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And me!

I am! And I'm not stopping until girls point at me and call me freak, and disgusting ;-)

While I don't intermitant fast, I agree that meal frequency is irrelevant - I still however choose to space my meals out over 5-6 meals per day...I simply enjoy it like that, It also allows me to time my carbs closer to my workouts, so I don't feel low on energy. (I have a bigger carb meal 3 hours before workout and one…

Live in Brisbane, grew up in Adelaide though!

Welcome :-) Best get the good habbits into your life style now, as your life will only get busier ;-) It's a great first step I certainly wish I paid attention to my nutrition in highschool. MFP is such an easy tool and time saver! Good luck on your journey

Sorry, I'm not the OP, but I thought I'd answer as it caught my eye as I was replying to the OP post. Many people will say many different thigns, but I've found this rule of thumb works, and also I have a Bodybuilding Nutrition Coach who is fairly well known and he follows the same principles... Aim for 80% "Clean Foods" -…

Although I'm cutting down for a competition at the moment (First Fitness Modeling Comp yay!), I am here to gain muscle, and will be doing a 'gaining' phase roughly starting March Next year again. So you're not alone, Calories in vs Calories out, still need to track that if you want to gain! (Not to mention macros!)

I don't have to beleive in it, when I first lost weight (Previous to gaining fat had always been fit all my life), I lost 32kg, and whilst I had my top two abdominals showing, I basically looked the same from about 88kg to 75kg, just a smaller version. It certainly wasn't that "Ripped" physique that I had imagined I would…

Oh whoops! Sorry! I didn't pick up on that, ignore me! -_-

Proteins (Amino acids) aid in recovery. If you really want you can also look at L-Glutamine. However, recovery "issues" aren't uncommon for someone starting out! Just ensure when you are lifting, you are giving that particular muscle around 72 hours to repair before using it to lift again. This is the reason why people use…

but I look 38 :-P

28!

Egg whites? Been doing Egg Whites, with No Fat Yoghurt, Bit of Cinnamon, an Stevia to sweeten, with a Scoop of Choc Protein Powder thrown in (Whey Isolate, so low on Fats and Carbs). YUM!

3 hour long workouts are insane! You do this 7 days a week?? Have a read up on Cortisol and what it does to your body. It may or may not be the reason you're not seeing weight loss... Aim for a health Macro (Proteins, Carbs, Fats) Split, adjust your calories down each week or fortnight you don't see your weight going down…

I don't exclude any particular foods, however I do keep to my macros each day...(I'm doing a contest prep for a fitness modeling comp). I don't think you need to be as strict in general life. When I lost weight from 108kg to 75kg I wasn't AS strict as I am now and I did that in 8 - 10 months. However I have taken the…

When I hit my goals I think it will be more so what I will get rid off.. My shirt for at least a month :-P That includes going to work in just a tie! 26 more weeks!!

I gave up World of Warcraft a year back, and have resisted getting back on :-P

Sorry but I don't agree, with the exception of powerlift, and explosive lifting as mentioned by ironanimal, you can operate the bench press much the same, explode up and let the negative fall, but it won't be good for hypertrophy. Same applies for Deadlifts. Bearing in mind when you lift for Hypertrophy "generally" it's in…

And missing a whole half of the rep (negative) in the process. So my assumption in my above post is correct then it seems.

It's difficult to say, without actually seeing or hearing it, but I may have to agree with some other people here. If you are constantly "dropping" the negative rep or a partial of the negative rep, then yes, you're deadlifting more weight than you can handle. With the deadlift you can recruit so many different muscles,…

People should be careful judging people with skinny legs . One of my mates has a hard time growing his legs and his top was not proportionate , however he put me to shame on leg day he also squats 180kg for 3 on the last set. I have thick muscly legs and yet his are small!

Got this all the time when making weight for boxing (75kg), now been gaining weight for some time (muscling up!), I get the opposite "Not gonna get BIGGER are you?". Jealousy..takes many forms. Annoying yes, even after all these years you'd think I'd be used to all the nonsense comments, but no :-) P.S I have found one…

I actually always thought I had a very weak bench. I can Dead 190kg for 1, Squat 160kg for 1, and Bench (just recently) 100 for 5 (so, I can only imagine 1 rep max would only be 110 maybe?). Interestingly, my missus who has just started squatting again after having our kids, is on 60kg squats for 5-6 reps (On strength…

@tinaralhan - your smile!