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Definitely ease into it. Jumping in with both feet will make it harder than it has to be. One change at a time, make it habit then onto the next.

Don't let these fools tell you how to live your life. In the words of two very popular faces in the fitness/youtube community... Do whatever the fffffffffffuck you wanna do. I'm certain they'll have some morbidly obese woman there with no bra under a floral shirt that will distract the unwashed masses from even noticing…

in my experience it's the skinny fat little bird, not the body builder, that you should worry about. He's the one staring at you through the mirror while he's half repping curls in the rack. lmao

You can eat anything and stay within your calorie goal.. what you eat is of little importance when it comes to actual weight-loss..

Good, we didn't like you anyway. lol :p

Squat, Bench, Standing OHP, Deadlift, Barbell Row would be the essentials for me.

Yep, ended horribly.. I said a few words, threw out a compliment and mistook the reaction.. I leaned in for a kiss and smacked my face right into the mirror behind the squat rack.

Dimples and my super sweet beard.

Bought board shorts in a 32 waist this weekend. Down from 38's

I'm at the same point. Ten pounds or so from my goal weight, 80 down... and this my friends, this is the struggle.

This. Thank you for clarifying it for me lol exactly what I meant but poorly worded. And OP... for the record I failed to complete all five sets on OHP yet again today. The fifth rep on the fourth set didn't want to play nice lol but that's all part of the plan so don't let it get in your head, you're a warrior regardless…

Stronglifts 5x5 and 30 minutes cardio (usually HR training on treadmill but sometimes other) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. One hour walk on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (active rest) .

Yep, if you're finishing 5x5, add weight. If you fail, it'll hold you there next session. You say you aren't progressing or getting stronger and by refusing to add weight... you're right! You have to fail to succeed in progressive lifting. OHP was my first failure, I've since failed on it twice and bench once (11 weeks in).

You're building muscle, get a tape and take measurements when you weigh, when doing strength training, weight is only a small fraction of the picture (and will eventually become mostly irrelevant to you)

Holy crap, MFP programing is horrendous.. just imagine what I look like today I guess

Hey hey hey... I know y'all are tired of the short jokes but think of it like this, when someone picks on you for being short. what they're really saying is the only bad thing about you is that there isn't more of you.

Same as many above, once you try good high quality sashimi and nigiri, you'll ditch the rolls and sashimi is very light on calories (chutoro or otoro if avaliable will rock your socks).. like butter fish lol

Haven't had a really bad one lately but the next is a large taco pizza from pizza express when I break 15% body fat.. lol

Hit your minimum protein (.8g-1g/lb of LBM) Hit minimum fat (25g/1k calories) then play with the rest to see how you feel. I personally get major sugar cravings if my carbs get up over about 40% so I try to stick to about 30% to give some wiggle room. The rest seems irrelevant, high fat, high protein doesn't seem to have…

99% of people in the gym are "overweight"... that's what happens when you have higher than average muscle mass.

On my S7, the s fit app is usually within twenty steps or so if my UA band, (have checked it a few times over the past couple weeks and it's always pretty much on point!

Counting calories..

Best advice, IMHO. I'm down nearly 90 and very close to my goal and this is how I started and actually stuck with it. So many people get that burst of motivation and change their entire lifestyle over night then fall off shortly after.. Small steps, small changes over time create lasting and sustainable results! I…

I don't like eating breakfast either.. but now I have a fancy term to tell people what diet I'm on instead of having them glaze over when the words "eat less than you burn" fly out of my mouth... now I'll dazzle em with *kitten*!

I pick something for lunch all week and then just separate meats, veggies, etc into bags and freeze. Time to cook, grab the bags you want, defrost, log, cook and eat..Simple. You can make it as easy or as difficult as you want it, really..

Well when you start doing some strength training, every compound lift you do activate your core and that will carry you a long way.. as far as targeting the muscles, there's endless exercises but my favorites are decline crunches, hanging knee raises or clocks, planks, windshield wipers, Russian twists, etc.. all good for…

Uh... I have a general idea of what my macros should be but umm.. yeah. That's about where it ends. As long as I get my protein, the rest is a wash.

I tried once.. once.. :sheds tear: Developed short term memory loss, rickets and scurvy.. but it'll make your butt look great. And as far as targeting fat with exercise, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it doesn't work like that. You can build the muscle beneath but fork put downs are the best bet for losing fat.

I'd use the ua record stats as its taking more into account than just a flat rate of calories per minute.

Stay under tdee.