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Meal timing isn't super important. If you are an elite athlete who competes, then maybe it makes that 1% difference and you win!! But for everyone else, it isn't significant. It is more important to stick to it with a solid plan than anything else. Hit your calorie goals, get your protein in, and stick to a solid lifting…

Losing weight too fast can have bad side effects (excessive muscle loss, hair loss, brittle nails, etc...). General medical guidelines are to lose 1-2lb/week except for the obese who can lose more, or to keep weight loss less than 1% of your weight per week (which generally falls in the 1-2lb range hence why that range is…

I think you were over thinking it and your new approach is better. Just follow trends over time, getting a super accurate reading on any given day is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. You want your reading to be after you've rested for a while and not under stress, so it sounds like you are doing it right now. I…

Don't be fooled by the smith machine, it isn't necessarily safer than a standard bar with no spotter since it relies on you catching hooks which are easy to miss. The smith machine will not allow you to do the roll of shame. If you drop it on yourself you are stuck. With a barbell you can roll it off.

lifting weights and losing weight are not mutually exclusive. Do both. Lifting weights will not slow your weight loss progress at all since weight loss progress is really about CI vs CO. Even if you build no muscle while losing weight, lifting now has multiple benefits: * You'll build strength, which will prime you to do…

Neither. My workouts weren't about burning calories, but that was a nice side affect. I try to get out into the garage 3x/week and my only goal is to hit my lifts for the day. I just did 5x200lb bench presses and 23 pull ups last night. Next time I'm in the garage for those I'll aim for 5x202.5lb and 24 pull ups. I was…

If you shift your frame of reference to include just the top of the treadmill at a fixed point on the belt and the person running on it, you'll see why you are wrong. You have to propel your entire body forward compared to the treadmill belt just like you do compared to the earth surface. The fact that one is millions of…

I'm going to dissent a little here. With 50lb to lose your body has a TON of energy to burn and as essentially a beginner you should still progress (I'm not saying it won't be hard though). Keep the SL going and keep pushing for progress. You may not progress as fast as someone eating in a surplus, but you should still…

Its hard to argue which is more important, resistance training or cardio, but you have to do a lot less of them than many people assume. I'd argue that diet is most important regardless of goal, as it can easily prevent accomplishing anything. Get 30 minutes of walking in per day (on average), and you'll be pretty well…

The carbs don't really matter in the grand scheme of things as it really comes down to calories. One other possibility (other than what everyone else already stated and is more likely) is if you really are eating a ton with no exercise then it could be a malabsorption issue and you need to go to the doctors. Actually…

My thoughts are, when is your wedding? If it is 1 year off, then take a diet break for 2-4 weeks and then go back to a diet. If it is 3 months away, then possibly a 1-week diet break and then keep to the deficit until you are happy. Diet breaks are good to take and I've taken plenty myself while losing weight.

preferably before, but after works as well and is sometimes the only way to weigh things (like if you cook up rice for a family of 5). The thing is, you have to use the right entry. There are both raw and cooked entries for many food items, but be careful with the database as some people enter things wrong.

It takes significantly less work to maintain muscle than to build muscle (I've seen estimates at as little as 1/3rd of the volume, so if you were doing 3 sets before you could do 1 set to maintain). You may not build muscle/strength at 1-2x/week (this depends on various factors), but if you maintain the intensity you…

what ^^^ said. I never wear gloves and deadlift 1-2x/week and you wouldn't know it looking at my hands. You may rough up the skin a tiny bit while learning, but you shouldn't develop huge callouses or blisters or rip off large chunks of skin.

Squats, Deadlifts, RDL, calf raises, and plenty of other exercises all hit muscles in the legs and butt and a simple barbell and weights would suffice. Combine lifting (building/maintaining muscle) with weight loss (eating in a calorie deficit) and you'll probably get the results you desire for your legs. As for…

My kids hang out in the garage with me while I lift (2, 4, 6) and the 4 year old loves to count the plates when I deadlift. No, I don't feel guilty. I don't particularly want to leave them though, so I do things that allow them to hang out with me. There are tons of ways to get in exercise/training while having your kids…

StrongLifts5x5.com is a great place to start. It has everything you need to know (Mark Rippetoe videos on youtube and his book StartingStrength are also excellent resources), is simple (5 lifts) and is 2-3x/week (3x/week is the recommended schedule, but 2x/week works as well). you can do everything yourself, but since you…

The scale is just a number... and so is your waist size. I really don't get that argument. If you like how you look and your weight doesn't matter, than your waist size doesn't matter either. I've lost and regained ~8lb with no change to my waist size, so waist size is meaningless. Both weight and waist size correlate with…

If you have kidney issues, 90g may be too much and can cause kidney stones. For everyone else, too much is basically when you stop getting the required fats and nutrients your body needs because all you are eating is a single food. USDA recommendation is (I believe) 0.36g/lb. A good goal for most people is anywhere from…

I go to war with carbs every day. I typically take out ~150-300 of them a day. There are still millions left standing, but I do my small part.

The number is way too low because it is wrong. If you do the physics calculation of weight * distance you are calculating the work done in a perfect world with 100% efficiency. Even if you factor in inefficiency you still miss out on cyclical work. If you hold a weight in your hands straight out in front of you your…

I typically eat lunch ~11:15am and my last snack ~9pm. If eating breakfast and not eating late snacks mattered then I did it totally wrong despite losing 50lb.

I read what you wrote. You are concerned about something that you both haven't defined and can't measure. Not only that, it doesn't provide any meaningful benefit.

My dad is 6'1" and always weighed +220lb and never had a problem. I can't imagine a slide handling less than 250lb and as noted many will go to 300lb or even 400lb. If you are concerned either look online or call and ask for their height/weight restrictions.

Your most accurate current weight is whatever a calibrated scale says when you step on it. You can never eliminate weight fluctuation and there is no "true" weight unless you want to die and have someone empty out your bowels and hydrate you to a given %. You are over thinking it. Just weigh at a consistent time with…

Possibly, but it has nothing to do with BMR. There is no harm in eating under BMR in and of itself. However, losing weight too fast (eating too far under TDEE for too long) can lead to various complications like muscle loss, hair loss, brittle nails, organ failure, and ultimately dying (haha, well, you don't have to be…

If you want the most bang for your buck then you want full body compound exercises (squats, deadlifts, bench press, rows, OHP, pull ups, etc...). StrongLifts5x5, StartingStrength, Fierce5 and similar programs all feature typically 5 major compound full body moves and some have additional accessory work. You do them…

eat the whole egg instead of tossing the good part. Branch out from chicken and eat tastier fattier meats. A good steak with nice marbling will have more calories than a super lean chicken breast. Stop limiting yourself to 10oz of chicken for dinner. If you are losing weight you just need to eat more calories. How "clean"…

It takes a very long time for muscles to get bigger. If you are trying to lose weight that limits the ability of the muscle to grow which just makes it take even longer. If you are getting stronger then you are getting results. As for Raptor's comment, if the goal is to build strength and maintain/build muscle then you…

At 6'2" and 383lb you can be completely sedentary and eat a lot of food to maintain your weight. However, a lot is relative, as it'll make a 5' person gain weight fast and be completely stuffed and leave you mildly hungry depending on food choices. Your BMR is ~2750 calories/day so if you are sedentary you would need ~3300…