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Hi everyone, hope I’m not too late to join. I’ll be starting tomorrow. I’m currently 8st 10lbs Aiming eventually for 7st 10 lbs I’ll be doing the 30 day shred, walking, maybe some other of Jillian’s videos and yoga. Need to keep going!

I am really hoping for that! Yeap I'm actually a member of the group and have been doing some perusing to try and get an idea of how to do reverse dieting, but thats exactly what I figured do it as a boost metabolism/ build muscle thing and see where I am in a few months :) LOL same, I love ice cream. A lot.

You can do it! I'm doing the reverse dieting thing to, right now I am just focusing on how cool it is to have great workouts :) and eat all the foodz :D Just a thought, you might find you can cut on more calories after your bulk :)

Ladies, I'm sure I will also make many mistakes, feel free to call me out on it! Sometimes I can be a little slow to catch on :p

Wow this is super advice. Yeah I got tired of being on a cut, not because of cals (though that wasn't going so well) more because my workout sucked and I just want more energy! Yeap I am totally looking forward to really getting my lifts up and getting my triceps to grooooow!! wow, cutting on 2000 cals? That sounds not so…

I had this problem when I was trying to lose, so I stopped counting too... was really bad for me. But by that point I knew cals and macros pretty well so I still lost a fair amount of fat just estimating, which was way better for me mentally.

It has taken me almost 2 years just to get up the nerve to bulk, its definitely something you have to be psychologically ready for :)

bahahahahaaa that cracked me up thanks :)

ohhh okay, thats a decent surplus I'm aiming in that region too, hoping like most of us do that I can get that balance between building some decent muscle but not getting too fluffy :/

Nice, best way to cut! When you say aggressive, how much is your surplus? I'm reverse dieting, to work my way up to 2000-2300 depending on results, measurements etc. friend requests sent :)

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some people have made some great points. i also wanted to say an additional resource would be researching 'reverse dieting'... but I would talk to an ED specialist and a nutritionist first x

lol scooby!!

This right here is what it feels like for me. My Mum and Grandma are the same, everyone always jokes that I'm looking at my future, it hurts (which makes me feel guilty too, for judging them I guess), but it makes me dig my heels in more :)

all the advice people have given is spot on. Just wanted to add, if you're flat footed, you should see a specialist who can make insoles for your shoes, this not only will help your squats but will also mean you won't have as many back/hip/knee problems in later life :) good luck x

Stop punishing yourself for binges, just move on from them. If you continue to restrict afterwards, you will have more binges because your body is crying out for food. You need to focus on sorting your binging and restricting before you worry about macros/ training etc.

IMO you'd be better posting on bodybuilding.com

I think you are missing the point entirely. One of the main benefits of weight lifting at a deficit is to MAINTAIN not gain muscle mass, so you can look better at a higher weight and not have to lose as much scale weight. Honestly, your post is badly structured, with a less than organised argument, no sources to back up…

I'd suggest reading nia shanks.com, she has a great approach to nutrition if you don't want to count calories. Try the archive section of the website.

'How do you stay so skinny when you eat all that ****?!' Doesn't sound so bad out of context, but I was having some comfort eating issues at the time because of exam stress and it made me really self-conscious of what I was eating :(

Haha. I'm in the uk, I went to Italy fairly recently, and sampled all the gelato I could. It was incredible.

Is it bad that this thread is making me contemplate visiting the US again just to try some of this gelato and icecream?!

I feel you, I have the same problem. Recently I realised that while icecream is an amazing food, it actually wasn't anything to do with the flavour, it was because i equate sitting on the sofa with my favourite show and some icecream as a way to relax, and then I'd finish the tub because I was eating mindlessly. I'm…

Haha I never knew of the possibilities til I found that site! At the moment I'm loving the brownie batter oatmeal :)

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OP, I do cardio acceleration as part of shortcut to shred on bodybuilding.com, I like it more because I'm pretty prone to injury with HIIT, but not so much with cardio acceleration, that and I love that I'm doing it all at once, so I don't have to drag myself to do HIIT after weights. So for me it's more effective, because…

I haven't found any decent ones in the shops, I suggest buying some decent protein powder and making some yourself, there are so many recipes online and you will be able to control calories and macros.

I pretty much agree with the others, my bmr is pretty low because I'm only 4"11 and 114lbs, but if i want to eat more then I need to throw in more exercise, I personally eat around 1500 a day, to lose half a pound a week. I think it's also important to remember it's all proportional, smaller people simply don't need as…

I'm focusing on learning moderation, I've mostly got it down...but some things (Ben and jerry's I'm looking at you) I still struggle with.

Blasphemy. :tongue: