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Not to mention you get a nice size feeding of prawns for the calories.
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Posted about two weeks ago that one of my initial reasons for losing weight was so I could go ziplining. Well, we had so much fun the first time decided we should do it again. There is no way I could have hit that pose 4 months and 40ish lbs ago even if they would have let me on the zipline to begin with.
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What I see mostly is thread after thread of new people who hate doing cardio but think they need to do massive amounts of cardio to lose weight. They dread spending hours plodding along on a treadmill or exercise bike. Many people new to fitness have no idea that they can obtain the goals and bodies they want by starting a…
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Lol, that was exactly what I was going to say.
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I was a huge evening snacker. Harder for those with kids, but we just started eating dinner a bit later. Usually around 6:30-7:30. Doesn't give a lot of time to get hungry and hit the snacks before it's lights out. Dinner around 7ish and I leave 140cal for a protein shake around 9:30. Lights out at 10.
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Spirits with a diet soda or just water are the best bang for your buck for sure. Rum and diet pepsi with a squeeze of lime is 70cal.
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Don't sweat it. This is a lifestyle and that means sometimes you have to accept you can't mfp everyday or count every calorie. Doesn't mean you can't journal what you eat to the best you can on paper if you feel like it. I've been camping twice in the last month with no cell service for extended periods. Is what it is.…
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Unless you spent those 5 days going crazy at an all inclusive Mexican resort, it's unlikely you ate/drank enough of a surplus to put on 5 pounds of fat. You can especially retain water in the body during the summer. With the heat and sweating hot weather can bring, if you are not hydrating properly, your body will retain…
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I drink either Molson 67 or Sleemans 2.0 First one has 67 calories, the Sleemans 80 a 2 carb. They are both decent beers, the Sleemans better than the molson. Personally though, I'm a highball guy. 1oz of rum 65cal 1oz of gin 75 calories. Mix with diet pepsi or diet tonic for the gin and I'm a happy guy. Nothing says…
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The calorie adjustment just showed up at like 10pm last night. Guess it takes a day or two for everything to sync. Made sure I turned on negative calories as well.
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That's what I have been doing. Although, when I use other cardio it posts it to mfp as Aerobics.....had a good laugh after my weight training on wed to see "aerobics" posted.
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Nice, just picked up a vivosmart hr myself yesterday. Noticing that if i dont log my longer walks as an activity it doesn't register the calories under exercise here on mfp.
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The 80-90% of 1RM 8-10x thing sticks out somewhat to me. As stated above, if you can rep 90% of your 1RM for 10 reps, that's not your 1RM. 90% of 1RM is struggling to push out 3-4 reps. I found I increased my strength when I switched from lower weight high rep hypertrophy to heavy weight compound lifts. Not the size of the…
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Also chest strap or fitbit type device? I second seeing a Doc if you are concerned.
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DIet coke is for chumps.....diet Pepsi is where it's at.
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How hard are you going at it and how long does it take for your heart rate to head back to normal range? When I did HIIT in the past I would spike to 170-180ish then back to 135 between intervals within 30secs.
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I guess I'm pretty damn lucky. My wife and I started this journey together and she has been a trooper. Lifting heavy with me, getting up at 5:30 every morning for our walk. We eat a little different as she likes LCHF and I prefer including carbs, but other than that it's been amazing.
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They don't necessarily have to be fuzzy!
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Fishing.
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I would start with some standard compound lifts, deads,squats,bench, overhead press. Starting strength or stronglifts 5x5. Then for something that specific I would include training maybe 2-3x a week for the exact movements you want to do. Not sure how much your sword weighs, but figure that out. You can buy weighted bars…
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Not a big fan of cardio myself so I don't do it. I go for a 30min walk every morning then lift heavy weights 3x per week. Along with a calorie deficit since May 15 I've lost 31lbs and gone from a 42 to 36 waist doing just that. Look up some beginner strength training programs. Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5 are good…
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Definitely waist/bf%.
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Which I covered pretty extensively above including that the more trained you get and leaner you, are the harder it becomes until it requires a surplus. Muscle gain is also not linear. First couple years are easier to put on muscle. The longer you lift the less muscle you can expect to gain each year until (if you are…
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It pretty common knowledge that you can and do build muscle while in a deficit.
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Links to said research?
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Sorry, but that is not true. If you are 7%BF and ripped, ya you are not going to put on muscle in a deficit situation. You have no reserves to fuel growth. If you are 35%BF and embark upon a consistent program of resistance training with linear progression, you can and will build muscle while in a caloric deficit. If you…
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I'm not a big fan as A) I prefer free weights to machines and B) That would put a ton of strain on the knees. It would mostly be working your hamstrings with glutes and calves secondary. I'm surprised you fall forward with a low bar squat. Normally that is going to go the other way.Lowbar is a squat for people with poor…
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You act like the majority of the people out there even know what their macro needs are. Having recommended guidelines on consumption is about all the majority of people have to go on. I find it hilarious the disconnect between people here and what they think the average person knows about nutrition.
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Right...the industry lobby is a more reputable source of scientific info than the World Health Organization.. just like tobacco.... You are kidding yourself if you think the entire WHO recommendation is based off Lustig.
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Low bar squats and deadlifts. Both hit the posterior chain more than the quads. Two exercises will do everything your 13 listed will. More weight, less reps and 1/8th of the time spent.
