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Female Weightlifting Progress [Pics]
Early days weightlifting - this is my back progress after one month! Spent years eating on a deficit so have increased calories to just about maintenance, will be eating surplus to make more significant gains soon! Happy so far :)
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Lifting on maintenance & gaining weight?
Hello! I just have a couple of questions regarding my nutrition/lifting programme & my progress. I'm about to include a fair bit of information so I apologise in advance, but I just want some opinions on what to do from anyone who's been in a similar boat! Ok soo.... first up, im 5ft 9. A few years ago I was 16st so by…
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Not quite a success story yet...but progress yey!
After a few years of dieting, cardio & losing over four stone in weight, I've turned my attention to weightlifting! I didn't do the weight loss progress picture thing so I'm jumping on the bandwagon for gaining weight/muscle mass progress pictures! This is my first month's progress, taken beginning of the month, two weeks…
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Help - my brain is too stubborn!
Hi, After spending years trying to be slim, and then even slimmer, I've decided to turn my entire eating/working out mentality on it's head and attempt to add some lean muscle mass. So I know the theory, heavy weights, low reps, calorie surplus - I've done a lot of reading! My biggest concern is the idea of eating more. I…
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What's the most you've put on over a week's holiday?
I am back from a week's skiing in the French Alps. Had an amazing time of skiing hard & eating & drinking very very well! So much in fact that I have come back 11 pounds heavier!!! From experience I know this drops off pretty quickly - it's mostly liquids & carbohydrates that I avoid usually - so I'm not worried! I went to…
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Why this plateau?
Hey all, I have been logging for 60 days. Initial weight was 183 pounds with an estimated maintenance of around 2150 cals. Goal is to lose 31 pounds to reach 154 pounds. At a rate of 2 pounds a week, I have been given a daily calorie goal of 1240. I have followed this more or less to the calorie, and lost 2 pounds a week…
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Suitable to wear to a wedding?!
I have six weddings to attend this summer so inevitably have started looking for outfit inspiration. I normally steer clear of next but I saw this dress in the catalogue at a friend's house and loved it. For me its the perfect shape, knee length with full sleeves - I am self conscious about my arms, and I certainly don't…
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Best healthy recipe books out there - tried & tested?
Just thinking about starting a collection of healthy recipe books - maybe buying a couple more for variety. I make a lot of soup which is good, and my boyfriend & I are trying recipes from The Hairy Dieters (which by the way are yummy and seem pretty low cal!), so its a good start but what else do people recommend? :)
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Weekly calorie intake v daily calorie intake
Hey I just have a very simple question - it is better to meet your calorie goal absolutely every day or on average by the end of the week. I have days I go over and days I go under (particularly when I'm at the gym) my daily calorie goal of 1270. So does it make any difference? I've lost weight before without the help of…
