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MFP Put me below BMR = Weight Gain?
So i'm 6'5", 349.1 (today) male, I've lost maybe 9 lbs in the last six months while tweaking with my calories through MFP. I'd been stalled out for months after a promising start, so I set my goal to "two pounds a week" with a "lightly active" activity level (I'm a security officer at a hospital, I do lots of foot patrol…
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A funny thing happend at the gym today ...
I always enjoy amusing stories of failure at the gym, so here's mine: So, running late for work the other day I left my gym shorts in the locker room where they promptly dissapeared (gross). Today was squat day, and I looked in the closet and decided that I could totally squat in some old BDU pants I had lying around. I…
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Plateau Time! (Or is it all in my head?)
So, this last month my weight has (despite wild fluctuations) stayed within the same 3 lb range. I know these things for sure: I'm eating consistantly at a deficit I've gotten stronger this month :drinker: (I'm trying for 135 on the overhead press next week) I feel better. While fully groking that these things are all…
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(Minor) Victory!
I accidentally put on an XL shirt and It mostly fit! It may not have been flattering but it wasn't big man in a little coat either!
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Why, hello!
6'5", 352.8 (down from 390 before MFP) It's so nice to be with a group of people who won't sugest starting fat loss / strength building with "some easy pull ups" I've always been huge, so I finally figuered i'd drop the fat, pick up the muscle and look like a beast. I did a 6 month cycle of Stronglifts 5x5 and and now…
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What I learned today....
Is that my homemade pizza at almost 2,000 consumed calories isn't nearly as healthy as I thought it was. Oh well, live and learn. Only 398 calories over my TDEE. It'll average out with my cardio before the week is over.
