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Thanks all
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I wish I was gaining muscle. I'm not exercising. but soon will be.
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I understand why you could say this since you don't know the context. My family is quite supportive. But it takes a lot of time to weigh my food and log it in. So that's what I was referring to as tension. Why not do it in the kitchen? I don't cook my food. Someone prepares it and serves it. I could ask that person to…
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When I said religiously I meant encoding every meal. I do not prepare my food. I have my househelp do that You see I had these choices: 1. not weigh and not log at all 2. weigh the food then use MFP to enter the food name. I could just use unverified or verified. 3. weigh every ingredient, enter the exact recipe. So I…
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Thanks for all the tips. I feel so fortunate to be in a community of experts. To summarize: 1. General Tips & Considerations: - Do compound exercises before isolation exercises. - Since I am a beginner, I should focus on: * Ease into workouts. * Focus on mastering form. * Avoid training to failure initially. - Refrain from…
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Hi All, I really appreciate all the help. I also really appreciate the attention to detail and accuracy. Believe me, I used to be very OC, weighing everything down to the recipe. For example, for home-cooked meals, I used to weigh everything I put in as I prepared the food. That was very accurate. It was also very…
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I do intermittent fasting so I only usually have lunch and dinner.
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Thank you guys so much for the helpful tips. Do you have any advice on how I can create my baseline weights and reps? Are there tests I could do myself to see whether the starting weights and reps is my baseline?
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Thank you all for your response. To answer your questions and furnish more information: Checking Thyroid Issues I did think of the possibility of thyroid issues so I had myself checked and test showed I’m within ok ranges. My doctor also validated that. See results below. Incorrect entries Yes, I was always concerned about…
