be doing anything too intense on an empty stomach.