Do you guys think there is any buttwink in my squat? and if so is it a problem?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcKEZNguL8&feature=youtu.be
Also if you see any problem with my squat feel free to point it out, thanks for the help!
Maribel Contreras, 38, 5'6"
El Monte, Calif.
Before: 217 lb., size 16
After: 140 lb., size 6
Total pounds lost: 77
Total sizes lost: 5
My whole life, I was a yo-yo dieter. I would restrict calories to drop weight, only to binge-eat and put it back on. In 2009, after giving birth to twins, I left a job I loved to move to San Gabriel Valley, Calif., and soon turned soda and Doritos to cope with all the stress. In July, 2013, my poor eating habits and lack of movement finally caught up with me; I hit an all-time high of 217 pounds, more than what I weighed while pregnant. Then my doctor told me I was prediabetic; I knew I had to make a change.
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A lifesaving move
Later that month, I joined an online weight-loss support group. After some persuading from friends on the site, I scheduled gastric sleeve surgery. While the operation promised to control my eating and make pounds melt off, I was unable to keep the horror stories I had read about the surgery from flashing in my head. I canceled the procedure the night before it was supposed to happen. My weight wasn't something surgery could fix, anyway—I needed to adjust my attitude. The next day, I joined Gold's Gym and started working with a trainer three times a week.
Routine, revamped!
I exercised regularly and lost a little more than 20 pounds in a year and a half. But I was still usually choosing cheesy quesadillas over more nutritious stuff. So I decided to register for a 12-week body transformation contest at my gym. In addition to revving up my workouts, I swapped out my typical fast-food meals for healthier options, such as grilled chicken and eggs. By the end of the three months, I had not only shed 47 pounds but also won the entire challenge! Knowing that I had transformed my body was the greatest prize of all.
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Secrets of a 77-pound loser:
Maribel learned a few secrets along the way. Now she uses them to stay on track.
Pick a power playlist
Starting off my workouts with pump-me-up songs like "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift keeps me motivated throughout the session.
Find a mantra
On days when I want to give up, I repeat these words: "I'm very strong; I can do this." Just saying the sentence out loud stops me from feeling weak.
Tech it out
My Microsoft Band ($250; amazon.com) helps me maintain my fitness goals. It lets me log my exercise and calorie burn to make sure I'm hitting my targets.
Broadcast your goals
When I joined the challenge, I told everyone about my plan to win. The fear of losing and having to admit to all my friends that I failed kept me going.
As told to Lindsey Murray
My goal is mostly body recomposition (more lean mass) and a larger chest.
I swim M-F (evening) and lift MWF (morning)
A couple questions:
Should I be swimming on chest day?
Is my approach completely whack?
I haven't seen visible progress (less BF%, currently around 13%) in many months (though my lifts are up), I average around 2.7-3k calories M-F, less on weekends (6'0, 175). Am I doing something wrong? It's kind of demotivating.
Some history:
I swam varsity in high school and am currently a 3rd year in college. I lifted hard with protein supps my 1st year and hit 200lbs (16-18%BF) for a while (probably cause I stopped swimming on top). I started lifting again this year without supps, and only chest, back, and legs.
All feedback welcome and appreciated, thanks.
I've been bulking the last 4 months and recently noticed what I assume are stretch marks on my tricep near my arm pit. http://ift.tt/1RbuCKk. I dont even think my arms have gotten much bigger so it seems odd to me to have stretch marks. Any tips for to stop them from becoming larger or even reducing them?
I've been blending eggs into my post workout shakes for a while now, and was curious what the general opinion was. I don't think it damages the protein, but I'm really not sure.
Greg Everett has incredible passion for the sport of weightliting, and strives to expand the influence weightlifting has.
Due to lack of proper facilities, Everett was only able to lift in a proper enviornment for the past ten years. Despite this short time frame Everett has:
Authored Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide For Athletes & Coaches, Weightlifting Competition Guide, Olympic Weightlifting For Sports
Directed the film: American Weightlifting
Owns/Head Coach at Cataylyst Athletics, which is a nationally competitive weighltifting team/gym located in Sunnyvale California. Through Catalyst Althetics, Everett has compiled an amazing amount of information, such as the Exercise Library which showcases hundred of weightlifting related exercises, including video demonstrations, and explanations of their usefulness. Catalyst also has many, many weightlifting programs that one can follow. There are even athlete interviews, and regularly published weightlifting articles.
The amount of valuable information that Catalyst Athletics has to offer is incredible; checking out the website first hand is highly recommended, as it is the only way to fully appreciate everything there is to offer.
