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I tried keto once - I died. RIP :(

Look at the 6 month period as a diet break. Being on a deficit for long periods of time isn't good for you, so what you unknowingly did was actually good for you. Just get back on the horse, start diligently tracking and working out and then just be patient. Knowledge is half the battle with weight manipulation, once you…

It's easier to reduce fat through weight reduction and then bulk later on. What you're looking to do, body recomp, takes a long time. But, if that's really what you want to do and you don't mind waiting possible years, all you need to do is eat at maintenance and continue to resistance train. Or you could try caloric…

I remember when I used to worry about small overages like that, and then I overate 800+ calories a few times, nothing happened at all, and I haven't worried since.

How much is too much sodium? Believe it or not, routinely going under 2200~mg of sodium can cause problems.

Yeah I'll bet. Did you know that 99.9% of all men are rapists?

Your liver and kidneys detox for you. No need for tea unless you enjoy their taste.

I'm afraid you can't generalize exercise. Running a mile might burn 100kcal for one person, and 400 for another. It's the same with swimming. That being said, I believe swimming to be superior in terms of overall burn.

Don't play around with the lower back. I tweaked my back a little bit, didn't take time to recover, and I'm still dealing with it 7 months later. If anything, avoid doing movements that require you to lift weight while bent over.

Lifting weights burns negligible calories. It's easier to just not track it at all.

http://www.startbodyweight.com/ Has a really good progressive plan. It might be a good idea to try and get some weighted leg work in there though, even if it's just weighted split squats and calf raises.

I eat about 200 calories of random fruit with breakfast, and then with dinner I choose a vegetable side and make sure it's a large portion. Other than that, it's all Reece's peanut butter cups and Dr. Pepper.

Thank god for being able to enter in your own foods, amirite? (I'm wrong, everyone is too lazy)

If you aren't eating at a deficit and going too crazy with the cardio, and you keep your protein high, you should be ok for 1-2 months. It depends how much muscle you've built in those 4 months lifting. The less trained you are, the faster your body reverts to a non-trained state.

The www.startbodyweight.com routine is pretty solid, just make sure to progress and to stretch those wrists.

I think that's the one where they release a bear, and you have to run from it until it tires out and goes into hibernation. I've heard great things.

I switched from lifting to calisthenics using a progressive program a month ago because my back is bad. Not only did it wipe me out and give me massive DOMS again, but I've seen awesome muscle growth. If you think you can't build muscle using calisthenics, you're brainwashed. But hey, I guess it's always easier to believe…

If you start doing IF, while doing 2-a-days, you are going to be losing muscle. Weight training and IF is enough, don't go throwing in extensive cardio and HIIT on top of it. Back when I first started IF, I did it with weight training and frequent rowing. I worked out on an empty stomach, lost a lot of fat, and quite a bit…

I gain 6lbs within 2 hours of ordering a pizza

It's really just something that I'm looking to prevent turning into jelly over the winter. I'd like to continue to bulk, just not if the program isn't challenging enough. I'll keep that in mind about the push ups, I've been focusing on doing them very slowly and holding at the bottom and it's quite challenging, especially…

If you've gotten into the habit of tracking calories daily, there's nothing to worry about. You have the tools you need to maintain your weight forever, it's like riding a bike. All you need to do is keep your willpower up, and you'll be golden. What you're experiencing is normal, I went through that as well when I…

At your weight, that's almost a 900 calorie surplus. You're going to put on ALOT of fat.

Snacks don't usually attack me. I attack them.

155gs at least if you're on a cut.

Potatoes. Honestly, for what you get, you could eat almost anything else and get the same nutrients at far less calories.

Keep going at it. If they don't go away you might have gynecomastia, and the only way around that is surgery.

I've had to redefine "cheat day" a few times over the last year. At first it was a day where I wouldn't count at all, but quickly noticed that my progress would plateau and I ended up just maintaining. At one time it got to the point where I put on 2-3lbs of water every time I had a cheat day, and by the next week when I…

If it fit in your calories, you could eat cake right before bed and it wouldn't guarantee any more fat gain that if you had not. Assuming you lift, your body is actively repairing during off times, so anything you give it (within reason) won't be wasted.

I've never noticed any of these drugs affecting my hunger or weight. Effexor is pure poison though, there's nothing like getting gigantic "brain shocks" just by missing a dose by an hour.

Go give birth to a kidney stone, and then tell me that you do not want to drink 10+ glasses a day.