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True motivation does not come from knowing you have to do something or even knowing how to do it. You have to ask yourself "why?", and that is the source of your motivation. Keep asking and the motivation will flourish...

There is no way your TDEE is 2000 calories a day. I'm a 40+ man, and I loose weight on 2000 calories a day. I don't even calculate workout calories. My method is simple, weight daily and get a weekly average to determine if I am gaining or loosing. Up the calories from there to gain, or drop them to 2000 to cut.

This is exactly right!

Gaining weight for beginners: All supplements are basically useless except under special circumstances, so most people are wasting their money due to a very creative marketing scheme that pays bodybuilders to not have to go to work at a real job. I don't know the amounts for kg body weight scales, but in pounds you should…

I vote to stay away from all the fake stuff! All the engineered sugar that I have tried upsets my stomach. A lot of it is not very digestible so it winds up in your gut to reach havoc with your natural bacteria system and can cause gas. Pass the real sugar this way please :smile:

What brand? I like a chocolate milkshake after my workout for helping get calories. Tastes amazing!!

Agree with everyone that says to save your money for a new wardrobe! A good diet, plenty of rest, fluids and possibly a multivitamin is all that you need for great results from working out.

Back in college I used to fill my backpack with heavy books or weighted plates and do single leg step ups on an end table in my apartment. I did a jump up at the top to switch legs and I called them mountain climbers. I liked to do about 20 with each leg, so it was pretty intense. Use a coffee table or sturdy chair tall…

Flatten is the correct term. Flattening and fat loss are two completely different discussions. Planks helps improve the posture by strengthening the core muscles that straighten the body, thereby flattening the stomach. The question was about how to exercise the lower stomach muscles.

20 oz ribeye right off the grill!!!

I cheated today...it was 2 leftover enchiladas with two fried eggs on top o:)

Forget a restaurant...I cook amazing steaks on my grill so mine is a 20 oz ribeye and a side!

Don't get too hung up on one measurement of weight. A lot of us fluctuate daily, depending recent diet, water intake, water retention or how close to a meal you weigh yourself. Try this...weigh your self right now and put down a big glass of water and weigh right afterwards, then weigh again in three hours. All of the…

1 ounce is 29.6 ml

Try tracking your calories for a while without any expectations of gaining or loosing to see what your base calorie needs might be. Try to hold yourself to the same number of calories per day for a couple of weeks to see if you gain, loose or stay the same. Average the daily scale weights you measure per week to use as…

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I hate situps too! Try doing planks. I do them resting on my elbows, and they hit your whole core. Start out with several 10 second sets and build up in time from there. They help flatten the stomach a lot. Focus on holding the body perfectly straight. You might feel some pain in the lower back until the muscles start…

That is a difficult question for anyone to answer here. Try getting a physical at the doctor's office or clinic to ask someone that can actually give you an examination. All competitive athletes are required to get periodic physicals to spot problems, and I think that its a good idea for people starting a workout routine.…

You can eat whenever you want. The time of day won't matter if you are not going over your calorie needs.

Cut me off a slice please!

This is the best bench tutorial I've seen. I can't add any more to this other than both flat and incline BB bench is the main exercises I do for chest, but you can work in some dumbell press as an optional split exercise to do every other week. I don't dumbell press due to the increased risks of injury to the shoulders…

I had a friend doing WW, and she was in a similar position. She was reluctant to switch to calorie and macro counting, because she was in the full program and meetings. They are very supportive, so that is hard to replace for many people. After counting on MFP, we discovered her actual calorie count was too high from…

Cheap Walmart scale is that's needed. For me, I look for the one that uses AA or AAA batteries, so I don't have to buy a special battery for it. I always have AA and AAA batteries for other stuff.

Squats and Romanian Deadlifts will help target your gluts. Lift while you are in the cut cycle and go high protein to keep as much of the muscle mass as you can while in the in the calorie deficit (cut cycle). This will help for part of your goal. You'll also need a bulk cycle (calorie surplus) to increase the muscle size…

Full squats, standing calf raises, leg press, leg press calfs, Abs, and go home Takes about 60 minutes one day per week

Hate cardio, so weights for me!

I fill my plate light so I can get a small amount of seconds and tell the host how much I like the food. So if you don't go completely overboard on everything, then you'll be fine and your host can enjoy the feeling that you really like their food. To me, in the end, the relationship is more important than me messing up on…

A lot of this depends on what your goals are. If you want to increase overall strength, then start a powerlifting routine with weights. This burns lots of calories and can help with increasing muscle ratio. If you want to increase endurance then do the cardio classes. I don't think it burns the calories that lifting does,…

It is a lot of hype. Jessef593's posts are spot on for this for sure. Watching your diet is the best option for getting everything you need for any of your fitness goals. ...and keep your hard earned money in your pocket for something more rewarding.

You could suplement some cardio with weight training B) ...but thinking you're on the right track with creatine