Some of the highly skilled weightlifters that Greg Everett(along with his wife Aimee everett) include 2015 World Team Member and National Record Holder Jessica Lucero, National lifters Blake Barnes, Brian Wilhelm, Jessica Liao and Jocelyn Hanes.
Of course, Greg Everett lifts as well!
Please enjoy the AMA and keep in mind to be respectful as always.
hey guys, 6'2 / 180 lbs, doing icf for about 2-3 months. all my lifts are going up nicely and im getting good gains but my chest is really lagging behind rest of my body (in terms of look, bench is still going up normally).
Is there something more i can add for chest on icf (and on what workout days)? i feel like benching 1/2 times a week isnt enough because i really want to get bigger chest atm.
I've suspected that I've been undereating for a while so I'm going to go ahead and increase the calories anyways, but in case this happens again I'd like to have a good idea how long I should wait before increasing calories. Is 2 weeks of stagnant weight sufficient?
Well I've been following a modified by me ICF for the last two months. So far so good, but right now I'm not feeling the tiredness after I leave the gym, and my workout is pretty complete and long (sometimes over 2 hours). So I was wondering if I should move on to a 4 day split workout.
My current routine is the next:
Sometimes I just add whatever exercise I feel like doing in the moment.
Hey fitties thanks for looking.
Basically I've been lifting for 4 years now. I'm consistent and I've pretty much reached my goal physique and I feel happy and healthy but shit, every single morning when my alarm goes off I have a hundred different ideas about why I should go back to sleep. I'm not quitting any time soon but good lord most mornings I want to! It's bad though, I literally want to cry some mornings and it feels like such a chore to head to the gym- UNTIL I actually get there and I'm a few sets deep when I hit my zone and feel like a beast.
Background info for the sake of a full picture: I go to bed at 10pm every night and I get up at 4am so that seems like enough sleep. I'm eating at maintenance for an end goal of long term body recomp and I lift weights 6 days a week with like 15 minutes of cardio each day as a warm up. I'm 5'7 130lb, 24 years old http://ift.tt/1pXtY9b
THE ONLY thing that helps me in the morning to pep up and not hate the world is listening to motivational speeches on 8tracks ( I have a 45 minute commute to the gym at 4:30 am) somehow they always get me in the right mind set. That and pre-workout- duh couldn't live without it.
TLDR: Basically I wondering what other people do to push past the misery of dragging yourself out a cocoon of warm weightlessness and stay positive in the AM. Is it normal to be so bitter? Like I said, I love lifting and a few minutes into my training I feel incredible but my whole wake-up and drive to the gym are awful and I want to solve this.
Thanks again
I have been regularly lifting weights for more than an year now, mainly with compound lifts. So far I have restricted directed ab work to planks once or twice a week as I read those are the safest for spine health. I recently joined a new MMA class where students do a lot of sit-ups. Is there a safe rep range for situps to maintain low back health? Thanks
So, I am currently trying to lose weight, sticking to a diet and going to gym daily. I wanted to take multivitamins and fish oils just to improve my general health and to continue a healthier me. I learned that these supplements can help with weight loss, so my question is how effective are these supplements.
The top-6 sources of calories in the US. The average person eats 692 calories of these foods – every single day. http://pic.twitter.com/wesCUsKOKh
— Michael Joseph (@Nutradvance) March 10, 2016
Apparently the top source of calories in the US is “grain-based desserts”, the second is bread and the fourth is soda. Sounds like a perfect prescription for getting to the top of the obesity league. Because you can’t outrun a bad diet.
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I haven't worked out in several years, but I have just started back. I'm very concerned I will do something to injure myself before I can get back in shape. (Due to my size) I'm looking for a path to get me stronger and loose the extra weight without injury. Any advice would help. Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWAuoyPpWsE
Made some minor changes to my squat form. Squatting high bar btw. Thoughts and feedback?
Additionally, on an irrelevant note, I've got the fever since Saturday and haven't ate much and probably lost 5-10 lbs (will check today). I'm going to take this week off. How will you go about getting back into lifting and how much will you deload?
As a hardgainer i have some struggle making gains, i eat alot... More than guys i know who weigh near 200lbs. I'm around 170+ 6'0
Today I was extremely upset because i only did 4 Reps of bench press, I usually do 6-8. I want to add another plate. Right now i'm at 80KG(176lbs) Bench press, i had to bounce back to 70KG(-12lbs) to make enough reps.
Although i train for 1.5 years I've made serious gains. I went from 58KGs to 78KGs. Also gained 3 cm of height ( 1/1.5 inches )
What do i do with Bench press, for some reason it's not stepping up like my lifts. Should i start doing 1 rep Bench presses?
