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Reverse Diet to Gradual Bulk > 5-week slow cut > Maintenance - Jumped 2lbs after cut?
First off, my body goals: Build lean muscle, and maintain as much muscle while I lose fat Since February I was on a reverse diet (escaping a long-term ~1400-1500 calorie cut where I no longer saw changes in my body and was too scared to eat more) by increasing my calories every month until I was eating 2050 calories/day…
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Reverse Dieting— what to do for 1 week vacation?
I’ve reversed diet to the point I’m eating 2050 calories a day☺️ I do weight training 4x/week with 1-2 days of cardio. I’m about to fly out to see my friend for about 9-10 days, and we will not be going to a gym nor will we be staying in various Airbnb’s. I don’t plan to exercise other than go out for some walks here and…
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Inverted Triangle Ladies: Let's Lift Each Other Up! Send Positive Pictures!
Dealing with negative body image issues has been an ongoing struggle for many years. I wrote a bad post about myself 2 years ago. I am an inverted triangle: broad shoulders, wide waist, narrow hips. Body fat stored in abdomen. I have good days and bad days, and my— like each of you all's— fitness journey has been a…
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Working Abroad for 2 months - Maintain? HELP!
In 2 weeks I will be working abroad for 2 months! Woo! For the past 10 months I have been eating a Macro diet and keeping up a strict routine of weight training 4-5x/week because I am a skinny fat inverted triangle. I eat the following: 1450 calories -109 g protein (try to exceed it) - 127 g carbs (lower on rest days) -…
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*pics* INVERTED TRIANGLE WOMEN KNOW THE STRUGGLE
IT'S SOOOOO HAAARD to love my body sometimes when our inverted triangle is SO underrepresented amongst models, and the MOMENT you see a (fitness) model that looks SOMEWHAT like your body, the hate/body-shaming comments discourages you about yourself. Those pears, hour glasses—even rectangles— still have a waist smaller…
