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No. 331898
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>>>/g/278561This is for diet and fitness related things only.
-Post your goals, your current state, like your weight or measurements;
-What you're going to do to change it and your methods (Weight training? Intermittent Fasting? Running? Raw eating? MyFitnessPal logs?);
-And how to be held accountable for it, like biweekly weigh-ins or measurings.
Feel free to post charts of your progress! If you're doing daily reports, remember to sage.
Reminder that we're all human and we all have our ups and downs. Don't blame yourself for failing and don't get fixated on small missteps. This is a marathon, not a race. Self-sabotage will only make things worse. Try to stay positive and think of the positive steps you've made to get here and keep moving forward!
Don't get fixated on numbers and give yourself adequate rest days and rewards to keep yourself motivated.
No ana, please.
No. 332784
>>332782I'm usually doing
>10mins running>20-30mins machine rowing>30 mins lifting whichever target of the dayI'm a total beginner, my 3rd week in. Hopefully that's fine? I usually change the muscle group each time
No. 333075
>>332942Just remember that women have MUCH lower body strength (like less than half) than men do and I'm assuming that r/bodyweightfitness' recommended routine is written for the average moid. So don't feel too discouraged if you find these exercises really difficult when you start out. The other thing about bodyweight exercises is that the difficulty really ranges based on your own weight too. It's a huge fucking deal when a woman is able to do a proper strict pull up compared to men.
If you can, it helps to get resistance bands for the body weight pull exercises in the future. For dips I guess what I would do is just practice getting into the right position on the bars, it's okay if you can't hold for a minute now, just practice getting on and make that your routine. In the future when you can do that easily, then start adding hold for x time goals. All the best nonna!
No. 333115
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Is getting a mini-treadmill (picrel) and mini-bike worth it?
My place is too small to get an exercise bike or a 'normal' treadmill, so I was wondering if these are good alternatives.
I can't often go outside due to my illness so all I do is play Ring Fit adventure, but it's not enough for me anymore.
How good are small treadmills for running, and are mini-bike good in the long run? I miss bicycles…Would be nice to have something to do as I work on my art commissions.
No. 333162
Was really consistent on my casual babystepsass workout this week! Also I just walked 6k steps so I'm very proud of that too.
>>333115Maybe you can try walking routines/dance videos/etc on youtube for a while first? I've no experience using mini treadmills/bikes, but from the pictures alone they look like a fad and inconvenient or too boring to use consistently. I bet you cant even jog lightly on the treadmill without being scared you/it might slip
No. 333184
>>333162I also play Just Dance games! Just thought if there is something I could do while working in front of a desk all day, and assumed bike would be a good idea… Thanks a lot !
>>333133Yeah, makes sense. Afaik treadmills like that are shilled on TikTok a lot…
No. 333383
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i am going to hit the gym for the first time next week. Any tips? anything i should know about? I am scared, i dont wanna quit like i do with everything. I mostly just wanna lose weight and work on some back muscles because i heard that helps with back pain. I am going with a friend who already goes to the gym for the first time, but he sadly lives too far a way to go together. I have no idea what to expect.
No. 333390
>>333383It's just a place for people to workout. No one who's worth anything will care or stare at you for being new to fitness, everyone's just busy doing their routines. You may see a lot of gymrats with matching workout fullbody outfits but don't bother feeling mogged, those clothes are so much form over function. I go in knee-length basketball shorts and old free tshirts.
Starting consistent exercise with just walking is always nice. You don't even have to jog, just warm up your joints and muscles. Since you're going w a friend this time, you might want to hit up all the machines and try them out so you won't feel as intimidated when you go by yourself.
No. 333562
>>333383Basic gym etiquette is a must. Remember to bring a water bottle and a hand towel.
>don't drop the weights>return weights to the rack after use>wipe the equipment (bench, seat, etc) after useWhen someone is using something you want, ask them how many sets they have left, if it's a lot, go do something else first if you can wait. Otherwise if it's a small amount of sets you can just wait around. Alternatively you can also ask to 'work in' and share the equipment when they're resting between sets.
Normally for your first time you can just go to the free weight area (for mine it's an empty spot with a dumbbell rack and some benches for women) and get some dumbbells for dumbbell rows. Most people are hogging the powerlifting racks for squats/bench/etc so it's normally rather empty and my social anxiety ass won't need to interact with other people. Take it easy for your first time there and don't be afraid to try the machines to see what it does! Nobody cares what you're doing in the gym as long as it's not dangerous or disruptive. All the best!
No. 333568
>>333562thanks
nonny, do you get an instructor or something? sorry for the uber stupid question
No. 334242
>>334031yes, I'm taller than average, guess that is one of the "problems" and also a reason I ignore clothing sizes, as I will never fit into smaller sizes as my bones won't shrink when I lose weight. So, will ignore the BMI in the future, too and monitor my face and stop when I start looking bad.
>>334036guess that's one reason why my face looked so horrible, alcohol, not enough calories, dehydrated and unhealthy food choices. Could have figured that out by myself but sometimes it's better if someone else writes it down for me. Will try it the healthy way this time, thanks for taking the time to write this advice.
No. 335153
Help nonnies, after a chain of slip ups I've gained back some weight and I'm feeling more demotivated than ever. Does anyone here have tips on how to reset your 'mental'? Idk if that makes any sense even lmao like I feel like I gotta have that 'restart' or 'fresh start' again in my head and not dwell on how my health/fitness journey is going
>>335079If your trainer is saying it's all good, it should be correct. It really helps to try doing the movements slowly and try to 'engage' with your chest/triceps muscles mentally. Mind muscle connection.
No. 335182
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I bought a bike I plan to ride to work with! I tested the route today. It’s 5 miles / 8,2 km one way, and goes through really nice foresty areas and quaint neighbourhoods. My job is very physical and I’m usually very tired after it but I hope I still manage to bike to and back from work instead of taking the bus. My weight loss hasn’t gone as well as I would like so I hope this will speed things up.
No. 335217
>>335216>usual sorenessThat's a great sign nonna! It's hard to build the feeling of using some muscles so it'll just take time and practice. For me it was for my lats during pull ups lmao
>>335182If you're cycling at the average speed of 20km/h it's only a little under 30 minutes to get to and from work. That's a really nice get! What bike did you get?
No. 335257
>>335242How hot is it? Can you go outside in the morning before the sun gets too high or is it like 80f/27c all night? If it’s not too-too hot a shorter run in the mornings might be the easiest first step. Like jog/run for ten minutes, walk for a minute, run again for ten minutes, walk, run. Something that would take about half an hour, maybe more like 45 since you should walk for ~10 minutes beforehand to warm up, before it really gets hot for the day. Drink a bunch of water before and after. Beware of shidding yourself if you’re not used to chugging water and then immediately running around in the morning lol.
If you have to stay inside there are some very beginner friendly calisthenics workouts online. They look easy at first but if you’re not used to exercising your muscles will be sore even from something like wall pushups.