My workout routine :
Chest/Tri > Back/Bi/Trap > Shoulders/Tri > Chest/Tri > Back/Bi > Shoulders/ Tri > Legs ( 1 random rest day during the week )
Hello everyone!
I'm writing a nutrition tracking application for mobile platforms as my final project in college, something similar to MyFitnessPal. I want to add some unique features that MyFitnessPal(or similar apps) lacks. If you have any ideas please feel free to share, anything will be appreciated!
Thanks :)
1000 meters row as fast as possible. ( AFAP)
3 minute rest
750 meter row AFAP
2 minute 30 second rest
500 meter row AFAP
2 minute rest
250 meter row AFAP
1 minute 30 seconds rest
750 meter row AFAP
Finished
When I first looked at this workout, I wondered what I was going to do after I was done. Yeah, I was finished at the end of this and I'm looking forward to improving my times next week.
My fresh 1000 meter time was 3:53, then 3:05, 2:06, 1:01, 3:10.
Hello everyone! I am 16/5'8''/139lbs/Male and I've been going to gym for about 7 months now. Now first of all;
I know I am young and that's exactly why I want/need the help and guidance now! I'm milking away my "puberty gains".
I KNOW I am a skinny kid but I put up 15,5lbs in 7 months and I'm on a bulk now (500kcal) and I am looking to get some more weight!
I KNOW my strenght isn't anywere near where it should be even at this age to become a body builder, but I've been had some serious success in my journey from 121lbs to being 139lbs.
So once we got that off the table let's discuss about my training program at the moment and my nutrition. Currently my training program for week is Pull/Rest/Push/Rest/Legs/Rest/Full body.
My questions;
Is my workout routine okay right now? I'll have more time to go to gym during the summer and after summer. Right now I am really busy due to school.
Is my dinner plan okay? I don't count my calories but that's pretty much all I eat, my mom is on a constant diet so we don't really eat any junk food or sweets. Never in fact, I also don't drink any soda.
How do I look, are my muscle proportions okay? http://ift.tt/1SdxvcD
This is my back: http://ift.tt/1pXVS50
(BOTH PICS ARE LIKE 2 MONTHS OLD, can provide with more recent photos if needed)
What do I need to change? What do I need to ACTUALLY start doing? Competitions in my own age group?
Thanks everyone and tell me if I missed something!
EDIT: I forgot to tell you guys, according to a website I need 2250 calories daily but I most likely eat around 2500 calories. If that helps.
EDIT 2: I don't use any other supplements than Leader Whey Protein Strawberry flavour.
I stopped drinkong caffeine for about five months altogether and during this time gained about 15 pounds (182-196). I wasn't working out for months and was just a bum. Anyway, I don't think that's too relevant, but I figured I'd add it regardless.
I just started taking c4 (only about a half a scoop) and want to know if taking this amount or more will help me lose weight a bit more quickly. I have, of course, been dieting again and working out hard. The winter months just kill my drive to go to the gym.
Thanks in advance!
Hello reddit, Im looking to get a little home gym started, nothing huge as I dont have much room so im more looking into an all in one sort of thing, like a bench with a stand that I could use for military press and squats, the rest I will use dumbells for.
I was looking at that but I think it might be a bit annoying disconnectiong the bench everytime I want to do military press or squats, + it might not even be sturdy without the bench attatched.
Any suggestions? where is the best/cheapest place to buy in the UK?
Thanks
I rarely get any exercise and after a game of badminton I'm literally a piece of pork belly ready to bake.
I've been lifting for a year now and never made a form check video. My BW is 80kg (176lbs) and my height is 180cm (5'10.5"). I also have slight APT.
OHP and squat looks good imo. What do you guys think?
This is my second year playing (flag) football, and while I am in much better shape compared to last year, I am still lacking in general athleticism. I also want to prep for a low level rugby league in the fall/next year. This is my current 4 day program: Stats: 5'10 165-170lbs ~17% bf Monday: Push Press 3x8 Bench Press 5x10 Paused Rows 3x6 Lat Pulls 2x10 Face Pulls 3x12 DB Shrugs 3x8 Hammer curls 3x12 Cable Crunches 3x15
Wednesday: Cleans 3x5 Front Squat 3x6 DL 2x6 Leg Press 3x10 Leg curls: 3x10 Curls 3x8 Cable Crunches 3x10 Tri Ext 3x10
Friday: Bench 3x6 Rows 3x6 Barbell shrugs 3x8 Military Press 2x6 Military Press 2x9 Lat Pulldown 2x6 Incline Press 3x8 Cable Crunches 3x15
Saturday: Cleans 3x3 Pause Squats 6x4 SLDL 3x10 Pause DL 3x4 Front Squat 3x10 Preacher Curls 2x5 PC 2x10 PC 2x15 Push Downs 3x10
Current 1rm: Squat: 250 Bench: 200 Deadlift: 300
Should I switch to something different or modify my routine/rep ranges to get better athleticism?
