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Green Tea ice cream is AIDS, so I can't imagine HT will have made it any better. The others sound decent though.

I don't tell anyone, but my co-workers notice. I cut hard, so my energy levels tend to fall off, and I shrink like an old woman when fully glycogen depleted.

1200-1250 to cut. ~2750 to maintain. Bulking ranges anywhere from a 2900-3800/day average, depending upon the speed at which I want to gain. Low end for 0.2-0.3/week, high end for 0.7-1. It maths out weird, but basically the more I eat, the more I end up moving, so it gets more and more difficult to keep a surplus.

Nah, it's just exactly what was expected: everyone and their mom asking the exact same questions over and over and over, people who have been keto for three days swearing it's the one true way then a week later talking about how terrible it is, etc.

This thread is like a crystal ball for hindsight. What did we all say was going to happen? Now look at the main board and tell me what happened. Yeap.

I've heard good things about f.lux, and was wondering why it didn't exist on iOS. Then I checked settings and realized that my iPhone (6s) already has the feature in place, right out of the box.

A sufficient caloric deficit to cause weight loss, with adequate protein (1-1.5g/lbs.) and fat (.45g/lbs.) intakes. How you make the rest of the macro dance work is up to you.

I would say that you're definitely getting into that grey area where you could go either way. Personally, I'd clip another few before bulking again, just so I could ride the gain train a bit longer, but I'd say that's entirely up to you at this point in time. Hell, for that matter, just ride a couple of months of recomp…

Theoretically, high enough protein intakes could provide such insulin levels, especially given how big of increases in insulin levels we see with things like whey and chicken. That said, many keto dieters barely treat protein much better than carbs because "zomg converts to sugar" nonsense. Thankfully, that does appear to…

Happens to me when I jack up carbs, but it's because when I do so, I suddenly can't sit still. The first week of my last bulk, I went from 12,000-ish steps per day, to well over 20,000 without consciously trying.

As the son of a former deacon who married into another family, I can certainly vouch this...and every member of that family looked exactly like they ate: biscuits.

Anecdotally, watch some videos of bodybuilders using them. There are guys who's skin looks translucent coming in at 7-10%, and guys who look every bit of 10-12% coming in at 5-6. A bit more scientifically, look up Jorn Trommelein's opinion on them. As an example, when they ran a study using DEXA to test protein synthesis…

It doesn't hold for the rest of the world, but man if you look at those obesity/religion/education/income statistics for places like Mississippi and West Virginia, you'd definitely start drawing some conclusions.

DEXA is notoriously inaccurate, despite being considered the "gold standard" around here. An MRI will do a much better job, but of course, everything comes with a price.

Fat free greek yogurt, tuna, tilapia, swai, salmon, leaner cuts of beef, venison, bison, literally anything with a pulse, milk protein isolate, fat free cheese, low-fat cottage cheese, etc.

It's often because alcohol itself is a macronutrient (contains 7 kcals per gram), but since MFP doesn't have a line for it and calories have to come from somewhere, it often gets thrown under carbs. This is actually the ideal place to put it, even if it's wrong. Better to undershoot carbs than protein or fats, due a an…

Have any of you tried the Enderal mod for Skyrim? It's a total conversion, contains it's own story, and uses none of Skyrim's original map. It is, quite frankly, *kitten* amazing, and nearly doubled my time invested in the game.

OTC T-boosters are useless, unless you are practically a eunuch. Basically, the only ones that actually do much worth mentioning are 1 and 4 andro, and the require liver support, bloods and PCT, just like the good *kitten*. Even then, honestly, you're better off going for the real thing. Less sides, and cheaper per cycle.…

Yeap. Vitamin C has been replaced with D and potassium was added, due to those being modern deficiencies. Iron and A were left in for two reasons: they are still deficiencies in certain populations and they can seriously *kitten* you up in large quantities. Well, Vit A is less of a problem for most people, because plant…

This is why my bulking plan always includes literally all of the vegetables, and fruits, and meats...and potatoes.

It's new, along with Glazed Donut and a couple of others. May not be available to your area yet, for some reason.

Nothing quite so satisfying as ripping a weight off of the floor, that had your knees shaking and grip slipping just a few weeks prior. Keep at it, and enjoy them strength gains; I find them to be infinitely more satisfying than any aesthetic changes.

Chocolate casein, almond butter, just enough water to get it to pudding like consistency, put it in the freezer for an hour or two, win.

Basically, I just started cooking all of my own food. What this did, is made me realize how many little things I don't like about pubbie food, and since I can't control those things when others make the food, it caused me to stop wanting it altogether. Essentially, my mild form of hyperfocused ADHD acted as an enabler for…

vOv I just don't even notice it anymore. After a period of time, my brain just stopped acknowledging it's presence/existence. I have to be one of the few Americans who can walk by a Cinn-a-bon and not be remotely affected by that smell wafting thing that they do. If a food isn't in my plan, it doesn't exist to me, even…

That it is. Luckily though, the new USDA labeling requirements that went into effect in the past year require it. Expect to see potassium on more labels over time, as the manufacturers begin to comply. Here's an example of the new label from an early adopter (LifeWay Kefir):

To add to others, it can and will change over time, depending on whether you go up or down in both weight and activity. Using myself as an example: when I first started, I was almost entirely sedentary at 265 lbs. 1600 kcals/day had me losing 2 lbs. per week. Fast forward to now, and I cycle between bulk and cut cycles.…

I remember more than one low-pro advocate telling me that I was screwing myself last year, when my cutting macros were 50/46/4 (p/f/c) a bit over a year ago. I'm just glad I didn't go any lower. The LBM loss that I suffered even when that high was, in retrospect, completely unacceptable.

Fantastic work. It actually very closely resembles my own past year. Granted, I had already cut a lot of weight via only diet first, so the starting to move was easier for me. That said, if I had it to do over, I'd take your route instead. Why? Because cutting to 150 (from 265) first has made it a really slow process for…

Even DXA is notoriously inaccurate, despite being "the gold standard" here. Jorn Trommelein actually blames their use in protein studies for why many turn up a null result on supplemental protein intake. For example, when they do muscle biopsies and MRI scans when using tracer infused proteins, they find positive results…