I hate that the summer heat drives me inside. I have got to find somewhere to swim… there are no public pools where I live (except playground ones for children that are only open while school is out)
No. 335448
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I'm trying to learn proper form for core exercises and had no odea that picrel, what my abs do, isn't "standard". Having to relearn the qhole thing is a pain in the ass
No. 336126
>>336117It was the female one, Emily I think? The only woman there.
Got myself a 5k on the first fucking week. With a pace goal no less. Fuck that honestly.
I fell off running for two weeks cause stress, but now I gonna try again. Hope Jeff is more merciful.
No. 336429
>>336260Build a home gym nonna! It's cheaper than a gym membership in the long run and you don't need a lot of equipment.
>adjustable bench>adjustable dumbbells (as women I feel a little lucky that I don't need to buy ultra heavy ones)>yoga mat>pull up bar with 2-3 resistance bandsAnd that's it! It's a lot cheaper to go the second hand route if you have a market like that where you are.
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>>335448Looks like something they do in Yoga
No. 336951
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im skinny but have a stomach bulge just like this that will not go away. how do i get rid of it. i feel like lipo or starving myself is the only way because apparently no workout will target this part of the female body.
No. 336981
>>336951strength training and adequate protein, plus work on your posture? it will probably take you about a year to change but if you find an exercise you like and gradually increase effort it's not super duper hard.
I'm going to be alive for the next year anyway is how I always think about it. there's not really another way to fix skinny-with-a-belly except by getting stronger (whether it's strengthening posture muscles or doing body recomp and decreasing your bodyfat% while maintaining muscle, not sure what your goal needs to be but the path there is kinda the same.)
If you know you have low bodyfat it's probably just your posture.
you could use a calculator to see if maybe you have high body fat even though you're skinny
https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html? (probably not completely accurate but I think it gives an ok estimate / gives you some info and is handy tool for tracking changes)
No. 336986
>>336951i've had this issue my whole life, fat accumulating in my stomach and back and barely anywhere else and i've just recently been able to get rid of it. it's genetics and/or high cortisol levels from stress, which you can try to manage with stuff like yoga, stretching, etc. the biggest thing that helped me was gaining muscle, i tried to lose my stomach fat while i had barely any muscle definition and didn't strength train or eat enough protein for the longest time, it doesn't work. if you gain muscle (and you might feel really insecure gaining weight like i did, i promise it's worth it in the end) and then go on a calorie deficit while still strength training and eating a high-protein diet, you will lose fat more efficiently. the more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism. strength training helps you retain your muscle so that you lose mostly fat when you go on a calorie deficit. also, try to correct your posture like other nonnas said.
No. 337345
>>332186I used to have this problem while doing sumo deadlifts. Have you done them recently? Perhaps you're lifting more weight than you can handle. I don't understand how someone could injure that area while performing the exercises you mentioned.
>>332942You should try a program exclusively for women.
>>333997Peanut butter will help you.
https://www.youtube.com/live/kYpdde6GW2Q?feature=share&t=981 No. 337348
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>>337190You should consider how you want your body to look, whether you prefer a fit physique with some muscle or a leaner, more runner-like physique. If you opt for more muscle, you will likely need to reduce your cardio, as it will kill your muscle-building progress.
No. 337354
>>337351I started training with this full-body program (
https://annas-archive.org/md5/c7555f8b5eabc71b0b5a7716d36fdace) I find it interesting for beginners to read the entire book. The author provides videos and explanations that teach you how to perform each exercise, and you can also see which muscles are targeted by each exercise. It's incredibly helpful.
No. 337461
>>336951You're not skinny, you're average and probably with high bf%
Try a body recomposition with a slight deficit of only 200-300kcal less than TDEE + bodyweight exercises OR lifting a couple of times a week + hitting your protein goals…
And working on your posture will help too. Good luck nonna, pls don't starve yourself or do an aggressive caloric deficit as it will only make it worse, you'll get more soft and pudgy because you'll lose muscle in the process too, it's not going ot help with your situation
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>>337461hard agree. do not do a drastic calorie cutting diet, it won't fix this (sometimes not even superskelly mode fixes it).
>>337466she probably means "average" more like in terms of health charts, not in terms of average among the actual population
No. 337712
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I hope it’s OK to make a book rec here. If you are gonna read one book about food, I recommend Ultra-Processed People by Dr. Chris van Tulleken. It’s currently available on Audible. I think for most people it’s obvious that eating “whole” foods is better than ultra-processed, but the industry is constantly trying to obscure any debate about it, so van Tulleken is extremely thorough in this book and cites a lot of sources for why ultra-processed food specifically (as opposed to just fat or sugar or salt), is the cause for global rise in obesity and how it’s bad both for our bodies but also for animal welfare and the environment. He also talks about how UPS affects people of low-income background more and touches in on lots of related topics, it’s a very holistic look on it. If you don’t wanna shell out and buy the book there is also a BBC podcast he partook in on the same topic called Addicted to Food.
A lot of health foods are ultra-processed, but just because they are lowcal or contain a higher amount of protein, does not mean they are healthy for our bodies. Fat-reduced foods need additives to make the texture palatable, and in recent years there is growing evidence suggesting a lot of additives in UPS, particularly emulsifiers, have negative effects on our health and in particular on our gut. As a lover of good food and someone who cares about health and the planet, I can’t recommend this book enough.
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>>337712Do you mean the first 7 episodes of this podcast? I couldn’t find one called “addicted to food”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017tcz No. 337745
>>337712>A lot of health foods are ultra-processed, but just because they are lowcal or contain a higher amount of protein, does not mean they are healthy for our bodiesGoddamn I HATE the "health food" industry so fucking much. I hate when people talk about how healthy they ate because they used some sort of super food granola in their low sugar low fat strawberry shortcake flavored yogurt. Do you even know how many calories are in the granola, the sugar, or even a proper serving size of it? Like damn just read the label! My nigel is awful about this. He always asks for a low sugar/healthier cereal when I go to the store so I get plain rice chex, off brand, as the best fit I can find (still nutritionally void). When he goes he gets honey bunches of oats or raisin bran because he believes its healthy because of granola, almonds, fiber etc but the amount sugar is astounding. He wont eat table sugar (unless already in the food kek) but pours 3 or 4 tablespoons of honey in his coffee. Will eat only the super sugary flavored oatmeal packets instead of the plain oats with a reasonable dash of honey. My mom does this too. Frozen meals, but they have a green package and green things = healthy apparently. I get made fun of for using canned chicken due to the salt (over my massive bowl of kale, spinach, and guac) but the same people who diss my choices are eating a "Rectangular Health Bar- Double Chocolate Flavor (tm)". I cant blame people too hard for being led to think these things due to the industry. But all it takes is looking at the handy chart on back of packaged food to see what is really happening. My nigel will eat a whole bag of trail mix, 8 or so servings at once, and one serving is 200 calories, but he wont believe me on the serving size kek. Thanks for the book and podcast rec, sorry for the rant. I am very interested in reading, but will probably start the podcast today.
