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Hello, I started gaining at a similar weight to you: 5'1 and 92 lbs. Initially I planned to gain/bulk to 105 but in the end I carried on to 130! I also took it very slow and it took me 2 years to gain those 40 lb - I wouldn't change that for anything, so glad I took my time. 1/2 lb per week is pretty much perfect, so you…

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People are concerned that by giving you advice about exercise, they might harm you. Don't tell them to stop...they're quite right to be concerned. You should be asking this question to your medical team ONLY. And I say this as a recovered anorexic myself. Any medical team with the slightest interest in your wellbeing would…

Current advice is that unless you are East Asian, a healthy BMI is 20-25. I mean, BMI is BS, but if you're going to use it to try and justify your weight, you may as well do it accurately. I lost my period from being underweight and was amazed it didn't come back even once my BMI had been above 20 for 6 months. Turned out…

Saving it for Worlds ;) I'll get my 125 there and you can get 250 minimum. Deal?

I presume that an entry for whole chicken would only account for what most people consider the edible parts (meat + skin). Nice idea though. Kind of amazed that the interwebz doesn't have the answer to this :(

Thanks for the sarcastic google remark. Bone =/= bone marrow. Still no answer. Guess my q was at least valid.

I recovered from anorexia and then realised that a BMI of 20 was actually not a good look for me, nor where my body functioned optimally. Became more interested in strength gains than anything else and just ate to my hunger til I was +18kg/+40lb. It took 2 years. Body fat never really changed - stayed around 16-19% the…

There is no information for a chicken carcass in the database. Honestly, I get how MFP works, but I cannot find anywhere online the nutritional info for chicken bones. NOT bone broth, bones.

Yeah. I cook the whole thing for 24 hours and then blend it - bones and all. That's why I ask. Susannamarie, thanks for the idea about skimming the fat. Smart. I picked the thing damn clean, but I still don't know what the nutritional content of the bones is.

It's not so much the broth I am looking for, it's the actual chicken carcass... I know once you add a lot of water to something it is going to reduce the calorie content per cup/100g/whatever, but I am trying to find out what the calorie content is BEFORE the water is added. I imagine it's substantial.

I KNOW guys, like I said, it is useless to use that figure because the person who figured it out might have added 1 cup of water to the whole chicken carcass, or 10 cups. What I'm trying to find out is the macro/calorie content of one chicken carcass, including the whole bones.

Oh I am fine with guessing, but I don't even have a clue what sort of ballpark to guess in. Like, it could be 50 calories for the chicken or it could be 500. I dunno.

3 powerlifting PRs in the past 4 days! Got a double bodyweight squat at the weekend - 115kg, also 140kg deadlift, and became national champion. Then today I benched 2 reps at 62.5kg. My 2014 goals were to increase squat and deadlift by 40kg each, and so far I've added 15/40kg to my squat and 20/40kg to my deadlift. ETA:…

The program which you successfully used to build muscle is the best one to help you retain it ;)

CW: 126 HW: 145 LW: 92 (ew ew ew ew ew) GW: IDGAF but I think I am quite hot right now HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH? 126 HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5'1 WHEN/HOW DO YOU WORKOUT? 5 days of serious f*cking heavy lifting per week ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? Actually cutting right now but I'll give you 2 answers below... HOW MANY CALS DO…

F, 5'1, 18 months training. Squat 248 Bench 138 DL 289 @126 raw / no wraps / no belt Looking forward to my comp on Saturday, hopefully gonna push one or two of those numbers up a bit.

Rice, pea, egg and hemp protein powders are pretty decent. Get a blend if you can. That way you don't need to worry about your soy intake. Personally I eat a ton of soy yoghurt and milk, and sometimes tofu too, so I just like to mix it up with my protein powder bc frankly too much of *anything* in your diet is probably not…

I need at least 500 more than MFP says to maintain when it's set to the highest activity level :/ Not really sure why.

You clearly have no idea of the difference between BMR and TDEE. Google is your friend. I am also NOT a bodybuilder. I am a powerlifter.

Sigh. Yes I do, for a number of reasons. The problem is you directly linked muscle mass with higher calorie requirements. I explained why this is factually wrong. Now you're talking about something different, i.e. my personal TDEE. Which has nothing to do with the amount of calories required by fat vs muscle - the latter…

I was responding to your inaccurate assertion, 'If you have a lot of muscle bulk you need more calories.' Please try to follow your own line of argument. It makes it very difficult for you to understand why you are wrong otherwise.

Also, 1 lb muscle requires 4g cals/day more than fat. Hardly enough to account for my 2800+ calorie maintenance requirement, especially given that at 126 lb I don't have all that much muscle mass. The difference between me being 18% (current) body fat and, say, 30%, is 60 calories per day. So your 'bulk' comment is vapid…

Well interestingly, if you'll read what I said, I didn't mention whether anyone should or shouldn't eat 1200 calories. I simply commented that it is not, by any means, 'a lot of food'. I don't care how you treat your body and if you want to eat like a 2 year old be my guest, but don't bullsh*t around saying it's 'a lot of…

:o srs? If I ate nothing but fish, meat and veggies (and when I'm cutting, often that's exactly what I do), I would still need 1200 calories by lunchtime. 1200 calories is never 'a lot' of food. You can make it less pitiful by eating high volume, high fibre, high protein foods, but please, don't take the p*ss by pretending…

I think we might be twins. I'm about 18% and don't want to lose more than 5 lb absolute max :)

Chia seeds soaked overnight with coconut milk, mashed banana and carob powder.

I'm only cutting like 5 lb, and truthfully if it weren't for wanting to take a World Record in powerlifting, I'd totally not bother. I was very very slow with my 40 lb bulk, started it off being underweight and basically maintained the same level of body fat throughout. I'm gonna claim luck + genetics + excessive research…

Bloody impressive stuff, both the measurements and the lifts. How much are you planning to cut, and where's your body fat at right now? I guess you are still really quite lean if your pooch hasn't grown at all.

Omg wut???? Don't do it. Think of the bacon.