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Female just starting out- Help!
My biggest question is: Is it possible to gain muscle without a gym? I've lifted before (with good results) but it was at a gym with all the barbells, dumb bells, and machines I could want. Not to mention the guys in the weight room always willing to help me move plates and ideas on different ways to work muscle groups.…
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Whats a MACRO ratio??
Just curious, I'm not exactly sure
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GNC Protein Number - do you find it helpful?
So, I recently got a GNC gold card (to support my Quest Bar habit, haha), & I happened to take their "Protein Number" quiz online. I put in my weight, sex, and goals (muscle gain) & was surprised to get 45 g as my number. That seems super duper low, especially for a protein pusher like GNC! To be honest, I'm not sure how…
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Underweight, anorexic maybe. Could use your guys help
Hi there guys, had to post this again as it was my birthday recently I'm just 18 - weigh around 54kg / 119lbs and am 5' 11". I've always had a problem with eating and it's not that I don't want to eat, it's just that I don't like a lot of stuff and when I do eat I think I'm full but realistically I'm probably not. Would…
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For those of you who have bulked
I need to hear from those of you who have done a cut/bulk phase. I am 6 weeks into my first bulk ever. I made the decision to bulk when I hit a plateau as far as muscle gain is concerned. My newbie gains were great......then nothing. With so much emphasis in he beginning being placed on weight loss, and eating at a…
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Need advice for a slow bulk
hey all, I'm trying to gain weight but I'm trying to do it slowly to avoid a lot of BF. My maintenance is around 2100 and I eat 2600. Is that enough of a surplus if I'm training 3 times a week? ta -Adam
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How do you gain weight?
I heard eating food makes you gain weight. Can anybody confirm?
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eating back exercise calories
I was wondering do I have to eat back exercise calories if I am trying to gain muscle weight and I have to log what I burn?
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Help With Weight Gain & Eating Healthy?
So I am 92 lbs and 5'3 and trying to gain weight. My goal is 100 lbs and I've gotten really close before, 98 lbs, but then I just lose all the weight again. This has been happening for a while- I will be 95 lbs and steadily gaining, but all of a sudden drop down to 90 lbs, and then I will a gain a few pounds and then lose…
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The method of gaining weight？
1 . Frequent meals , rather than increasing meal appetite . Play has to choose foods rich in nutrients , that is , the election play rich in vitamins , minerals and calories. So you weigh less , because you can not get the body needs all the vitamins, minerals, especially iron. You have a lot of food with high nutrition,…
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ATTN: Ladies who are afraid of gaining some weight
I noticed a lot of women on here eating 1200 or less everyday and expressing their concerns about weight gain so I wanted to share my story. At the start of the summer my lowest weight was 112 with a bmi of around 18. I couldn't work out because of an injury prior to that and I was super depressed and scared of extra…
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Underweight with High Blood Pressure
My boyfriend is underweight and has mildly high blood pressure. I've been trying to get him to eat more for years, but he just isn't hungry enough and gets mad at me for "nagging" him and "forcing" him to eat. He doesn't have an eating disorder or anything psychological; some of his family members are like this too. It…
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Monthly and weight gain
I've had a tough week. My weight fluctuated more this week than it has since I started my journey. I've had a partial hysterectomy so I still go through the hormonal changes. This month I've been very crampy, more than I have had in a long time. I was wondering if I will still retain water and if that may be a reason why…
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Bulk advice
I know many questions and post have been posted about bulking. But I haven't found the answer I'm look for. My main focus is to build my butt, and to do that I know I need to be eating at a surplus. My question is do I cut back on cardio, or keep doing it? Should I do a 10% or 20% surplus? Any advice or experience would be…
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What is your target
Hello how you doing what is your target. I have a target once I'm healed is it simply get bigger I want to get hyyoge like it may sound weird what is yours
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Is my body fat % too low?
Okay, so my trainer at the gym was telling me yesterday that my body fat % is too low, and that i need to put on some weight. Here are my stats: 33 (almost 34) yr old female 130 lbs (small frame) 5'8" neck 12" bicep 10.5" Chest 36" Waist 26" Abdomen 31" Hip 36" Thigh 20" Military BF calculator says i'm 19.2% body fat My…
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Gaining weight
How to increase body weight?
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Always looking for advice
Hi, everyone I'm new to this. I've had the app for maybe two weeks or more now. I started my calories at around 17-1800. I have struggled with an eating disorder in my past and now I am trying to gain some weight. I am 5'3" and I currently weigh 98lbs. This past week I have been adding 100 more calories to my diary each…
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Weight Gaining
any one tell me healthy way to increase weight?
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A healthy relationship with food
I logged back onto this account tonight and it's only just hit me how little I was eating when trying to lose weight. I'm sure this site helps many people to lose weight and in a healthy way - but for me it took a wrong turn, I got obsessed with calories and nutrition and was living off less than 1000 a day, dropping my…
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Losing weight in 1st week, what am I doing wrong..
Hey Guys, I am looking for some general advice please, as I feel that my current diet & workout programme is not correct - as I seem to be losing weight, when my goal is to actually gain in size. I'm not sure if you are able to view my food logs from my profile, but I have been regularly hitting 3500 calories per day &…
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loosing a day of gym, so do I cut my calories?
hey! I was doing gym 3 days a week, trying to gain muscle mass. I am currently on a compound lift programme doing 3 sets of 10 of squats, bench press, lat pulldown, rows and military press. I repeat this routine 3 times a week. I also currently work cleaning 10hrs a week, plus another 5-10 or so depending on how much work…
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I cant eat more than 1000Cals...
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MFP & Fitbit Automatic to reach goals
So i lift weights (bodybuilding routine) 5 times a week, I would like to find out what my TDEE is to an even more accurate formula that is why I am looking into fitbit. The question is....once i get the TDEE can i set myfitnesspal to automatically add a surplus of 10-20% calories to that every day? Thanks
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fat adaption
what does fat adaption mean?
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Trying to get to my ideal weight and struggling with it
I am the healthiest I have been in months! During the year I have gained 13 Ibs and now I am trying to lose it and tone! So I workout to 2 dvds in the morning for 1 1/2 hours 5 times a week and then I do the gym for 1 1/2 three times a week. so for 3 times a week I burn 1,000 calories. I have been doing this for 3 weeks…
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How many calories should I be eating?
I am 5 foot 6 , weigh around 100lbs an exercise every day. I'm 18. What sort of targets should I have?recovering from an eating disorder s am petrified of unhealthy food and feel so guilty when I go over on cals. Any advice for building muscle etc? / working out macros xx by all means look at my diary would love advice
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Do I need 2500 calories?
I'm trying to gain 15-20 pounds to reach a healthy weight. However, as I've only been underweight for 2-3 months, I'm not sure if the 2500 calories recommended for anorexia recovery applies to me (Restricting for 5 months). Thank you.
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Any tips in gaining muscle?
I'm trying to gain muscle in my glutes and strength my core.
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4 month bulk done (w/pics)
Here is the break down. Left picture size 34 waist weighed in at 182lbs, pic on the right size 30 waist and weighed in this morning at 201 lbs (19lbs difference). I think I did pretty dam good for my first bulk, why am I stopping?? because I feel like it.... I said to myself I would go until I hit 200lbs or until I can't…