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Hate em already! Lol (before anyone gets offended, it is a joke)

I did. It was an FYI. I am not trying to gain muscle. There have been two different responses to the calorie deficit question in this thread that was not really linked to my initial question. I came upon the article & thought I would share.I'm not here to argue or fight with anyone just share experience / information. Part…

Liking what you're saying, but what do you mean by I have my numbers wrong? Like the calorie calculation? As amazingly awesome ad (and assuming its you in the photo) is, I'm not after a body as toned & defined as yours. I'm more interested in burning fat than building muscle. I thought a calorie deficit was better for that?

Probably so very sound advice!

Here is one I found about gaining muscle and calorie deficit http://www.muscleforlife.com/build-muscle-lose-fat/

But my bum if firmer (sorry if that is a bit TMI) I would have thought that it it was firmer and higher (again sorry if that is TMI) there was a build up of muscle? ! I do not particularly want to gain muscle anyway, so it is good news if it is fat loss, but it would be good to know what is going on. Does that mean that…

Some useful things, some less useful things and somethings I did not think helped anybody. I have read pretty much all the responses (ones that were trying to be argumentative I skipped past) and I think I responded to all the ones I thought were folk genuinely trying to help (there were I think 2 that I did think were…

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Thank you so much! I remember when my waist was 31 inches. My goal is actually your current measurements!

Thank you very very very much.

Wonderful! Thanks heaps! Hope you lost 2" in your left leg too lol, I really do enjoy lifting, and I guess reading that I shouldn't made me want to get it confirmed from folk that had been through similar and were doing well on it.

Thanks for the heads up!

Two very contradicting points....I agree with one but that does not mean it is right. I guess on this I will need to do my own research.

I still have a good 80 pounds or so to lose, and losing what I've already lost has been a battle (thanks to medical issues that hinder things). I didn't interpret it as patronizing, but more as "it doesn't have to be hard or take forever to do, you're overthinking it." That said, I can understand how you'd be more likely…

If it was not muscle that I gained, then why was my body firmer and I could see more toning to my arms? (not being argumentative, just asking the question). When I was in recovery I couldn't exercise so I know that there will have been some, shall we say bad weight gain. I have been lifting for about 2 years and have built…

I have been working at a calorific deficit and have still gained muscle, though this is not my primary goal. I guess I go against the odds. I am looking to get slimmer not build up muscle or muscle definition (my body apparently disagrees with my intentions and is building muscle relatively quickly but not shifting fat as…

Thank you, that is essentially what I was looking for. A few points distracted from my initial question (obviously), or were presented in a way that did not come across as helpful. If that was my interpretation fair enough.

Thank you for understanding.

Agree here but it is more how much how quickly and when they plateau: when your body gets wise to your weight loss attempts and corrects itself.

Okay, so TDEE has been added to my list of stuff to look up, that is the second mention of it. Again, I generally eat more than 1,200 calories (more like 1500+ depending on how much working out I have done, and I am allergic to wheat so my diet is high protein anyway in order to fill up.) The initial question of, should I…

Thanks, very useful and put forward well.

From my early research of compound movements, other than arm day (which I will admit to myself is the cop out day ihn my work out) it looks like a lot of the exercises I do are mostly compound: squats, lunges, deadlifts. I will need to look into it more. Again, it seems with a lot of the advice it is the way it is being…

Maybe I am being defensive, but really saying easy peasy to someone who is asking for advise on something they are clearly struggling with can (intentionally or not) be seen as patronisting. Your interpretation is different from mine as you do seem to be at your goal. When you were heavier, if someone said, just do this it…

Actually what I said was: My work out then indicates that I actually lift a lot more that 5kg. Please can you re read and revise your statement so it takes into account of what I actually said and not what you thought I said. It kind of makes it look like you don't know what your talking about. Thanks :)

Sorry, not weight, I meant fat (saying losing weight I guess is incorrect). This makes more sens than similar previous comments. I like my food so keeping the cardio is probably why cardio works for me. In regards to losing fat, this can primarily be done by lifting? I would have thought it was important to make sure that…

Thank you for 1) actually reading my question, 2) making a clear response 3) adding your personal experience and results. Most useful response so far. I know compund lifts have been mentioned before in a response I dismissed, but yours makes a lot more sense. Though, what it TDEE?

Sorry, can you clarify, are you saying you should not be on a calorie controlled diet if you are lifting heavy, or you should be on a calorie controlled diet if you are heavy lifting? The article had too much maths for me

Is that 1970 fixed? because I generally tend to eat about 1500-1600 but I just make sure I burn 300-400 calories. If I ate 1970 calories (so 2200- 2300) I gain weight. That is just a fact as I have done it. I was eating 2000 calories and still going to the gym, burning the same amount and I gained weight. Fair play to you…

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He is saying your body type does not matter if you 'eat less and move more'. So long as you eat less and move more you will lose weight. The amount less that you eat and the amount more you lose is based on body type or men and women would not have different RDA for calorie intake. In any case, not really relevant to my…