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Just my 2 cents. Your state that you have been eating @ 1200 for years.....then you ask do I need a reset? If I read the stickies at the top correctly the answer is yes and probably for a 8-12 week period.

Pretty much answers the question for the ladies regarding " Will I get bulky lifting?" What an inspiration!

I think that is wise. Good luck.

With 22 to go 17.5% sounds ok. I have 35 to go and I am at 20%. You are correct as you get closer to goal decrease your deficit. And at those small deficit levels it is even more important to measure accurately and log faithfully. The thing about these numbers is don't get hung up on a nice round number. As I begin to…

Nice read. Thanks for sharing.

I am not familiar with any of JM's workouts. Surely you can afford a pair of kettlebells? YouTube has plenty of free workouts for KB's. Then you can always use your body weight for resistance...... Push-ups, dips using the coffee table, etc. weight training should be your main exercise with some cardio added to taste. Just…

ROFLMAO!!! Going to steal this pic for my profile pic!

Congrats and yes I can vouch for EM2WL too. My plan going forward will be to eat at maintenance 1 week for every 4 deficit weeks. Keep up the good work.

Congrats on your loss! But agree with the others.

2/14/13. Update Lost another pound. From 243 stall weight down to 237. Upped my calories up to 2300 from 2200. No hard cardio during these 2 weeks just lifting 3-4 times/ week.

Have you taken time to calculate your BMR and TDEE? In my opinion you would be doing yourself a disservice to drop to 1200. Why did you select 1200? What is magic about this number? My guess is your BMR is several hundred calories above 1200 and one should not eat below BMR. Have you read the stickies locked at the top of…

30-40 minutes is long enough if you aren't standing around waiting on a machine after every set. Doing cardio before lifting is not encouraged unless it is just to warm up which it appears that is what you are doing. How heavy are you lifting? After 40 minutes my arms and shoulders are wet noodles, but I don't wait on…

Not a silly question. I eat Cliff Builder protein bars, roasted almonds, peanut butter, cheese, dark chocolate, etc. your body needs those calories so find a way to add them in. Eating 5 times a day may help.

Agree ^^^^ this will hopefully minimize the temporary water retention (expect some weight gain so stay away from the scales if that makes you nervous) you can expect.

A good place to start is read all of the stickies at the top of page 1 here.

Yep. 1/24. 10 years older to the day. I should say I will be picking my cardio back up since my cycling season is just around the corner, but I will be keeping my lifting routine going year round now. In the past I did not lift during the summer months. You will probably experience a slight gain from the reset calories,…

Since you and I are nearly the same weight I thought you might enjoy reading my brief EM2WL story here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/861125-time-for-a-deficit-break The story begins with the incorrect weights since I had a scale that was way off for years......My peak weight was 278 +/- and was at 272 when I…

Good stuff!

sara or side steel will be answering, but I just wanted to chime in and say kudos for toughing it out. No one said it was going to be easy. Congrats!!!!:drinker: :drinker:

eggs, bacon, sausage, whey protein powder, chicken breasts, lean beef, almonds, tuna, salmon......just a few of my standard options.

Eating at a TDEE deficit + strength training = your results. You look great!!!! Thanks for sharing.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/861125-time-for-a-deficit-break For one ^^^^^ Many others as well. You might want to read more before making a broad brushed statement.

Sounds like a plan. Good luck.

Best way to weigh peanut butter is to tare the scale first with the jar on the scale. Scoop out your peanut butter and the negative reading in grams is the amount of peanut butter you removed from the jar including what's on the spoon or knife.

It is all personal taste, but I listen to AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and George Thorogood, among others, but I am an old man so I am not up on current music.....:bigsmile:

Congrats!!!

First, the scale is going to be unkind to you on your reset phase, so stop weighing. You are saying you have added 17,500 calories (5 pounds) over 3 weeks (that is 833 calories above your TDEE maintenance level daily)? Doubtful. Are you still gaining at 2300 or have you leveled off? If you are not measuring your food…

Personally, and I don't want to give you mixed signals, but I would continue your lifting especially if you are going to a 20% cut. Adding cardio at a 20% cut will possibly cause a loss of LBM. You want to lost body fat not lean body mass. If you want to add some cardio I would make it a light effort like walking.

Happy birthday! A quick answer is no. Heavy lifting is mostly done at a fitness center with free weights and machines doing compound lifting where you take your muscles to failure ( not able to finish the last rep or two of the last set). Your lifting would be considered light. I am not familiar with the new rules of…

Just a thought at a 10% cut you are not leaving much room for error from TDEE maintenance. How accurately are you measuring your calories and faithful in your logging? It is easy to be off enough just "eyeballing" your food amounts to be eating back to or over TDEE.