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I'd say the only 2 supplements you should take are creatine and a good pre-workout with caffeine in it. Creatine is proven to increase blood flow to the muscles, more blood, more workout and quicker recovery. Caffeine is proven to stimulate you to do more reps, more reps, more gains. If I've one piece of advice, is eat…

Hi All. I'm 49 male...feels like I'm sitting in front of Cilla Black! Anyway, I weigh 176 lbs, 188cm tall, and I'm about 12% body fat. My goals are to get just below 10% and maintain it. I'd like friends of about the same age, male or female, who have similar goals. Having kids a job and a busy family life would also help.…

It's a mirror picture, they're on the other arm 😉

Started January 22nd 2019. Right picture taken about a week ago. Managed to maintain the same weight. I hit the big 50 later this year.

Started January 16 2019. Picture taken about a week ago. Zero weight loss.

Maybe I'm just getting old! 😉😋

Third day. 30.

I've a structured program. I started my burst January 22nd and have maintained the same weight up to 2 weeks ago. I lost 4lbs in 2 weeks, without changing a single thing and was worried, hense the question I asked. I'm 49, I've been at this a while, however, I've never lost 4lbs in 2 weeks without changing something, it…

@erickirb This is pretty much a burst routine, normally I'm 5 days a week, but I went the extra half hour and extra day to have my abs show. I'll be back to 5 days and 1.5 hours in 2 weeks, then I'll slow down even further once I can maintain.

@Tic78 Thank you. That was very insightful, and I think correct. I do put everything into the tracker, but I'm way under what I should be eating. I've upped my intake to 2700 calories, and keeping with the clean eating philosophy I've started with. I was at 2150 calories, so I'll see how this goes for a week or so.…

Thank you. That's great advice. I'll take that and run with it.

Okay....thank you guys. So the consensus is that I need to go to at least 2800 calories. I just downloaded a TDEE app and put in all my stats. It came up with 2800 calories with working out 5 to 6 days a week.

@Tic78. My calories are 2150 per day.

My average weight has been constant for over 6 months. I've lost fat and gained muscle instead. I may have changed because I've reached the plateau where I've very little fat to loose now, and I now have to slow down or eat more to keep my weight at 182lbs.

I know you don't like vegetables, but sprouts are excellent. Try steaming a few till almost done, then transfer into a pan and fry with some horse chestnuts. The taste of the nuts will make the sprouts taste all the better, and they contain loads of fibre and no fat.

My main worry is I'm loosing muscle. My body composition hasn't change, as far as I can see. I like to stay lean and have my abs just about visible, or actually visible, so I avoid fat if I can. I do eat healthy fats, such as cheese, whole eggs, butter etc, but fatty meat is a no no.

Yeah, I love going 6 days a week. I don't feel right when I don't. That very well might be a good idea. Just have to stuff myself if I'm to eat more. I'm pretty much full and eating from 8am to 8pm.

BioTech USA Iso Whey Zero. They did a vanilla flavour that tasted really good with protein milk. It's like a vanilla milk shake....yum!

In the last 2 weeks I've lost 4 pounds

Second day. 26.

I had a body scan yesterday, just to see what my fat percentage is. It's between 12 and 16. The report indicates that I need to work on my lats and legs, and I need to do more cardio. I hate cardio. I nearly didn't go to the gym today, as I was a little disappointed at the results. I did though, and I worked on all three.

First day. 1st of April. Achieved 25. A good start to build on.

Abs at nearly 50

Name:Simon Age:49 Height:6foot2inch Total weight lost:0 Time it took to lose: How long in maintenance:January 22nd Maintenance weight range:178lbs Average weight recorded from 2018:180lbs Average weight recorded from January:178lbs Average weight recorded from February:178lbs Week of... March 3:178lbs March 10:178lbs March…