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That's exactly what I intend to do. When I get down to an ideal BF% (I am now 25%, I'd like to get down to about 17%), then I will eat at maintenance or surplus or whatever is required (I am yet to do research into maintenance and muscle mass gains). I will no longer need a deficit because I'll have lost all the fat and…
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I recently joined up to that site and I am loving it! Such a wealth of knowledge there. I am lifting to gain muscle mass, and eating at a deficit to burn body fat. Logically, this should result in 'shredded' lol.
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I know plenty of people say this and we usually call bull**** on it, but I can't eat more. At the moment, having only just started lifting heavy (and arguably not feeling the taxing effect of it) I am eating plenty. Eating healthier foods and making better choices means that I am actually fuller on a 1200 calorie diet. So…
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I see what you mean, I weighed today after heavy lifting Monday and Wednesday and am 6% heavier in body fat! That cannot even be a little bit right!
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Thanks, I appreciate your responses. I am trying to lose fat and I have to create a caloric deficit, because my TDEE is so low and I don't want to eat below 1200 calories. So I need to do some exercise on rest days. I do love pump, so I thought I could I do that on rest days, given that it's essentially cardio, I could…
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I know stronglifts is enough and I don't need to do anything more, but I actually want to. So you're saying I can do both for now, until I feel overworked or exhausted? I don't HAVE to give my muscles a rest?
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Baybeejulia (also) on BodySpace/BodyBuilding - I need friends!
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I guess I will have to stick with tracking a 'trend' - I'll eventually get the DEXA body scan, I am really interested to know! I am not surprised @cyronius, everything seems simpler for men! I guess with all the excess water weight and fat (boobs) we carry, it makes sense that yours would be more accurate.
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Yep - I guess I will rely more on those than the BF%. My gym does free assessments so they take my measurements (woo), and I'll take my photos. Depressing about Trendweight though, it predicts it'll take me till October to lose 6kg and get to my goal weight lol.
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That's true, I guess it will ultimately be a downward trend.
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I do use TrendWeight and love it. But I've started heavy lifting and BF% will be my primary focus - which will be hard if I can't accurately measure it lol. Did you find TrendWeight's predictions accurate?
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I am actually sore today lol, two days later. So I guess I did lift a significant amount. In the 70 days since I have been logging on MFP, I have gone from 55.7kg (122lbs) to 51.6kg (113lbs)(officially, though I have fluctuated above this weight every now and then, I am currently 52kg). I don't know if that's too fast or…
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Thanks so much for all the info! I am 4ft 9in, so my caloric requirements are a little lower than you. Without eating junk food, I can happily get all the food and nutrients I need and I do feel full on 1200 calories. I haven't been lifting long enough to know whether my low calorie diet will affect my lifting though, I…
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Oh great, I just bought it for this reason lol.
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I am currently eating about 1200 calories a day, my TDEE on a lifting day is about 1800 calories, and on a cardio day is about 2000 (I am very small so my TDEE is very low. On Sundays when I do no exercise my TDEE is about 1450, I wear a FitBit so this is as accurate as it will get). Should I be eating more? I am…
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Thanks for that! I did my first stronglifts workout last night but I don't feel like I did any work. My weight was as follows: Squat 40kg Bench press 25kg Barbell row 25kg I struggled with the lifts at the time but now I don't feel sore or anything. Am I supposed to feel like I achieved nothing? Lol
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That's amazing, thank you! You look great. How long have you been lifting? I've joined the group and re-posted there :)
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Thank you.
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Nice! Good on you.
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No sorry, I don't believe so.
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Awesome work! Congratulations, you should be so damn proud! I agree with all your points! Esp. the 'don't sweat the small stuff'. I used to stress so much over splurging on a meal for a special occasion, then I realised it didn't matter - I was still consistently losing weight, and even if it set me back a bit, so what!
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@jennifer_417 - I know, it does take a lot of commitment, that's the fear haha! @CockneyLady2014 - you're absolutely right. You do learn what's good for you and what's bad for you. You start to make healthier choices and I think that's the best thing about MFP, it makes you aware of what you actually put into your body.…
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Got it, thank you :smile:
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I agree - I loved that feature! When I contacted them about it they said apparently it was removed because of user feedback, I wonder who would hate on that feature!
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Thanks for that! I know how to access this on the desktop site but not from the app. Have you accessed that from the MFP App?
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Bump - does anyone know the answer? The FitBit Support Team have been useless and don't even understand my question. Does anyone at least remember this feature?
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Thanks everyone - If anyone cares for an update, I did Pump last night and in the squat track, I focused on my squat form rather than how many I can do. I realised I wasn't squatting properly but have now figured out the correct form :smile: It'll take me a while to get pro at it, but at least I know it was the squats that…
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Hello fellow Aussies! :smiley: My husband and I live in thongs haha - but I definitely don't exercise in them. Although my husband does.
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I'm not sure what that is lol, but to qualify, the pain isn't that bad, not even bad enough to make me stop 'getting low', just hurts a bit.
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Yea. That's right. I am well acquainted with the 'phenomenon' of rest days. Sundays are my rest days. For someone as unfit as me, my routine is an incredible achievement, compromising it would compromise my health and fitness altogether as I'd lose my motivation. I don't agree that my body is trying to communicate to me…