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Taking a rest day isn't quitting. Give your body a break or take a walk.

Why would you double up? Your settings on MFP already include a deficit, so if it says to eat 1900 and you eat 1645, you still have a deficit. Use TDEE to calculate what you should be eating. I eat 1600 everyday, regardless if I workout because exercise is already included for 3 hours a week.

I've been doing my own A/B split at the gym for a couple of months now with dumbbells, but not really getting anywhere. I just bought a half rack with barbell + weights, and thinking about doing the 5x5. Is this routine enough for weight loss 3x a week too?

No such things as toning or spot reducing! Go through the hundreds of lifting threads here. You can change the shape of your muscles, but the only way to get leaner arms is to reduce body fat and weight lift.

Thanks! I just bought a barbell/half rack, and I've been using dumbbells and only tracking the dumbbell weight (aka 30lbs for deadlift, for example, when I guess I should have been logging 60...) so I just wanted to know if you log the bar weight, because some of those numbers were really scary to me! :)

0% Chobani + honey + banana/any fruit. YUM

Yep, that's where I get sore when I work arms. As long as it's not painful you're fine.

Do you all add the bar weight to your lifts?

Yeah, I figured the barbell and weights were worth at least that much...

You log everything. While it means where the sugar is coming from, sugar is sugar and should be all tracked.

It's really not that hard to start. I just started a couple of months ago on the machines, then graduated to free weights. NROLFW was definitely a help, but there's a million resources online to help get started. You can download the app JeFit too, that's helped immensely to see the proper form of exercises in motion, as…

Avocado and bacon is good. Avocado and tomatoes. Avocado and hardboiled or fried eggs. Avocado and pesto. Avocado and arugula. Avocado and hummus. The options are endless.

There's an older man who ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS has to literally drop down and do pushups right behind me every.morning. and grunts loudly. It's gross. You don't need to be grunting that hard for pushups.

Go to Costco. Buy a million-pack of BPA-free plastic containers or glass containers. I never keep old tupperware, especially if it's been through the microwave/heated/whatever. Gross.

I have to lift in the morning too because after work the gym is packed with people just hoarding all the free weights (I workout in my small apartment gym.) I do seem to have less energy then, but I wolf down a granola bar before going and it works fine.

Thanks, wasn't sure if this was a nutrition or exercise question :)

Some of my work pants can definitely now fit another human being almost haha. Some parts of my body definitely look better, but overall I don't see THAT much improvement, and there certainly hasn't been a singly ounce of weight loss. That's why I'm wondering what I should be changing diet-wise.

Goal is improve strength and fat loss. I do at least 3 a week, sometimes MWF, sometimes TRS, depending on how heavy my schoolwork is after work. I started doing 2 warmup sets + 2 working sets, but I did too heavy on the warmups and tired myself out by the working, so now I just do 1 warmup with a much lighter weight and 2…

That's all great, but like I said, no access to barbell and I don't have the money for a gym.

Is it okay to do a split like I currently have for 3 days a week? Or should I either be doing more splits more days a week, or add more to what I have for a real full body workout 3 days a week?

recommendation for full-body then?

I have an HRM, so I at least know my calorie burn. I took measurements about a month in, and haven't redone them since because I wasn't seeing a change, but I'll do that tonight. Have weighed myself about once a week without a change (in fact, I've gained a couple of pounds.)

anyone?

Yep. I eat breakfast when I get into work, sometimes a snack a few hours later, lunch around noon, and a snack/fruit before leaving work, especially on nights I go to school directly after and don't eat dinner until around 11pm.

No, I don't measure my food and don't plan to, too obsessive for me. I'm fairly certain I'm eating the proportions I'm tracking. My diary is open if anyone wants to see.

I've noticed a difference in my shoulders and biceps, but my they're mostly still hidden under fat. I haven't re-measured myself yet, but I don't see a difference in the way my body looks/feels at all, or even how my clothes fit.

I would rather eat whole foods over fake protein powders, but in emergencies I have used Jay Robb's whey in chocolate. Tastes like regular chocolate milk when mixed with milk ( I used almond milk), has low sugar, and very little, if none of the heavy metals you see in most protein powders. My one requirement was that it…

I tend to stay away from soy products because of the estrogen, so I use Jay Robb's chocolate protein powder. Pretty natural, very low in sugar, not as much weird heavy metals like most protein powders, and it tastes the best, in my opinion. He has an egg white protein as well, but the whey has more grams of protein in it.

I wouldn't suggest this. The diet they put post-op patients on is really low in calories, because patients can't stomach more than that. If you're that desperate, go to a nutritionist. Search online for any multitude of references on proper diets. Eat a lot of protein, veggies, and fruits. Stay away from processed foods…

I love all of they're prepared salads, though some are pretty calorie dense (just from the dressings, I think.) Produce is terrible, but you can buy some goat cheese and their pre-cooked beets for a salad, which is always delicious. Frozen veggies/fish/meat is cheap and pretty good. There are LOTS of things at TJ's, so…