No. 337751
>>337745I completely agree with you anon! I’m glad you share my frustration with this. Another point he makes in the book which surprised me is that UPS, including the “healthy” alternatives, is pretty much always lacking in nutrients other than calories from either fat or sugar. So in the case of health foods micronutrients are often added, and getting your vitamins from supplements is not the same as eating a varied diet. Research shows taking supplements has no benefits to our health unless you suffer from a specific deficiency. There might even be a small increased risk of death. Scientists don’t fully understand why this is, but according to the book one reason might be because some vitamins/micronutrients could block your uptake of others. In any case real food is so complex we don’t fully understand it and it can’t be replicated by taking pills or eating a fabricate.
I don’t wanna spoil the entire book but also, a lot of UPS such as protein supplement is made from by-products from other industries. This might sound like a good sustainable practice, but it’s not as if the food companies do this for environmental causes, they do it because it’s cheap and they wanna maximize profits. This means the stuff these foods are made from wouldn’t register to us as actual food prior to processing, so basically we are eating one industry’s garbage with some added flavor, texture and maybe vitamins. I’m very happy that you want to read the book! I hope lots of people do, because there is so much misinformation about food and I like you, I can understand people are confused. I hope the book can at least provide good information about UPS and the industry, so people can choose for themselves whether they want to eat it or not (granted that they have a choice, sadly for a lot of people out there it’s hard to afford food other than UPS).
No. 337799
>where i was
i was stick-thin my whole life, and while part of it is just my build (i have marfanoid habitus) the rest was a combo of eating like a bird and being a nerdy autist averse to exercise. it was to the point where i would struggle to lift a full jug of milk and got winded after walking up one flight of stairs. a few years back, i got extremely depressed and basically stopped eating all together, and eventually i dropped to 90lbs at 5'6" which is a bmi of 14.5 and EXTREMELY worrying. this is the point when i started going to the gym.
>where i am now
i can bench 80lbs, romanian deadlift 165lbs, and am currently working on doing more than one pullup. my weight is now pretty stable around 125, which is the first time i've ever been comfortably in the "healthy" bmi range. my appetite has grown and while recently working late hours has made my diet more fast-food reliant than i'd like, my body has never felt better. i've found that exercise has helped to reduce my joint pain and even made my joints less hypermobile, though i did have to approach some lifts with more caution because of said hypermobility. my hip measurement has increased by about 5 inches, my waist by 1-2, and my biceps by 2. in pictures my body looks noticably more human rather than goblin-like kek, and i feel that way too.
>my goals
to maintain my current activity, but also to increase hypertrophy. i'm not exercising just to look better, but noticing the visible increase in muscle mass is an insane motivator tbh. i've always had broad shoulders, and i actually like that about myself, so i'm working more on delts/rotator cuffs as well as lats to widen my back and show visible muscle where there used to just be ribs. since i'm also plateauing in lifts like squats+deadlifts, i need to work more on bringing all my lower body muscles up to the strength my glutes, quads etc can produce. i need to improve my grip, too, and i even have a grip trainer, but having sore forearms interferes with drawing and writing so i'm always cautious. a more pressing goal than all of this is to actually stick to a specific schedule and go 4-5 days a week. currently i'm more likely to go 3 days, with a leg day, push day and a pull day, and doing abs at home when i get the chance, but leaving cardio out entirely has really been detrimental to my more exhausting compound lifts.
>current plans to reach my goals
firstly, i need to stop sleeping so late kek. i hate going to the gym when it's busy, and if i lose sleep before work i'm both less likely to go to the gym and less likely to really gain muscle if i do. secondly, i plan to start ending my non-leg day gym excursions with a few minutes of treadmill/elliptical. because my feet are flat as fuck with highly collapsed arches, i get pains when running for too long on hard surfaces, so i'll probably use the elliptical more, but since i don't plan on running any marathons i figure cardio is cardio. unfortunately, due to my still very birdlike build, i'm not sure how successful i'll be in bulking up any more than i have, since women tend to do so less anyway, but i'm going to focus more on hypertrophy. i have a weird complex about how lifting for anything but strength is a slippery slope to self-hatred, but when i go to the gym and see moids looking at themselves in the mirror while they do the most goofy "exercises" imaginable i realize that's probably just female socialization talking. i want bigger shoulders and legs, so i'm going to try my damndest. rather than high weight low rep i'm going to shift to lower weights and higher reps, as well as more sets overall and less break between sets. i'll post updates if it goes well, but either way, exercise is good for you, so i won't be losing anything.
No. 337932
>>337923No old is too old if you want to be healthier and look better. Although it's not a myth that you reach your peak performance in your 20s. It's mostly relevant if your are pro though. Like female Olympic hymnasts and ice skaters peak at their teens and than they fuck off to doing whatever. I think pro sports like that really did a damage on human minds cause know everybody thinks that only young people are good at sports.
This is bullshit, of course. You can be active in any age but it really gets a strain on you when you are significantly older. I know that one senior guy in my city who runs a 10k on regular basis and then swims in cold water. Tell him he is too old for that.
No. 337962
>>337923It’s literally never too late until you’re bedridden or dead. Your life isn’t even 1/3 over you’re not even halfway to the finish line. You haven’t even started losing bone mass — hell you probably barely reached peak bone mass this year. You are barely off your parents health insurance (is that still a thing lol?)
Your age is sort of a vital time to establish healthy habits so it doesn’t become a huge chore to undo the damage of poor living in a decade when you realize it’s hurting you.
No. 338301
>>338260Don't do keto in the first place if you like carbs so much?
Anyway, is eating at a 20% calorie deficit under BMR+exercise too unhealthy? I'm seeing conflicting thoughts about eating under BMR.
No. 338321
>>338301>Anyway, is eating at a 20% calorie deficit under BMR+exercise too unhealthy?short answer: Yes.
you can do anything for a little while but why would you intentionally eat under your BMR for any significant length of time? just to feel like shit lol? unless you are a boxer trying to make a lower weight category in a hurry or something weird like that there's no point, it will just make your body freak out. I feel like I've heard of obese people doing it under medical supervision but again that's kind of a special circumstance.
No. 338336
>>338327Rice noodles have hella carbs. Shirataki/konjak noodles are no-carb (although they will suck up all the moisture in your body which can be a problem when starting keto so they're best in soup.)
>>338260idk just decide to stop feeling guilty about food? You can pick another diet, you don't have to do keto. Carbohydrates aren't evil. If you really want to try keto without feeling so bad it can help to gradually ease yourself in by eating unprocessed carbs like whole potatoes/root vegetables/squash/old fashioned oats, etc. for a couple weeks and then cut them out.
No. 338337
>>338315Weight loss reasons.
>>338327That sounds like a good idea. Thanks,
nonnie.
No. 338340
>>3383211. Ever since I started eating more protein, cutting sugar out and taking vitamins I barely feel hungry and I have to force myself to eat above 1000 calories.
