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You know, sometimes reading the thread can help you make intelligent comments about it. I recommend you do that if you think I'm not working out or eating enough protein. You, my friend, are horribly misinformed.

You bet! :)

All I can think of if how thankful I am for parents who provided me with healthy food as I growing up... not to mention having parents who were sane. Those poor kids.

See my last post! :)

Well that's what I'm going to do, then, because those are exactly my goals. Before when I was just using the MFP method I was doing essentially the same thing; eating at a small deficit, getting 80g+ of protein per day, and lifting. I just want to switch to TDEE because it looks easier. The results on that calculator are…

I find Staci to be a good source of inspiration when it comes to lifting heavy, however, I don't desire her physique. I find her slightly too muscular for my liking, and it is not a look I'd want on myself. I understand the bulking being something that works, though, and of course if I did bulk I would tailor it to my…

Alrighty. When I say I don't want to lose weight, I follow it by saying "I just want to cut fat". Now, I know that cutting fat = losing weight. However, if I came right out and said "hey everyone I want to lose some weight", can you imagine the responses I would get? Even I would be concerned for myself. When people say…

I was just messing with you, I know you're not mad. You just doubted my muscle gains, which I found funny, because it was a totally unnecessary thing to add to your post. I promise, I'd never lie to you.

I have noticed that, haha. People get so mad. I don't have any amount in my head of what I want to lose, because I imagine (since muscle weighs more) that I may well end up at the same weight I am now when I have less fat on me. It could be as little of a difference as a couple pounds, who knows. I don't have a number in…

Are you mad about something? I was under the impression that in order to cut fat I needed a deficit, in my case, a small one. Maybe I am horribly misinformed about how to cut fat while maintaining muscle mass. Maybe someone could enlighten me?

I had water retention from weight training when I began... not anymore. I know I'm thin (small framed, born this way, once again) but before I began strength training I did not have any considerable muscle strength/mass, and I hardly ever exercised, let alone lifted heavy. I did not bulk before this because I made the…

I am recomping, as I said in another one of my replies. Nowhere in my OP did I say I was trying to lose weight! I know I am underweight, I have been in the 25% percentile my entire life. I put on a few pounds of muscle from my noob gains and I am satisfied with the amount I have right now.

You're having trouble with it? My "ultimate goal" is to be lean and maintain the muscle I built with my noob gains. Not to be skinny, not to lose weight, to be fit and healthy and maintaining my muscle. Why can everyone else do that but me just because of the way I'm built?

I didn't say I was losing weight. I'm cutting fat. I've actually gained weight since I began strength training. I lift heavy 4x/week, and am currently doing a recomp. I didn't add those details in my original post because I didn't think it'd be necessary, but I guess it would have been helpful.

32-24-33. 5'3" and 104 lbs. I'm "apple" shaped, and small-framed. ETA: If it weren't for my new muscle mass and overall recent body recomp, I would weigh about 100 or 102, but I would also have a 25" waist. Being naturally thin is fine, but I like being fit now!

But she also said that all men want is sex, even if she was kind enough to add "most of the time", and that everything men do is motivated by sex. That's a very blatant generalization, just her like comment that women guilty of emotional manipulation are "usually motivated by money". I never was.

Go for the Shakespeare Van *kitten*. Classic.

Originally, to look better for the summer and shove it into someone's face. Then I realized I really liked lifting heavy. Makes me feel and look like a superhero. Or supervillain ;)

Amen.

After my first relationship, a brief two-week thing, I was single for about a week. So, the longest I have been single for (not accounting for the first 15 years, obviously) has been one week. I imagine being single now as a 19 y/o is very different from being a single young-un back in high school.

I can't even tell you how many times I've seen that first tattoo, or a slight variation of it. One day at a music festival I must have seen 100 girls with that tattoo. It's almost like the infinity symbol, dream catcher, or anchor, all of which I have also seen way too many of. You should design your own tattoo in my…

It's encouraging to see success from upping calories. Lately I've had no energy, and have been eating between 1200-1300. I'm going to up my intake to 1400 and see if I feel any better, and to determine if I need to eat even more. It's nice to know it can work!

I had one of those once. We met twice, several years ago, and we were friends on Facebook after that. Last year he would constantly message me, nearly every day, asking me trivial questions or trying to find my opinions on something... it was so irritating. I eventually told him I wanted him to message me less because I…

I used to always be told that I was very weak and "helpless". Mainly just teasing by my sisters, but it was true, I had no muscle tone at all. I've definitely changed their minds and I'm getting stronger every day.

When I walk too much or run after I've eaten, this happens to me. It happens on my left side, but it's right under my rib cage. I always chalked it up to eating too soon before moving.

Genetics dictates where your body stores fat. Is that what you're talking about? Someone who carries more weight in their stomach will look different than someone who carries in in their hips/thighs even if they have the same bf%.

"Not when I'm sad." Oh... wicked depressing.

I was being so cynical when I wrote that, but.. Oh my god. I can't believe that mentality actually exists. Of course, it's all on Tumblr...

Thin privilege? What, like "being able to go on a rollercoaster" or "only having to buy one seat on an airplane"? Is this type of thing supposed to make me and others feel ashamed about our bodies for being thin? That's pretty strange. Is there such thing as "tall privilege"? I've been meaning to lash out at tall people…

Case in point. People can't handle petite women. There's no way we actually are healthy, because we somehow don't know our own bodies better than strangers on the Internet.