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Planning my cut - feedback appreciated!
Hi all, Coming to the end of week 6 of my TDEE reset and looking to start a cut at the end of week 8. I know it's early, but I want to get the details sorted out before I get started to minimise the guesswork, and I'd love some feedback from anyone with experience! A bit of background: I'm 5'5", 25 years old, approximately…
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Fatigue is not my friend
Honest confession: I had a sleepless night last night (a couple of possums decided to throw a party on my roof at 1am!). When I got to the office this morning, I grabbed my mug and went straight to the tearoom for a coffee. Unfortunately, there was a plate of Easter eggs on the table in the tearoom. I don't think I have to…
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Continue maintenance or start the cut?
A little while ago, I decided to start eating at maintenance, increasing my intake over a few months (not quite sure how long it took). I've had several health issues over the last few months, and I thought perhaps it would be best to go into maintenance until everything else got sorted out. As some background, I was…
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Calorie cycling
So I know the basic principle of calorie cycling is to eat more on days you do more, ie eating more on lifting days. I'm finding though that on my actual lifting days I'm not that hungry, but that 24 hours later I'm ravenous (unfortunately this usually falls on a rest day). To me, this kind of makes sense... my muscles…
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An experience I thought I'd share
I'm feeling quite vulnerable about posting this, but I'm hoping that by telling this I might be able to help someone else, and maybe find some people with similar issues for support. I've always had a lot of issues with food. From childhood I've struggled with food intolerances and allergies. I also found out I have IBS in…
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Listen to hunger, or aim for more calories?
Hi all, Someone suggested I ask this question here: Over the past couple of months I've been slowly aiming to eat more to give my metabolism a bit of a boost and to support my exercise program. Currently I'm eating approximately BMR + exercise calories (so cycling my intake around my training) and averaging about 85% of my…
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Eating to support muscle
Over the past few months I've been trying to eat a bit more, particularly on training days, to help support muscle growth and boost my metabolism. I am finding though that on days where I eat healthy foods (especially high fibre foods), I get full much quicker and often have a couple of hundred calories left at the end of…
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Need help getting rid of the last few pounds!
Hi all, I'm struggling with that last little bit of weight and looking for some advice/support. I'm currently 128lbs (5'5") looking to get down to 125lbs. I have been somewhat lighter in the past (I got down to 122lbs last year), but trying to keep my goals smaller and more manageable for the moment. Currently working out…
