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I’m not on maintenance but lose consistently at 2000 right now lol! I’m a lot taller than girls at 5’10”, lightly active (sedentary job plus 10 hours training per week) and also pretty muscular. I’m also 182 lbs, goal is 165! 🙌

Maybe try to increase your weights on the machines just by 5 pounds and see if it's more challenging for you I would also try to challenge yourself during your cardio. Are you on a treadmill or elliptical? Try to increase the resistance more than last time on the cardio machines here too. That should help challenge you but…

Had a huge woosh this morning too! I was stuck at the same weight plus or minus small fluctuations for a week but this morning it went down 3 lbs! Congrats on almost hitting your goal!

Thanks for your feedback!! I may have dropped my calories too quickly, I think that may be the culprit. I’m definitely going for 1lb/week so i have room to add more back in :)

I can definitely start weighing in daily but have been loosing about 2lbs/week over the last five weeks. I don't really trust the device they use to track bf% but was getting disappointed with how it was going! I do like cardio but don't want to lose too much lean body mass.

I love step ups, weighted step ups on a bench, stiff leg deadlifts with dumbbells, regular deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, Bulgarian split squats, glute bridges, banded shuffles... I could go on, I LOVE training legs!

28 and I am currently on a cut at about an average of 1.5lbs/week on 1650. I want to get to 160lbs. I am 5’10” and 170lbs. After my cut I want to try a bulk! I would love to lose or maintain on higher calories!!

Hi! My name is Mary and I am 5'10". Starting weight is 188, current weight is 174, and my goal weight is 160 lbs. I am more interested now in getting to a certain body fat percentage over weight, so that should put me at my goal of 160! I love lifting heavy weights and do spin classes for cardio!

I would love a landmine platform too. We have one squat rack and one deadlift platform, so I would like more of those! The stair steppers are always full so an extra one of these. :) Otherwise I love my gym!

Hi there!! I've been doing BBG for 44 weeks now and LOVE it! I use the app and it gives me new work outs every week. Welcome to the community! What week are you on?

I just started lifting! Been at it about 8 months. I'm 5'10" and 27. Right now I can squat 155 lbs. I haven't tested my heaviest deadlift. Isn't there an estimate or something out there about the ratio for weights for deadlift versus squat? Love lifting by the way

As long as it fits within your day- go for it! Me I like to have a treat before bed so I save my sugar until then :smile:

Oh no! Thanks for dropping in on this post too. I'm thinking I'll see how maintenance goes. I think I was cutting too low on my calories. Have you tried to go in between and maybe try it out around 1800 or 1900 even? Since you have so little to lose this may help though it'll take longer to lose the last ten!

That's awesome to hear! I can't wait to feel stronger during my workouts :smile:

That sounds similar to my experience ever since the holidays. I'm looking forward to breaking out of the cycle and being more consistent!

Thanks @CoachJen71, I've been trying to cut for too long now! I think I'll up my calories to close o maintenance and see how I'm feeling for about a week!

That's what I was thinking @TavistockToad. I use a Fitbit so I think I'll use the TDEE since it's hard to calculate exercise calories. If I do TDEE it's closer to 1900-2000 to lose weight at 15% deficit which should be pretty moderate. Love how being active gives me more calories!! Thanks for your help!!

@TavistockToad it was gross... I think I was cutting too low. I just LOVE the gym haha, so I definitely don't want to stop going as much as I have

Thanks @JaydedMiss! I may have wrote that wrong but my calorie goal was 1700 lol!

Thanks @Susieq_1994! That's just what I was looking for.

You take your calories of 2200 and multiply it by .15 so your calorie deficit should be 330 and your calorie goal should be around 1870. If you still feel hungry at this you can adjust. I would try 250 calorie deficit at first and see how your losing!

Hello!! Since you have so little to lose I would calculate it based on a percentage, such as 15% to 20% deficit from maintenance. 500 calories may be too much! For me my deficit comes to about 360 calories with a 15% deficit to lose about 15 pounds. If you cut too many calories it's hard to maintain especially when you're…

I love Bulgarian split squats, box jumps and step ups, weighted-glute bridges, donkey kick backs on a cable machine, Romanian deadlifts (hits the hamstrings too). Another one I tried is squat-walking side to side with a resistance band on your upper calf (right below your knees).

Thanks everyone! It gets confusing because I also prep chicken in a crock pot so I make sure to log cooked chicken breast when I weigh it. I'll be sure to pay attention to the database!

I'm doing BBG as well! I am on Week 19 of BBG2. I also do weight lifting on my own. I love the high intensity circuit training! The new app does feature videos so you can see how to do each of the moves. Depending on the circuit, arms or legs, I can usually do 2x through. When I'm feeling really strong I can make it almost…

I love meal prep! I keep it simple- I'll roast up some chicken or make a big crockpot of something: shredded chicken and veggies, sweet potatoes, broccoli, whatever you like! I just pick a recipe and make that into however many servings it makes. This week I made 4 turkey burgers for lunch with roasted sweet potatoes,…

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I didn't start to go down in dress and pant sizes until I started lifting weights. :-)