So i have disfigured hand, it's been crushed, slashed, burned, bitten, chopped and blown up. Basically it sucks and between the 3 pieced together fingers i do have it's real hard to hold weights unless it's in the hammer position (straight up and down). Other angles put all the weight either on just my pinky or just my forefinger and at a sideways angle which just hurts and will break my fingers if I push it. I need some kind of glove that i can strap to the kettlebell and then to my hand. I don't know if they make such a think but i would assume they do. Does anyone know what this would be called or if there's another solution that might work for me?
I'm a pretty active guy, play numerous sports and go to the gym pretty regularly. I'm not looking to lose weight as I'm already pretty thin. I've been tempted to get a fitbit or similar, but have read it's mostly good for people who need motivation to exercise.
I considered it just because I'm curious to see how much exercise I get through playing soccer, Dodgeball, or even stupid things like going to concerts.
Are these trackers worth it or do they not do a good job of actually keeping metrics? I wouldn't want to spend more than $75.
Chicken is my main source of protein. I like to make chicken breasts and refrigerate them however living in a dorm can sometimes make that hard. (I don't have a stove on my floor so it always takes longer to cook food)
My food court is always quick and easy (plus on a meal plan I have to use up my points) chicken breast is available however since it is a "healthy food" it is expensive, $6 for one 6oz of chicken.
Now there is also grilled chicken sandwiches, with about 6-8g of fat based on the nutrition facts and 28-30g of protein.
For when i dont cook Could I just get the grilled chicken sandwiches and take off the buns and get my protein that way because of the cost?
My mom and brother came to town for part of the weekend and immediately my mom told me how good I look, how happy she is for me, and how proud she was. I was so happy. My mom has always struggled with her weight, becoming obese in her 30's and having surgery to lose the weight. Since then she's been smaller than me since I was about 13. Still struggles, but it's never really something we talked about other than her joking about my "closet eating", suggesting I eat more vegetables and go for more walks.
I have a very, very hard time saying "no" to food. I don't like to keep sugary or fatty things in the house, because it will be all I can think about until I eat it and it's gone. When I went out to eat, I'd probably get a pasta, or a burger, sometimes a sugary cocktail.
She was really impressed with what I was eating, and honestly? I was too. I got a salad for lunch, which was unheard of six months ago. When we went to a bar and grill for dinner, I stuck with water and soup, and a couple light beers when we went for drinks after. Last we stopped at the grocery store where my brother and I each picked out a really fattening "parfait" at the bakery (mostly whipped cream and cake), and my mom got a whole pie just because she wanted one slice. She also got two boxes for Girl Scout cookies on the way out.
So now here we are. I made some really good decisions yesterday when I could have easily justified some really bad ones for the sake of a family weekend. I just tossed the second half of my parfait that I started yesterday, and there is still about 75% of a pie left in the refrigerator (I had a slice), and the Girl Scout cookies my mom forgot to take home with her. The last two days I've remained under my calories budget. And on a weekend, which I tend to struggle with.
One year ago I would this would have gone much differently, and I'm so glad I'm not stuck back there anymore.
I dropped 70 lbs but hit a plateau last year. To help break through it, I signed up for a 2 mile road race a couple months ago. Today was the day. I didn't run all of it, but I did finish and feel great (although a bit sore)!
I have been working on tracking my food for the last 6 months using CICO and MFP. I continue to binge eat at least once a week and when I binge eat, I feel all that guilty shamey stuff and don't track the rest of the day. I'm really frustrated with myself. I know that this behavior isn't healthy. It won't get me healthier but I continue to do it. For those of you who were binge eaters, how did you stop?