2. I used a calculator and it said to eat ~1500 calories to lose weight at my activity level and I googled it and lots of people are eating at that level or even less but I'm not sure if they're fine or stupid.
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>>338340Oh, I don't think you mean BMR? You probably mean TDEE. BMR is your Basal Metabolic Rate, it's the number of calories you need to stay alive while at rest. It doesn't include any activity, it's like the bare necessity calories needed if you lay down and stare at the ceiling all day. TDEE is your total energy expenditure and yeah a lot of calculators will recommend eating 15-20% less than your TDEE to lose weight. It's supposed to be very safe.
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It's Chika anon from the original thread, picrel is as of May and I haven't bothered blurring the background because it's at a hotel in another country and I feel pretty safe!
I want to say everyone I am proud of you and keep going and keep finding things that work for you, I never used to feel comfortable showing my tummy but I'm at a healthy 9st now down from my lowest point which was just over 12st (for my metric friends that's 126lbs and at my heaviest I was around 168-172lbs)
I've finally aced this whole routine thing to the point that gym and eating well no longer feels like a conscious awareness, but it is just a part of my weekly life and I fit it around my job which is thankfully the same days every week. I have been on and off between family health scares and a parent death so it's been gradual but I've wanted to thank all the nonnas for sharing so much good advice in these threads and I'll continue to contribute my own. In the meantime I'm now focusing on building more muscle and I'm very excited to have a bit of back definition coming through. Keep going and remember that the odd off day here and there is not the end, start with a walk and get some fresh air or just get yourself working out even if it's ten minutes, the chances are you'll find your groove and end up doing a lot more. I've loved seeing people here find joy in cooking and trying new weights and workouts out too, you're all amazing.
No. 338782
>>338770I think I noticed a difference pretty quick, like
>>338775 my face felt a little plumper
No. 339199
>>339192Motivation is nice when it's there, but is much too fleeting to rely on for something that you want to do regularly. Expect that more often than not you won't feel motivated. You said it yourself, you want to make it a habit, so think of it like building any other habit.
Remove roadblocks. Do as much of the mental labour required ahead of time: have your clothes ready, gym bag packed and by the door, and a schedule set up that gives you a realistic amount of time to get it done (e.g. if you normally wake up at 7 am, don't decide you're going to start waking up at 5:30 to work out).
Also, as with the earlier example, focus on one change at a time. Insert the new behavior into your day in a way that doesn't require a whole ton of changes at once. Ideally, you can habit-stack by tying it to an existing behavior.
Finally, you can use rewards. A trick that works for a lot of people is only letting themselves listen to or watch some piece of media they like while they're doing their cardio or something. If I've got a podcast I'm engaged in then I'll only listen to it while doing my 15-20 minute warm ups on the turbo trainer for example.
And one more thing I do, that might not work for everybody, is just let go of trying to do it perfectly. If I'm running late, in the past I would have just said "Fuck it, there's no point in starting now, I'd only get a few sets done." but even 10% is better than 0% and it all adds up. Not to mention, making yourself go through the motions even if you end up not completing the work is key for not disrupting the new habit, helping it to solidify.
No. 339279
>>339192For me I have to not think about it. Same with lot of other things like sweeping and foldong laundry kek. The best way to do this I have found is to meditate regularly to strengthen the ability to regulate thoughts, and then day to day repeat to oneself something like 'I am
nonnie, and I go to the gym at 2pm. Thats what I do. I notice that I feel lazy and tired. But, I go to the gym at 2pm because that is what I do.' Sounds cheesy, but learning to acknowledge then dismiss feelings that arent helpful has been good for me. I literally repeated that today… 'I am anon and I go to the gym before getting groceries. I am anon and I do 10 full minutes on the treadmill. Thats what I do. I am anon and I do 2 sets of leg press because that is what is happening right now…' kek
No. 339487
>>339465I'll go a step further: the workout sucks aswell. There is no way of progressing, so once your able to do it with good form you'll be stuck at that level. She doesn't show any way to make the exercises more difficult, or give any tips on how to move on.
I usually wouldn't bring this up, as how advanced you are also has a lot to do with how long you've been at it, but she herself doesn't even have impressive abs (she kind of reminds me of the untrained chad meme). Perhaps she should read up on training fundamentals and add some weight to her russian twists.
She also says the doesn't train obliques, but then does exercises that target the obliques like russian twists and bicycle kicks.
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I bought this because it had the most protein but it’s honestly l the most satisfying thing I’ve ever eaten. The one with salt is not as good there’s something about this one
No. 339587
>>339583I used to make tuna patties all the time. Mix 1 can w/ an egg, tbsp flour, little bit of diced sweet onion, and salt+pepper/spices. form into half a dozen or so patties thin enough to cook through and then pan fry (better with oil but I've also "toasted" them dry in a nonstick before). I always liked them as a caprese, with a thick slice of tomato and mozarella, maybe a little bit balsamic drizzle, and/or wrapped in a lettuce leaf.
I don't make them much anymore because I started to get freaked out about mercury lol, but I was going through like 1-2 cans of tuna a day at one point, they're pretty tasty.
No. 339626
>>339583It's good in tomato sauce with pasta. This tastes good with any canned fish.
To eat with bread or salad I buy thuna in sunflower or olive oil.
No. 339748
>>339587Omg
nonnie based, fish cakes are so good! lit recipe I’ll have to try with egg and flour
I do a can of tuna, a small steamed potato or some microwaved frozen peas + dill, diced onion, salt and pepper, maybe some other spices
they go pretty good in the grill too for lazy/no washing up
No. 340012
>>338260Have you tried Konjac? It's a little pricey, but its only 9kcal/100g. They sell it in various formats, from noodles to lasagna.
>>338321Actually, it's not. Tons of people live like this and are healthier than the majority of the population. I myself followed a diet of 1000-1200 calories for almost a year, it is unhealthy if you consume 1000 calories of candy, but it is healthy if you consume 1000 calories of vegetables and meat (which can be a real challenge bc you'll be always full).
No. 340015
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>>339110>>339138Strengthening my back muscles through weightlifting has significantly improved my posture.
>>339188Cellulite has a strong genetic component.
>>340013No, i'm not. I have been consistently training without fail for 60 consecutive weeks, including during that period.
No. 340020
>>339583you have to find one that isn't tiny chunk bits floating with vegetable broth or cheap tomato sauce or soybean oil. I cannot believe how much tuna fish is full of vegetable broth, it tastes weird. the cheap stuff is not fit for a cat. the higher quality solid tinned fish is better, can be a little dry because it's really packed in there with just water but I don't mind that. I don't put mayo on it, maybe olive oil or something in a salad. I don't know, I like most kipper snacks and Season sardines too but some other canned fish makes me gag so it's not like you're wrong to hate it.
>>340015interesting. I kind of don't believe you. some people are weird though so maybe you're totally fine but it just seems weird to eat that little and work out and be fine, like something is off. she asked about eating 20%
under her BMR. that's so low. there's no reason for that, you're supposed to do 20% under your TDEE if you're trying to do 20% under anything. I can't imagine a lifetime of that would be good for anyone.
have you considered that your BMR has shifted from adaptive thermogenesis so you aren't actually eating under your BMR anymore? or that you're miscounting calories or that you were wrong about your bmr to begin with especially if you are a petite woman with low muscle mass. or that you have hypothyroidism?
No. 340022
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Anons that train daily or almost daily: how do you overcome fatigue?
I leave work and get home usually between 7 and 8 PM and I'm so beat. Sometimes it's like part of my brain wanna exercise but my body is stuck at bed because it and the other part of my brain are super drained from work, commuting, even socializing. Sometimes I'm barely holding up by 10 PM.
I have some metabolic issues and I'm taking some meds to get better, but I feel like it's not enough. I can't train before work either because I need all the sleep I can get or else I won't be able to function at work. I only feel actually rested when I sleep 9 hours a day but even that is kinda unrealistic for my daily life, only days off
I think the least tired I felt was when I was doing keto (I do have insulin resistance, admittedly), but I'm not even sure if it's sustainable with my current environment. I do wanna go back to it and even my doctor encouraged it, but I wanna know if the meantime there's a way to get more energy, especially to exercise daily?
No. 340054
>>340038Sorry, I think I forgot to make it clear that I'm not actively training right now and that I do want to get back because I genuinely like doing so, but since I've started working again, I'm too tired to do most things. Sometimes I roller skate a bit, but not even enough to break a sweat yet (I'm still learning)
>>340051I usually get up around 7:30 to 8 AM, and my work day
usually starts by 9. Another thing about my job is that I can't have much of a routine because of the nature of it. But most days go from 9-9:30AM to 6:30-7PM, plus one hour commuting from and back home.
Mostly due to traffic rather than being far from homeIf my city wasn't so dangerous, I could at least walk home, but that's really not possible where I live.
No. 340059
>>340054If you really can't reduce your work hours there isn't a healthy way to add a formal exercise block to your day, you need to sleep. I think giving 9-10 hours per day to work plus another 2 hours commuting is way too much but that's up to you to decide, maybe you have to do that to keep your job, I dunno. The only thing you could do is increase your activity in tiny chunks, like setting a little timer every hour at work and doing 12 pushups or squats or something, in a ten hour day you could get a full 60 minute workout that way. Over time it will add up and you will get stronger even though you won't be breaking a sweat. Maybe do a cardio thing on the weekends.
Does anyone else at work live in your neighborhood? You might be able to set up something where you walk to/from work in a group which would be safer (unless it's so bad that wouldn't help)
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>>340020Well, what I’m saying is true, the attached pic is my logs on fatsecret (app to count calories) and jefit (app I use to log my workouts at the gym).
What happens for people to find it difficult to eat 1000-1200kcal per day is that they don’t like to eat vegetables/lean meat. A large carrot of about 170g has only 77kcal, I used to eat a whole large carrot every day, lettuce weighs 300-500g and I ate at least one every 2-3 days, lettuce has 15kcal/100g, skinless chicken breast 119kcal/100g, konjac (a pasta substitute I mentioned above) 9kcal/100g. so basically if you want to eat a lot without starving you have to eat foods with high density and low calories, cut oil, butter and processed food. I didn’t eat any sweets or junk food for a really long time.
I went from 60kg± (134lbs) to 46kg (101lbs) and I was shredded as fuck, you could clearly see my obliques, when I got to 46kg I became amenorrheic but obviously it wasn’t because of low calories but because of not having any more fat in my body, now I’m at 50kg (110lbs) and struggling to eat 1600kcal in a HEALTHY way (vegetables and lean meat) and I guarantee it’s damn hard.
tl/dr: You can do a nice diet with 1000-1200kcal for months, maybe even more than a year depending on how many kg/lbs you were when you started the diet, if I had started with 70kg instead of 60kg I could maintain this diet for longer until I removed all the fat from my body and finally started to suffer the effects of having a very low bodyfat.
No. 340131
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>>340059Yeah, my amount of work hours really are not up for me to decide, unfortunately.
I feel a bit of shame, because I have coworkers that work the same amount as me (sometimes a bit more depending on the day) and they workout almost daily. They are men, tbf, but still.
I live in a huge dangerous city, imagine New York but in LATAM. I only know one person that lives near me, but she has a car and she works mostly from home anyway. She also leaves earlier.
Maybe I'll do as you suggest, and think of strategies to get a bit of a sneaky workout during the day.
It sucks so much because as I said, I do enjoy working out so during the day when I have a lot of energy I keep thinking about the exercises that I wanna do when I get home - but once I get home I really just wanna eat, turn off my brain to some videos or something like that and then sleep. Like it's 9:25 right now where I live and my eyes are already burning.
No. 340150
>>340022I wish I could give you advice, but I really feel you here anon. I used to work 10ish hour days plus commute and I was just dead by the time
I got home. The only decent advice I can give is find another job if you can’t decrease your hours. It isn’t healthy in the long run, not for your mind or body.
No. 340169
>>340093Strong Asian staple
Listen they’re gonna have little bones in them, it’s off putting at first but they’re actually good as long as spitting bones out doesn’t bother you
No. 340211
>>340155>>340174I have already been waiting for comments like these, nowadays people can't focus on their health and pursue their fitness goals without being labeled or judged. I am into bodybuilding, and it is normal for people to go through cutting and bulking phases. For participants in bikini contests, it is common to follow a low-calorie diet of 500-600 kcal for weeks to prepare for the competition (THIS is unhealth and ana). What I did was healthy because I was not losing more than 1% of my weight per week, in fact, I was well below that threshold. Most important of all I maintained a nutritious diet eating health and did not starve myself. I appreciate your concern, but rest assured, I was taking care of my well being.
>>340170You have to go through the website and not the app.
>>340194Jefit, is a amazing app to use during your training session and with it you can even see graphs on your progress in all exercises.
No. 340220
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Here are some tips for nonnies who want to lose weight.
No. 340229
>>340131Have you looked at Pamela Reif's app (the free version is fine)? It has several programs and one is 30m per day, which might be doable for you. When I have a busier work or travel or writing day (sometimes I need to use the motivation to just concentrate on my dissertation), I will move some exercises to a rest day on the app and sometimes do a full hour instead of 30m spread over two days. I like the app, it gives a bit of structure to my week and I like editing what is scheduled on each day.
I used to do her 45+ min per day plans and will return to that once this phase of work is done. It's also insanely hot so I'm eating and moving less. If you will always have this work schedule, maybe my solution isn't the best for you, but it's better than nothing, I think. I feel so much better when I'm doing something vs. nothing.
No. 340230
>>340174How is orthorexia even characterized? Genuine question because it honestly sounds just like being healthy
>>340220This has to be the oldest shittiest graphic I’ve ever seen. If you want to lose weight eat less, probably have to give up ice cream as a whole but like once you do you won’t even miss it, wtf is healthy about eating fruit blended with cornflakes be forreal
No. 340265
>>340227I'm healthy, as I mentioned in my post there comes a point where it stops being healthy when you don't have enough fat in your body, and I was aware of that. However, I still chose to do it, just like many women in bikini categories do.
