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Basically, no. Calorie surplus = weight gain. Calorie deficit = weight loss. Lifting while on a deficit = maintaining most existing muscle, losing weight (hopefully mostly fat). Lifting while on a surplus = gaining muscle (hopefully) and fat. Your weight loss is going to be achieved mostly by restricting calorie intake.…

If anything, I think I have been sleeping more since I started to care about diet and exercise. I don't know if it causes more sleep or it is just correlated because I am more aware of my health and make sleep more of a priority than I did before. Probably the later.

The cool thing about DC is the main ingredient is water. Score.

Any specific reason you are going vegan? Is it a moral thing?

I think you would be just fine with Diet Coke. You were drinking lots of regular Coke before, and that racks up a lot of calories. Now you are having a diet, which is about 0 calories. Aspartame has been studied the crap out of. It's safe and doesn't do anything tricky with your metabolism, so you don't need to worry that…

Your body can get away with low or no carbs and be OK (you'll regulate glucose levels with gluconeogenesis, and eventually transition to using ketones), but... what are the unique advantages in doing this? If you are training at all, I think you would be seeing a disadvantage in performance. The law of the land as far as…

I like to fill my super bowls with cereal and milk. :)

If you are doing a lot of compound lifts, then yes, I would say doing direct core work is mostly a waste of time.

Hmm. $10 a month. All you can eat pizza? I wouldn't work out there, for crying out loud, but it seems like it would almost be worth it just for the pizza. Does the alarm get set off if I am moaning while eating pizza? I could choke.

Sounds fun. Good luck.

The best drinks for you are the ones you like. The worst ones are the ones you don't like. I say go for what you like and set aside the calories. What's the point of going out for a drink if you're not going to have what you want? That's what I think anyway.

Only protein? No fats? No carbs? And can you have donuts?

Like anything else worth enjoying, you have to just budget some calories.

I'm sure it can be effective, just like any diet that achieves a calorie deficit. The cost, however, would automatically make it a non-option for me.

If we're just talking about energy intake and expenditure, yes. We all know that nutritionally speaking, cake and bananas are not equal.

You're OK. Just hit your calorie and macro goals. I think most everyone goes "over" on sugar and it isn't really a concern unless you're diabetic or something. And on building or messing up your metabolism, when or how often you eat will have no effect on that, unless of course you have not eaten for 3+ days.

I've only tried them a couple of times, and I never tried to max out or anything. But it seemed that I would have been able to pull more. The reason for that may have been because the grip is thinner than the bar I usually train DL with, and lately, grip has been a limiting factor. I did notice that it hit my quads more…

I reserve the right to occasionally assume the nutritional habits of a baby cow if I want to. Fits my macros. Back off!

Setting the IF idea aside for the moment, if you go over on some days and under on others, that's fine. I like to look at my weekly total instead of stressing over daily totals. If you find that you aren't eating enough doing IF, then it might not be the thing for you. I like doing IF because I like bigger meals, and so I…

Nothing against milk, but something tells me that a diet consisting of entirely one thing is probably not the best of ideas. I'm with everyone else here, confused about what you're trying to do.

Whatever works for you. There's nothing wrong with one meal, just hit your calorie and macro goals.

Dude, if you are packing steak n eggs, you might be my new best friend. If not, then yes, shakes might be convenient for you.

1. I'm not sure what the tolerable upper limit would be, but I'm guessing it would be difficult to achieve. If you have an existing kidney issue, there might be such a thing as too much, as in harmful. I will say that if you get 1 g per lb of lean body mass, you have enough. Any more than that probably won't give any added…

I detox/cleanse 24/7/365, and I don't have to do anything special or spend any money. Got to love the natural and free services offered by my kidneys and liver.

I usually prefer to eat after working out, but that's all it is. Just my preference. In reality, I'm no better off one way or the other.

I think you are probably talking about a shoulder issue like some others have mentioned. Sometimes when I squat, my shoulders will be a little stubborn and I'll have to stretch them out and move them a little to be more comfortable. But, just to be sure, you're not supporting the weight of the bar with your arms, are you?…

It's probably easiest to guess, using an existing entry that looks pretty close. If you wanted to be a little more scientific about it, you could do something like this: 1. Weigh your tortillas. 2. Fry your tortillas and set them on a paper towel to soak up extra oil. 3. Weigh them again. The difference is theoretically…

I think you should be able to get more than enough protein while still being in a deficit, so you don't have to pick between them. Your maintenance calories may be higher than you think. Also you can go for very protein-dense foods so you'll hit your protein goals without necessarily racking up more calories than you want.

I would say no to anything with cleanse or detox in the name.