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Over sugar
Hey guys! I am clean bulking. I avoid refined sugar (with the exception of post workout) but I noticed I still go over my allotted daily sugar intake just about every day. I'm not worried about it one bit since I know they are mainly sugars from vegetables and limited fruits so it won't cause fat gain but am curious if…
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How to deal with indigestion symptoms?
I have been chronically underweight since I was a young teenager and have always had trouble gaining weight. In the last few days I have been trying again and reaching over 2,000 calories (which is my goal). However, I find myself staying up til 1am to reach this number and then waking up to stomach pains and nausea. I get…
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Do we loose muscle when we starve oursleves?
Hi, I am just curious to know what happen when we dont eat when we are hungry: do we lose muscle or fat? Talking with a bodybuilder, he was saying "it was too late" when you are hungry and we should always keep a snack with us. But what do you think he exactly meant by "too late"? Jamal
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Will this help me gain LEarn musclemass?
So i am 21 years old Male, 172cm and 75kilos. I have had a bad relation with food. Been eating healthy but eating to littel food. and i am now relaizing i am esting to little. So i did te math to figure out how many calories i need. Carbs, fat and proteins. I just need some advice from more experienced people. I want to…
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Has anyone experienced this?
Hi, I'm recovering from anorexia. I've already gained 10 pounds and have almost 10 more to go until I'm at a 'healthy' weight. I can not stop binge eating!!!! I hate it. Like I will eat 1500 cals in one binge. It happens weekly if not more. And it destroys confidence and makes me terrified of food and never want to eat…
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Have i done my math right?
So i am 21 years old Male, 172cm and 75kilos. I have been smoking alot of cannabis, and i am now relaizing i am esting to little. So i did te math to figure out how many calories i need. Carbs, fat and proteins. I just need some advice from more experienced people. I want to setup a diet plant to increase my calorie intake…
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Do I lose muscles doing cardio?
I do cardio before I lift and after I lift. I do it as a warm up and such. I was wondering if I lose muscles doing cardio since I'm like losing weight and my body would get smaller if I lost weight from cardio.
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Rate of weight gain?
I've been in recovery from anorexia since April, and in that time have gained about 7kg - I think I'm now at 43 kg, although I can't be certain as my scales at home are different from the doctors. Is this too fast? I'm learning to be accepting of my body and can just about manage the way it is, but I don't want to continue…
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Getting healthy weight
I'm 5'2, a teen girl at only 92 pounds. I am trying to gain weight and also get toned. My muscle mass started out lower than my body fat. I do blogilates and strength train. When I used to log my calories (I stopped recently) I was only reaching 1000 at most. Now, I'm not sure how much I am eating, but around how much…
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Gaining weight with a sensitive/picky stomach?
Hi everyone, After a recent physical I found out that since last year I've lost about 6 lbs, which isn't horrible but for someone my size, weighing 90 lbs isn't ideal (really, I should be around 100). Typically I have a pretty good appetite, but recently the nausea frequently caused by my anxiety has made it hard to eat…
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Arms are sore?
After weightlifting, my arms feel sore. Is this normal? (I feel a minor muscle gain because my arms do not feel, "wobbly" as much as a couple of days ago)
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Endomorph Bulk Up
Hi I'm 18, I'm 174cm (5'9) and I weight about 72.5Kg (159lbs). I usually struggle to lose weight, but I want to increse my weight in muscle. I consider myself and active person: I do boxing and kickboxing every week day for 2h. Sometimes, in go running for about 5km in 30min before training starts. I want to lose my belly,…
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Protein Shakes?
I was told that Protein Shakes can be fattening. Is this true? I'm on a caloric deficit and I do weightlifting and I drink my protein shake while I work out
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Lose weight or gain muscle?
I'm 5'4'' and I weigh 155 LBs and my BMI is 26.6. I was wondering if I should just start lifting or if I should lose weight because to be normal weight, I'd need a BMI of like 24. What should I do?
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Advice Needed for recovery
Hi Everyone, So I have been dealing with an eating disorder for a long time and I do have a dietician but she is awful and her job. I currently need to gain about 5-6 pounds in order to go away to college at the end of August. I feel a lot of pressure to do this and I honestly just want to be allowed to go away. So please…
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Skinny fat
I am 5'5 and my average weight is less than 110 lb. My goal is to gain weight and get tone. Its so hard for me to gain weight because of my metabolism. Another issues is that i have a stomach which looks weird on a thin frame. I go to the gym 4 times a week, I'm starting to cut down on my cardio and started to lift…
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Will weightlifting make me look slim?
