mpizzle421 Member

A suggestion... Don't buy anything new. Check out craigslist. You will find equipment @ a fraction of the cost. Purchase the following: 1. A flat bench. Whatever is cheap and works. Don't buy this new!! There will be NUMEROUS listings on craigslist. 2. 1" dumbell handles. Walmart has them for less than $10 for a pair if…

A small suggestion. I'm not sure why you're on mfp but introducing too much can in some cases be a bit of a stumbling block. Depending on how you define eating clean - I would expect that you'e eliminating the processed junk (fast food, boxed and canned food, etc.) and shopping the outsides of the grocery store. Paleo…

Agree that he would probably be better off with a split routine than the one he proposed - strongly disagree that a spit is unnecessary prior to a decade. I personally am prone to injury when I do full body 3x a week. I just need the recovery time. We're all different. To the OP. My suggestion - either: 1. Work with a good…

Interestingly... I dropped nearly 4lbs over the course of the last 2 days. I think I was retaining some water. I also started adding some HIIT.

Unfortunately so. I was actually kind of ashamed writing that :)

I totally understand that the inaccuracies are more important as we decrease body fat. However, we're still talking about a guy with ~85lbs of bodyfat to lose at my current weight. Ultimately, I wouldn't think at this juncture I would have to work all that hard to drop weight if I'm keeping my calories somewhere in the…

I guess the frustration for me is that what I've been doing worked for the first 20lbs. Have I been perfect about measuring and logging food? - probably, not. But it worked for me up to this point. Have I been perfect about cheat days? - probably not. But it worked for me up to this point. This has happened to me in…

I used the lower of the TDEE values for a sedentary lifestyle and subtracted 500 calories from that value to come up with 2200. As far as eating back lifting calories - I haven't come by an accurate method to determine what I burn from lifting so I just go with the MFP defaults. I don't actually mind eating back an extra…

Yea, That's a big one agreed. However, it didn't seem to hold me back the first few months.

Sarcasm is good. Motivation is good. Friend request incoming!

Bumping this post -- My starting weight was 281lbs. I'm down to 264. My current bodyfat is ~33/34% My initial goal would be to get down to 15-18% bf @ 215-225 lbs (assuming I'm not a genetic super-hero who has massive muscle gains while dropping weight). I'm trying to achieve said goal by lifting weights (which I have…

I've read much on the subject as well. Take a look at the following thread - it's very well written. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=156380183

When it comes to exercises like squats most of my time is actually spent trying to catch my breath after a set. I'm still working toward a baseline fitness level - having such a sedentary lifestyle previously. I'm also realistically @ 267 about 70+ lbs overweight (carrying about 90lbs of fat based on bf% tests). I guess my…

Zombies eat fat. True story.

Good answers. 1. Thinking I need to adhere to some general guidelines regarding heart rate comes from places like this (the article Sums it up) http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/healthtool-target-heart-rate-calculator No, I'm sure it's it's not medical quality, but it's just consistent and a fair way to judge progress.…

I see you thar!

Yep. You need to create a deficit. Everyone is different. Your body is unique. There are however standards that people start with, and the one you started with is quite a bit lower than the recommendation for a man of your age/size. "Starvation Mode" is just a simple way of saying that your body compensates for a heavy…

Prob not. People are just ashamed of Rockford :)

Some of these protein bars border on junk food (lol, and cause anal leakage). You could try making your own? Whey + peanut/almond butter + oats + stevia (optional) + oven = simple protein bar.

bump for some Illinois love.

This thread is interesting to me. You have the calories in > calories out camp. You have the low carb / excess carbs are stored as fat camp. And you have a smaller group of people who are less concerned with "carbs", and more concerned with the effect grains have on our bodies ala primal blueprint style camp. There's…

Evaluate the nutritional info before going... Their sandwiches can be extremely high in calories (and sodium) as well. I recall a few years back I assumed they were more healthy than the typical fast-food joint, until I saw that some of their sandwiches were 1000+ calories, and 1500-2000mg sodium.

Yes. Eat back exercise calories. Myfitnesspal already sets your calories at a 500-1000 calorie deficit. Burning further calories, and NOT eating them back isn't necessary to achieve your goals.

Great job! Inspirational for sure.

Thread worth bumping!

Dirty Rockford guy... :)

Why does fat free matter?

Yes I have been a yo-yo dieter... Yes I have also done 1200 calories... Yes I have also done 1600 calories... From what I've read, and from what I understand, your body will compensate for the reduced calories by simply lowering your metabolism. From personal experience as well as quite a bit of reading, you'll have great…

Yesir... I have. The dark age of the jiggling man-tit is ending... My hideous before picture for a point of reference.

Between noon and 4pm today I ate 12oz of chicken breasts... Save a vegetable, eat a bird. Word.