Last November, i decided to join the gym, to improve my efforts in losing weight and getting better health. I had already lost 20 by then since mid summer. At the time, on my first topic here, i mentioned that i wished to get to 245 before my birthday, from the 276 at the time. The beginning of this week i reached 245 and finished the week at 244. Since i participated in the last challenge, i also finished 6lbs below my challenge goal. My birthday is today and this is possibly the first time i have been this light at my birthday since i was 17. It feels good though. This weekend i enjoyed food a bit more than usual(plled pork sandwich on friday, roasted pig on saturday-niece birthday, and nice steak with a salad and fries today for lunch, and some oven roasted chicken with baby potatoes with a side of feta cheese, chick peas, cucumber, lemon juice and black pepper. I dont eat like this usually, but i tried to not over done the eating. Tomorrow i will be at the gym around 4:45AM to continue my gym routines, and my weight loss journey since my goal is very near, and i know now, i should be able to attain it before mid June. But at this point i will not stop there. I am actually considering going lower to even maybe below 200 before my one year at the gym.
/r/loseit has been very inspirational, and thank you all for that inspiration.
I will update again when i hit my end goal.
SW:296 since last summer, CW: 244, GW: 225 at least. (my flair is counting since i joined the gym) Looking forward for the next weight loss challenge
I'm a 5'7" 20-year-old guy whose weight is hovering between 135-140 lbs, so I'm at a pretty good BMI; however, I am recovering from bulimia. In bulimia recovery it is usually normal for your body not to be used to keeping much food down, so once you start keeping normal meals down you can bloat up a lot, but that's my question...does this look like bloating? I feel like I look about 50 lbs heavier than I really am! It's really making me feel like crap about myself & I don't know what to do. :/ How can I tell if it's bloating or not? I feel like earlier today before I ate lunch my stomach looked much smaller, but my possible body dysmorphic issues aren't helping me at all right now.
Also you'll notice some looseness around my pecs, but that's just from losing a large amount of weight over the years.
Thanks in advance!
On a cut, and getting mighty bored of oatmeal porridge. Any tips for filling breakfasts, preferable something easy and quick to make?
To start things off, i'll give a little context. I'm a small guy (5'7 135 pounds) I really want to gain muscle and tone my body to something a bit more aesthetically pleasing. My drive to become fitter came last month when I decided to start being healthier so I look better in a suit for my brothers wedding next month, but now that i've started going to the gym and working out daily i've been feeling greater than ever and don't think I could go back to my regular lifestyle. My biggest challenge, however, is my diet. I've been eating a lot healthier trying to cut back a little bit of unwanted fat but I don't think it's what I should be doing. I take in around 1000 calories per day and am perfectly fine with that, I don't feel hungry often. However, everywhere I look is telling me to eat a lot more than what I am in order to gain the muscle, but I feel like by eating more i'll just gain fat instead. I don't want to get massive, I just want to gain a bit of muscle and tone my body to look great for myself. I gym for 1 hour a day, 6 days a week and run for 20-30 minutes each night but have no idea on the amount of calories I should be eating or what I should eat and how frequently I should eat, it all seems so confusing. Help?
Edit - http://ift.tt/1SbXtxg Shitty pictures :)
Edit - Also apologies to you long term fitness fans on here, I feel like such a noob for asking these questions. But I need to start somewhere, right?
I recently got a job working at a pub as a bar back and one of my duties is to change kegs. I tried lifting a keg and couldn't so i was curious if you guys know of any weight lifting exercises that would help with my dilemma
I read this quote on Twitter and it stuck with me. The further along I go on my weight loss journey, the more I realize that it's not about the food or the taste; it's about me and how I feel about myself.
M 18, 6'3 SW: 450 CW: 318 GW: 230~
I aim to drink 128 ounces of water a day and I find no challenge in that honestly. I recently have been on some sort of 9 day no weight loss streak so I have been upping my water intake to help flush out that extra sodium or whatever it is. I have been hitting almost 200 ounces the past few days. I hope there's no negatives to drinking that much water but I figure with my size it's probably all good. How much water do you guys usually drink when trying to get out break a no weight loss streak? It's weird I just drink and drink and I feel like I could always have more water.
After going from 83 kilos and BMI obese for my height of 5'4" to 66 kilos and juuust on the borderline of BMI "normal" (I'm still dubious about the BMI), and feeling really happy with my body and my relationship with food, I thought I had entered maintenance mode basically permanently, and also thought I would probably be counting calories basically permanently. Then, life happened to me - apparently during big breakups I lose weight, only a little, in the process of processing that grief and loss. It really sort of startled me at the time, and I don't recommend it as a form of weight loss, but in the process of getting more joyful afterward and less miserable, and in the process of staying with some friends who've been really good to me in the process ... long story short, intuitive eating has started feeling possible, and I'm a long-time artist/illustrator, and I became kind of curious about seeing what it would be like to have the kind of body that I like to draw. So I've started losing again, and as my new tentative goal weight, I've chosen the weight that my mother says her body was happiest at when she was my age. Anyway, on to the NSVs:
The physical: all my life, I've had excruciating period pain. This month? None. None at all. I don't know if I can attribute it to the weight or to being happier or to eating differently or what, but my skin seems to be clearer and I seem to want to run more, and just generally there are all these things that I hoped might happen when I lost weight and I seem, through a combination of happiness in my body and reaching a right weight for my body, to be just feeling better in it.
