Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
After using the TDEE calculators this is like 700 lower than my TDEE
Basically, it seems to have moved down a tiny bit
I'll give it another week or so then drop my caloriesdown
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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Basically, it seems to have moved down a tiny bit
I'll give it another week or so then drop my caloriesdown
Hands of Stone
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Gonna start adding in fasted LISS 5 days a week, I had previously been only doing it on my off days. Also gonna be trying for that 48 hour fast, I got close last week. Inspired by Bish, I feel confident I'll nail it.
Psychotext
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Sadly for many of us the reality of that number is nothing like what the calculators have it at. Plus, if you've been cutting a while then the number will keep reducing, in part because of the weight you're losing, but also because your body reduces your metabolic rate in response to the weight loss.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Dammit
I'll give it another week or so and if its still stalled I'll drop my calories further./
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Just ate so much Mexican food I think I'm actually turning into ground beef and fried tortilla shells.
Was so damned good though. Tomorrow eggs and waffles from the hotel!
This is the learning experience. You either might be at maintenance or at a slight deficite. Either increase activity and maintain intake, or slightly decrease calories, give it time and see. There is no answer anyone can give you, this is something you need to test and manipulate yourself. Over time you will get good at it and know what does what.
What I would NOT do is both decrease calories AND increase activity. If fat loss is the goal, pick one direction and only go that way (while you're learning) otherwise the only thing you will learn is how to waste your time and possibly drive your dick into the dirt.
Also, make sure you're only weighing yourself once a day at the same time every day and also look at the mirror. Sometimes the scale is a piece of shit and appearance is a better metric.
Was so damned good though. Tomorrow eggs and waffles from the hotel!
Dammit
I'll give it another week or so and if its still stalled I'll drop my calories further./
This is the learning experience. You either might be at maintenance or at a slight deficite. Either increase activity and maintain intake, or slightly decrease calories, give it time and see. There is no answer anyone can give you, this is something you need to test and manipulate yourself. Over time you will get good at it and know what does what.
What I would NOT do is both decrease calories AND increase activity. If fat loss is the goal, pick one direction and only go that way (while you're learning) otherwise the only thing you will learn is how to waste your time and possibly drive your dick into the dirt.
Also, make sure you're only weighing yourself once a day at the same time every day and also look at the mirror. Sometimes the scale is a piece of shit and appearance is a better metric.
Tomorrow I will be meeting my physiotherapist the last time. After that I better be healthy and injury free. I will talk with her about the future, when I could start deadlifting again, how fast I can add weights to squats and can I start to do yoga or start my pilates again. I can't wait to be more stretchy again instead of this stone statue feeling.
Your menu sounds absolutely delicious. You didn't happen to take a pic of all that before you destroyed all the food?
I am equally exited about the possibility of maybe starting to go to yoga or pilates again.
I am a bit late for the party, but anyways, huge congratulations for your birthday! Also you look fantastic like always.
Your menu sounds absolutely delicious.
You didn't happen to take a pic of all that before you destroyed all the food?I don't know how to say this correctly, but with all your total badassery you are also actually extremely good guy. Like said, this kind of things are totally golden and really, good for you!
Awesome! Good you are feeling better again!
I am equally exited about the possibility of maybe starting to go to yoga or pilates again.
LOL!
Fingers crossed everything goes well tomorrow! And no, I have photographic evidence of the feast. I should have snapped a pic because the sheer amount of ribs and salmon alone was nuts!Tomorrow I will be meeting my physiotherapist the last time. After that I better be healthy and injury free. I will talk with her about the future, when I could start deadlifting again, how fast I can add weights to squats and can I start to do yoga or start my pilates again. I can't wait to be more stretchy again instead of this stone statue feeling.
I am a bit late for the party, but anyways, huge congratulations for your birthday! Also you look fantastic like always.
Your menu sounds absolutely delicious.
Excellent news Sadetar!!
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I always get nervous when big dudes wanna work in on squats. Not because I want exclusive rights to the rack or I think they're judging me. But I take at least 3 minutes break in between when some of these guys can do 315 5x5 with 60 seconds in between sets.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Hope everything goes well sadetar.
If they work in, it's still your rack, you're just letting them take a turn when you're done.
If they work in, it's still your rack, you're just letting them take a turn when you're done.
SilentSoldier
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Is it weird to sometimes feel like I'm being judged or at least to have some sort of feelings of inadequacy when that happens? I've had some people work in with me from time to time and they are always lifting way more than I am.
Congratulations! You are certainly entering a territory I will never go.I pretend I don't even want to
Thanks! And you can if you want :3
I'm glad you're going to your last physio appointment, too! You will have a clean bill of health, then?
Thinking about starting to weigh myself daily or at least almost daily. Once a week or so seems too random since it's so sparse and little things can nudge the weight up or down, messing with your perceived results. I got an app on my phone where I can log the numbers and it will display it visually. Then I can estimate some kind of weekly weight loss (or gain if I'm bulking).
ShadowgeistX
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"Intermittent Fasting." It's basically a glorified period of "not eating". Lets you eat your food within an 8 hour period, or less, and allows you to stay full and satisfied for a longer period of time while on a calorie restricted diet compared to eating multiple times throughout the day.
There's numerous health benefits to it too, all of which you'll find just by googling the term.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yeah, my mum says she can see a difference etc, but tbh she used to say I looked fine at my heaviest etc
Looking in the mirror is useless for me, since I always see myself as a big lump. Best just to see how clothes fit
Shitty workout last night. I've been exhausted all the time, and ought to see a doctor soon.
Started off "ok" on squats: 235x4 (PR), 220x5x2, and failed a 6th paused rep to finish out
Then dumbbell bench strength wasn't there, and I could only slightly deadlift 295 off the ground.
