tross0924 Member

I joined MFP in Aug. 2009. A lost a ton of weigh, got in great shape, got hurt, used that as an excuse to stop, and now here we are. Me with most of that weight back on and ready to start again. Please add me so we can support each other :-)

First, I have to start off with the caveat that I fell off the wagon a while ago and no longer look like this. I'm back on MFP so I can look like this again :-P Before (around 357 lbs) After (around 195 lbs)

I could use some more friends

RIght. But that's just another variable like stanmann571 said.

I built my own squat rack for less than $100 US. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5bFfRcD9r9OR2pIZlJiWHBfalU/view?usp=sharing I used 4x4 instead of laminating 2x4s for the vertical post though.

Put down another vote for the time comments. While it's possible that you have a medical condition that could cause some issues, 2 weeks is far to short a time to make that determination. I would also say that you're not NOT losing weight because you ate 17.6 grams more crackers than you thought. You may want to tighten…

Marco nutrients are the Carb, Fat, and Protein. Micro nutrients are the smaller break downs (ie Sugar, Fiber, Saturated fat, etc) and vitamins and minerals. Most people say that for weight loss, tracking macros is more important, but that for overall health you need to track the micro nutrients too.

Don't lift with out some sort of safety. While you're waiting for your rack spend $20 and build this - http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Saw-Horse Easy to build and could save you from some serious injury. Personally I'd just use 2x4's instead of ripping the 2x6s in half.

Since we're moving on I'll do my last points and then let it drop too. 1- I used your words to point out that you were being dismissive of someone else. I never meant to say that my numbers are bigger so listen to me. I was attempting to be sarcastic. 2- I lifted for 3 years in high school, took a 20 year break and then…

Wow! You really do assume a lot of things! And you don't even see them as assumptions. How long has psuLemon been lifting? How did he get injured? (I laughed at this one cause you said "I didn't assume anything I just took information that wasn't there and fit it in with what we were talking about and acted like that was…

Squat - 525 Deads - 600 Bench - 375 Dude, you should get your numbers way up before you throw shade at other people for their numbers.

Doh! Sorry, I thought I answered this days ago. I'm not sure what you mean by rough form . . . My experience with body weight training is that you can either do it or you can't. And if you can't there's a step down version of it. For example push-ups - Start with a wall and do wall push ups, once you can do those, move to…

Sharp pains are bad. There's something wrong there that you need to get checked before you progress. Otherwise, I'd say figure out a way to make it work and suck it up. Can't handle full body weight dips then do them off a chair with your legs straight out in front of you. Still can't handle that, then bend your legs. You…

I want to help, but find myself to be in need of a little bit of help as well. I joined MFP Aug. 2009 and lost a ton of weight, 165 lbs lost at my lowest, I believe. Then I decided I wanted to get bigger and stronger, so starting lifting heavy. I used that as an excuse to over eat. I got stronger, but I also got bigger in…

I can't say I've been in a similar situation so I don't exactly know what you're going through. I would, however, recommend that, if your goal is to make progress and to get stronger, don't wait for it to get easier. Don't step "down", step up. Do the thing that makes you feel like you're going to die, and then, a few…

In the original post you said your focus was more on strength (improved posture and upper body strength) than building muscle mass. For strength you should go lower reps. Do some warm ups with a weight that you can do 10- 15 times and then do 3 sets with a weight that's so heavy you're barely able to get 5 reps. Moving…

Hey man. Sorry you got injured. It's never fun to be forced to sit on the side lines and can be very discouraging. One thing you need to realize though is you're not losing you progress. Yes, not using the muscle mass that you gained can cause it to lose the firmness that people associate with tone, but the fibers are…

I believe you only fail when you quit. We may stumble and fall a lot, but if we get up and continue on we haven't failed cause the fight's still on. Keep plugging away and you'll find yourself where you want to be before too long.

If you're purely looking for protein purely to hit a protein goal then you'll probably need to go to shakes and powders to get more protein without the carbs. If you're looking for protein that will fill you up for lunch that doesn't have many carbs than you're going to be out of luck. Beans aren't horrible, but they're…

Weight loss is complicated, and it's not at the same time. There's arguments for and against all the things you asked about. HIIT burns more fat - Why it can be said to be true - HIIT Usually results in a high total calorie burn then Low Intensity Steady State (LISS) Cardio. When the calories are burned some of them are…

Is there anything you like to do that's active besides the gym? Hiking, biking, mountain climbing, sky diving? If there's not maybe pick something new that you think you might like and plan for it in 2 weeks. Do some research, make some prep and then go enjoy. If you like it, plan another one. If you don't, plan a…

Strength training following the principal that anything over 5 reps is just cardio work!

It depends on duration. Short term and a level of intake under your daily calorie requirements? You'd love weight, but your body would start to cannibalize itself for the essential amino acids it needs, so some of that weight would be muscle. Long term, You'd die as previously stated.

Donuts are my weekness. I'm pretty sure I could eat donuts all day everyday for years :wink: Twinkies? Not so much.

My dad had esophagus cancer. It grew and restricted his esophagus down to a pin hole. The OLNY thing he could eat was protein shakes. A hot dog put in a blender for 5 minutes would get stuck at the restriction and would back up the "pipe" until he gagged and puked everything back up. He went from 180 lbs with six pack abs…

You should really look into the couch to 5k program. There's apps that make it really simple to do. Your first work out is 5 minutes of walking followed by 1 minute of jogging repeated for 30 minutes. It then gradually helps you lengthen that time over the course of 10 weeks to your last work out of 30 minutes of jogging.…

So there's 7 pages here and I didn't read them all. I hope this has been pointed out already but if not - Behold! The twinkie diet!! http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

For me the biggest thing I noticed was recovery. I was able to recover faster and so I on a 4 week program where week 4 was recovery week, I skipped week 4 and bumped the weight up and started week one again. Instead of getting 13 increases in the weight being lifted a year I was able to get 17.