What is unhealthy is having a very low body fat percentage. Eating this amount of calories, if you're consuming everything your body needs in terms of nutrition, is not inherently unhealthy.
The key point of my post is that it's not inherently unhealthy to eat 1000-1200 calories for months, many people can do it in a healthy way. How? By eating nutritious food, cutting out junk/processed food and sugar. Additionally, there is a genetic component to consider. 1000 calories may be sufficient for a woman who is 155cm (5ft) but probably not if you are 180cm (6ft).
Instead of discouraging women who are trying to lose weight, people should provide guidance on how to do it. That's what I'm doing here.
>>340238>>340240>(THIS is unhealth and ana)>>340230Orthorexia is a label used for unhealthy people who can't stand healthy people feel better about themselves.
No. 340267
>>340265I think you're being a little insincere with the way you're framing everything. Like… What you did was
healthy until it wasn't healthy but that's ok because you knew it was unhealthy and chose to do it but that doesn't mean you have a problem you are just struggling to eat maintenance calories now but it's not unhealthy no no etc. But whatever. You're right that a small overweight woman could eat at that level to lose weight for a while and not be unhealthy, and high-volume low-calorie unprocessed foods help make it easier and also a change in diet would probably be necessary to maintain long-term maintenance of new healthy weight. You took it to extremes which is your choice but you don't have to lie and say it was a healthy choice.
No. 340271
>>340267Being on a 1000-1200 calorie diet can be done in a healthy way. I was unhealthy when I weighed 46kg, and that was due to my low body fat, not the calorie intake itself. Even if I weighed what I do now (50kg) and consumed 1000 calories, I would still be healthy.
The problem wasn't the calories, but my low bf.
So, anyone who wants to follow a 1000-1200 calorie diet can do so in a healthy manner to pursue their weight goals. It becomes unhealthy when you go below your healthy weight, which, for me, is at a minimum of 48kg.
I didn't have any nutrient deficiencies during the period of my diet, but hormones start to get disrupted when you're a woman and have very low body fat like I did. It's important for women to maintain some body fat for hormonal reasons. That's why when discussing body fat percentages for women and men, the female minimum is always 10% higher than the male minimum.
No. 340284
>>340258I'd prefer cucumbers or watermelons if I wanted to crunch water and they have a good taste unlike shirataki, with them you'll have to add the flavour to them yourself. It soaks up flavour really quick so you have to be careful with the ingredients.
Personally, I like the rice-shaped konjac more than the noodles.
No. 340291
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I would give my left arm and leg if any of you can find what youtube video this is from. Who is this? I don't know korean stars well and even reverse image search didn't help me.
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>>3402911. this is not the "help me find thread" and 2. reverse-image-searching that literally opens a portal into edtwt hell. bleak and sad, picrel, this is mental illness. why do you want it?
No. 340315
>>340293>>340309Nah it's real. Ortho people are genuinely afraid of unhealthy/non-clean food, and not of just obvious things like candy or pizza, they completely pick things generally accepted as healthy apart too so you get orthos who refuse to eat, say, egg yolk or tuna. Or even fruits because fructose = bad! Their time is obsessivly spent on reading food labels, doing research, watching docus etc. and they have an ever diminishing selection of food they're "allowed" to eat, social life suffers because they don't allow themselves to eat what other people in their circles eat, productivity in other areas of life and general happiness suffers because they're overly focused on food. It's not a just set of healthy rules and habits, it's a genuine obsession that inferes with people's lives and mental health.
>For example is obsession with tracking, refusing unhealthy food, having too many eating rules considered orthorexia?>My point literally was that ortho isn’t a fucking thing Regardless if ortho is real or not and whether or not your example would be considered ortho, any "obsession with X" like you used in your example means at least an unhealthy relationship with X, even if it isn't bad enough to be considered disordered. Ortho can both be real and be used as a cope by fat people.
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>>340344her speech at the end is so sad. she describes how her self-esteem ties into dieting and getting a sense of control from it but she doesn't seem super aware of the implications there.
also she looks like a scary monster, I assume it's a filter that's supposed to be pretty but it's not having that effect
No. 340380
>>340331You're so
triggered that you're infighting with everyone on the thread and thinking everyone is the same person, truly you're the only asshole here.
No. 340384
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About calorie counting, I truly believe everyone should be doing it (and it has nothing to do with being ana or ortho or whatever is trending now). Human anatomy has not changed in 200,000 years. We are designed to eat in a completely different way than we eat today. Moreover, even natural foods like fruits and vegetables have been modified by humans to be 10 times more meaty/caloric/whatever.
People say, "It's crazy counting calories!!!" but, in fact, 90% of the population doesn't count calories and just eat whatever, without knowing what they are eating and how much they are consuming in terms of energy. The result of that is obvious: two-thirds of US adults are overweight or obese (69%), and one out of three is obese (36%). I'm not an Amerifag, but these numbers are a trend in many countries.
No. 340386
>>340384its funny you say that. im a burger and was recently in line at mcdonalds. if you don't know already, fast food restaurants list the calories for each item on the menu here (govt regulation)
anyway, behind me was an australian or south african family (the accent was a little hard to place) who made jokes about it.
No. 340394
>>340389Think a little harder next time.
The point is that people know unhealthy food is unhealthy. Go watch the first twenty minutes or so of the movie Fat Head. Overeating is an emotional problem, not a logical problem.
No. 340395
>>340389Here's a link since looking it up might be hard for you, considering…
https://youtu.be/KH7kpx6YC00?t=1213Start at 20:00
No. 340398
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I'm hitting a weight-loss plateau right now, any nonnas have some insight on this? I tried exercising and intermittent fasting for 16hrs but the results ain't rolling in yet so I just eat what I want (in moderation), hoping it would break the plateau.
No. 340405
>>340344thank you very much
I don't see it as that bad at all, the last part makes sense to me
No. 340407
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I've been having bad cravings and overeating and I hate it so much. The weight gain is one thing, but the worst part is spending money I don't have. This happens to me depending on stress levels and hormones fudging up. I ended up buying spicy chicken sandwiches and buying an overpriced starbucks and cake pops.
I know what needs to be done, but yikes what a nightmare! If any of you have had something similar happen, let me know how you overcame it. I'm going into debt.
Ideally I never want to spend another penny on fast food or restaurants again. I can cook, damn it.
Pic related. I'm becoming a chungus piece
of shit.
No. 340409
>>340407This happened to me a few weeks ago. It’s hard, I managed to have some time alone and that made me binge chocolates and brownies, I would also order like two burgers and then some huge pancakes at night.
Something that made me stop doing this is my family, feeling ashamed of the money I spend and of picking the deliveries that gets home makes me stop buying unnecessary fast food, now that I spend more time with them, I also stop thinking about food most of the time.
So yeah, keep yourself busy, do anything, get a friend or family member to stay with you when you’re feeling like bingeing, it works.
No. 340410
>>340409Thank you but I'm pretty lonely (just have my mom here and she's agitated easily and tried to feed me all the time) and ironically I binge more when I'm around people for some reason.
I appreciate your advice anyway.
No. 340417
>>340410Then maybe you need a very time consuming hobby or job, it works for me, but it has to be something that really makes you use your brain, not watching series or movies (that actually makes me want to binge harder)
Maybe get huge puzzles to build with your mom so both of you can relax doing something fun and nice, or huge coloring books, or you could workout together at home too.
No. 340420
>>340417I do need a job. In fact I need to work a lot, pay off some of this debt caused partially from bad decisions.
My mom spends the day watching soap operas endlessly so that won't be an option, but I can try to learn a skill or just pick up 2, 3 jobs. I just hope my coworkers won't be trying to feed me and bring unhealthy food.
No. 340807
>>340498Ouch, that sounds extremely rough nonna, I honestly have no idea if it actually exists, but I heard stories like these where people 'break' their metabolism from eating at a too low deficit for too long. If you happen to not be under 5 feet tall, 1200kcal a day doesn't sound right with your activity levels. I did read that when this happens it helps to slowly increase how much you eat every day by 200kcal per week till you hit what should be normal for your weight and activity levels. You will likely be gaining weight throughout all of this, but by the end of it you will eventually stabilize. No, you will not balloon into obesity by eating 1600kcal-1800kcal a day, as scary as it all sounds to you right now. When your weight does stabilize, you could try cutting it back down again to see if you can make any progress, but not down to 1200 again, maybe a 300 deficit? Just to see if your metabolism is back right on track. I have no idea if any of this is actually real or just bro science so if I'm wrong someone please correct me
No. 341149
>>340380Literally this
I’m this
>>340309 anon and I appreciate this response
>>340315 thanks anon it makes a lot of sense. Seems like ortho is fairly generalized from description.
No. 341207
>>341203Stay far away from alli.
What country are you in? Back in the early 2000s when that medication was introduced to the US market lots of people complained about uncontrollable diarrhea. I'm surprised anyone would ever consider it after that.
>“It forces you to eat a lower-fat diet — if you don’t, you’re violently penalized for not doing so,” says David Sarwer, the director of clinical services at the Center for Weight Loss and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. “When they eat a little too much fat, they’ll learn not to do it again.”
>“(I)’ve pooped my pants 3 times today, and sorry to get descriptive but it even leaked onto the couch at one point!” writes one user.
>It can strike any time — even in the early hours of the morning. One user writes: “(Y)a know how when you start moving around in the morning ya pass a little gas. Well, I did and then went into the bathroom and to my horror I had an orange river of grease running down my leg.” No. 341309
>>340398same here
nonnie. i just decide to exercise double the amount and eat even lesser treats/junk food (and eat smaller portions in general - 1200~1400 kcal a day, approx). i am plateauing at 55~57kg and i am 165cm tall. i hate it here I don't want to become fat again.
No. 341562
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How do you deal with weighing yourself?
While this diet have been helping me, my anxiety is telling me is not helping at all and the less I want to do is be an ana and focus in losing weight in a harsh way.
No. 341977
best website for TDEE calculation? so far the most detailed one I know is
https://tdeecalculator.org , with different formulas and things like weight loss prognosis. my goal is weight loss, I need to drop around 6-10 kgs.
No. 341988
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I have an active, outdoor job in the summer. I'm walking 6,000-8,000 steps a day, five days a week. My lunch is usually some carrots, crackers with peanut butter, and a sandwich or something else plant-based with protein. However, my job is also really stressful, and I love a sweet treat in the afternoon, or a drink a few times a week as a comfort. I thought walking around and expending that energy would be enough to help me control my weight, but I have only gained weight for the past year or so. I'm 5'8" and up to 165 lbs. I feel so chubby and awful, and I don't know what to do. I'm really wary of restrictive calorie deficits, since my job is fairly active and I need to have energy throughout the day.
I'm not really sure what changes I need to make to get it together before my weight gets out of control, and I could use some advice.
No. 342000
>>341977they all use the same few formulas so there isn't really a difference between them.
that said, if you want to see al the different formulas use this, it's the most anal retentive one I've seen
https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/ No. 342008
>>341988Agreeing with other anon, walking that much is burning about 150 calories more a day than not walking at all, 750 more calories in a 5 day work week. A treat and a few drinks is much, much more than that. You can still enjoy those things, but maybe substitute heavier things in your daily meals with some less calorie dense foods. I made the same mistake at my current job, I was walking 12k steps a day thinking I could eat more hefty meals, but I just ended up gaining 5lbs in a matter of 4 months. I coped myself into thinking it was muscle, but my work pants were getting noticeably tighter lmao.
Carrots are awesome, so keep eating those. Maybe it's best to substitute the crackers with celery or even more carrots to dip in the peanut butter. Also, maybe switch peanut butter to one that is just peanuts and oil if you haven't already.
No. 342018
>>341990sign up for a course. i struggled the same way and realized i need something with a schedule beyond my own control, because if i set my own schedule i'll just drop it at some point.
i started aerial hoop classes, they're once a week but you can also book additional training sessions. just find something that you would enjoy
No. 342069
>>342064Cardiovascular exercise, lifting heavy weights properly, and controlling your diet
It doesn't matter if you're shaped like Gisele Bundchen or Mulher Melancia, you gotta hit the cardio and weights
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lpWM8dgPp3c No. 342165
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>>342117>5'4" 200oh that's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be when you said you needed to lose 70lbs. You're gonna have to do this in phases so it might be helpful to set smaller goals and be realistic with the timeline, like set six months goals within a 2 years frame or something like that. You could definitely go down to 160 within a year and just be normal overweight instead of obese, then going from 160 to 140 will probably feel a little different and much slower. The good news is pretty much any positive change you make will have a noticeable affect on the scale right now as long as you stay consistent the transition can be easymode over a long period of time. You don't really need drastic changes at this point you need a little lifestyle shift (picrel, source
https://www.precisionnutrition.com/cost-of-getting-lean-infographic ) and then later you can get into the nitty gritty
I would recommend maybe talking to a doctor even though their advice tends to be generic, it could save you trouble later if there's any concern with your knees.
No. 342203
>>342193Could be the first two. I find it easier to do cardio fasted, guess I'll try to change that
>>342199Possible, I'll see if it'll be better without watching videos on the phone but damn that'll be boring lol
No. 342242
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>>342037>>342038Like the other anon said, you can't reduce bodyfat in one specific area. Just a calorie deficit overall will help you lose fat, as well as resistance training to achieve a muscular shape underneath the fat. Even bodyweight exercises like knee-assisted push-ups and squats with no weight are a good way to get started, along with eating more protein
>>342117You got this anon, it's never too late to turn things around. For the knees thing, the only advice I can give is to not do much running for now as that tends to stress joints at higher weights (other forms of cardio like swimming, cycling, walking would be great though). Honestly I don't think light strength training will hurt your knees, it probably will help if anything, maybe just bodyweight lunges and squats to gauge how they feel first
No. 342268
>>342165I appreciate this, it's grounding. Definitely expecting it to take a couple years but thinking about it in phases is a good idea, I know I've seen people say that with major weight loss it often comes off quickly at first then slows down a lot. Out of curiosity, what about that height/weight combo makes it not as bad as you thought? I assumed 70 extra lbs would be even worse than usual for someone short.
