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Thanks for the reply. Yeah, my upper is looking the best ever but I am concerned that you are right about the lower body. But the problem is that adding weight to squats, dreads, and thrusts was really draining me. That's why I stopped in the first place. If I add weights, but very low weights, I will eventfully have the…

Best wishes! Great!

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Thanks for the suggestions. I looked at the stands, but at ~$400 they are not an option. I should also clarify: I can actually get the bar over my head when I can get it up to my shoulders. It is that I cannot move the bar from the top of my hips (l deadlift the bar to standing) to the front of my shoulders. I tried the…

Thanks for the replies. I do squat barefoot and I do have a wider stance than what I see in the vids, but I'll try the toes pointing out thing. Using plates under my heels sounds like a great idea, too. Thanks for the tips! And, I just looked up wall squats...gonna get on those tomorrow!

OP-I am loathe to mention this as I am not a doctor and I really hate when people suggest that others may have a medical/emotional problem -but disordered eating can cause hot flashes. In addition to hormone imbalance, they can also be caused by vitamin deficiency, depression, anxiety, and anemia, and then on to rather…

Just wanted to check in and see how you are doing...

I make protein smoothies with powder, green and orange veg, fruit, Greek yogurt, oats, seed mix, avocado and I make 10 on Sunday night for my husband and I to have each morning for the wool week. On Thursday and Friday we find there is more liquid at the bottom, we shake t up and we r good to go. Super big fan of meal…

@sardelsa what program are you doing now? Been reading for over a year that low heavy reps are the best for strength and fat loss for relatively new lifters, but recently I have been following a program that is in the 15 - 10 rep range daily and I see much more progress in the last 2 months than the prior year...

So sorry to hear about your sister.

Great job!!!

Thanks for the feedback. Really. I'll make sure my logging in on point and settle I. For a lon recomp. Not super thrilled about the patience thing but at least it is a plan.

I get what you are saying. Like you and others have said, maybe it is hard to look at ourselves objectively. I really don't think i am fat, honestly, in fact my abs look great and hard. But I carry all my weight in my lower half and objectively there is fat to lose. And cellulite, which I realize doesn't go away but it is…

You are right. I was more concerned with the quick weight gain than lack of muscle but your advice for sticking to a plan is really what I need to do. Thanks.

I am leaning this way. Mini cut and recomp the hell out of 98 lbs. I think I'll feel best this way. I love the tdee calc you included. Thanks for that. Helped me decide on a good starting point.

Thanks for the feedback. I switched from strong curves to strong lifts when I finished the program. Couldn't swing strong curves so I switched to wendler. Planning to stick with it. I j ow program hopping is no good. I do take measurements but not pics. But right now I need all the motivation I can get so I'll get on the…

Actually, the increased calories have helped me sleep better I think, and have helping with the lifting. I am increasing weight (even though strength is not a priority) and while I work hard i don't feel drained to the point of exhaustion where I did before. My booty is certainly looking better - huge plus- but along with…

I think I'd prefer a minuscule surplus. I did strong curves for 9 months- through the end of the cycle. Switched to strong lifts but found it too depleting, and have been doing wendler for ~2 mos.

Thanks for the responses. I am not a very patient person, so this will be a physical and emotional challenge. The truth is that I thought I'd see an appreciable difference in a year- maybe not what my ideal look is- but a def improvement and there isn't one. So this brings me to my next question as I am not mentally…

Sorry for rambling post. I want the toned look everyone talks about. Thought I'd get there by losing weight, but didn't. Thought I'd try lifting at deficit and maintenance to get there, but didn't. It was suggested that I don't have enough muscle to give me the look I want even if I lost more fat, so eating above…

No pics but I do have the tape measure. Started at 20.5 too if thigh, went down the 19.5 by the end of the summer, right back to 20.5 today. :/

1 am at 104 now. And, i know I am it fat- I'm not, but I am skinny fat. Lots of chunk in the bum and thigh area. I did talk to the lifters. They helped a lot and are very knowledgeable, but j don't see anything happening in real life...

Not very long. I'm gonna sound stupid...like 3 weeks. But I had been maintaining at 97 for a good long time. Sorta freaking...

I don't know my %. My goal is less fat but toned looking and I guess I can't really get there based on what I currently have to work with. Apparently I am not muscular enough to lose fat and show defined muscle. I don't want to care about the scale, and I honestly probably wouldn't have except for the fact that I am…

The truth is I am afraid of a long term bulk. I am already wider than I was a few months ago and to keep it going concerns me. I do want more muscle but I don't want to look frumpy. I do t have a lot of room to play with.

Not really red pool but rather pink hue.

Think I'm gonna try to get to an ophthalmologist. Maybe blood pressure? Maybe I'm not breathing correctly, though I think I am... I wish I could say a bunch of pissed of blood vessels but it is less like individual vessels and more like and all over pink hue. Hmmm...

Thanks for the suggestion. My gym is my home and while I am not the best homemaker, it really isn't too too dusty ;) Unfortunately, allergies can't be the culprit because I don't (thankfully) suffer from allergies.

I know. I'll get in touch with a doc but since I can't today or this weekend I figured I'd check to see if this is unusual or something others have encountered.

Hmmm...I'll look into theseZ. Thanks.