cbohling1987 Member

In an addendum to what the previous poster suggested, put high-calorie condiments on everything. I.e., if you eat rice with your evening meal, put butter in it. If you eat lasagna, put 2 tablespoons of shredded parmesan on it. That way you can increase calorie intake without feeling like you're eating a bunch more food.

Ah yes dips, the quickest way to make you hate your life. My current routine involves supersetting dips with bench press and I want to die every time afterwards. On the other hand, my traps and triceps have gotten noticeably bigger so there's that...

Try the Cookies and Cream quest bars, they don't suck

I mean they're fine if you work them into your diet (like everything) but I prefer other protein bars that aren't as high in carbs/sugar, such as Quest bars.

The "intuitive eating" movement seems to be good for a lot of people who have undereating disorders, from my experience observing others, in the sense that they oftentimes had obsessive calorie counting turn into a full-blown disorder and they need to get out of that mindset. For chronic overeaters this usually doesn't…

This is REALLY GOOD alliteration

You can't spot reduce fat is my problem! I've cut to only 5 pounds over the recommended minimum healthy weight for my height and I still have back fat. Whaaaaaaaaa

I understand what you're trying to get at and I intend no offense, but for many of us this is completely useless advice. If something tastes good to me I do not feel "satisfied" until my stomach is literally hurting from overeating. I've seen people say "don't eat until you're stuffed, just eat until the hunger feeling…

Now I don't have the world's most expensive scale, but I have seen my weight as reported by the scale fluctuate by as much as 6lb in a SINGLE DAY depending on whether I weighed myself after waking up, after exercising, after eating, etc. I am about 150lb so 6lb of fluctuation means that my body weight as measured by the…

When I have a "cheat day" that means I eat at maintenance instead of at a deficit. I know I'm at maintenance because I'm still logging it. "Maintenance cheat day" = I am delaying my weight loss progress for one day. Totally unrestricted, unlogged "cheat day" = I could be undoing a week or more of work. Do the first type of…

I stepped on the scale 3 times yesterday and once this morning (I am a 30-year-old man, all weighings were without clothes) Yesterday morning - 155.6 lbs Yesterday afternoon after doing heavy squats and deadlifts and then running 6 miles - 151.2 lbs Later that evening after eating a big plate of spaghetti and steamed…

As malibu927 and quicksylver296 stated, your calorie intake is going to determine your weight loss, not how hard you work out. That said, your cycling is cardio and it does burn calories, and you can factor those calories burned into your daily calorie intake by adding them to your diary as exercise. I don't believe there…

I believe you, I just don't think that's the case for most people. It's certainly not the case for me.

Don't know why anyone would woo this, this is 95% likely the source of the problem. Even if the portion of each ingredient is only 20% higher than they are estimating then that burrito could be 1400 calories instead of 1000.

Probably beating a dead horse but most people who control their weight with "clean eating" alone, in reality, just have a limited appetite. Go to the "gaining weight" subforum and find a post from someone who is underweight and looking to gain weight. They usually mention that they just don't like to eat very much or can't…

University staff gym aww yeah Cons: Relatively limited hours Only 3 2.5lb plates Not enough bumper plates Pros: Free for employees Rarely more than 3 people in there No students 12 power racks Quiet

It seems like most of the posters in this thread are women and I'm a man so my experience may be a bit different, but I've also found that I prefer to keep my weight a little bit above "trim." According to BMI I'm not overweight, but I can tell that if I cut down to 155 (currently 165) I would look very lean. However, I…

I think this is the grand irony of human life - there is so much to experience that you want to try to do it all, but in order to enjoy those things you have to slow down and relax.

My gym is way too small to dump plates off the bars to the side, I'd hit someone. I always use the safety pins.

Didn't read the whole thread so I might be beating a dead horse, but I wanted to just give an example here. I'm a librarian. I was also born in 1987, so I don't actually remember working in the pre-internet age. But I know how things used to work. The reason I bring that up is that people frequently mention that more…

So last night my wife ordered pizza (I didn't have any because she worked until 8 PM) and she said I could have the remaining 2 pieces for breakfast this morning. Yasss But then in the middle of the night she woke up feeling feverish and nauseated fk guess I won't eat that pizza after all

I was gonna say lol, 5 beers right after a workout sounds like a recipe for feelin' bad

Yeah, I have no real desire to get that particular, I'll never be a competition bodybuilder lol. I just want to lose some flab.

If I could maintain at 15% that would be ideal, I'm probably around 20% right now and all I really want to do is just lose that last bit of belly fat (and get stronger etc.) I've just been struggling with feeling super guilty if I drink alcohol, even though I know that my 1-2 beers a week habit is not really a huge health…

Yeah as others have said there's no benefit to that at all. Drastically reducing the amount of solid food you eat will most likely just make you hungrier and more prone to fail/give up. Just work on figuring out what kind of calorie intake you need to be in a calorie deficit, and then hit that calorie goal while eating…

Yeah, all those oils make a huge difference in the overall calorie count. You can reduce the calories by a lot just by going for a grilled/unbreaded chicken option.

The scale is broken? I'm struggling to believe the OP is only 15 pounds lighter than me (a 5'11" male with love handles). I could be off base but I am really confused.

Also under what circumstances does it make sense to do sumo deadlift but not regular deadlift? (This is a genuine question, I am a noob powerlifter)

That's OK - the big pull back with your legs and back is the part of the movement that really works you. As long as your arms are out straight you're probably OK. BTW I also struggle to grab the handles if my feet are on the pedals and I'm 5'11"/165lb. I think it's more hip mobility than anything.

Brotip on the rower: You might be trying to lean too far forward. Maybe you're fine, but in my experience many people lean forward and back too much on the rower. If your torso is the hand of a clock, you really only need to go between maybe 11o'clock and 1 o'clock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0r_ZPXJLtg Like I said…