Springfield1970 Member

Op can you sepcify gains? Are you talking 'Gains' as in 'gaining muscle mass', or bro 'Gainz'?

Yep. Calorie deficit.

Anytime! Try finding something less taxing to switch off with, like yoga, or mindfulness. Running is such a taxing addiction. Make it your slave and not your master. I'm a complete running crazy, but I do other things now too, like triathlon, as it was destroying my body and making me fat!!

If you are talking in a 'bulking context' it certainly can. It does if it prevents you from building muscle because you're constantly using it. There's cardio and there's Cardio. A bit of light jogging should be ok on recovery days. HIIT no. It also screws with your bulking numbers by possibly putting you at maintenance or…

The more cardio I do the hungrier I get, irrelative to whether I'm eating cals back. I suspect your counting is inaccurate, you've got to get it right, then give it time, and cut down on running and eating, until you really know what's going on. You're going to run yourself into an injury at this rate and be really peed…

Am I the only one seeing the 35-40 miles a week running and not matching it up with 1670 calories per day AND not losing weight. Either the calorie counting is off or something.

I'll be more helpful than my last post. Calculate your maintenance calories WITHOUT exercise. Scooby's calc at sedentary is really good for this. Calculate your running figures by using a heart rate monitor. Each day calculate your TDEE, depending if it's a rest day. Then you will be fuelling properly for your longer runs.…

How can your level of exercise be classified as light cardio? There is something very wrong with all your numbers. Sorry, but you should ask lots of questions now, risk looking a bit lost, and start again.

I used to label myself as intolerant to this , allergic to that, but the truth was I was just eating too much. Only a little bit, but enough for the scale to creep up bit by sneaky bit. I now eat ALL foods, count calories, have my dream body, endless energy, and no symptoms. I naturally limit sweet and stodgy foods as the…

You lost weight in the first place (well done btw!) by creating a calorie deficit. Your calorie needs have reduced. Find your maintenance number then take 10-20% off per day.

As long as you are getting adequate protein, you can get a nutritious diet and include every kind of food, including some wiggle room for doughnuts or pizza or ice cream. Being on a bulk is the perfect time for SOME high calorie food. As long as you are ticking the basic boxes. Many many people have great success bulking…

Great job OP! Ps stay away from any foods where you don't know how much fat has gone in, like mash, there's no point weighing food that is drenched in high calorie fat. You'll be forever guessing why you may be stalling or plateauing. It gets harder the closer you get to goal. I'm 1.5lb pound away and I've just had a 50…

Empty your cupboards and fridge of trigger foods so you don't eat while working (I assume you are at home). If the kids want treats send them down the road to buy them spontaneously. Get logging, grow your hair and emerge in a couple of months with some experience. We all go up and down with our weight, you can lose it…

Keep it up!

Interesting. I thought having gone through my calorie allowance I'd be dipping into glycogen stores. So you're saying I have potential stored energy for my workout the next day where I wouldn't be dipping into fat and or lean tissue? Or would I be using glycogen, fat and body tissue? Why do I bonk so quickly when I run…

You might want to drop a couple of pounds more fat over the next month then start a proper lifting programme, heavy weights, something like strong curves. Keep eating maintenance or slightly below. You'll get lean slowly. I run 5k to warm up then lift heavy or vice versa twice a week. I also cycle 60-80k a week, swim once,…

I eat so much amazing food I never get the chance to eat a high calorie snack on purpose. Sad.

Do this and you can save money. You don't need a trainer.

I go for the 'steady stream of amino acids' school of thought. Seeing that repair takes place 24 hours a day, it makes sense to me. .8g protein per lb of body weight (approx). Spread evenly throughout your eating window.

Not specific enough on the calorie front though. What if I'm eating 1000 calories over my maintenance level per day of 'healthy food'. Yet as a woman I can only realistically gain a quarter of a pound of muscle per week plus about the same amount of fat, which takes 1750 calories, 3 heavy weight sessions and adequate…

I think he was referring to 'avoid stooping, bending', so the jury is still out.....

Really interesting question. I am eating at a ever so slight deficit. My meal at night is over by 6pm, and is never more than 30% of my overall intake, I tend to eat big in the morning, medium at lunch. I am on empty by 6am the next day, in fact, I am sure I am fat burning and glycogen depleted from 3-6am as I often wake…

I used to get that when I low carbed. Look up ketosis.

Embrace the exercise water weight! Just take it into account. Remember, it's just fat you want to target, and you do that with your sensible calorie deficit. You actually want to be pumped up, full of food, full of glycogen and repairing, and low fat.

But they didn't mention exercise. I'm interested because as a vocalist we suffer a lot from GERD. I've never had a problem with it during exercise, even after eating or gels etc. You have to be lying flat and still for a long time for the stomach acids to work their way up.

Personally, after studying the diets of olympic athletes (Matt Fitzgerald, Racing Weight, Chrissie Wellingtons autobiography, and various articles and Joe Friel books, speaking to sports science nerds,and more), and the fact that I don't eat very heavily at night time, I prefer to load up with low fat protein and lots of…

I'm interested in the heart attack risk/link but maybe going and searching for some proper studies could cause massive strain on the heart? Electrolytes can get low during a fast, we'd agree that right? These electrolytes are important for the signals to the heart. I think it's more risky for high intensity cardio than…

Take it slower mama bear. There's more important things to take care of now, and you need to look after you and your baby. You will lose the weight. I put on 60 lbs when I was pregnant and did similar to you. My milk supply was awful and feeding was difficult. I wish I could have done it differently.....

Full fat Greek yoghurt (and golden syrup) 2 x a day, I begin and end my day with it. It's a religion to me.

How is your milk supply?