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High calorie protein shakes?
So, I have come here before and I’m here again! I am drinking 2 protein shakes a day, I add stuff in which makes both shakes total about 2,600 calories per day! Plus I’m eating 2 meals a day and snacks on top of it. My question is, do protein shakes just not work for everyone? Is it REAL calories? I just don’t want to keep…
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(M/24 185lbs) Post Op
Hi! I’m 24 I’ve gone from 227lbs down to 175lbs, due to a rotator cuff injury which put me out of physical activity and the gym for 6 months, in that space of time I’ve lost 39lbs, today is the first day I’ve been back to the gym after physio etc.. I’ve lost all motivation in myself, I’ve gone from being in pretty good…
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Barbell Hip Thrusts - Bruising and pain across hips
Hello, Over the past year, I've done strength training on and off. In the past 4 months, it has been regular (4 days per week, hour each session). One thing I've had trouble with, is barbell hip thrusts. I have a thick foam barbell pad, but this has not alleviated the pain. In fact, my skin feels pulled at and damaged just…
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When did you change your wardrobe?
Who can relate? I am 23yrs and I currently weight 65.5kgs. My goal is to gain up to 68kgs. People may think it is too much weight but I'm 5'8 tall, so the weight doesn't even appear on me. The good thing is I have a nice shape, most of my weight goes to my lower body. And because of that all my skirts, jeans, bodycon…
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Adding in weight training into the app
Hi there! I do weight training as part of my exercise and can add it into the app but the calories are not being added into it. I want those exercise calories to count too! How have you guys made sure it’s calculated in? Thanks in advance
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Will I ever have wider hips? And how do I get them?
Hi. I’ve been trying to gain weight so I can get wider hips, but I can’t seem go over 95 pounds. My weight always drops back down to 86-88 pounds, no matter how much I eat. I’m 4’10, my bust is 36 inches, waist is 24 inches and my hips are 31 inches. I feel like look really awkward because most of the clothes I want to…
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18 year old male gaining weight. Needs tips/clarification on ideal caloric surplus+when to change.
This involves weight gaining. I am now 18 years old, 5'11" and 146 pounds. I started at 130 and have been gaining weight with since July 6th, 2018. My maintenance for calories now is about 2600-2700 and its been almost a month since I've upped my calories by going into a caloric surplus of 3200 instead of my past 3000 from…
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What do you think of my workout plan/schedule?
Things I have addressed: * 48 hour rest periods. * I workout at school at the weightroom, so I have plenty more options. * I also have a banged up knee cartilage wise and the leg workouts I have now I know are rehabilitating, and don't affect my knees. I refuse squats with weights and all that. I'm conscious of muscle…
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The best bfp to be at before bulking?
What is going on my beautiful fit fam! So a little over a year ago I decided to change my life for the better, I got off my butt and lost 50lbs, going from 240+ to know being at 189. I also started at 49% body fat and currently I believe I am around 20%. What is a good % to be around to start bulking, my goal is to be…
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Macros
I’m 18 years old and I am currently trying to bulk up I’m just curious as to what my macros should be and how managed calories should I be eating daily for the best overall results
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Working through pain?
I started weight training about 6 months ago. Ever since then, it's been an onslaught of minor injuries and pain. A sprained wrist, lower back pain, knee issues, etc. What has been your experience with this? Do you push through the workout even with the pain? It seems that if I were to stop and let my body recover, I'd…
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Intuitive Eating
I'm back to a vegan diet, cooking from scratch and adding in great protein and micro's along the way. Hitting my macros within 20 cals some days, some even less. I'm starting to cut after a bulk of 18 pounds and have entered my 3rd week reducing cals but only by 200 so far. I've been I'll with a virus for a week so no gym…
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Weight/Strength Exercises
I find it overly cumbersome to log my strength workouts here; more often than not, exercises do not exist as I do them. I do not have time for this. What do you all do to log your strength WOs? I broke my fitbit band; once my new one arrives I was thinking about just logging the calories burned for that specific…
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Lean bulk not working?
I am 5,3 106 pounds and am trying to bulk. I eat 1900-2100 calories which I am losing weight on. I need help please bc calculators say I’m on bulking calories right now even tho I’m not gaining.
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Skinny fat
How can i fix my body? Bulk? Cut? Nutrition?
