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Getting stronger but scale numbers aren’t changing?
Just a quick question: I don’t put a lot of emphasis on the scale at all and rarely check it but sometimes I do, and all I look at is my fat and muscle % I don’t really care for the weight either. over the last couple of months I’ve been pushing more weight in the gym and I can see a difference in my body and see more…
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Feeling burnt out from eating healthy, and haven’t been eating great lately can anyone relate?
Hey everyone I started my fitness journey earlier this year so I’m on like month 5 of eating healthy and “clean” or whatever, I rarely “cheated” and was pretty proud of myself for getting my over eating/binge eating and crazy cravings for candy bars and sweets under control. I was actually enjoying feeling so in control of…
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What’s better: times interval workouts or standard reps & sets??
Hey y’all, I was just thinking about how when I first started working out I didn’t know much about it and how to make my own plans so I started by following a lot of the online ones from youtubers. And they were great! No hate for those, but mind you they’re all usually like timed circuit type workouts. Like 12 exercises,…
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In a defecit but starting to feel too tired to workout
Hey everyone, I’m a 20 year old girl 5’3 and 165lbs. I’ve been cutting/in a defecit for the last 5 weeks and I’ve been eating 1600 calories. I’m not 100% sure what my maintenance was but I think I was eating something like 2100 at least. 1600 has been a good defecit for me so far, I’ve gone down about 5lbs which is normal…
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Lost weight after my refeed day. Can anyone explain the science??
Hey y’all I’ve been in a calorie defecit of 1600 for about a month now and it’s going good, I’m having smart and healthy meals to fuel my workouts and try and fill me up with fewer calories. In this last month of being in this defecit I’ve lost about 6ish pounds which is great! I’m super happy with my slow and steady…
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How to break a plateau without cutting more calories
Hey guys, I’ve been at a pretty strict 1650 cut for maybe just under a month now. I’m a girl weighing 168lbs at 5’3. I’m pretty active too. I don’t lift weights or anything but I’m diligent about getting 8-10k steps in a day, and about 4-5 days a week I do about 45 mins of strength body weight exercises that definitely…
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Feelings of guilt from high volume foods
Hey all, for the past few weeks I’ve been trying a new approach for a healthier lifestyle and I’m eating at about 1650 cals a day but I’m making sure it’s all basically: low cal, high protein, high fiber, high volume, because at the end of the day I really just want to fuel my body and be full so I don’t just constantly…
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Losing inches, gaining weight. How to lose weight and inches?
Hi all, Over the last 10 months I’ve been on a fitness journey, I’m 5’3, 20 years old and I’ve gone from 210 to 174. But I’ve been stuck at a fluctuating weight of 174-180 since December! It’s not all that bad because I have noticed a big difference in how strong I feel which is really great and important and I don’t look…
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Is intermittent fasting unhealthy? It feels counter intuitive?
Hey all, I started intermittent fasting about a week ago and it isn’t my first time doing it, but it is the first time I’m doing it and now feeling a little confused about it. I definitely think it’s working so far in just a week, I’ve seen a little bit of slimming, I feel less bloated, I’m eating less not even on purpose,…
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How many calories a day to lose fat and keep muscle?
Hi all, I’m just wondering how many calories I should be eating a day if I want to lose fat and either keep building or at least maintain muscle. I’m 5’3 and 175, I was at 200 and I lost all that weight from severely undereating and now I’ve been at a plateau since October. 2 months ago I started getting into lifting…
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How to “cut” to lose weight but maintain muscule
Hi all, So like most people I’ve been on a weight loss journey but I finally feel like I’m back in a good level headed place after undereating, overeating, over exercising etc. I want to really try and find the right way to lose fat while at least maintaining my muscle. Currently I’m fairly active. For the last 2 months…
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Broken metabolism after excessive calorie restriction, how do I come back from this??
Hi all I’m a little anxious about turning to the forum for help but I’ve never felt so stuck, lost and frustrated through out my weight loss journey as I am now. I’d be nice if you read the whole thing but basically the TLDR; been on 1400 calories for a while, haven’t lost weight in over 3 months, am slowly increasing…
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Excessive calorie restriction and now damaged metabolism, how do I come back from this?
Hi all I’m a little anxious about turning to the forum for help but I’ve never felt so stuck, lost and frustrated through out my weight loss journey as I am now. I’d be nice if you read the whole thing but basically the TLDR; been on 1400 calories for a while, haven’t lost weight in over 3 months, am slowly increasing…
