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Any "hardgainer" ladies here?
So frustrated with myself!! Here I was seeing awesome results building muscle and decreasing my bf% with my maintenance calories and then started adding in a few days of sprints/hiit intervals...well after a month or so of that I went to my monthly BodPod appointment and see I have lost muscle mass. Grr!!! Just venting and…
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Maintenance?
Anyone at maintenance and doing a recomp (building muscle/losing body fat at slow and steady rate)?
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Low Carb Keto'ers?
Hello, New to this group. Anyone eat low carb or keto and eating maintenance calories? My stats: 5'3" ~120 20% BF (trying to lower this slowly to about 17% while maintaining or slowly building muscle) eating maintenance or slightly below ~2,000 kcal/day depending on if that day is a rest day or workout day Just started…
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Hormones and IF/ Keto
I feel like the last couple months of doing solid 16/8 IF and eating keto have caused my cycle to be messed up. I have read that fasting can affect female hormones because it makes it easier for those who do IF to under eat....but I eat at maintenance (~2,000 kcal/day and no less than 1,700 on a lower activity day). Anyone…
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Building Muscle on LCHF
Anyone else doing this for muscle gains? I have successfully lowered my BF% and increased muscle in the 4 weeks I have been doing keto. Seen faster/better progress in that area than ever before eating high carb/high protein! I am just loving this WOE in all aspects. My mood is better and steady all the time. My sleep is…