Started off "ok" on squats: 235x4 (PR), 220x5x2, and failed a 6th paused rep to finish out
Then dumbbell bench strength wasn't there, and I could only slightly deadlift 295 off the ground.
You eating enough Joey?
As a life rule, whenever I get this mentality, I remind myself that I am currently the one being judgmental of the other person.
As a life rule, whenever I get this mentality, I remind myself that I am currently the one being judgmental of the other person.
theytookourjobz
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Day to day, it's probably going to swing based on many factors but if you graph your daily weigh-ins, you'll be able to see actual change pretty easily.
Personally I just stopped weighting myself altogether. A far better approach I've found personally is taking measurements of my waistline or chest, arms etc. The scale is just too bleeping random.
I was eating and sleeping enough, but I might need to adjust my eating habits on days I walk to work. My squats usually suffer on those days as I walk about 4.5 miles before getting to the gym. I was down three pounds from the weekend, so some had to be water loss. Going to increase water intake as it's quite humid.
However, these factors never affected my bench. I could just be hitting a wall, but the last time I had this kind of fatigue there was an infection that may have been holding me back. Going to the gym as consistently as I am, I'll figure it out. Still pumped to attempt standing db press with 65s Wednesday.
FallingEdge
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Hate the fact that my shirts aren't nearly as snug....
I do both. Though if you are bulking, I think it's good to have some idea on how much you are gaining weekly.
Psychotext
Member
Throw them in the washer then dry on high heat!
manfestival
Member
I think people should carry spray on deodorant at all times.Dude just came here to take our Personal Trainer certification and he is stinking up the entire office while hes studying before we issue him the exam. He must have just worked out because he smells like straight up arm pits and I can smell him 3 cubicles away.
Start wearing around compression tops.
that or time to buy some cheap S (or M, depending) sized tanks.
You know what, thats my bad. When I was bulking I weighed in every 3 days or so.
I did the same. 2000 was still too high for me.
Awesome, thanks dude.
I will say regarding IF, the second day has been much more difficult.
FallingEdge
Member
Start wearing around compression tops.
maybe!
Haha. That's the plan with some of my shirts. I need something between L and XL.
Took me over a week to really have body adapt fully. Keep hydrated.
Beat me to it. Water is your friend Chef. Caffeine also helps me get over the mid morning hump. Like Bish said, eventually you adapt and the hunger only comes briefly or not even at all.
Psychotext
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Starting on a non-split routine today. Going to be really strange doing it this way, but it's the only way I can fit it in with my increased cycling training. Also strange will be following the program properly and dumping my weights to start with. Ahh well, a couple of light weeks wont hurt me too much.
I may be one of the very few that doesn't have a problem with weighing themselves every day and not see that much fluctuation (if there is, it's documented and I can find out why. Being on LCHF means eating out at a carb-heavy place will instantly mean more water weight the next day). Just wondering how consistent your other conditions are. I always weigh myself after my BM and peeing; luckily my BM is very consistent in that I need to poop about 30 minutes after waking up.
Psychotext
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I like the decimal place on the calories. lol.
I hate to break it to you, but the odds on the numbers on anything you eat being correct to any more than say 5% accuracy are pretty much slim to none.
I hate to break it to you, but the odds on the numbers on anything you eat being correct to any more than say 5% accuracy are pretty much slim to none.
Yeah I know haha. It's just what the number I get from my spreadsheet. It's all an estimate of an estimate (of macros in foods). There may be errors in weighing of food as well, but I try to limit that as much as possible.I like the decimal place on the calories. lol.
I hate to break it to you, but the odds on the numbers on anything you eat being correct to any more than 10% accuracy are pretty much slim to none.
Edit: I stopped using MFP and just made my own meal plan with all the associated macros, calories, and amount of the food. It's easier and faster to adjust for things.
Psychotext
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Funnily enough I actually have a little switch in my spreadsheet for if I'm bulking vs cutting. It changes the way I round so that everything gets estimated up instead of down / vice versa.
More often than not these days though I just go with whatever MFP is telling me... which has its own problems unless you want to triple check everything. Ho hum.
More often than not these days though I just go with whatever MFP is telling me... which has its own problems unless you want to triple check everything. Ho hum.
They don't make those in monster size.
PadPoet
505 Games Ltd
I meant the majority is slow twitch. But yeah, good points
The statement that big compound exercised build abs is more or less a myth. To have good abs you must train abs and train them with the same passion you train chest, legs, etc.
Good thing is they can really take a beating. They do recover fast. Careful though as an ab injury is propably the most painful thing ever (happens usually when overtraining them but they do have a high threshold). Haven't had one myself but I've spoken to 2-3 people that had to do surgery because of an ab injury.
I'm all about weighing myself every day. It lets you see how your body fluctuates and it's easier to see the trend.
What app is that?
MyFitnessPal
Ah, didn't know it had weight tracking as well. I tried using it for calorie stuff a long time ago, but hated it so just created an Excel spreadsheet instead.
I put my own stuff in because I occasionally find barcode scanning inaccurate. Since I don't eat that differently it's really easy to track
I weigh myself daily. It's how I keep on track and log everything, look for patterns, see what certain foods do to the scale, etc. I like data.
I take issue with this. All I do is squat and deadlift and my abs are so huge I can see them at 19%-ish bf. Granted that genetically they might just be that way, but I haven't done an ab activity in the gym in over a year.
I take issue with this. All I do is squat and deadlift and my abs are so huge I can see them at 19%-ish bf. Granted that genetically they might just be that way, but I haven't done an ab activity in the gym in over a year.
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