The existential NSV is that post-breakup, I've started having to face the question of how other people feel about my body. One of the reasons I stayed heavier once I knew I was capable of losing weight was that I was really scared of inviting people into my life who would see me first as a body. I've always gotten on really really well with my dude friends and I didn't want to suddenly be unable to make new friends without fearing that they saw me as a body. But it turns out that when I really really like myself and the physical version of myself that I'm creating, I feel less reliant on other people's compliments, and because of that, it's gotten easier to tell which people are sincere and to discern who is seeing me as a body and who is seeing me as a person. It's gotten so that I can trust myself instead of using my body as a filter to protect myself. Plus, I chopped off all my hair, because I am a breakup cliche and because I've gotten way less worried about looking appealing to other people, and way more into the idea of looking appealing to myself.
This probably sounds very woo and self-helpy, but it actually feels true, which is also, in its way, new and shocking to me. And really really nice.
M 20 5'8 SW: 230 CW: 220? GW: 140
The first thing that I did when I decided to actually lose weight (and not just fantasize) was reading the sub's FAQ. I woke up, got nakey and measured myself at 230 on a hard, flat surface on a hard, flat scale. One week of a 1k-ish deficit (2400 calories a day to 1200-1600 a day shooting for 1500.) I've also started doing half an hour on the treadmill most days (baby steps) and taken a part time job as a dishwasher, which is tougher than it sounds, especially coming from someone who's exercise was previously walking to his car.
I've got aches and pains, but my mind feels sharper and I'm pumped up to keep going. It reminds me of adderall, actually, I feel focused despite my ADD but I'm still capable of the creative thought Adderall takes away. I just don't think I have ten pounds worth of aches and pains or mental acuity.
I assume it's water weight but most people I've spoken to say not to worry if you gain your first week and I'm sitting here thoroughly confused. Same scale, same place, same bat-time.
Maybe I'm just some other sort of human, fated to wither away unless I gorge myself with bag curry and Cheetos.
Began operating with a ~75% calorie deficit to try to slim down, seeing gains after the first few days. Been burning ~3000 calories a day using FitBit HR and consuming ~2300 calories a day using MyFitnessPal. What's going on?
I usually get rid of any source of temptation from around me to stop myself from giving in, binge eating, eating unhealthy food. It is always whats helped me to be good, stocking my kitchen and apartment with only healthy options! But I just started a new job where the canteen is free - breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the food is SO GOOD. There are plenty of great, healthy options that I try and eat as much as possible, but most days after a hard gym session the night before, or a shitty day at work, I can't help go for the pastas/pizza/variety of desserts! I went to the gym 5 days this week, doing a variety of classes -kettlebells, spinning, trx etc. So in that sense I'm doing well. But I know I can't outrun a bad diet, and I just can't seem to resist??? I psych myself up every day saying I won't, but then I do. Gah!!! I guess this sounds stupid, but anyone have any tips on temptation/ self control? Or do I need to just suck it up and get over the temptation?
I'm 3 weeks into my diet and have gone from 256.6 to 240.2 without exercise - 2 days ago I started having bad pain under my ribcage. I'm worried the pain is weight loss related - what might have caused it?
Im about 10 pounds away from finally being a normal bmi. The thing is im starting to feel trapped by having to log everything. Like yesterday it was freezing so i spontaneously googled thai restaurants and had something spicy. Its really impossible to get an accurate calorie count on something like that. Im really starting to feel constrained by having to count calories and to make matters worse im on vacation from work for the next week and have no desire to do so. Anyone go through something kike this? How did you pull through?
I read in another post that on a cut, protein is the most important macro and on a bulk, carbs are the most important. I know a good diet is more than protein and carbs but why are these two regarded as some of the most important? I'm assuming protein on a cut is to retain as much muscle mass as possible given you're at a caloric deficit but what about carbs on a bulk? Aren't they mostly just energy?
I'm a 25/f between a size 6 and 8 and I think I have TERRIBLE circulation. My limbs fall asleep easily and sometimes feel like blood just isn't reaching them. My blood pressure is always low (around 100/50), though my doctor says that's fine. My legs swell like crazy thought the day, though it's not edema, really because there's no denting or tightness. I wake up in the morning and they're perfect. My work is active with a fair amount of medium lifting heavy things, up and down ladders, using sledgehammers, etc... But I'm wondering if some hardcore cardio and weight training might make this better. Any ideas? Hopefully this is the right place for this...
