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My lowest weight in 10 years.
I started MFP for the 2nd time in May of this year. I was 212 pounds, 33%+ body fat, 44 inch waist. I have been trying to stick to 2 pounds per week weight loss plan and logging my food every day. I go over my 1500 kcal goal frequently, but I still log everything. I have lost 40+ pounds in these 5 months, now I am down to…
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Started about 1 month ago with MFP and reached an important milestone today.
I'm a 5 foot 8 guy in my mid 30s. I have a medium built and tend to carry most of my weight around my mid abdomen. for the last 2 years my weight has been hovering at 205-212 pounds with a BMI of 31-32. I developed a number of health issues including back pain, high blood pressure, constant fatigue, and most likely sleep…
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Started SL 5x5 1 month ago, please check my form and don't laugh
I filmed myself warming up for squats, doing squats, warming for deadlifts and doing deadlifts. I never filmed myself before. I think I'm going too fast, not squatting deep enough, and not straightening up all the way on deadlifts. Can you please watch and confirm / critique. Take it gentle on me, I have a thin skin, but…
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Do naps have negative calories?
If MFP adds exercise calories to my daily total, shouldn't then naps be subtracted? TDEE is based on BMR and activity level. If I'm usually lightly active, but today I'm kinda lazy and mostly sedentary, and taking naps, shouldn't then my daily total be lower?
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SL 5x5 question
I started doing SL 5x5 about 3 weeks ago. I started at higher than the recommended starting weight because I wanted more of a challenge (maybe at 60-70% of my max). Now that I'm increasing the weight I'm finding that my form is starting to suffer. For example I'm wobbling the bar on the bench press. The form gets worse…