So various sources tell me that weightlifting makes anyone slimmer. I'm trying to slim down and I was wondering if weightlifting can do that. I wouldn't mind putting on a couple of pounds of muscles but I want to know if it will make my waist smaller or maybe make my body less, "jiggly"
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What is an intense weight training session?
Hi, Just wondering what is your definition of an intense weight training session? When you finish your workout sweaty? When you cant finish your set because it's too heavy? I am used to do a lot of cardio so when I weight lift I dont really sweat. Thanks, Jamal
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Calorie surplus for muscle gain?
I guess this is the right place to post this. Okay, so I've been doing around 1320 give or take a hundred calories at 20% carbs, 30% protein and 50% fat a day for the most part for months now for fat loss and have done a halfway decent job of it as long as I stay on track. This represents an 11% calorie restriction. I've…
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eating 3500- 5000 calories per day, fat or retention?
anorexia recovery eating between 3500 and 5000 cals?I have been in recovery for 2 weeks, I weighed myself two weeks ago and I weighed in at 93lbs but I haven't weighed myself recently. I am 5'6 and a 21 yr old female. My doctor advised me to eat even 6000 if I can so I have been eating between 3500 and 5000. I see flub on…
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Bulker keep bulking? :o
I would like personal opinions on whether or not to continue with my bulk, visually. It's hard for me to visually not pinpoint flaws and these pictures are far from flattering. Thought some stranger opinions were in order. Ideally, I would like to continue IF visually I am happy and I am 20% or below. These are my progress…
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Anyone feel bashed for "gaining weight" ?
I guess this post is more geared towards the ladies. But I am 105 and 5 feet tall. I don't want to gain weight persay, but I want to get toned and that will put weight on me and I am okay with that. If I lose anymore I might start to look unhealthy. Anyways, people always bash me. "You don't need to lose weight." "If I was…
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Keep trying, but it's becoming impossible
I'm lifting heavy, and keeping my protein levels up, so why am I losing weight and mass? It's really starting to get to me now. I just want to be bigger.
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how to get doctors to not call me anorexic?
Look, I made a very adult decision this month and am VERY proud of myself. I looked up some internal medicine doctors in my area, found one, left my pediatrician (I'm 20 now) and ventured over to her in the hopes of asking how to gain some weight and if she knew a nutritionist i could go work with. I told her i wanted to…
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Question about hunger
I've lost some weight and doing good with my diet and work outs. On the weekend I plan and make my meals for the following week. So I normally eat the same things for a few days in a row which is fine by me and seems to be working. I normally eat at the same times everyday as well as work out. But some days I'm super…
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WeIgHT LoSS DiET
They each is right if you're using an older style computer on and discharge a webcam guys up the Mac is fine if you are just record I stuff on the screen might not the exercise video just for the record stuff on the screen Mac what cannot be fine my problems atoll as a say when you're shooting exercise videos at the pure…
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Goal: Gaining muscle while losing fat
Hey guys! I have been on this site for a while now and lost a decent amount of weight. I'm at the point where I keep gaining fat, and I know why- I can't stop eating crap food. I want to lose about 10 lbs of fat, but at the same time gain a significant amount of muscle. I have done research online and a lot of what I've…
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Bulking for a Beginner
I have decided to add lean muscle (I want to get up from my current weight of 138 to 148) to my frame. I am a 19 year old male who is estimating a 2200 calories intake. I am just not sure what to do with bulking? Do I really had to count calories? I really don't want to stress too much over that. Is there a general weight…
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TOO MUCH protein?
Alright, I've heard two things. 1g per lean body mass and 1g per pound of weight. I've always done 1g per pound of weight. I currently weigh 110 lbs. I'm trying to gain weight and shakes tend to help me with the calories, but can too much protein cause bloating and constipation? I go to the bathroom maybe 1 every 2-3 days…
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At what percent bodyfat did you start your bulk?
Hi all- So I am currently working hard to cut the fat from my body that I unfortunately let build up over the last three years. I've dropped from an estimated 27% bf to an estimated 18% bf and am starting to look much better. I eventually want to switch to a bulk because, although not scrawny, I could stand to have a bit…