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I lift heavy 3 times per week and do minimal cardio. I have lost 45 lbs and put on 12 lbs of muscle in the past year. I have lost 4 dress sizes as well. Heavy lifting will give you relatively quick results...but I would suggest taking your measurements because you often retain water in your muscles so you may not initially…
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I have lost 45 lbs and put on 12 lbs of muscle in the last year. I lift heavy 3 times per week and do minimal cardio. I get in about 11 000 steps on my fitbit each day and twice a week I do HIIT for 7-10 minutes.
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In the last year I have lost 45 lbs of fat and put on 12 lbs of muscle. So yes you can do it. I did this by eating a small deficit and lifting heavy weights 3 days a week.
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I would go with at least 1500 personally.
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If you're eating 1400 calories and running 3 times per week that seems like too few calories. I workout 3 times per week, I'm shorting than you and I weigh less than you and I eat around 1900 calories every day. I'm losing on average 3/4 of a pound per week.
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I lift 3 times per week for 30-40 minutes and do cardio once or twice a week (HIIT for 10 minutes that's it) and I wear a fit bit that I aim to get 10 000-11 000 steps a day, so apart from work I usually need to add in a short 20-30 minute walk each day.
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Caleo, WOW big changes!! That's amazing that it only took 2 months. You can really see you're smaller through your mid section and legs and upper back. Great work!! As for me, I am down another 5 lbs or so.
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Doritos :D
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I use scooby's workshop as well.
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I do one week breaks often. Right now I am on a semi break. I am not accurately tracking my calories. I count most things but I would say the few things that I don't write doen probably put me at maintenance. I am also not losing weight either...and I am okay with that until I can get my head back in the game. I think I…
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I eat 30% protein. WAY more than what MFP recommends which is pretty low.
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I don't have a spotter. I lift the same weight until I am able to do 3 sets of 8 reps and then I add on a small amount to the bar. Like this week I added 2.5 lbs per side on my bench press. So it's a small amount but it allows me to go up without a spotter because I am building my strength slower.
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I lift heavy. I'm bulky but only because I still have 30 lbs of fat left to lose. But I have dropped 4 dress sizes by lifting heavy and eating a decent amount of food. I have lost countless inches and 43 lbs. I do minimal cardio. Squats 160 for 3 sets of 8 Bench = 95 lbs for 3 sets of 6 Deadlift = 125lbs for 3 sets of 8
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You don't need 48 hours for each muscle group.
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If you want to slim your thighs...eat more and SQUAT! Go heavy on the weight using a barbell.
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Lifting your dumbbells on your rest day at a light weight would be more of a cardio activity. Stronglifts is an intense program. Just stick to that and do some cardio on your off days.
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I have 20-35 lbs to go depending on how much muscle I can maintain/build. I will be going by how I look more than what I weigh. The last time I weighed 155 I looked great but had a lot of muscle, yet supposedly that is overweight for my height. I am a size 12 right now and I would ideally like to be a 6 or 8.
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I've lost over 40 lbs and drink diet soda every day.
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I eat whatever I want in moderation. I have chocolate every.single.day. Today I had wine and chocolate.
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I'm down another 5 lbs or so and a pants size!
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I agree that 20% cut is pretty large for someone who is close to goal. I would go 15% tops, ideally 10%, especially since you are training for a marathon.
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I would also like to point out that if you gained 8 lbs on the reset and then lost 15 with your cut, the reset did in fact work.
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Do you lift weights? Have you noticed any other changes? Like the way your clothes fit, the way you look/feel, muscle defintion?
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I would say you are in the moderate activity level. Yes eat 1600 a day unless you have an unusually high burn day and then you can eat back cals to reach your BMR. I went for 12 weeks without losing anything and then started losing again. You need to be consistent and just stick with it. Just curious if you have had your…
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Just curious, is your 15% cut 1200? It sounds pretty low.
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I have my account linked to my fitbit so it goes up and down for me depending on my activity level. But I find it more accurate for me. Most days I am eating around 1750-1800, somedays a little higher and some a little lower. But my stats are different than yours. I am 5'2 and weigh 178 and I don't do nearly as much cardio…
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Not to mention a smaller deficit is MUCH easier to stick to. There is not one time in this past year where I felt like giving up. I don't feel deprived. On weight watchers I would give up after like 6 months. Then I Would spend 6 months putting on fat, then go back to WW and try to take it off again, lose some, gain more.…
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EXACTLY! I am a former weight watcher as well. I too would lose like 15 lbs in 6 weeks, easy. BUT the problem is that when you are losing that kind of weight you are losing A LOT of lean body mass. Your lean body mass is the part that burns the most calories. Then when you do binge (which is almost guaranteed because the…
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If you are losing inches then that is more accurate than the scale. How long have you been at it? I had a 12 week plateau where I lost nothing on the scale and even minimal in inches but I just keep doing what I was doing and then the scale started moving again.
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This is really common when upping your cals. I went through it too. It does go away but it took me about 8 weeks or so for that intense hunger to back off. The good things is that it is your metabolism working.