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I'm 1.5 months in, it gets pretty easy after few weeks. Pasta cravings and hunger eventually go away, especially as you discover what you enjoy and develop personal keto menu.

All calories not eaten are created equal, if you eat less than you expend you loose weight. I'll take decades of scientific study over 5000 year old "knowledge" any day. The problem is that there is so much modern woo going around that people are clueless what healthy diet is. Please don't torture your body on fad diets.

Anything with Yohimbine is only legal stuff that works, but It's not worth it, especially if you are sensitive to stimulants. And it only works if you exercise a lot.

After, carbs raise insulin, insulin is anabolic.

No legal supplement will give you massive gains. However you can pile up all the small proven things that work. Get vitamin/mineral supplements like zinc magnesium B6 D3 these won't help to gain any extra muscle per se, but with modern lifestyle we are very likely to be lacking some which won't let you perform at your…

Most people who will hire a PT "don't want to get too bulky", this breeds trainers that don't know first thing about lifting. In my gym there is only one trainer I have seen touching the barbell.

Well maybe 1800 is a bit low, try 2200 for a week so that you don't feel too miserable and tempted to quit.

Go with 1800 push through. Pushing through will make you seriously reevaluate your food choices - you will think about what you can eat to stay satiated for longer, like eggs and tuna for breakfast and brocoli instead of potatoes. You will be constantly hungry for a month, and you won't be able to "afford" most tasty foods…

Apart from macros and calories you can always improve your hormones especially testosterone. Most people will be lacking some micronutrients, especially with foods becoming emptier. So go for some multivitamins, zinc, magnesium, vit D3, you also need cholesterol contrary to popular belief. Also google article about…

Totally agree with this guy, I really prefer the bar for most exercise but I do dumbbell alernatives ocasionaly to make sure I don't have imbalances. Recently I had shoulder pains when doing shoulder press, turned out my rear delts were out of balance, after week of dumbbel rows they went away.

Arguably best cardio for fat burn is HIIT or interval training. Run 2 minutes flat out, then walk for 1 minute (adjust as necessary). It will make your muscles burn calories even after workout. Lifting does this as well. I recommend full body lifting programs Starting Strength or SL 5x5 as you get more muscles burning…

Dumbbells... Even though I find that dumbbell press doesn't translate too well to barbell press. Or just keep pushing through you will get there in no time at all.

Look up HST literally hypertrophy specific training. It works, your muscles grow faster, but you barely gain any strength. Also their website has lots of info on how to maximise growth with research papers explained, debunking the broscience if you don't mind the read.

Maybe you have overtightened lower back. Try foamroller, it should feel super painful at first, then just sore the next day and finally painless.

I agree with this, no matter how sore you are, you should work those muscles again. At least light exercise between leg days will actually help with soreness. There is no harm in working sore muscles, unless you have actual pain in muscles or joints.

Keep at it, every exercise that's hard gets easier to a certain point when you're starting out. You will be amazed with how much you can do in 2 weeks, I can promise you that.

How about nuts or peanut butter? They have lots of protein, healthy fat and are super dense in calories.

"Clocks don't measure time, they measure themselves" So you want to be 130, it's just a number and it doesn't tell anything about your body composition, just strive to be fit. Fluctuating by 5+ lbs during the day is normal and clothes can be pretty heavy too. If you want to measure your progress though step on scale every…

There are no pills sold over counter that will give you significant results. Most are caffeine + some herb extract that can make you jittery or make your stomach hurt. Yohimbe kinda works, but still not worth it. However there are things that work, google "eca stack" it actually works if combined with exercise. Not really…

Probably water weight or something, keep faithful to your diet, this is actually very common. If you are feeling that you really need that sense of progress try measuring you waist instead. Or you can get body fat calipers to actually track your fat.

When going on cut I fool myself with adding lots of low calorie vegetables everywhere. Add lots of chopped spinach and cherry tomatoes to bacon and eggs. And make sure you finish your plate. Make sure you eat certain amount of say cooked brocolli with dinner. Plain vegetables can't keep me satiated for longer that an hour,…

Try to hit really low calorie goals for few days, you will start trying to figure out meals that satiate you for long and are low on calories. For me it's veg like broccoli, carrots, fine beans, etc. fried/steamed on huge pan with lid adding some water and spices with lean red meats.

Tuna with rice, bell peppers, spring onions and olives. Add sour cream with olive oil and black pepper.

Do some orthodox weightlifting program like SS or SL for few months. If you are not fit to begin with things like p90 or crossfit can injure you, hell if you aren't olympic lifter crossfit can injure you. Watch youtube videos on how to do excercises properly. You don't really need to be in surplus. With newbie gains you…

Weight is irrelevant, pick a program like starting strenght or stronglift and stick to it. Also make sure to research proper form of doing exercises. Moving heavy weight is not cool, moving weight with perfect form is.

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If you eat at calorific deficit you will loose weight. So adjust yor calories and make sure you are not cheating. Also don't log excercises as excuse to eat more, they seriosly overestimate calories, better set a constant goal and don't add extra calories from excercise.

Take it easy for a week or two. Do SL have squats every workout? I'm doing squats every workout, when I started going past parallel it felt like my joints were grinding. Skipped squats on few workouts to fully recover, no problems since. Also warm up and do plenty of squats without bar between sets.

Dips are the best, I also like to finish my workouts with something you could call standing skullcrushers.

Hi, add me, looking for some friends. Been cutting for almost 2 weeks now on keto, open diary, logging everything.