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S'ok. The gun show does it every time *pew pew*

Bullroar. The OP could be eating just fruit, veggies, grains, meat etc and if they're consuming more calories than they burn it'll result in weight gain. You can absolutely include sugar, diet pop, pizza, bars, protein powders etc in your diet (along with whole foods) and lose quite effectively provided that you are…

Dude. Whoa.

The scale is going to be REALLY useful (i.e. very important) as you figure out your proper intake level. Without it, you're just guessing at what you're eating and that makes it really hard to tweak things appropriately! A very sound investment! :drinker:

lol I know dem feels :P

Any calculator will only give you an estimate - most calculators put my TDEE at something around 300 calories LOWER than my actual. Perhaps pick an intake level somewhere between the two that you calculated, and then "try it on" for two or three weeks. Carefully track (weigh, measure, log) your intake and your weight…

If you're looking more "toned" you're probably losing fat and therefore not gaining muscle. To gain muscle, you need to eat above your TDEE (for women, about 250 cal/day over is good) and aim for a gain of about 0.25-0.5 lbs/week. If you're neither gaining nor losing then you're probably eating close to maintenance now.…

FWIW, I get these "whooshes". I got one today, actually...I've been stuck at 137 for several weeks and today - boom: 135.5. :) So things are looking good overall for this cut so far. I think I have another 3-4 lbs to go before I'm close enough to happy to up my intake again. Definitely losing body fat - upper body is…

If you're not losing weight, you're eating more calories than you burn. Are you logging EVERYTHING you eat? Are you WEIGHING everything you eat? If not, then you have no real idea how much you're taking in. I'd start by getting your logging in check.

I was just going to say something like this. If you're trying to build muscle you need to be eating at a surplus (i.e. over your TDEE), so when you say you're "not going over your calories" I wonder if yr not doin it rong. And, regarding the veggies...yes, you should eat them. Even if you don't "like" them. Suck it up,…

Unfortunately you can't "spot reduce" fat - there are no exercises you can do to target the removal of fat from any one area of your body. Where you lose fat is largely dependent on your genes - people lose fat first and last from different areas of their body. All you can do is reduce body fat, period, by eating at a…

That last bit. In bold. That right there. It doesn't matter what your HRM says, or if you're a little loose with your weighing, or what 10 different TDEE calculators say...what matters is the result. If you're not losing, you're eating more than or near your TDEE, period. Reduce your intake goal (carrying on with the same…

I'm the same age and height as you, and started bulking at 130 lbs. I had to eat at least 2650/day to gain at a decent rate, and that was with only 3 days of lifting and zero cardio. I'd say that intake looks perfectly fine, but the scale is going to be your best indicator. You may have to adjust as you go!

I can't stomach whey protein beverages - I don't know what it is, but I always end up feeling very nauseous, and I know there are other people who experience this. I CAN bake with it - I often incorporate whey into things like muffins, pancakes, oatmeal, etc. So you might be able to use it up that way instead. I can also…

I did dumbbell versions of the bar lifts - just look on YouTube! If you're just starting out, 45 lbs should be plenty to keep you going for a while. I was doing All Pro's beginner routine at that time though, not Stronglifts. I was really pleased with my results and strength gains :)

It's worked for me. In fact, it's been the ONLY thing that's ever worked for me. The only thing I've done beside track calories is track macros, mostly because I've been interested in either retaining (while cutting) or gaining (while bulking) muscle mass as much as possible, so getting adequate protein is important to me.…

Unless you're bulking (eating at a surplus) it's unlikely that you're getting much "thicker" - you're not building muscle. I've TRIED to get thicker and it's damn hard. That said, weight training even on a decifit can cause water retention as the muscles repair, making you look a little more "pumped", but if you're dieting…

Hi! So far so good, I think. March was a bit of a write-off but I'm back on track and doing ok at this new intake level (2000 vs. 2600) I'm still lifting 3x/week and trying to add some cardio in 2-3 times as well. I'm not hungry (usually) with this amount, so that's good. I am down to about 137-138 depending on the day, so…

I'm not that person, but I got abs by lifting heavy things and eating whatever I wanted, as long as it fit my macros and calories for the day.

This is inspiring and awesome on so many levels. :flowerforyou:

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I was losing pretty steadily on that amount last spring...but I was also doing more cardio. I'll see how it goes :)

Holy crap, that's some serious gains on your lifts!!!!! :drinker:

This. When I started bulking I was like "YAY, ALL THE FOODS" :bigsmile: :drinker: , and several months later I was like, "ALL the foods?" :sad: :sad: :sad: It really boiled down to force-feeding sometimes. What a weird, weird thing bulking is.

I'm dropping right down to 2000/day, keeping my protein and fat pretty much where they are now (150g, 70g) and will try to add at least 2 short cardio sessions in after my lifting. I'll see how that goes for the first couple of weeks and adjust as needed. I'm hoping to get the cut done in 2 months or less, just to get it…

Ok folks, I'm packing it in. :bigsmile: I MADE IT to the planned end of my bulk (+ an extra week) :drinker: I'm so glad I stuck it out this last month because I think switching up to barbell training these last 5 weeks have really made a difference in strength and also in gain. So here's the final stats: Start (Sept 2…

Here: http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2013/02/13/1-xxl-death-by-chocolate-cookie/ I made this for myself on my birthday. Oh. Em. Gee.

I've pretty much finished my current cycle (I have my light day to do tomorrow but that's it). Test day on Monday went really well! This cycle I switched from DBs to BB and LOVE IT. I've now been doing AP for about a year. I'm still making good progress so I don't see any need switch it up. It's amazing to me that I'm…

lol your reply makes more sense now :tongue: No worries :)