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Yeah, however a quick glance at threads you've posted in may show if there was further conversation which may be of interest, whether you were directly quoted or not.

This. If it helps you lose weight and keep weight off, the health benefits of that outweigh other side effects.

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You need energy to build muscle. Calories you eat are energy. Stored fat is also energy. Lynn is correct. If you're new to weights, you can also get beginner gains. Depending on your goals and time frame, it may be faster to focus on cut then bulk/maingain. You can preserve muscle as best you can during the cut with…

Protein powder is the cheapest. Typically about 25g for 120 calories.

Re the cardio/HIIT, it's up to you. You don't need it for weight loss. Maybe you want it to keep doing it for fitness reasons. Or, 5-10 minutes before weights would be a good warm-up. If you cut it out, remember to adjust your expected TDEE accordingly. To your last paragraph, the concern would be that sudden calorie…

Congrats on the cut. I'd suggest go back to maintenance for a couple of weeks, then do a 10% surplus for a lean bulk. That'll probably be about +250. Go a bit higher if you don't mind a bit more fat, and the need to diet again later to cut that. After a few months, if you think you're gaining a little more fat than you…

This being your first full day, I'd say don't worry about it. Enjoy your meal. Just be careful about going overboard, maybe do without a sauce or topping perhaps. Then start logging in full tomorrow. In the future, if the restaurant doesn't offer nutrition, find a different but similar restaurant site which does, and use…

Have you redone MFP's goals to estimate your current TDEE? The site doesn't auto update this as your weight changes, while in the real world it will drop as you lose weight.

That's a big scale!

One day? LOL. Your water weight can go up or down by pounds every day based on your recent food intake, salt, working out, etc. etc. Weigh once a week at the same time and even then bear in mind the above line about water weight, or if you insist on weighing daily, take a multi-day average of that.

How many days per week? Starting Strength is often recommended for new people. It's the most important compound lifts, designed to get you stronger. You'll build muscle along the way. Are you overweight, normal, or under? You'll want somewhere between 0.7g protein per pound if you're overweight, to 1g if you're lean. You…

I hate it. I grew up with it, so I'm in the small subset of people who know about it (UK, Ireland and Australia?) And I hate it. e.g. Which is easier to understand, if someone is telling you their weight? Person A: "I'm 200 pounds." Person B: "I'm 14 stone 4, innit." Person C: "I'm 180 pounds." Person D: "I'm 12 stone 12,…

You don't want to mess around with potential tendonitis stuff like that. Rest, definitely don't do exercises which aggravate it, and do some rehab work like (do your own research here) dead hangs and wrist curls with light weight if you can handle it. If you're logging your current input accurately, you know that's the…

Pfft, that's nothing. Hopefully you had a good time. Take a short walk if you feel you must work it off. Success is about the majority of days.

What are you doing for weights and how long is that for? I'm double your weight and I enter just under 300 calories for an hour of weights in my MFP diary. MFP estimates 297 additional calories for an hour (for my weight).

That doesn't sound like over-training or cortisol to me. It sounds like the obvious, i.e. you're taking in too many calories. You say you aren't logging yet, so start there. Log everything you ingest, food and drink, as accurately as possible, without changing your diet at all. That calorie amount is apparently leading to…

That style enables you to press more weight. However, that's not allowed in powerlifting competitions these days. It reduces the range of motion, by raising your chest a little. If you keep your butt on the bench, more ROM, which is good for muscle growth. And you'd then be able to grip the bench with your knees if needed.…

It's there. On the site, "check-in" up top, and "reports" to view it. On the app, go to "Progress", then the "+" up top. You can add entries for old dates too iirc.

Re bench, doesn't the rack have safety hooks? Does a towel on the bench help with slipping? You can also try gripping the bench with your knees too. You can also not use collars, so the weight slides off easily if you have a problem. Yeah, it'll be noisy and messy, but better that than you struggling with the weight on…

At that point, you'd probably switch programs. Or put more focus on periodization. Or you could focus on strength training more. You'll get similar muscle gains at any rep range, assuming enough volume to near failure. With the caveat that lower rep ranges which favor strength gains (1-5 reps) will build more fatigue and…

Never, and I've never heard of it. Google tells me it's definitely a thing, and various health sites suggest it's more likely with lack of hydration, or working out in hot or humid conditions, or at higher altitude. Suggestions include pouring cold water on your head (to help constrict the blood vessels to ease pressure),…

Congrats. Those measurements look very suspect though. I mean you've gained 5% weight, gained body fat, your biceps has gone up a very large amount and your waist is the same... but your chest and quads are much smaller? That doesn't make sense.

Not that it necessarily discounts that six year old study, but... M. B. A., A. F., J. B. H. and T. K. [i.e. most of the authors] are full-time employees of, and hold shares in, Novo Nordisk A/S. A. B. has received research grants from Novo Nordisk. J. B. has received research, travel and accommodation grants within the…

Thanks for the @ Springlering. I missed this because while I'm a regular here, that only applies to a few of the sub-forums. I would encourage @tagj1204 to post in the body building forum or the more active health and fitness forum if they're still active here. To keep it brief until then, sounds like you're in a good…

Very smart.

It's disappointing that study didn't include body composition. A month ago I made a thread here showing the data on the greater than expected loss in muscle mass from people on these drugs, and I was asking if people on the drugs were doing resistance training and taking more protein to mitigate that. It was crickets and…

The app says? It's a crowd sourced database. It's on you to make sure the entry you've chosen is correct. If none are correct, you can add your own entry to the database.

If it hasn't really impacted your goals, couldn't you simply eat a bit more every other day of the week and therefore maybe not feel the need for a scheduled "cheat day"? I dislike the term "cheat day". Cheating implies you are doing something under-handed to win against someone else, none of which applies here. People…