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just wanted to say that i cannot stop laughing at your profile pic!!! it's so great. :D

Nice loss on the waist!! You're doing it right. :]

Thanks again, all! I do have a great chiropractor, so I am in good hands there. :3 I am!!! My chiropractor won't look at me unless I do have one, so I got on the ball with that pretty fast. :) So glad to hear that you recovered from that! Wow! I will absolutely add you, thanks for the kind offer. :3

Thanks so much to everyone for your kind replies! I know I am in no position to do any strength training right now- I just don't want to under or over eat while I am forced to take time away from the gym. Since the accident, I've been eating under my maintenance, but making sure that I still hit my protein every day. I…

personally, i suck at upper body stuff & i'm really good at lower body. you just have to keep working everything at its own pace & eat like you mean it!!! also maybe try a pre workout eventually? i like c4 extreme. that stuff definitely helped me with a plateau on my bench press.

thnx guys! i've added 100 cals this week to see how my metabolism is doing & i'm still losing, yikes! excited to keep adding more, though. :) hopefully i'll be able to bulk a little higher than 2100 next time. lifts are still pretty solid. my squat pr is 190, but i usually do my sets in the 155-175 range, which still gets…

Jo, I actually started finally losing the weight maybe a day or so after I posted, haha! I think I had a woosh. Anyway, I don't log the calories I burn during my workout, so this wasn't even a matter of faulty math. I think my body was just being stubborn.

finally, an update: i'm ending my cut today! woohoo! it's been close to 12 weeks since i started & my ending stats are: height: 5'4 (too bad there's nothing lifting can do to make me taller, boohoo) weight: 114.2 lbs bust: 31.5 " waist: 25 " hips: 33.5 " so, i'll take it. :3

haha! congrats! :D awesome work.

Glad to hear that I'm not alone in this!!! Hopefully the scale will tip in our favor soon. :)

I weighed 122.0 this morning. I officially have no idea what's going on with this cut. :( I honestly don't think I've lost any weight - just water weight fluctuations. This is a higher weight than I was at the END of my bulk and I've been eating less than 1600 cals per day, which is enough under my TDEE to supposedly lose…

sigh… that's what I was afraid of! I think you're right, & yeah, the numbers are generally lower than where I started, but not by more than 2-3 lbs.

Well, it's just that I keep losing the same 4 pounds, gaining them back & having to lose them again! It's frustrating - I feel like I'm spinning my wheels. I'm wondering if I need to cut calories even more to get consistent loss. :\ I also missed a week of workouts because I was out of state on vacation, hiking in goblin…

Hey, good for you!!! Sorry to hear about the bad stuff, though. :( Awesome that you managed to make headway despite all of those obstacles.

boo!! i can't imagine cutting that long!!! i'm stopping at 12 weeks, no matter what. if i'm not near my goal then, i'll just go to maintenance for a while instead of doing another bulk. :\

Just looked over my journal today - I'm almost 7 weeks into my cut & I've barely lost anything. Started at around 120-121, now fluctuating between 116-119. I don't even eat up to 1600 calories (my maintenance was a bit over 1800) most days, so I'm really wondering what's up. Any advice?

great article, thank you so much! i'm foreseeing lots of pushups & planking in my future :) good ideas, thank you!!! i sort of did something similar on a day when i was rock hunting for obsidian - i just made sure i hauled around a load of heavy rocks!

so glad I'm not the only one!!! great progress overall, btw! especially in awe of your incline bench press numbers.

weighed in at 116.4 today… progress has kind of tapered off again & I really, really don't want to have to cut my calories down more. It's already difficult to eat less than 1600 cal per day. :( 6/25 workout romanian deadlift/bent over row: 4/4/80# ytwl: 4/4 w 12.5# dumbbells prone cobra: 3/120 seconds lat pulldown:…

Good updates on my measurements: as of this morning, I am 32-26-32.5, which is an awesome step in the right direction. :) Yesterday's workout was kind of crummy, because I went with a friend & she turned out to be very machine-centric & also prescribed to the low weights-high reps philosophy. :\ 6/23 workout One-armed…

those calculators always say that i'm unhealthy. :( my measurements are 32-26-31 give or take a little, but i aspire to someday be an hourglass. i'm 5'4, about 116 lbs. am i right in guessing that i'm a ruler/banana atm?

Anthropology pride, woot woot!!! :) I do hope to go back to grad school & actually put my degree to work, but in all honesty, who knows?! LOL. Weighed 116.6 today - essentially the same as yesterday. Workout: Romanian deadlift/bent over row: 4x4x80 lbs Partial single leg squat: 4x4x80 lbs (PR) Leg press: 1x4x200 lbs (PR)…

another day, another workout… weighed in at 116.4 this morning! progress continues :) yesterday's workout barbell bent-over row: 4x4x80 lbs one-armed dumbbell snatch: 4x4x20 lbs (even after bringing the weight down, this still really hurt my arm) deadlifts: 4x4x145 lbs (PR) incline bench press: 4x4x35 lbs (PR sadly) plank:…

Down to 117.6 lbs today, yay! Yesterday's workout was a little rough because I was EXHAUSTED, but I got through it & did my best, etc. Deadlifts: 3x8x135 lbs Bulgarian Split Squats: 3x8x60 lbs (PR) Underhand Lat Pulldowns: 3x8x70 lbs Prone Cuban Snatch: 3x8 w/ 15 lb dumbbells Prone Cobra: 3x120 seconds Reverse Lunges w/…

Down to 118.2 this morning, so another move in the right direction. :) My workout yesterday: Front squat/push press: 3x8x40 lbs (no forearm pain, so I was able to finish all 3 sets!) Dumbbell one-point row: 3x8x70 lbs Push-ups: 3x8 Plank: 3x120 seconds Lunges, rear foot elevated: 3x8 w/ 40 lb dumbbells (PR)

:drinker: awesome!

Good workout again today! Left arm has been a little irritated doing everyday things around the house, which is bothersome, but it's not too bad. Mostly just feels tight, maybe a little swollen. Underhand Lat Pulldown: 3x8x70 lbs Prone Cuban Snatch: 1x8 w 12.5 lb dumbbells, 2x8 w 15 lb dumbbells (PR) Prone Cobra: 3x120…

Frustrating workout yesterday… I can only clean 40 lbs, so that's an area I need to work on quite a bit. :( I also seem to be getting WORSE at the push press, because during stage 2 of nrol4w, I could easily do 3 sets at 40 lbs. Practicing the cleans also made my left forearm start hurting again… not sure what's up w/…

^ Nice progress on those numbers!!!

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