Kman4evah Member

A nice chest is a plus, but confidence is everything.

Mine was definitely when I walked into my local gym on my first day of getting a membership and realizing that I wasn't 190 pounds like I used to be. I also looked in the mirror and saw how much my stomach was hanging over my jeans (a good inch or so).

Current BMI: 29 Goal BMI: 29.2 I'm really just cutting and then bulking back up haha. But when I hit my low cut I'll be at a 26.4 I don't like BMI. Makes me feel a lot bigger than I am :(

The way I look at it, it's like a mountain. Every pound is another few feet up the mountain. Some are climbing smaller ones than others, but it's still a challenge for everyone. You're more than halfway up your mountain. Why walk back down at this point? :) Good luck!

Someone who is new to working out will see gains a lot faster than someone who is used to working out, and some can even get decent gains while on a calorie deficit.

Really it's just until you look the way you want, but if you're wanting that lean athletic look, just keep building muscle and cutting down to 8-12% fat until you're satisfied with what you see. With the skin, you'll just need to give it a while for it to tighten (losing more weight I don't think helps in that aspect, as…

Invest in a food scale. I have yet to do it and I'm kicking myself for it haha. Also, if you're having MFP set your calories, maybe lower the activity level a notch? And it's only been a month. Don't kick yourself so hard, the body fluctuates a little. Check it again in another month and it should definitely be lower :)…

Well, if you've been diagnosed with a disorder, do your friends know about it? If they do and they continue to be a burden in overcoming it, maybe you need a new set of friends (not get rid of the old ones, just find some new ones as well).

There's a lot of people on here that think you can't be addicted to food. I personally think you can be addicted to pretty much anything if you do it enough. But unfortunately the only advice I could give you is to surround yourself with a good support base of friends and family and have them help keep you sane while you…

CICO on top of weight training to get the muscles you want. How long is it until he comes back?

I honestly couldn't care less what the people at my gym are doing as long as they aren't messing with my workout.

Both are awesome to do. Strength training tones and grows the muscles (it does also increase your BMR because more muscles means more fuel needed), while cardio burns fat. I would stick with doing both, but I wouldn't do more than 3 days of cardio (that's my opinion). If you do too much it can actually start taking away…

I feel that way sometimes too, I think a lot of people feel that way at one point or another. What will separate you from the rest of the crowd is pushing past that feeling and getting to the gym to work out. Once you get there and start on it, you'll feel a lot better. Good luck!

Keep doing cardio workouts while bulking up to stay conditioned. Your body will get used to the extra weight with a little time. If you want, do a 40 every 3 pounds or so just to keep track of your progress. Who knows, your 40 time might even improve a little. Good luck!

Yeah, I felt the same way when I started. I'm at a 25% body fat and want to get down to 10%, and I thought I'd have to lose 50-60 pounds, but i really only need to lose 30. Keeping the muscle while losing the fat is the hard part, since it's hard to build/rebuild muscle in a calorie deficit. But with only 7 pounds, you…

I believe you're referring to a body recomposition. It's hard, but it's possible. I don't know the specifics about it, but I know there's some groups and some other sites that go into detail about it. Personally I would just do weight training and cardio to burn fat and build some muscle to look more toned. Good luck!

Calorie in < Calories out Find your TDEE, add in exercise calories, and eat less than that. A 3500 calorie deficit a week is 1 pound lost. Good luck!

It depends on how much you weigh already. If you're at 180, and you're at 16% fat, you have about 29 pounds of fat. To get down to 12% fat, you'd have to get down to around 22 pounds of fat, so you'd need to lose 7 pounds.

Calories in < Calories out Calories out includes BMR (basal metabolic rate, for laying in bed all day) or TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, for being out and about) and exercise. Find out what you BMR and TDEE are, add your exercise to whichever one applies for that day, and eat less calories than that, and you've got…

I don't know, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is pretty good... :p

The way I see it, it's perfectly ok to eat pretty much anything if it fits into your calories. The only problem I have with restaurants is the sodium content of 90% of the food. It's the only reason Chili's and I don't get along :D

You could either: 1. Talk to the mother. You and her might both learn something from the other. 2. Let it go, it isn't your kid to determine what's best for.

I think I read somewhere that to get the treadmill to burn fat the same as a normal walk, you set the incline on 1.0. But for speed I would just do whatever is comfortable. Good luck!

I'm not gonna lie, that doesn't sound appetizing in the least haha. But different people have different tastes :smile: I have become a little less picky though.

In theory you could. It would be relatively unhealthy because you need protein to keep your lean muscle and your body needs fats to function. But for pure weight loss, all you need is a calorie deficit. Generally you want to fill your diet with enough protein to keep your muscle and enough fat for your body to function,…

The body works in mysterious ways. This too

THAT'S your binge? My binge is a whole large pizza from Pizza Hut :lol: Log it and move on :smile:

Every 2 weeks, with measurements done once a month.

Best way would be paying off all my debt so I don't have to spend so much trying to get everything caught up haha. Otherwise I'm doing pretty good with what I have :smile:

Calorie deficit and exercise is always the best way to go :smile: How much are you wanting to lose?