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Just keep logging your food and looking at your grams/percentages each day. You'll get closer and closer and finally you'll hit them +/- 5 and it will be easy to hit your targets from that point on :) Just have to experiment with different foods until you get there. My split is 30% carbs, 35% protein, 35% fat. I always…

I don't do a cheat day, I do a 'treat' meal once a week. Usually on Friday night - date night, or whenever my husband and I are able to go out to dinner over the weekend. The way I treat is I'll eat whatever I want, within reason and still practicing portion control. That's it... nothing crazy. Honestly I don't really…

I crate trained my Labradane when he was just a baby. First, to teach him bathroom control and since he was so small to give him a "safe" space of his own. He loved his crate and would just go in there on his own to nap. Once he was trained and a little too big for his crate we got rid of it. He has the house when we are…

Haha! The wardrobe is always an issue! Yes that is me in the photo last month, a lot has changed :smile: I am sort of stuck between bikini and figure. Right now I am too muscular for bikini and a little to lean for figure but I can keep working and see where I am at the end of July. Most likely I'll go with figure. Once I…

Sure! :smile: but give me some time so I can point to the right sources.

Please see above, thank you :smile:

Please see above, thank you.

Please read again... I said it's a lean to clean bulk. Traditional bulking is antiquated. We don't need to get fat to bulk... Anyway, it's totally 100% restrictive but only until show time. Then I'll reverse diet back. And let's not hijack this persons original post. It was about IIFYM and diet plans I believe? Not me…

Well I thought I'd revisit this. I've been at it for about a month and am 20 weeks out and I'm loving it. I love the extreme workout sessions, the extreme diet regimen. My competition coach is amazing and I am seeing amazing changes in my body in terms of muscle growth. I have a solid nutrition and lifting/exercise plan…

I don't get hungry from lifting but make sure to have a good post workout shake to feed them muscles :smile: You know what makes me absolutely ravenous... running! Or generally any kind of cardio or HIIT like the poster above said.

IIFYM - approx. 1300 calories per day - even spread of protein/carbs/fat - 35/30/30 - and I eat clean / follow a competition diet meaning lean chicken, turkey, beef and fish and leafy greens, limited raw oats, brown rice, sweet potato, limited healthy fats (nuts / avocado) Low/no sodium, ACV and/or rice vinegar for…

You can definitely gain muscle while in a deficit but yeah, very specific plan, a lot of discipline, a lot of gym time. The idea of having to gain body fat to build muscle is antiquated. The poster above in terms of insulin response... I think he has that backward... the higher your body fat the less insulin response you…

Problem with that is you do 1200 calories a day which is easy. You exercise, eat the "right" things, whatever those may be. Hit your goal, have your wedding and slowly go back to you old ways because you haven't actually learned anything. You've only done a crash diet. A year or so from now you'll have to do it again, and…

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My heaviest squat right now is 125 LBs but I am prepping for a competition so I'm doing 4x12s right now, that weight will go up over the next couple of months as my reps come down. My heaviest deadlift was 200 LBs, one and only. I don't want to risk my back!!! I am 48.

3:00 AM - Morning calisthenics (Jumping jacks / high knees / squats / push ups / abs) Put my breakfast/lunch/snack together for work. Wake up dog and take him out, play with him, feed him, cuddle him for a few minutes. 4:30 AM - Shower 6:00 AM - On train heading to work 6:30 AM - At work and heading down to the fitness…

Lifts heavy, eats lotts of meat!

Try Papaya Extract. It's a yummy little chewable that you can pick up at any CVS, Walgreens, Walmart type of store. It's awesome. Works like a charm for me. Just chew a couple after a meal and whalaa! No bloat.

Agree. I gave up drinking several years ago. Once I truly got fit and lost all of my weight my body just legit couldn't handle it any longer. I swear I'd have a few sips of wine and I'd be completely trashed and feeling sick! So... not worth it. I don't miss it at all.

Funny, I was just having this same conversation with my bodybuilding competition group. I have always been of the school of thought that it's important to fuel your workouts and I had done that for a long time. I always made sure to eat a couple of hours prior so the food wouldn't bother me in my belly and all that... I…

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If lose skin surgery is an option in your future take a look at that. Otherwise... keep losing and start lifting weights, stay hydrated and use lotions. Don't laugh but for lose/saggy skin areas preparation H works wonders. Nerium skin firming is also excellent but pretty expensive. I use a good firming scrub every morning…

Not necessarily. I would rather be given a break on my insurance premiums or some money back for being healthy and active at a fitness center x times per week vs. making someone to pay more for being obese. There are too many variables.

Same here - IIFYM and calorie deficit. Although... I did give up dairy except for the once in a while ice cream and I do use a grass fed whey product because the plant based ones just weren't cutting it! I eat red meat about once every three months or so if I am feeling tired... iron deficient.

What works to reduce/eliminate lose skin - Vasoburn, Preparation H, Nerium skin firming. Do some research on what bikini/figure/body builders use to reduce/eliminate lose skin. There are a lot of great (expensive) products out there that work.

Just get up and resume you're normal program. I'd recommend counseling as well. I eat based upon my Macro targets vs. calorie target. This means if it fits my %, I can eat it and still maintain/lose weight. Also my body is getting exactly what it needs so I have no cravings and I'm never hungry. Maybe look into that as an…

I have seen people modify by using the assisted pull up machine. They set their weight and the height of the step and then standing straight up in front of it and put on foot on the platform and push down.

I used IIFYM to calculate my macro's for fat loss and my competition coach designed a solid lifting plan to gain muscle. Def need the carbs but if you have the right balance and work toward hitting your macro's daily it's possible. I increased my protein and that seems to be working for me.

Steve Carell... heehee

Hot, except for the hat lol! Nice physique.