on another note, Quest now has a Pasta:
it's 10 calories per serving. wat
I doubt that it could be any good. I would love to be wrong since I could use some low calorie high volume foods.
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I doubt that it could be any good. I would love to be wrong since I could use some low calorie high volume foods.
Perfect!
HisshouBuraiKen
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Catching up on the last page, I'm going on a fall cruise too (last week in october).
Let's rock this summer cut and look good in our vacation pics guys!
Let's rock this summer cut and look good in our vacation pics guys!
I bet everyone here has a huuuge squat booty, that would be a memorable conclusion,
I've never seen Darth's ass, if his quads are an indication, then that's going to be epic. lol
I third this.
Haha I think my squat booty is pretty big but my quads are poverty. Guess I lift with my butt.
HisshouBuraiKen
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Would be way funnier than the traditional wall of shame.
Your form is probably fucked up.
Maybe the weight is too heavy and you're straining trying to keep your back straight.
Maybe you have the bar in the wrong spot or your traps aren't squeezed enough to make a good shelf.
Maybe you're craning your neck up at the ceiling instead of straight ahead/slightly up (like 10-20 degrees).
Drop the weight a bit and watch "So you think you can squat"
haha, what's this supposed to mean? I know what I am asking for. As long as it's properly trained, I want to see every muscle everywhere, like everybody else in this thread, lol
hey man, don't let those comments get to you. You said earlier that someone asked you whether you skip leg day or something, right? it's nonsense. You just have huge delts and that may give the impression that other parts of your body are lacking but that's not true, you know it, you've done a fine job all this time and should be proud of you, believe in yourself.
SquiddyCracker
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|OT6| Thread of muscle shaming, coupon madness, and squat booties
Speaking of which others have found this at GNC? If so I'm off to GNC after work.
What sorcery is this? How can this exist?
HOW?
Lab grown chocolate
Chocolate doesn't have to be sweet, they add sugar to it when they make candy bars. I assume they use some kind of artificial sweetener in quest bars.
Dark Stalkers
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|OT6| Quest Bar Addicts Anonymous
Well first of all white chocolate is not chocolate. Second, yeah, they use Stevia, Splenda and a sugar alchohol in their bars.
The program I'm doing has me squatting at 10 and 20 percent under my 10rm, and it hurt today on the 20 percent day as it did on the max... ill look into it.
Thug Waffle
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Thread title should include the phrase "peeing out of our butts." Can't tell you guys how many weird poops I've taken because of supplements.
thanks man yeah I gotta remember that. My shoulders are wide. Even in grade school they were huge. I gotta remember it just makes my lower half look small in comparison.
My GNC finally got them in so if mine did you should be in luck....I hope. Was good but I think I still prefer Cookie Dough.
got some at mine yesterday. Boxes still like 35 for members...every time I go i feel the need to tell the worker that their company is a bunch of D bags. I tell them in a nice way.
still with the deals it is like 1 dollar cheaper than other local places.
I bought some from Amazon but haven't tried it yet. Will report as soon as I do though.
Theres a 25% off GNC code. I bought 3 boxes and they came out to 1.80$~ a bar
Spiritreaver
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Are you guys really meaning me and playing down what I said? I'll type a full response to everything in a sec.
But if you think I don't put on fat easily or just have the right genes, you're crazy. It really ain't that hard folks unless you have some kind of medical issue.
But if you think I don't put on fat easily or just have the right genes, you're crazy. It really ain't that hard folks unless you have some kind of medical issue.
What you say is true man. I didn't believe it until I just went through this. I put on fat easy as hell. Crap I was 310-320 2 years ago before I started lifting.
Got a real cutting diet and dropped from 20% to 13% in 2 months.
Spiritreaver
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This. This. This. I like how you said diet, that's it. This is the main reason why I view cutting is easier than bulking, you don't need to think about your workout routine to cut. If that is your one and only goal, fat loss. Cardio sure.
Check the diet. Just check it. If you've had problems cutting, your diet is not right. If you disagree, great, link studies, link whatever, but what I really want to see is your diet for that cut.
If you can't cut down.
