skittlebitz Member

Definitely heaving lifting. Being in a slight calorie deficit will cause the fat loss, the only reason cardio can be needed when you are trying to lose body fat is if you cannot create a large enough deficit by cutting calories (like me, I like to eat). Lifting heavy will help retain muscle mass you have and hopefully the…

hello fellow manitoban!! Nice to find another!

hello to another friendly manitoban!!

Try the strong curves program (there's a pdf online) or you can buy the book. He's the glute king, seriously knows how to build a booty thats for sure! On my 4th week of the program and I'm loving it so far. I love that I only have to go to the gym 3 days a week, it works so well with my insane schedule!

Every day at least 2 of those chips ahoy mint chocolate ice cream creations cookies... like heaven in my mouth. Somedays when I'm not feeling as hungry I will have some neapolitan ice cream too. I have "junk" at least once a day, still hit my fibre and micros but I need the sugar to keep me sane! Pizza, I eat at least once…

Thanks so much for the ideas! That salad sounds amazing, might have to add some of those things to my next grocery trip! I've never seen shirataki noodles or arctic zero in Canada unfortunately... yet. I hope they bring it soon though! I would make zoats but the price of zuchinni up here is ridiculous in the winter. Like…

If vegetables weren't so overpriced up here in Canada in the winter I would make a lot more salads!

Good Idea to add more water, I'm gonna have to do this from now on! I have oatmeal every day. I've been tracking my macros for years and honestly there isn't one combo that satisfies me any more than the other, all about the volume! Thanks though for all the input!

Anybody on here may as well add me too! 5'7 and 140lb, cutting for the time being until I'm not so pudgy then recomping from then on!

This is actually a super good idea, never thought of it like that before. Will definitely be trying that!

Oh thank goodness, I hope I turn out the same way! I'll keep pushing through and add you as a friend! Thanks! :)

I really don't want to start my cut only 2 months into bulking but I feel uncomfortable :P only 5-7lbs up but I feel a hell of a lot more squishy than I should! I know I haven't gained that MUCH but I'm still stuck wearing leggings 24/7 cause jeans just don't fit :neutral:

My suggestion is to start out at the highest end that you can (in this case 1792) and keep it at that until you stop seeing fat loss progress at a bi-weekly basis. Do NOT weigh yourself everyday, your body fluctuates wayyy too much for that! After you stop seeing fat loss drop it another say 100 calories a day and keep it…

Hahaha good I'm not the only one!

Thank you for this. It's a very common misconception that eating smaller more frequent meals boosts metabolism. Do whatever works for you. If 6 smaller meals a day works then do that, if 3 larger meals works better do that. Do what makes it easiest for you!

Something Real: The Starvation Response Taken from http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/ "Alright, so by now I’ve hopefully helped you see that the typical definition of starvation mode is nothing but a silly myth and a convenient excuse people pull out of their *kitten* to try to explain their lack of weight…

I've suffered from anorexia before and I can assure you I ate half an apple a day and worked out for hours. Believe me my body isn't going to be holding onto that apple, there isn't enough to hold onto. Take a basic human physiology class, you'll learn quickly how metabolism works.

If you are eating 1200-1300 calories and burning off 800 your body is pretty much running off of nothing. Honestly I would suggest bumping up calories slowly until you start gaining weight then start a deficit from there. Your metabolism is probably so slow it's holding onto absolutely everything you are eating.

Please don't give this advice. It's ignorant and it's not healthy for someone OVER 200lbs. Thanks. OP, if you eat 1200 calories when you're starting to lose weight, you will have no where to go when your weight loss stalls and you need to reduce calories to keep progressing down the scale. Additionally, should you drop…

If you are trying to add muscle, and it is your first time really doing any form of resistance training (I wouldn't consider HIIT to be resistance training, but you are using a weight) then it's possible to do a recomposition. If you are looking for any form of muscle growth (there is no such thing as toning muscle) you…

I dropped her when my 3 months was up with her and have been working on my own ever since, so far lifts have gone up considerably, lost body fat and gained about a lb of muscle the last month while eating over my maintenance. Needless to say I don't think I need anybody anymore. Just you guys for accountability!! :)

Yeah I realized that afterwards. Except she was in the states and I'm in Canada so it was all online lol. After the first month she just gave me macros to follow. I think she realized she couldn't be doing that :/

Yup I guess so. I finished my 3 months with her and said enough was enough I knew I wasn't fuelling my body properly. Time to do it on my own and use everybody on here for accountability instead of paying for a coach! I know what to do and how to do it just need some buddies in the same boat!

I was doing all of these except my last coach decided 1500 calories would be a good start to my cut with 5 days of cardio a week when I maintain on 2150-2200. Guess you could say my last cut wasn't so awesome. Literally STARVING ALL DAY. I ate veggies with every meal, so much volume but it barely lasted a couple hours in…

Have you done a quick cut before? Just curious as after this 4ish month bulk I would like to do a quick cut and start bulking again! I hate eating lower and lower and lower amounts of calories :neutral:

Late newbie but this is my first bulk and I would love to have a support system!! Feel free to add me! :)

More weight and less reps. The only way your muscles are going to grow is if you progressively overload (either add in more weight or more reps every time you workout). Since most people don't like doing 100 reps of something in a set they use more weight and do less reps = gains. Trust me, it'll take a while to gain a…