cassanova792

Account for the calories and enjoy the pizza party!

Amazing! Keep up the awesome work!

Not quite true. It really depends on your level of fitness. If you're a veteran lifter, then yes it would be extremely hard/impossible to gain extra muscle while on a deficit. But in her case - someone who has never lifted before, can indeed add some muscle while losing weight.

I am cutting right now, so I eat about 2300 calories on weekdays and 2700-3000 calories on weekends.

If it is not something you can do long term then don't do it. Just because you do Paleo does not automatically qualify you to lose weight - a caloric deficit on the other hand, does. I have nothing against Paleo because it is generally a healthy lifestyle to follow, but IMO not really a sustainable one because it restricts…

Think about how you stopped being pre-diabetic. . So was that the result being on a low carb diet or just a byproduct of making better and healthier choices with the food you ate because you had to? You were essentially making more conscious choices in your food in an effort to stick to the diet plan.

You bring up a good point and I was going to mention this as a pro to doing these types of diets. Fats and proteins are highly satiating and really the only benefit of switching to a low carb diet.

As long as you can see yourself eating low carb as a lifestyle (but why?) then do it. My whole point is that there is no reason why carbs should be treated as the enemy - they're good for you. And limiting your intake will not change the fact that you will still need to hit a caloric deficit to see weight loss. If you're…

Dieting is hard enough, so why make it harder on yourself by following diets that restrict what you can eat? These diets are nothing more than extreme food guidelines that put you in a caloric deficit. If you're on the ATKINS or any Keto diet the basic principle of losing weight and thermodynamics still applies! You need…

They are called supplements for a reason - they supplement your diet. Ideally you want to fuel your body with real food. As such, the only supplements I take are supplements that would otherwise be hard for me to get the daily recommended doses in food form i.e. creatine, omega 3,6,9 in respect to my Macros. I also take a…

Yes you can build muscle and lose fat. But this just generally applies to people who are not in shape and have just started lifting weights. If you're already a veteran weightlifter, then yes it is incredibly difficult (depending on your level) if not impossible to make gains while on a deficit. The best you can do at that…

Just by reading your first sentence, i could already tell you're not weighing yourself properly. So there are roughly 3,500 calories to a pound. In order to lose five pounds in a week, you would need to have burned a total of 24,500 calories which amounts to a caloric deficit of about 1,500 every day. That is extremely…

That's your problem. Go buy a scale at home. Every time you weigh yourself, your goal should always to try to be as consistent as possible. You want to do your best to eliminate external factors like clothes, food, water weight etc. Likewise, as far as your diet is concerned, accuracy and being truthful is crucial. Try…

I go strapless for the majority of my sets. Only when I am at my maximum load capacity I use straps. You will find that this will help you break through your plateaus,(at least for me it did )and as I got overall stronger, so did my ability to grip heavier weight.

I agree. Real food > shakes. Shakes are good if you're on the go or you need to fill your macros. There is no magic formula in Shakeology that allows you to lose weight faster than a similar caloric deficit diet consisting of real food.

When do you weigh yourself? You should only ever weigh yourself in the morning with minimal clothes, before you eat and after you go to the bathroom. Your weight will fluctuate dramatically throughout the day especially if you are drinking a lot of water as you stated.