1. LOG YOUR FOOD
2. BUY A SCALE
3. MEASURE
4. and finally if nothing works GO SEE A DOCTOR/NUTRITIONIST/THERAPIST
Last fall I did 5/3/1 BBB for 2 months, ate like complete and utter trash and went from a sexy lean 176 to 210. A clean bulk shold've been what, 190 tops? I've been a fatty for 20 years of my life. Everyone in my family is fat. I'm not adopted, and I love shitty foods. I followed a cut from a trainer for 8 weeks and dropped to 186 at 9%. The diet was nothing special, at all. It was purely just healthy eating with a calorie deficit.
I'm not trying to start a serious crazy discussion here, but I think for pretty much everyone in this thread, cutting is not as hard as you think and I'd be more than willing to examine diets and try to figure out something for you.
I will say this much though. If you've been in FitGAF for at least a year and don't own a food scale. You better have one delivered to your door tomorrow. You still have time to order overnight.
That's funny. Same thing I did really. Hired a coach for 3 months and it's nothing crazy but it works. I got to 20% on my own then just found it difficult. IF, none of that stuff helped. So now that I paid him and saw what he did I think I can do it on my own next time.
1 month left to see how much more I drop. I'm on week 9 now with no cardio and down 21 lb. Yet I still benched a set of 3 and a set 2 of 2 @ 315 on Monday.
SquiddyCracker
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Seconding that food scale recommendation, should go into the OP.
Best kitchen tool, by far - I use it for everything.
Best kitchen tool, by far - I use it for everything.
I share darths sentiments. I will say though that losing weight does become difficult after you've reached a setpoint somehwhere around 12-10%bf depending on your genetics sometimes a little lower. I feel like the more fat you have to lose the easier it is to lose to be honest, it's when you're already relatively lean that it becomes a battle of attrition. This is coming from someone who packs weight like no ones business.
FallingEdge
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yo man up
OT6 | Quest Bars a-go-go, Not so Hugh legs, and #swoleacceptance
OT6 | Quest Bars a-go-go, Not so Hugh legs, and #swoleacceptance
SquiddyCracker
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I guess the difficulties of cutting most people experience is related to actually figuring how big of a calorie deficit you need, and making sure you accurately track what you eat.
I was a bit frustrated when I didn't lose any weight the first four weeks of my cut, and I was tracking everything gram by gram, but the problem was that my calculated activity level/metabolism was just too high.
So I went with a lower activity level, added light cardio on the days I don't work out, and now my cut is going excellently - gone down from 20% to 16%.
I can live with this.
I was a bit frustrated when I didn't lose any weight the first four weeks of my cut, and I was tracking everything gram by gram, but the problem was that my calculated activity level/metabolism was just too high.
So I went with a lower activity level, added light cardio on the days I don't work out, and now my cut is going excellently - gone down from 20% to 16%.
I can live with this.
Spiritreaver
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Couldn't agree more here, at least from my experience. I've never done a real contest prep, but it scares the shit out of me really. All my friends and their horror stories about losing mass on a contest prep don't help either.
I listened to Layne's podcast about this. They did some tests and the other guy on the podcast had his test levels and all his other hormones checked at the end of contest prep and they were whacked out seriously bad. No libido for his wife, ed, low testosterone, etc.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
This calculator needs to go into the next OP.
Use that Doodis, it'll give you an idea of how many calories (and carb/fat/protein ratio) you should consume on a daily basis, then use the following site:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
That will be used to track foods you eat and plan on eating, so you can follow the guidelines from the above site so much easier.
haunted_taco
Member
Cool, thanks. I've got myfitnesspal but will check out the calculator.
But I'm also looking for specific kinds of foods. Like an example of a breakfast/lunch/dinner scenario for a day.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
it's gonna totally depend on your goals, how many calories you get, your macros, and how many times per day you want to eat.
Victory fitgaf! I got a box just now. Went to the local GNC less than 5 minutes away and they literally just got them out of the box and put them on the floor as I got there. Apparently some girl was askin for them minutes before they opened them. I got in and picked up a box, probably should have gotten more but as usual wasn't sure how the coupon would work with multiples. Of course it's right there and since it's next to the Grocery store I just pick up quest bars when I get groceries, so convenient. Best part of course was the coupon stacked with the 25% off a box deal. Paid $15
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