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Goals for 2014: - stick with current bulk until end of January - cut back down to 18% bf by June 1 - 10 chin ups - 10 pull ups - bw squat (~135 lbs) - 1.5x bw deadlift (~200 lbs) - 100 lb bench press - < 25:00 5km run (current PB = 26:08) - start a new bulk cycle in September and gain 5 lbs LBM

:laugh: Oh, dammit, alright. In. :flowerforyou: One more lifting cycle. Thanks you guys (all of you) you're the best! :flowerforyou: I did a lightish lifting session today and feel better for it - good and wobbly-armed :bigsmile:. I might dial back my intake a little wee bit just to balance out the over-eating I've done…

My resolve to keep bulking through January is wavering. I'm feeling like a fatty fat fat.:grumble: This may have something to do with my unbounded eating of All The Christmas Goodies in the past week tho. :embarassed: And I haven't lifted since Thursday - I decided to start my next cycle on Jan 6 when I can access a gym,…

I'll have taken about 10 days off before I get back in the gym - eek! Glad you're back at it :) Your DLs are amazing!

Ooof, that's some terribly difficult stuff you're dealing with right now. Do what you need to do to take the best care of you and your kiddo :flowerforyou:

Hi! And welcome to the group! :D Just a quick question...you have a lower bf% listed for "post-bulk"...was that a typo? Usually with bulks you put on weight/fat :) (Just checking to make sure!) :flowerforyou:

Congrats! That's quite the achievement! :drinker: Here's what I wrote at the start of the year: I ended up losing another 15 lbs and stayed on track - this is no small feat as every other time I've tried to lose weight I've fallen off the bandwagon within a year or so. I'm going on 2 years now! I started lifting weights in…

Yay, that's so awesome! :D

This is pretty straightforward: if you're losing weight then you're burning more than you're consuming. You need to either reduce the exercise or increase your intake, or both. FWIW, I'm 5'9 and 139 lbs and am gaining very slowly (like 10 lbs in 4-5 months) on 2650 calories/day, and I only do weights three days a week for…

OP: ^ these.

What distinction are you making between "toning" and "building" - what's the difference? Also, please explain how a muscle can be "lengthened".

Calories. If you consume more calories than you burn, you gain weight. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight. Those calories can come from carbs, fat, protein - it makes no difference (for the vast majority of people, who don't have medical issues that might otherwise require them to limit certain…

It's mandatory, actually.

I'm in a group of women who are bulking (so we've all increased out intake). What you've experienced seems pretty common; a bunch of us were RAVENOUS after increasing our intake above maintenance. Eventually it goes away, but it SUCKS in the meantime!

So my weight shot up this week to about 138-139 on average. I suspect a chunk of that is water weight because Christmas. And carbs. lol. Anyways, I took some progress pics today and was really excited to compare them to photos I took last January, just before I started lifting weights, after having lost about 35 lbs doing…

I hear what you're saying. And for some people, yeah, they need to distance themselves from that kind of food, at least for a while, because it's too tempting to overeat. Because diet IS critical to weight loss - but it's the caloric intake that's most critical, not the type of calories being consumed. I guess the thing is…

I didn't assume anything of the kind. I said ice cream makes ME happy. If you have no desire to eat a pop tart or snickers, more power to you. And I fully agree that "healthy" food is delicious. We should all eat what we enjoy - that's the whole point. But to come on here and make statements about ice cream being…

Cool story bro. Most definitely. I want to reach my physique and fitness goals while being happy and enjoying my life and not depriving myself of things I enjoy, and you...well...enjoy your chicken and broccoli and sweet brotatoes.

THere's a lot of differences, generally, between Canadian and US versions of the same products. I have to keep a close eye on MFP entries because they're most often US. I've had to create a lot of my own entries as a result.

Well yes, I understand how to go about that part :laugh: I just meant that you needed to DO that step. lol

Yeah I could do it that way....actually that's much simpler now that I think about it. Only math needed would be to figure out what % of a serving was consumed if you go over/below the listed serving size :)

Not sure about Hagan Daas, but most brands come in plastic tubs or boxes; 2L of ice cream. Standard plastic tub is 75g, box is close. A serving is usually 125 mL, so 16 servings. A little pint like that I'd just eyeball my 4 servings, but bigger tub is harder, plus I have to share mine ;) Easier if I can just log a g-based…

Ice cream in Canada is always labeled in mLs. It's a pain in the *kitten*. I weigh the whole tub, and I know how much the tub itself weighs, so subtract that amount, then figure out the cals etc. /100g (you figure out the total cals from the info provided and then do the math). It's annoying but if you create a My Foods…

Yeah, if you were starving all the time it was likely because your deficit was too big. Also, as someone else mentioned, it could have been partly caused by eating TOO many calorie-dense foods (a piece of chocolate has less "bulk" than a whole apple, for example). So once you've used a calculator to determine your TDEE…

Sounds like things are going really well :) Have a wonderful holiday and enjoy your foodfest :laugh:

Ugh. No. OP, if you want a flat stomach you need to reduce body fat. You do this by creating a caloric deficit (i.e. consuming fewer calories than your TDEE). Eating "healthy" is great, but if you're eating more than you burn in a day you won't lose weight or body fat. Exercise can help increase the deficit and resistance…