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Can you open your diary please?

10,000 calorie challenge? I'm intrigued. Do tell.

Zombieeeeeeeee! Good call emily_stew.

No one knows what "clean" means. The Orowheat bread I eat has never had any dirt on it. So it's pretty clean IMO. :wink:

MityMax will offer some awesome advice, but here are some links that can help too: http://www.acaloriecounter.com/building-muscle.php http://strengthunbound.com/bulking-complete-guide-for-beginners/

I'm sure all "stick-figured" women out there are tilting their heads to one side in confusion. So are you for body shaming or not? Cuz I don't have an hour glass figure (lacking the boobage, but boy do I have one heck of an *kitten*) but I still consider myself as having a feminine shape. I do have all the parts that…

I teared up too the first time I saw it. No shame. As I said in my wall post, any woman that goes against the status quo is good in my book.

:heart: She's my new hero. Srsly. Will be routing for her in 2016!

Will power. If I can quit cold turkey from cigarettes, you can stop eating at midnight.

Sweet. I have no idea what machine this is, but whatever gets you excited about working out I say go for it. ETA: I will just add that most machines overestimate calorie burns so just be cognisant of that.

Nope. Never used one.

Feel free to bunch these people in the face once you've gained all your sexy muscles. :bigsmile: Oh heck, feel free to punch them now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUq9BBr3bA Sorry, I love this. :laugh:

Are you bulking? Because you're not going to build any muscle otherwise. If you're still trying to lose weight the best you can do is retain what you have, but don't expect to add any muscle until you're ready to bulk.

<garbage disposal. Thank you! :flowerforyou:

Nope. You make too much sense. You are not allowed in here.

I'm kind of in love with this thead. :heart:

Holy hell. These threads are so silly. If you want to eat clean, eat whatever the frick you think is "clean eating." If you think it helps you stay in your calorie goal or you think it will help with long term health, then great. Keep doing it and be happy. That just means there is more gelato in the world for me.

Are you against eating steak or pork? A grilled tenderloin steak or carnitas are coming to mind for me.

Regular food tastes better IMO so I avoid anything diet, low fat, sugar free, whatever, like the plague. :wink:

Even during TOM? Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirl, I want your scale. :wink:

Eat some ice cream. There's always room for ice cream.

^^Agreed. If I were you, I'd would just eat at maintenance until you can start lifting weights in November. Or you can keep losing weight and deal with the consequences like parsksce said. Don't get me wrong, bulking is fun, but it's a lot easier to retain the muscle you have now than it is to build it back up later.

I'm no expert, but it sounds like your body fat percentage may be increasing because you're losing LBM. You're not gaining fat while eating in a deficit, but the percentage can increase if you're losing more LBM. This can happen when someone eats a deficit that is too aggressive and/or doesn't stimulate their muscles (i.e.…

Fats should be treated as a minimum goal. It's ok to go over. I go over every day. Minimum is usually set to around .35 - .45 grams per pound of body weight.

I don't quite understand what you mean by the men are so terrible in the weight room. What do you mean? As far as buying your own equipment that really depends on how much you like weightlifting. How long have you been doing it? Can you see yourself doing it for a really long time, I.e. far longer than the 12 week program?…

Sounds like you need to stretch out your stomach then. The only way you're going to build some muscle is to eat a calorie surplus and lift the *kitten* out of everything. Eat up my friend. Whether it's vegan, paleo, vegetarian, regular food, whatever. But you need to get your protein in some way or another.

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You just got tagged.

Nope. You're right. Your friend is wrong. Keep on truckin'. :flowerforyou: