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What's better than Talenti? I need to know for research purposes.

Not at the same time. But yeah, when I quit I wanted to eat all the time too. Chew gum. It kept my mouth busy. And just push through. It gets better.

Or bench in the rack with safeties. I lift weights alone in my garage and never use a spotter.

A chubby chaser would probably disagree with you.

Still waiting for this. I'm thinking the doctor didn't actually say this exactly the way the OP is painting it.

You can only figure out maintenance (TDEE) calories by trial and error. This is a good place to start, but you'll need to tweak your cals depending on if you gain/lose after a few weeks, or it might end up being just right for you. http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

This. Nothing is off limits.

Curious, what TV show was it?

Can't add much to this so just Q'ingFT.

Don't eat processed food. Or anything with sugar. Or carbs, carbs are evil too. Oh yeah, and then there's salt, things with salt are super bad. Oh hell, everything is off limits! Just eat air! Ok, the last part was my own, but yeah. Pretty much this. :laugh:

I would looooove to read such studies! Do you have any links? I pretty much came to this conclusion. Plus there's the fact that I want to EAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE and still lose weight. :wink:

This post makes me happy, except I disagree with the bolded. I loooooove me some processed foodz and don't believe it's bad for me. Moderation my friends. Moderation. Other than that, this post wins the internet for the day. :heart:

Oh the horror! Using MFP for something other than counting calories! It's called myFITNESSpal, not myCALORIECOUNTINGpal. This is seriously the most annoying thing I see on the forums. Not everyone on MFP counts calories. Most of us do, but not all. When I initially joined I didn't. I used the site to track my weight loss…

Personally I'm doing TDEE - 10% and losing 1/2 lb per week. Works for me and I'm not starving all the time.... ......just some of the time. :wink:

Nope. I don't want to look like anyone else. I'm aiming to look like best version of ME.

Agree.

You win. Best post of the day!!!

How tall are you OP?

If you gained 6 lbs in 4 days practically none of it would be muscle. Just sayin.

OP you are gaining water weight. And if you are eating just your BMR calories then you are still eating too few calories. Here, read this as well: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

I was looking for this post earlier in the week. AWESOME!! :flowerforyou:

I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow and I'm not logging. I can eat moderately on my own and I also need the mental break. Personally I believe vacation is a time to relax and sit on my *kitten* so I don't workout either. I figure I workout/log the rest of the year so 4 days isn't going to kill me. :wink:

He tries. But I smack him away.

That's an interesting concept about newbie gains just in your glutes. Who knows? Maybe you will. :wink: If anything you'll get the extra muscle pump after your workout. :bigsmile: I bulked for 15 weeks. I ate 200 calories over TDEE for the first 6 weeks, then bumped it up to 400 calories for the remainder of the time. I…

If you've been lifting for a while just do the advanced program. You cannot build muscle while eating at a deficit, but you can retain the muscle you already have. When you eat at a deficit, you will burn fat and the muscles will "pop" because they become more visible. If you have around 10 pounds to lose, I would…

I like this approach. Same in my office. Today they brought in red velvet donuts & nutella donuts. But we always cut up everything into little bites, so I took one bite of each and was done with it. So much goodness.

OMG, bagel with lox, capers, cream cheese, tomatoes = HEAVEN!

Bagels are DELICIOUS! I eat one every morning. OP - when I get the urge to snack, I snack. I log it. I fit it into my macros and daily calorie goal. I move on with life. Ta-da!

Your posture is different, in the second one you are standing up straighter and with legs together, so it's hard to tell. Agree with above, just keep trucking, change will come.

This. :heart: I'm not aiming to look like anybody else except a better version of ME.