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Can you please explain what you mean by that? Is there a difference between bumper plates and the weightss that are on the racks? Sorry, I'm new to the termonology

These are the 10lb plates they have. When I use just these, the bar is where it is in the picture so you can see the issue im having there and why I use the platforms. Is this a better visual? With the platform, im set mid shin

I feel like people arent understanding me. when I use 10lb plates, the bar isnt even that high off the ground. I cant even shimmy my feet under it

With the 10lbs plates I can't properly get my feet under the bar. when I do the 25lbs plates I can, but im worried about how I seem to have to stretch to get the bar back on the ground when im coming down on the lift since I dont use the platform when I put the 25lbe plates on

Thank you!

I want to be able to see my abs or atleast the lining of my obliques. I'm at a little below 30% body fat on my stomach when I checked with my calipers yesterday

I'm 5'2. And I just feel like I lost muscle because whenever I look at my arms, they just seem to be smaller than they were before. I started back at the gym yesterday with chest/back and noticed I wasn't able to lift as heavy as I was before. And as far as losing weight without the exercise, I think I stayed in…

Yes thats it. It's not like it hurts or anything, I'm just not sure if I should be worried about it

Thank you lol. Definitely don't have a problem. Just a college student in my last semester, so yeah I dont tend to count every drink I have on those weekend night parties. But I'm going to try more

I only have about 10 lbs left to lose to reach my goal weight so I feel .5 a week will be okay and I appreciate your comment. When you say you recommend averaging by week or month, what do you mean?

Thank you everyone. I think I will settle for an in-between number. To lose 1lb a week, MFP gives me 1300 and to lose 0.5 a week, it gives me 1530. I set my calories for 1400 just to help with the feeling of constriction with 1300 calories. I might not actually do 1400 each day, but I feel this allows me to still lose…

I like the point you brought up that it made you feel less deprived. Sometimes on 1300 calories (1lb/week), I would feel deprived or stressed over calories and would lead me to binge once in a while I'm 5'2, 158lbs currently and I want to get down to 150. Technically I'm "overweight" on my BMI but I definitely have some…

I don't log my weekend drinking because I honestly don't know how to measure how much I'm drinking

Don't worry, I didn't take offense to it at all. I understood your warning not to use the surplus as an excuse to eat too much

I will probably continue to cut then at this time and wait until I'm at a lower body fat to bulk.

Sorry,but I don't feel comfortable posting a photo here. And I wanted to look into bulking because I thought it would help to build overall strength if my muscles were larger, and yes because of glutes also. I wasn't sure how to go about building muscle mass while also in a deficit, as MFP gives me 1300 cals daily right…

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What do you mean by stats? I'm 5'2, 21yr female,156lbs. Is there any other numbers you need?And based off the charts, I would say I'm between 20-25% because I do see some definitions around my obliques, but I still have that lower stomach "pouch"

Also how do you handle eating exercise calories when bulking?

How do you determine your body fat %? I would say I definitely can start to see the muscles in my arms and legs and am working on my back, but I still have some fat on my lower abdomen and inner thigh. Do you measure yourself or is there any visual charts I can compare myself to? Should I keep cutting until I see…

I do log my exercise, but I'm always afraid of eating back the cals as its hard to even determine how much you really burned. also its the middle of the day when I start feeling hungry

Im usually in a rush in the morning & I've never been a breakfast person. I took up intermittent fasting so I don't eat till 1 anyway

I usually have a turkey burger w cheese on wheat with two eggs for lunch, yogurt, a protein bar, and whatever I have for my meal preps for dinner which is usually a meat/fish with something like rice or potatoes and veggies

I have a food scale I use and I do check the items I scan are correct in MFP. Also, 1300 calories is what MFP gave me when I entered my weight and my goals

I weigh 156

I feel like I'm eating too many carbs because I usually end up at 114g for rhe day. Sorry if that doesn't sound like much, but honestly I'm still learning and I didn't know if eating that many carbs a day was slowing my weight loss. I pretty much eat the same thing everyday because I'm a creature of habit and it'll usually…

I just feel like I'm not losing 1lb each week and thought carbs might be the culprit. Before I was eating less than 114g a day of carbs. I just don't know how many grams a day is needed to be considered"low carb" I weigh 156 right now for reference

I was doing research & saw that reducing your card intake can help lose weight quicker. I usually have carbs at 35% of my calories.

Unfortunately, weight loss will just happen gradually. You can't target what spots you lose weight in first, and eventually you'll see fat loss in your stomach. I didn't start losing in my stomach until after my arms and back fat started to go. Just stay patient and you'll lose the gut eventually

I might just use half of whatever my tracker tells me for my exercise calories then since I do a mix of weight lifting and cardio. I just didnt want to try and eat my exercise calories back and end up overeating