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Set two alarms, 15 minutes apart. When the first one goes off, drink some coffee (program your coffee pot to make it) or have 100mg of caffeine (half of a standard OTC caffeine pill). Go back to sleep. When your second alarm goes, you'll be wide awake and ready to hit the gym.
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Buy a food scale at Walmart for $20. Measure your food based on weight (grams, pounds, oz, etc.), not volume (cups, fluid oz, tbsp, tsp, etc.).
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I've always found the opposite -- that ingesting caffeine causes me to lose weight (or rather, requires me to eat more so that I don't lose weight). There's a reason that caffeine (a stimulant, which speeds up your heart rate) is a staple ingredient in most of the thermogenic fat burners that you see on the market. It's…
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Dude, you need to lift weights. 1 pound a week is a moderately-paced bulk; if you're not lifting consistently, it's no wonder that the bodyweight is going to your stomach. Look up a beginner lifting routine and focus on doing compound lifts (bench press, deadlift, squat, etc.). Do cardio if you want, but lifting needs to…
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If you're doing steady-state cardio, try to keep it light; otherwise, check out HIIT. Keep eating and you'll be fine with regards to the calories. As for the overtraining question, listen to your body. Cardio probably won't hurt your muscle recovery much (if anything, it could help. Look up active recovery.), but the real…
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Don't be too afraid of eating fats. In fact, not getting enough fats can have some bad hormonal side effects. With that being said, I've had good results with eating 30% of my calories as fats. If you want proof that fats aren't inherently going to make you fat: Recently, I tried a low-carb, ketosis-themed diet. I ate 60%…
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I tried some weight-gainers back when I started lifting. I quickly realized that they are way too expensive and weren't providing any better results than regular food. Skip the weight-gainers, grab some whey protein if you want (its convenient and fairly cheap), and just focus on eating an extra 300-500 calories of real…
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