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Weighed in at 174 down from 174.8. So not even a pound but hopefully next week I will be able to exercise more.

Two moments: at training session when my BF came out to 26.6% and I realized the 20 lbs I had gained was fat not muscle. And over vacation seeing pix of my flabby belly.

Well obvs we can't spot target a body part for fat loss unfortunately. What my trainer has be doing is a bunch of resistance training esp for legs and core and combine that with 30-40 minutes of hard cardio.

Here is me flexing. 174. I'm on the road so only been able to resistance training: squats, push ups, leg lifts. When I get home gonna get back to biking. Also: free food at meetings is the bane of my existence kthxbye

I feel you. I had a dessert from the swag bag of a film festival. Saw it was 700cals. Ate it anyway!

IT is so F***ING depressing looking at my pix from 2.5 years ago at 159lbs when I thought I was 'flabby'. And here I am now at 177, heavier than I was when I started. I need to put down the fork and the pint and stop making excuses for my lazy *kitten*.

Thank you for saying this. It's really gotten hard especially when other stressors appear--to put weight gain in context.

Okay but don't say I didn't warn you, lol. I know I may not be obese, but for me this is a lot (177lbs. I weighed close to 150 in 2014/15). If you look at my profile pix, I was pretty trim a year or so ago, but somehow with a new job last year, and thinking I could eat whatever I want (at 35, lol) I've really let myself…

Thanks man.

More pix. The ones from yesterday were before I weighed myself. I'm up to 177, which is now even heavier than I was in 2013 when I started my first weight loss journey. I just feel so disgusting and flabby. I can't imagine my wife finds this attractive, having her husband with a sagging, flabby belly every day. :-(

well *kitten*, just weighed myself and I'm actually 177... Should we do before pix too for motivation? Sometimes that's better for me than just numbers but others dont want to, i wont be the only one lol

me too re: belly.

I weigh 174. Used to be as low as 150 a year or so ago but hovered in the 160s lately until the last six months. I would love to be 155 but TBH I'm mostly looking for definition in my abs. I may like what I look at a different weight we shall see.

Gained five pounds on vacation. Whoops!

Pudgy? :wink:

Yes, gluten free is good if you have gluten allergy/celiac. It won't necessarily help you lose weight. I find eating more veggies and fruits, plus more protein and complex carbs, plus serious cardio 4-5 times a week does it. That's how I lost 20 pounds three years ago. I gained it back, sadly, but am doing it again to lose…

Because I had been lifting weights I thought some of the weight I was gaining was muscle but it wasn't. Just pounds and pounds of blubber!

Curls, chest flies, shoulder lifts and chest presses. The trainer I saw recommended I try to do ones that involve more muscles.

I'm up to 173 now. I want to decrease body fat now, but don't want to lose the muscle mass I've gained. Advice?

15lb hand barbells, 2 sets of 10 each for shoulder fly/biceps alternating with various chest exercises (don't know the name). Basically, lie on a bench and stretch my arms out the side, then bring up them. Repeat, but like a bench press, then again, but with weights nearly touching. Then a thing where you lean one leg…

Weight still the same. I'm going maintain my lifting routine but add more cardio (specifically longer runs/bikes) and cut dessert and alcohol. Going to the Mediterranean in a month as a motivation!

Thanks!

This is me at 170ish. If anybody is good at estimating body fat percentage that'd be appreciated!

thanks!

I keep my cardio/strength about the same. Maybe walk more than run/bike, but mostly I just eat more calories from protein (well, aside from my trip to New Orleans, where I also increased my calories through beignets, but we don't talk about that).

Any difference? I weight 172 in these pictures, eating about 2300 per day. I definitely feel bigger, but maybe just in my gut haha.

Before (175+) After (161)

Good luck! I find the first couple weeks it is tough to really gauge results. Your body, remember, wants to remain the same. So it takes a good month or so before it gets the picture that you want it to change! Keep at it!