benlogan87 Member

Lana Del Ray - Summertime Sadness

- Banging Weights on the machines. Control, control, control. - Sitting on your phone texting, during a set, no focus. Half assed rep. If your not going to do it properly, take a hike. - Getting on a machine, banging out a rep as fast as possible, with too little weight, then sitting there flexing after the "set". - Not…

I use Elemental Nutrition Shredding Matrix http://www.mrsupplement.com.au/elemental-nutrition-shredding-matrix I take it with water, and even with that over milk still tastes like a chocolate milkshake going down.

If your metabolism has indeed slowed down, then your RMR will be lower than it was when you started. Which will in turn make your TDEE lower than it was. TDEE = RMR + general lifestyle calories burnt + exercise calories. Basically your maintenance figure will be lower. In saying that, if you have gained a heap of muscle it…

The way I understand it would be once u you have bugger all fat left to burn, then "starvation" mode will kick in. Your metabolism will definitely slow down on your way to starvation mode, but I think most people don't get that lean that it becomes an issue, I would assume most people get into a healthy body composition…

Haha, I like it when my veins are bursting out of my skin after a good workout!

Sugar is quick source of energy, so if your having alot of sugar consistently your body will get used it and burn that instead of the stored fat. My dietician/sports scientist, recommended my sugar intake be about a less than quarter of my carb intake (200grams of carbs a day, so less than 50g of sugar a day is fine for…

If your letting MFP do the calculating, it has already worked out the deficit. So it is safe for you to eat them back. If you manually set the calories/macros, then don't eat them back, just have a slightly higher calorie intake for days you do train.

If you can, get your RMR (pretty much same as BMR, but far easier to get tested, and the difference is minimal) tested, which is your resting metabolic rate, or the number you burn if your sitting down, calm and relaxed all day. I did, simple as not eating or drinking for 6 hours, and breathing into a machine for 20…

Solved it myself - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1079368-had-my-rmr-tested-best-au-129-i-ve-ever-spent Can close thread if that happens on these forums.

Definitely within 5%, if not spot on - it calculates it from the amount of oxygen you breath in, and carbon dioxide out. From that it can work out all that information. You cant eat, drink, exercise for at least 4 hours before the test, and generally first thing in the morning is an ideal time. Digestive system has to be…

Thanks for replies. Lets say I set my calories to 2000, 50 above my BMR, log my exercise calories like normal, and just eat those back? Is that the jist of it? In the custom settings part, for those that use it, do you set custom carbs/protein etc, or ignore that and just do the calories one?

Bump

Thanks for all the info, from what I've been eating, around 2000 calories seems to be fine. Generally includes breakfast (musli stuff high in protein), with a protein shake. Lunch is usually a chicken sandwich, or ham, with lettuce, tomato, beetroot, carrot, cucumber on multigrain, with an orange juice and a small tub of…