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On and Off for about 4 years(60lbs) but finally pretty happy with results.
First was about 5 years ago when I first proposed to my wife. Second was this morning. There were a lot of ups and downs along the way but I think that I finally reached a point that I am proud of. Im not a wordy person but wanted to share what long term results look like.
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12 year old girl hands
Hello all, From the title you probably know that I am an adult male with slender fingernail painted sissy hands that semi resemble the burger king commercials. My issue is that my grip is starting to fail before any other muscle while im deadlifting. I know I can always use straps but I want to do things to try to…
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My wife's Uterus is trying to kill my gainz!!!
So my little swimmers have gone and done knocked up my wife(we really are excited). My wife is in med school so she is busy all day and night. This means I'm going to be the primary care giver. My gym is about 30 min away so I don't think I'm going to have the time to drive there and work out. I think my best option is to…
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No progress
A little background. I started to weight train back in Febuary of 2012. At the time I weighed 235lbs. With weight training and a calorie deficit I reduced my weight to about 175lbs in about 6 months while all my lifts were increasing. for the next yearish I continued to follow my weight lifting routine of a single body…
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Who is eating an entire Pie Thursday
So Thursday is 3/14 also known as pie day in the nerd world. To celebrate me and my co-workers are going to go consume an entire pie. I believe that most pie is made with all natural ingredients so I believe that this will fit in well with my clean eating. Who else is down with our celebration?
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Reverse Diet
Hey Sara And Side Steel. Thought that you might want to put a post up about this similar to your IFYM. I would just like to know how you guys try to set yours up. Do you add in calories in general? Do you start to reduce protein and increase other macros? How slow do you try to reverse? Does the speed of reversing depend…
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Can you gain fat while losing muscle
So people talking about gaining muscle while losing fat has got me thinking. Usually the thought process surrounds eating more than you need on lifting days and less than you need on rest day. If this is true than suppose you ate less than you need on lifting days and more than you needed on rest days, wouldn't this lead…
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Sabotaged at work!!
So this morning a coworker gave me a diet dr pepper cause he got an extra one from the vending machine. I thought okay that's really nice and its zero calories right? WRONG! That set off a reaction that was totally out of my control. Well it turns out that artificial sweetener found in diet sodas put me into some sort of…
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Curious If What I Think Im Doing Is What Im Actually Doing
So this is going to be kind of a random post with a vague question so im sorry. Basically I have been trying to cut some lbs slowly the last month and a half. My ultimate goal is to have a low body fat and large amount of muscle. I find myself having 2 days in which my intake is low followed by 1 day where I eat a large…
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Wellness coach at work called me out
Last year at this time I went in and weight 235 lbs and had a body fat of 28% according to here hand held scan (I know its not accurate but that's not the point). I also had high blood pressure at 145/75. Well in the last year I started eating better and exercising. Now my goals have changed and I have become very…
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Arms Lacking
I want to get this out of the way. I have been doing the heavy compound lifts for a year plus now (Squat: 325 , Bench: 285, Chins +80, Dips +120, Deadlift: 435, OHP: 185). The problem is my arms have remained pretty small and undefined. I see a lot more muscle definition on my chest, legs and back but none on my shoulders…
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weight lifting not working
So I went to the gym for like over an hour last night and did like 60 curls then I went home and had a protien shake right away but when I woke up this morning my arms were not any bigger. Am i doing it wrong?
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Don't drink protien shakes have REAL Food
So I was listening to all the great advice on this site the last few days and realized I have been doing this weigh-loss thing all wrong. I had been having about 1 or two whey protein shakes a day. So what I did this morning instead of having my normal shake. I grilled chicken cut it up in about 1 inch cubes then blended…
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Deloading or Lowering Weight when bulking
So I decided that I am switching from cutting to Bulking. I am going to eat at maintenance for about a week then slowly add calories back in. I was told that I might need to lower the weight of my training and start building back up. Does anyone have advice on this topice. Information: I have been lifting on and off for…
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Progress Check
Hey guys, This week I am going to be checking and writing down my 3 rep max for one lifting exercise for each body part. I want to do this so that I have something to compare to at the end of the 90 days. I like to do 3 rep max because im really focusing on gaining as much strength as I can. You can do 6 reps max or even 8…
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Building Muscle and Lossing Fat
I recently read an article that said that this impossible thing could be done with simply eating 500 calories over your maintenance half of the days and 500 below your maintenance the other days. This seems to not ring true to me. I believe the thinking behind it is that on the eat more days you will build muscle and on…
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Can you have too much whey protein
I have finally reached my weight lose goal and I want to start putting on muscle. I find it hard to prepare enough food to get the amount of protien I have had recommended to me. Is it bad if I have 2 or 3 whey protein shakes every day?
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How much do I weigh?
So I have a goal in mind that I want to weight 185 lbs because that is the healthy range for a 6 foot tall male. Well let me tell you what my scale has been saying. Sunday morning after a hard cardio workout It said 182.2. Sunday night after a big dinner 192.4. Monday night after weight lifting 195. This morning 189.5. I…
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52 LBS Lost at Goal Weight! (Pics in Profile)
I started my journey back in Febuary 2012 (237lbs). I had recently proposed to my fiance and I decided that I wanted to get in shape for the wedding. I started my life change then. Since then I have been sticking to between 1800-2400 calories per day with only 3 cheat days the entire time. This last sunday I finally…
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Creatine
Does creatine make you hold onto water more than sodium? Sunday I started my loading phase and now wednesday morning Im up 9 lbs. Is this all water weight most likely? I have been in a deficit all week.
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Cutting fat not muscle
6' Male that started at 237. I had a lot of muscle mass then but I also had a ton of fat. I am down to 190 and my strength has been going down pretty fast lately(Can do about 90% of my 3RM on most things). I have been eating about 2400 calories a day but do an hour of cardio in morning and a hour of weights a night 6 days…
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Off days!
I was wondering what people do on their off days to help them keep on track. I find it almost impossible to stay under my calories when I am not working out. Do people eat in a surplus on their off day? Do you do non-intense activities?
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When Do You Weigh In
So I have been reading post from people that get frustrated when the scale says that they weight 1 lb more than they did the day before. This seems silly to me because I know how much my weigh goes up and down on in a regular day. For instance I weighed 193.6 lbs suday morning after an intense workout. I ate all my…
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Rest Days
How Important are rest days to weight loss? If you workout every day for a sustained amount of time will it make losing weight harder?
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Tired and stopped losing weight. Heard a lot about eat more?
So I am a male down from 237lbs to about 197. However this last week has been really hard. Im not losing weight anymore but im still going ot the gym 2.25 hours every day(60 min cardio, 75 min lifting). MYP has be at 1450 Calories per day and I end up eating about 2100 every day because I am burning about 1200 during my…
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Dropping Weight Too Quickly?
So I am a 6'1" 26 year old male. I started my weight loss at 237lbs on Febuary 15th. I have lifted a lot of weights in the past and it has been a big part of my current weight lost. Last week I weighed 206lbs. I always weigh myself sunday mornings after a workout so my weigh ins are very consistant. This week I weight…