Hey /r/fitness
I've been lifting for almost 2 months now and most recently I passed a milestone for myself of squatting 100lbs (46kg). I know it's not a lot but for me it's nice to see progress occurring in my lifts.
I feel like a form check here is necessary though before I start hitting real heavy numbers. I wanna make sure I'm getting down the correct form.
So critique away. Honestly I want as much feedback as possible.
Here's my squat at 105lbs (46kg) https://youtu.be/8pKeT2YvvD4
And here's my deadlift 75lbs (34kg) https://youtu.be/hwDI1rY7-Xk
I have pectus excavatum so whenever I workout chest I don't feel it as much as other body parts. Also last summer I was able to do 4 sets of 155 flat bench 6 reps. Now I can barely do 135 for 3 sets of 8. My incline bench has improved though, almost as strong as my flat bench. Is there anyway I can improve my flat bench?
Where do you guys put your gym clothes after your workout? I ask because i usually just throw them in the hamper with all of my other clothes, but I don't like putting sweaty clothing with others that are relatively much cleaner. I also wash clothes maybe once a week, and I workout 6 times per week, so the pile builds up pretty quick and sits there for a while. Let me know what you guys do/if you have any tips
I was on Fitit a while ago and saw a video that was full of exercises to correct posture, can anyone help me find it? other suggestions are appreciated
I have a hard time making time to work out. I'm 35 and used to be in great shape. I took a new, sedentary career at 28 that takes a lot of my time and involves taking clients to dinner and drinks a lot. Do these 7 minute high intensity workouts really benefit me?
Whaddup fittit,
Here's the dill: I've got a simultaneous love affair going on with cycling and weightlifting. My lifts aren't anything crazy but since I've started lifting I've put on a good deal of muscle mass. I also commute about 20 miles a day via bike.
That being said, I'm going on a bike tour from VA to CA this summer that will span approximately 4,400 miles (7081.44km) in 10 weeks.
Obviously, I don't want to lose MUH GAINZ while touring so my plan is to stop at every PF or chain gym I can find and, uh, "try it out for a day to see if I want to buy a membership".
I would do this once every 2-3 days, crush an upper body workout, then get the hell out of dodge. Just enough to maintain what I've got. Rinse and repeat until I've made it to the west coast.
Does anyone know if this would be illegal? Is this even feasible?
Getting back into lifting after about a 8 year break, dead lift and squat are my two weak areas. Both lifts done @225, figuring my max to be around 315 for both.
Tips and observations welcome
I have about 15-20Lbs of fat I'd like to lose. Currently I've been running about 2-3 times a week but I've read a few other posts implying that weightlifting can be better for dieting/losing fat. My only issue is that while at school it's very easy for me to overwork myself weightlifting which has happened in the past since I generally get inadequate sleep at least 2 nights out of the week (<7 hrs). I haven't on the other hand encountered this issue running.
My general goal is that come summer if I've been able to lose some weight and get into better "shape" I can focus more on building muscle and getting stronger.
Long story short, am I wasting my time running to lose excess fat instead of weightlifting?
EARLY POST TODAY HOORAY.
Ahem.
Quickly posting this BEFORE I go to work to avoid a late post because those suck and hardly anyone sees them :(
Nearly another weekend down together! Great job so far guys! So proud.. sniff
Another suggested QOTD. Thanks again /u/JoanOfArctic
Other than weight loss/health, what things, if any, are you making other positive changes to your life right now?
And, as always how was your Sunday?
I'm doing a 21 day challenge to start a habit of running EVERY day.
Would it be unhealthy to make my breaks easier runs once a week (as opposed to taking days off?)
Articles appear mixed on this. If someone deadlifts 2x a week will that be enough for good trap development?
Mine personally was incorporating more fat into my diet and forcing myself to increase my calorie intake in order to actually see results from my bulk. Granted I'm doing a slow bulk because I want to maintain my abs/lean-ness as I increase in size, but it took a lot of willpower to get to this point.
How about you?
Hi everyone! I've been on my weight loss journey for a LOOOOONG time, and yet all I do is lose the same 5-10 pounds over and over again. I've learned to love exercising and eating right, and I finally feel like I have addressed all but two of the problems that have been preventing me from losing any real weight: emotional binge eating and eating out. My most recent brilliant idea against eating out is that I'm not going to carry my debit card or cash with me anywhere anymore, so that I can't reward myself (or console myself) with take out after work. I also think that keeping my hands and mind busy is probably the answer to eating out of boredom, but I don't have any hobbies that are like that! What do you guys do to keep yourself from doing either of these things?
