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Your hips aren't big. Also has been repeated here several times, and you yourself said: you can't spot reduce, there are no suggestions possible. Just keep it up! You will see change as it happens.
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Between vitamins, supplements, and clean food I spend $60/week. Yes I've actually calculated this out. That's about $8.60 a day, or $2.80 per meal (3 meals). Edit: on sale days/weeks, I make out like a bandit. Especially when chicken is buy-one-get-one (or just half-off), that's $20 in chicken for $10, big savings there :)
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Keep cardio brief on heavy lifting days. All of the people with A+ bodies that I follow on Bodybuilding.com, Facebook, etc., all keep cardio under 30 minutes on heavy lifting days and they keep it light as well - jogging instead of running, for example. Many of them do zero cardio on lifting days, or a max of 10 minutes.…
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Always. A holiday is no excuse to slack off and my once-a-week cheat meal doesn't shift just because there is a holiday involved.
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If anyone still has no idea about what "starvation mode" is, take a look at images and videos of malnourished peoples around the world. Read about their caloric intake. The vast, vast majority of Americans and Europeans are nowhere near "starvation mode", or even the threat of "starvation mode". Typically we are in…
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See my weight loss ticker at 80+ lbs lost? 2 years. Basically all diet with some bouts of heavy lifting here and there. Recently added heavy lifting again. NO CARDIO.
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The real problem here isn't the guy involved or the lady involved, but why you give a cr*p about them doing their thing. Focus on you. Your life, your health, your mind. Let other people focus on themselves and whatever they want/need/etc.
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What a stunner. Spectacular transformation. Kudos to you for all of the hard work and discipline.
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All of my weight loss has been on Keto. 2 years, 80+ pounds, and a loss of 10% bodyfat from ~28% to now ~18%. Also all of my muscle gains have been on Keto. Bench from 80lbs to 200lbs. Deadlift from 120lbs to 320lbs. Squat from 100lbs to 220lbs. My bloodwork is textbook besides a Vitamin D deficiency that I supplement for…
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A few ways of approaching this. * Ignore them * Stop being friends with these people or, if they're co-workers, tell them to mind their own business * Actively counter them with positive responses about why you're doing what you're doing. I sometimes find myself saying, "Yeah, it IS strict, but me personally I have to be…
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I do the following: ** Eat the same breakfast 7 days a week ** Eat the same lunch 6 days a week; either Saturday or Sunday is unplanned as a cheat meal that does not fit within my calorie goals but it does fit in with my body recomp goals - that is to say that it is typically a "carb up" or refuel after a week-long deficit…
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All you can do to lose excess weight is to reduce bodyfat through (1) diet and/or (2) exercise. That's it. No amount of ab work will make your belly smaller, if anything it will look bigger even though that is muscle not fat.
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Soy is 100% fine according to updated research: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524224 And some light non-sciencey reading: http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/other/yes-and-no-soy http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/other/5-things-you-need-know-about-soy
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I usually say thanks. The real change is "what to do once people start *really* noticing". When I was pushing 280 I never even got looked at. Now at 185 I get hit on probably once a day. ...ugh, I realize that might sound like bragging and I do not mean it that way. I certainly appreciate the attention of random folks, and…
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Pick up a mass gainer. Keep it in a shaker bottle and just sip from it all day long in addition to eating your regular meals and snacks. Hit up Bodybuilding.com, go to the Store, sort by Rating, and pick the cheapest one PER SERVING (you will have to scan down the screen to see the per-serving price) above an 8 rating. I…
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Your body "cleanses" and "detoxes" itself. Please don't post this junk. Thanks.
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There are no tricks. Just eat correctly to meet your goals. Anything else is just plain silly.
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8kg in 8 weeks is outstanding. Nothing to be impatient about at all!
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No.
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80+ pounds lost, I do zero cardio. I must be a magical unicorn.
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The easy answer is that most people have absolutely no clue as to the macronutrient makeup of the food they're stuffing into their mouths.
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For starters, awesome work. Losing 100lbs in massively inspiring to others and hopefully to yourself as well. Next, awesome job realizing that there is no such thing as "toning" and that you have to lift wights to build muscle in order to re-sculpt your body. It's hype. The thing that makes your body direct nutrients to…
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You said you were gaining. You now want to lose, i.e. cutting. Simply put - find your new target calories that will make you lose weight, and then just slowly reduce your caloric intake over 5 days until you are at that new daily target.
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No kids here, but I would be teaching them to dress for success at all times. "Skinny jeans" do not equate to that. Nice dark jeans with a crisp shirt, or some nice tailored clothes, but not skinny jeans. To be fair, not baggy jeans either. Clothes should fit smartly.
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First and foremost even though a relationship involves compromise you should never compromise your GOOD health for your partner. That means mental health too. If your personal preference is to be lean then do so. If your personal preference is to wear skirts for form, function, or to "feel sexy" then do so (of course you…
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You can shift from gaining to cutting on a dime without any real concern. The way I shift between the two, from bulking to cutting: Determine cutting target. Lower cals by X cals per day where X is the difference between bulking minus cutting divided by 5. This way I stretch the decline over 5 days. ...and that's it. Lost…
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Again, depends on what kind of "reset" we're talking about. Almost all of them are done with a single huge meal. The ONE reset that takes upwards of 10 days is real muscular exhaustion, the kind from over-training aerobically, i.e. a marathon followed by a 5K without a break between to eat back the thousands of calories…
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Yes, because TDEE is a function of lean body mass.
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This. Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe is also an amazing program. The most important part is to PUT THE TIME IN, read the material, do your research, watch videos about lifting form and muscle function - all for free on YouTube, and start applying this new knowledge while you continue learning, reading, etc. No. We…
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If your caloric intake matches your TDEE and you are gaining weight, then your TDEE was calculated incorrectly. Period. Also, why are you doing a reset if I may ask? A reset usually takes a single meal, not 8 weeks - not kidding here.