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my advice is to try and keep things in perspective... How much do you really WANT to change your appearance, and for who? if you dont enjoy changing the way you look then you really need to ask yourself WHY are you doing it? if its for other people then be prepared to suffer inside for the road to your goal is long, hard…

My favorite part of this post is that its about chocolate foiling your ultimate grand master plan with a crazy conspiracy about a delicious tasty treat that I as an Australian cannot comprehend... and then after all that your user name contains the word "chocolate" - now THAT is a conspiracy!!

to throw the "bloke" perspective on this one, I ride a motorbike and I can assure you that the lost weight is DEFINITELY noticeable in both seat comfort, acceleration, handling and how bumps on the road impact your body. So horse riding would be a similar thing, get that weight off so you can peruse your passions! Its a…

+1 if you want an *kitten* you best friends are deadlifts and squats

a General Practice doctor, is NOT a nutritionist, they are sick day certificate vending machines. go and see someone who knows what the eff they are talking about

<3 You are fantastic

now now, I think we all love a good shart... But I assume that you ment "sharing" :-P

Thanks all - yeah some of my extended family didnt recognize me lol... gone from a size 46inch pant to a loose 36inch! Now that im looking at the photos all in a row like that even I hardly recognize that person! I tell you what tho, the difference in the photos is nothing compared to the difference I feel I used to catch…

im gonna sound like a douche... but any way... you need to redefine the word "healthy" in your own mind, you have to try not to fall into the trap of seeing a single meal as either good or bad. eating "healthy" is a balance, it cannot be measured in one meal, or in a week or at all. its almost impossible to measure or…

Do what they are incapable of doing - your doctor being fat, is not an excuse to ignore their advice :-)

yes, if overall body weight is your only concern. If you are concerned with your body composition i.e: how much fat vs. muscle you have then, dont... Ideally eat your exercise calories immediately BEFORE you exercise, this will be, generally, the most benificial method of increasing lean/muscle mass and reducing fat mass.…

When I have achieved the status of demi-god

tell them that you dont want to settle for average, and that you want your body to reflect how you feel about yourself - i.e: amazing and excellent. let the sheep keep baaahahaing - they cant understand what it feels like to be the Shepard :-) *oh im sooo deeeeep* lol

My fully complete and functional body, my life and my existence - its the most poweful tool ever...

Yes I eat my exercise calories Reason - I dont want to be weak and skinny - that is all

Mine reminds me of how far ive come - and also how far ive got to go :-) just reminds me that this is what I want

^ +1 You could spend a life time researching the topic of this thread, and some have... and the gernal conclusion of often very simple... 5x5 compound lifts

6"1 here - started @ 314lbs and today im 232lbs - taken approx 12 months, been strength building and weight lifting primarily. check my profile :-)

up your calories by around 300 to 1200, but also burn the 300 extra using high-intensity interval training i.e: sprints, intervals or heavy weight lifting. I can assure you that this will overcome your platue and cause a nice shift in body composition AND make you feel fuller and healthier

How long have you been on MFP? around 250+ How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? initally 2,100 - due to weight loss 1,650 Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes - all of them!! why?? Because I train at high intensity, damage my muscles, and want to grow them =)

Sounds good, as long as you have a goal to visualize whilst training hard / fighting those hunger pangs and desires then I think its fantastic... personally I dont ban myself from anything but when training and dieting I visualize the way I want to be and remind myself that is what I am doing, getting what I really want,…

strength gains and muscle gains, whilst separate do go hand in hand, I challenge any trainer or athlete to try and gain one without the other... throw all the theroycraft and broscience about the place that you like... from my personal experience, eating what I have been eating, I have made strength gains and I have made…

***I TOTALY AGREE WITH OP - ITS TRUE*** READ: I have been calorie deficit diet for almost a year, with the odd blow out every 7 to 14 days... and by blow out I mean about 500 calories above maintenance. I have been strength training primarily squats, bench press and deadlifts being the focus of my training. I started not…

well said sir, well said... MOAR SQUATS

warm-up using empty bar weight lifting including ramp-up sets cardio cool-down stretching being a tool I tend to do this all wrong

+1

I would eat nothing and likely evaporate 140 grams of body fat =)

If your not groaning, moaning, crying, shouting or bleeding - your not lifting heavy enough... I go to the gym to work out, if your not pushing your boundaries to expand them then your cutting yourself short. I wish my gym would ban Adele from the god dam radio... uggghhh

I preffer Assault over Jack3d - Jack3d leaves me feeling tingly mouthed and light headed after heavy sets... and also encoruages fear... Assault keeps me going, I find im less tired, more mentaly "in the zone" and able to lift for longer, I also sip BCAA's during lifting sessions - it does make me very very very chatty…

ok ,so assuming your not kidding - as this is hard to believe. - see below weight "loss" or "gain" is something that is not very well represented on the scales... especially body fat loss/gain, it takes approx 3000 calories of intake/reduction to shift just 1 pound of body fat. So assuming your feeling lethargic due to…