Hit a real milestone last week, reaching the 80 pounds lost flare. My weight loss journey started in January/2015 when I reached the heaviest weight of my life at 270 pounds from a healthy weight of 170 pounds just four years previous in 2011 (I gained 100 pounds in four years 2011-2015). At 270 pounds I was finding it a major challenge tieing my shoelaces from a standing position, felt fat and unattractive (the former was certainly true. With a BMI over 37 I was definitely fat), would get sweaty, sore and out of breath with any physical exertion at all, had high cholesterol, lower back issues, high blood pressure and was pre-diabetic. If I continued eating the way I had been for the last four years my weight gain had no end in sight it seemed.
In January/2015, deciding that enough was enough and that I was going to commit myself to losing at least some of this weight I gained, I started my weight loss journey. I began walking 3-5 days a weeks and started to eat healthier, replacing many of my cholesterol, fat, sodium and calorie ridden fast food meals with healthy, home cooked meals. My portions were still far too big though and even though I was exercising regularly with a too high calorie intake in the four months from mid January to mid May I only lost 10 pounds. This was disappointing but gave me hope as well as I had reversed the weight gain to actually losing weight (albeit a modest amount), was eating much healthier overall and was in much better physical shape with my regular walking.
In the later half of May/2015 with ten pounds lost I discovered fitness/calorie trackers, the first one being Sparkpeople. I began tracking my calories reducing the number of calories consumed a day, continued cooking the majority of meals only having fast food as the occasional treat, 2-4 times a month as well as continuing to exercise. The weight started coming off much more quickly. In the month of June alone I lost a healthy 8 pounds. In July, I knew that I could and would get my weight down to my goal weight of 170 pounds.
Fast forward five months and I was down to 216, moving from the obese to overweight category of my BMI. This was a weight loss of 54 pounds from my starting weight of 270 in January/2015, the majority (40 pounds) lost in the five months from May/2015 to October/2015. Don't get me wrong, my life problems certainly didn't disappear with my weight loss but I felt great, with increased confidence getting complements from co-workers, friends, family, etc. on my weight loss, was in better shape than I had been in a long time not feeling like I was running a marathon when walking 3 km to work and had gone down from a size 40 to size 36 pants size and a size XXL to L-XL shirt, depending on the brand and style.
One week ago today I weighed in at 290 pounds, with a whopping 80 pounds lost since January/2015 (70 pounds of those lost in the 9 and a half months since May/2015). Today, weighing in at 189 pounds, my GW of 270 pounds in well within sight with just 19 pounds to go to reach my GW. I have gone from a size XXL to L, actually getting pretty close to medium in some brands as well as a size 40 to 34 pant size. As I said previously, losing the weight has certainly not solved all my life problems (I still have shitty days or even shitty weeks at work, etc., and it hasn't cured my anxiety and depression). It really has increased my self confidence though and increased my quality of life. I just purchased a mountain bike and now and doing the 3.5 km commute to work on my bike, am going on longer walks and planning on joining my local hiking club within the next month.
Just wanted to share this in the hope of giving hope to others that are 100 or even 200, 300 plus pounds overweight that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Losing weight, increasing your health and quality of life is indeed possible, though I know when very obese this can seem like an unattainable goal. It certainly did to me anyways. Best of luck to everyone and keep slogging.
I often see advice that you should try to do the full program your following in the shortest amount of time on hypertrophy days, but then sometimes I see conflicting advice telling you to take up to a minute or two rest between sets.
So which is best for hypertrophy, muscle building days ?
Gunning on focusing on reducing wait time between excersises, or taking that 60 second wait and focusing on increasing the weight taken.
I am following the PHAT program if it makes a difference.
Hi guys, I'm unsure what kind of information I should include in my post here, so I'm thinking that I could answer any questions you might have.
Anyway, I've noticed, since I started work out regularly, that I'm extremely weak in one area, specifically my right side. If I do exercises where I use both my left and right arm (for example) my right arm tends to fail way before my left one does. I'm unsure how to proceed since I feel like I can't do proper exercises this way.
I know an obvious answer is to just do exercises where I solely focus on my right side, was just wondering if it's that simple? When do I know I've done "enough" and are on par with my left side?
i've been lurking for a blender for some time and, finally, today i've pulled the trigger and bought one.
now, i have no idea what can i use it for? oatmeal with milk and apple in the morning? throw in some protein powder too?
please, share some wisdom..
