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Any form of MMA is a huge calorie burner and while you're standing/on your feet, you're not taking many steps and you don't have to kick if you don't want too.

Just say no :smile: practice will-power and discipline. The longer you go without it the less you'll crave it.

Sometimes I feel like I want to binge but I've learned to snap out of it. If I did binge however, I'd just resume my normal nutritional plan the next day and so on. I may or may not get a little extra exercise to even things out over the week.

Thanks! Yes I began with strong lifts 5x5 starting with just the Olympic bar and progressed from there. I was tracking but I was not being specific.. like tracking ounces vs. grams or picking more generic items or I would log something as one cup when really it was one and a half...

Ah okay, thanks for the clarification. I was kind of half *kitten* weighing and measuring but trying to estimate a minimum of 1500 upward toward 1800/2000. I tore myself down to about 113 which was my rock-bottom (and my plan), then started rebuilding. It has taken me a couple of years to put weight back on. :smile: I took…

What did I bulk on in terms of what? Food? I gained about 20 LBs...

Yeah, hey thanks for the reminder. That was then, this is now. Anyway... what is reverse dieting?

1500 Calories for me is a lot!

True, it's not like I bulked up immensely, just a lot more than I was previously. At my lightest before I started lifting weights I was pretty much looking like a 12 year old boy, all cardio and no meat lol! I started doing Strong Lifts and went progressively heavier from that. I put on about 20 LBs.

Thanks! yes that was a typo on the %'s I will try this for a couple of weeks and reassess to see what and where I should tweak. I am a carb person that's for sure so I have no problem increasing that.

What others have said... start very slowly, like barely a shuffle and then build from there. Make sure you have the right running shoes! Super important. When you run, try to run more on the balls of your feet vs. hitting your heels and try to swing your arms bent of course, but straight up/down-back/forth keeping your…

Here is how my calculations came out for a 25% aggressive cut: Calories 1323 Protein 40% Fat 40% Carbs 30% For weight loss I was eating between 1200 - 1300. For building I was eating around 1500+

Good information, thank you!

Yes I do now! I was a bit lazy with it for a while but have been planning / prepping / weighing, measuring and logging everything I eat once again. I got my calorie & macro target from IIFYM based upon my current weight and my goal, and I increased the protein % a bit from that.

My first goal was weight loss, years ago, so I started eating at a deficit and never actually went into maintenance. I lost a ton of weight first, then I started lifting. I built muscle and put some weight back on so in all likelihood I wasn't really eating at a deficit....

Any thoughts on supplementation?

Yes, makes perfect sense! Thank you

Thank you! Got it! I upped my protein when I re-cacluated my macro's so I am good there. Oddly enough I was already eating at a deficit so the new calorie target came in higher than my original. I wasn't sure if I should continue at my current deficit or my new target... Thinking I'll shoot for the higher target, make my…

Oh okay! See... I didn't know that. I assumed I'd have to drop the heavy so I wouldn't bulk anymore! Thanks for the tip! Because as you know... it's super hard to 'Not' lift heavy weights if you've been doing it for a while lol! So keep lifting heavy... I was lifting 4-5x per week, should I reduce that or keep on the same…

Of course it is! Hell, you could lose weight eating Twinkies and Cheerios all day long as long as you're burning more than you're eating. I was just mentioning the whole foods thing because there are so many Vegan replacements that are just awful and full of chemicals!! I know that a lot of new Vegans tend to rely on these…

I am starting today so I don't have any stats yet :smile:

It's hard but not impossible. Have to make sure you're eating the right foods, the right amount of protein and at the right times. When I go on a cut cycle my calories go down and my food choices become very specific. I focus more on cardio and cardio lifting vs. lifting heavy weights. I also add more protein and I add a…

I calculated my macros on IIFYM and then manually put them here on MFP. I did a vegan challenge for 30 days and avoided all processed vegan foods and vegan replacements foods. It was wonderful and I definitely lost weight but ended up with severe anemia by the end. Being carb heavy is absolutely fine... carbs don't make…

I find that it's easier sticking to a nutrition plan Monday through Friday because it's a "routine". So you're going to need to change your routine on the weekends. Learn to say "no" to yourself. No one can tell you how to stop doing this and the only one you are cheating is yourself. I eat treats almost every night of the…

Women lift babies and children. Women lift heavy bags of groceries. Women lift big bulky vacuum cleaners. Women lift huge tubs of cleaning supplies. Women lift spirits. Women lift huge baskets of dirty laundry and yeah, women should lift heavy weights :smile:

Before I switched gears into body building and when my first goal was to just lose the fat I focused everything on my calorie deficit and cardio. I dropped the weight quickly. Once I was rock bottom in terms of weight loss I changed over to focusing on gaining muscle mass. That is what worked for me.

Yes! This happed a lot when I first lost a bunch of weight and started getting fit. People saying everything from I am obsessed to I am too skinny and look sick! I never really cared what anyone else thought and actually used their insults to fuel my motivation at times. I think people are just jealous and that's how they…

As a fighter I can tell you that cutting for a fight usually involves a lot of training, fasting and dehydration to make weight. I mean... if you really wanted too, you could take two weeks off from work, train 6 to 8 hours per day and eat a nutrition plan of lean protein and veggies at around 1,000 calories per day. That…

I food prep every Sunday and include breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinner for me and my husband. I went out a while ago and got myself a really nice cooler lunch bag with appropriate sized containers and a little ice pack. Usually breakfast is scrambled egg whites and a chopped up banana with cinnamon. Lunch is always…

Measuring and weighing is always enlightening. Don't think about it as scary, think about it as educational and a good start to your journey :smile: it doesn't have to be a negative thing so don't make it one. Measure and learn about what an appropriate portion or serving size is. And it's ok to be a little bit hungry…