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Thanks for the share out, I will let them know. I get to go on Wednesday so I am excited to hit the road to recovery, I do not want to lose all my gains haha

I went to the doctor and they said I have a strained rotator cuff and they referred me to a physical therapist. I am going to start cutting this week, trying not to feel to down about it. Nothing I can do.

Thank you! You are one tough cookie! I see you abide by "play injured" haha.

I've been at it since the end of November. The only thing I'm going to be able to do until my arm is better is leg machines that doesn't require my to hold anything. I might have to consider cutting early. Hopefully I will be able to get into a physical therapist or something of the like.

@arditarose Yes ma'am I have. On my good weeks I lost about 2 pounds, as I got smaller it was less but I also wasn't adhering to my diet very well sometimes but the number was still dropping even on my worst weeks at least .5 pound. No, that's ok there is a lot I don't know that I need to. When I started looking into…

Nothing more then usual daily activity.

@arditarose Christmas was probably the first time I had a surplus since starting hahaha. I'm glad the holidays are over so I can start to get a better look at what I should be doing. I didn't anticipate the mental road blocks that would come with it. I'm glad I am not alone.

I put moderate, the description is so vague I didn't know what to put. When I plug in with "light" it says 2044 and if I put "Desk job with no exercise" it says 1783. So, I don't know which one to use. I'm reversing dieting. Started at 1200 a day.

@arditarose Yeah, I haven't really put on any weight yet. This poundage was strictly from Christmas binge eating for 2 days. I ate nothing but cookies and peanut butter Bon Bons all day long. I know it has nothing to do with my normal diet.

@arditarose According to Scoobys Workshop about 2300

Hahaha. Making strides with my gains. My brother keeps making jokes that he hopes he can make these type of gains. I am excited to cut, I've never been lean in my life. Man, you did something right though, those results don't lie. Now you know for next time, lesson learned. Cutting for that long doesn't sound like any fun…

Yes and no. I know that is true but my brain has not been accepting that today. Mentally I'm taking it a little rough. After coming off a year of weight loss this is a hard pill to swallow. I know it's just part of the process though.

@RobotPhysique It looks like I went to hard for Christmas, I had a 2 day Christmas binge and gained 7 pounds, I didn't even know that was possible. WOOPS! Fighting insecurities now haha. What are your goals?

I am working my way up, I have been upping my calories 100 per week. I started at 1200 so I initially gave my body time to adjust. My older brother acts as my trainer, he's trying to see how my body will respond to each increase. Weigh in is today, hopefully another calorie increase will come with it :D

This is my first bulk! I am 6 weeks in so far. I plan to bulk until the start of March and then cut until Summer. I am still sitting above 20% body fat so I have a ways to go to lean out. I don't think I am even at a surplus yet for calories. My intake is at 1700, I am making strides in the gym so I am just taking it slow.…

I appreciate you throwing in the fact about the bioelectric impedance test. There is one at my gym and I used yesterday to check after 3 months and it said my body fat went up. I thought that was a lie, I've lost another inch off of my waist since then.

I will be looking into that calculator. I am really going to have to work on shifting my mindset for "more calories means more fat" to "more calories means better health". I am getting there, it will take time though. Your goals are much more defined then mine, I hadn't even thought about how long to put on muscle before I…

How do you know how much you maintain on? I plan on just jumping straight to 1500, I chose that number because the contestants on biggest loser intake that much haha. Fantastic idea about adding more calories weekly, I would not have thought of that. What are you fitness goals?

Thank you! My journey to good health has been a spectacular ride, I remember just laying in bed stuffing my face with candy while looking at pictures of women who body build wishing I could be like them. It's insane that now I am to the point where I get to really start this portion. What are you fitness goals?

Well my reply above was supposed to be to the first gal that wrote but i think ill just write a generalized message to all of you now :) Like i said above I just wanted not to hate working out, i wanted it to be a lifestyle and thats the direction it is going in. *Sensitive subject coming* In january me and my fiancee…

Seriously, I always hated running too. Even in high school when i was thin but out of shape I still hated it. I just wanted to love it so damn bad, I didnt want to hate working out I wanted to be one of those people that you always see working out because its their passion and hobby. And that is what it is very much…

This is a little left field here but still has to do with laws and nutrition. So i was at urgent care about a month ago and something came on the TV in the waiting room saying that it has been proposed for nutritional labels to be changed. One of the first changes would be for the calories to be in bigger font, the…

I can relate to you. I am 21 and my start weight was 211. Just a year and a half prior i was 160 so the weight gain was rapid and happened because i started dating my fiancee and he took me out to dinner every night and i did not watch what i ate. I have been through this all before, my senior year i was 193 and lost 33…

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BUMP! I am 5'7 and dying to see more pictures! I have lost 10 pounds so far and have 51 more pounds til my first goal then probably another 20-30 after that. I will most likely post a "during" picture in a few weeks :) My start weight is 211 current is 201.8...okay so almost 10 pounds lol

Thank you for the encouragement it is much appreciated :)

I was 188 (got up to 193) at homecoming in the first picture and 160-162 for prom. I still have 20 or so pounds to lose, I want a flat tummy and right now i still have a huge gut, my dress was holding it in hehe :)

Dont get discouraged if your first plan of attack doesnt work, you may have to try different things or different variations of things but dont give up :) good luck!