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Body sore
I was determined to start working on the bottom half of my body by doing calf raises, squats, lunges, and leg raises 3 days ago. The next day I woke up to my thighs hurting and sore. They no longer hurt anymore as of today but I’m wondering if this is normal during a workout because I read something about your body…
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Muscle building and losing bod fat simultaneously
How to do carbon cycling properly...like how many high carb days and low carb days in a week....i am currently 170lbs 5'8" with body 17%fat approx...want to get it down to 10-12% fat ..
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how do I get thicc?
lemme hear ur journey stories because I’m slowly... very slowly...getting to where I want to be. What are good exercises? Recipes? any tips and tricks u found on the way? Anything to completely avoid?
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Breaking through a plateau
I'll listen to any ideas here... My problem MAY be age related... Don't like to contemplate the possibility that I have peaked but time stands still for nobody. Background... I turned 52 in May. 5'11" 175 pounds at the time and in that month I cracked into the thousand pound club (275 bench, 385 dead, 340 squat) and I also…
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Fastest / Cleanest way to gain 20lbs?
Help, Would love to reach 175lbs. Does anyone have specific meals i can consume that will help me gain 20lbs? I honestly dont need variety i hve no problem eating the same meals for weeks... [Edited by MFP mod]
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Weight gain on Apetamin
I have been small all my life 100-104lbs. I started tracking my calories and taking in more calories than what was needed to maintain my weight. I started Apetamin three weeks ago and I have gained 6lbs. I feel like it all went to my stomach though. So from here on out I plan to exercise. I heard Maca increases estrogen to…
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HIIT HELP
I workout two days in a row. One break day in between. 5x5 strength training. What HIIT workout should I do. One that helps with fat loss and muscle gains. Note- I take prescription Adderall so heart rate is up. Many people tell me not to do straight cardio.
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Gaining weight with T1D or autoimmune disease?
Hi everyone, I'm Bry! :) I have a few health problems and unfortunately made my goal of weight loss...because my body decided it was time to have a crazy metabolism and diabetes along with moderate/severe Sjogren's syndrome and kidney issues. So now, I am very underweight and want to sustainably gain some and gain some…
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Plan Diet calculator
Hello Everyone! I’m looking for help with my micronutrients intake. So I’m struggling with putting my meals together as I’m planing to eat 4 times a day every 4 hours. My recommended calories per day are around 2810 cal , daily carbs intake 316g(79g each meal) ,daily protein intake 211g(52.75geach meal), daily fat intake…
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Looking for a simple body weight program for body recomp
Hey, one of my new year's resolutions was to finally get my BF% in order. As far as I understand, I need to eat at maintenance and have some kind of routine where I do exercises to gain muscle. Now the problem here is, I really dislike going to the gym (prefer doing exercises at home 100%) and I also don't have money to…
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Weighing the food, macros
Hello Everyone I’m looking for a help, I’m trying to figure out how could I measure or calculate my food for exactly amount of carbs , fats and protein in each meal for example if I need daily protein intake of 211g , 4 meals a day will which is 52.75g of protein in each meal. Now when I cook my chicken breasts and I want…
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Helping a 16 years old boy get muscled
hello everyone, I have a cousin going through his 'rebellious teenage years' and somehow he got into the gym and got so obsessed with it, which is a good thing because while he is so into fitness, he's away from bad boys and reckless behaviors :D However, he does not have a couch and gets help from 'bodybuilders' at the…
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Recomposes question
Hi, I’m new to body recomposition and have been reading a lot about it lately. I updated my calories today based from another website using their calculations. The calories where less than MFP and this app seemed high. My question is, should I be eating my calories back in? I do not want to loose weight. When you read…
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Help with nutrition!
So I’ve been working out for about 8 months now 3 days/week. I’m 6ft and started at 162lbs. 167lbs at the moment. I haven’t figured out the nutrition part mostly because I have a very physically demanding job, work 10-11h a day and most of the time can’t stop to take a proper lunch so I bring a cheese and ham and a couple…
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Post workout
Is it right that you should eat fast realise sugar if your going to have it after a lifting workout. I've just added a crunchie to my post workout fuel. Had a high protein and carb shake but it was slow realise carb, oats. I would of rather of had dark chocolate but have none