>>342242Thanks nonna. This was the year the damage to my body started becoming too bad to ignore and it's simultaneously demoralizing and motivating. Cycling is a great idea though, I used to love riding a bike when I was younger and that seems like it would be less intense on the joints.
No. 342376
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Anons, I'm trying to lose weight, only a little, but I'm finding it really difficult to reduce my calorie intake, I try eating less but I then start feeling absolutely starving and lightheaded.
Just some info on my current fitness/weight:
I'm 79kg, 173cm and my waist is about 30 inches, I walk in and out of work everyday (40 mins walk one way) so I get in my 10000 steps, I also (ideally) swim 3 times a week, about 45 mins - an hour every time.
Anons, any advice on the best types of filling meals/foods I can eat so I'm not snacking in between meals all the time?
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>>342376high satiety, high volume/low calorie foods. fibrous vegetables and lean protein, that short of thing.
one not uncommon thing is you might have insulin resistance which makes you feel way hungrier than you should be; if that's the case you can eat low Glycemic Index/ low Glycemic Load foods and it will help with hunger. I have a pdf of foods from some fitness youtuber for women with PCOS and insulin resistance issues, picrel
No. 342507
>>342465MFP and Garmin. I guess one could also count YouTube and the default notes app too lol
I tried so many pf these apps but most have a subscription model and I'm too lazy to find a cracked/modded version. Down Dog is the only app I'd suggest to others tho, but only for yoga
No. 342604
>>342465For calorie tracking i use MyFitnessPal cause it had a big library of food information ppl input. I never tracked super close, but it always gave me a good general idea and I'd over estimate if i wasn't sure.
As for exercise, i used FitNotes cause i just needed something basic to track reps and weight. I imagine there's more useful apps out there.
No. 342624
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I'm planning on dropping about 10kg or 18lbs to get to my desired bf%, while also trying to increase or maintain strength as much as possible. I expect to get there in about 3 months. I'm planning on eating at least 2.2 grams of protein per kg of bodyweight, going for a +800 kcal deficit 5 days a week, with weekend refeeds. As I get closer to my goal and my strength starts to suffer, I might have to readjust. Then I'll maintain for a bit and give things a break before dropping another 4-5kg/10lbs, which will put me below fertility range for bf%. Which will be temporary since then I'm planning on bulking up 6-7kg/15lbs. Idk what I'll do after that, will see what things look like and where my strength will be at.
No. 342635
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>>342529That depends on your leptin resistance apparently
>The practical implication is this. If you are lean and leptin sensitive, then eating more dietary fat, like cheese, will likely not make you gain weight. However, if you are trying to lose weight, and have some problem with obesity/ insulin/ leptin resistance, then adding extra fat to your meals is NOT a good idea. https://www.dietdoctor.com/eating-extra-fat-make-fat No. 342637
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I’ve lost 18 pounds during summer! I could have lost more but I still love eating too much kek, but I think this pace is manageable for the future. I still want to lose about 40 pounds more. But a couple people have noticed my weight loss already so that’s nice!
No. 342642
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I finally feel like I can post here and not in the ED thread lol.
I've been lifting weights since spring. Started eating more, though I haven't been tracking super closely. I have a window of 1600-2k calories that I aim for and a protein goal and that's it. Right now I work out 6x a week but I'll probably stop once 8 weeks are up and switch back to 3/4x instead. I've gained muscle and stamina and no longer feel like a ghost in my own body. I'm still always checking over my shoulder, worried I'll fall back into old habits, but I think I'm doing good! I hope I can keep going like this.
No. 342775
dropping this resource here
https://exrx.net/Lists/Directory (list of exercises by muscle group and specific muscles) I think it's fun to look through
No. 342860
>>342848If your hitting your protein goal with your regular diet, there's really not much point to adding more protein. Protein rich foods are also really filling and hard to eat a lot of, unless you mix in loads of sugar/sweetener, like most protein bars.
I'd focus more on whole grains and other carbs. Oatmeal, potatoes, rice, pasta ect. In my experience when you feel full is something you get used to, so once you get in the habit of getting seconds you won't even have to think about it anymore.
No. 342869
>>342851I have been underweight my whole life even though I have a really good appetite, as a child I was already tall and slim and I never put on weight. That's just how my body has been my whole life even though I never restrict food intake and eat very well, if anything I even overeat often since I smoke weed. I have no issues with food, in fact I love cooking (and eating) so that's why I talked about not turning that into a chore since I really don't want to fixate on food, counting calories, protein intake… I started worrying about it recently because I feel a bit weak and get constant comments from people around me regarding my weight. I'm not a picky eater and love to eat different types of cuisine, baking, and I enjoy greasy and indulgent food as much as anyone. Thank you for the advices, I'll try heavy smoothies in the morning with peanut butter as I think breakfast is the only meal where I can really improve.
>>342860Thank you for your informative note on proteins. I eat bread daily and carbs for every meal, else I'd feel hungry. Honestly it's the first time I confront this issue and writing all this down makes me thing I should see a doctor just to check.
No. 342911
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I'm going to get fucking fit nonas. I saw an older woman the other day with muscular arms and she looked so great. I want that to be me and my future. Has anyone else gone from 0 strenght training to having visible arms muscles? Tell me your story please.
No. 342916
>>342869Yeah it might be a good idea to see a doctor just to rule out some metabolic issue that might make it harder for you to gain weight, since that is a bit unusual if your diet is already so varied and unrestricted.
>I'll try heavy smoothies in the morning with peanut butter as I think breakfast is the only meal where I can really improve.Hopefully that'll work to get some results! If you feel full easily it can be a great help to consume more liquid calories. I for one know that when I started to drink a lot of beer I would never lose any weight even when I wouldn't eat enough during the day (which is super unhealthy, don't do this obviously, go for the thick nutrient-heavy smoothies or shakes instead).
No. 342939
I failed at going to gym regularly so far in my quest, but I have a one step above sedentary life and stretch/do pt excersises with bands a couple tikes a week at least. Its so, so hot here. Not a good excuse but the heat makes everything between 1pm and 8pm feel impossible, opening the front door even once causes the ac to struggle. Anyway, what I have done was lose 10lbs so far! 165/166ish to 155/156ish! My main goal is to not be overweight by the time I hit 30. I have plenty of time, and at this rate I should hit that goal with just under 6 months to spare I think. My ultimate goal is to "get back" to what I used to be when I was a gym rat type around the age of 24 to 26. Muscular, and around 125-130lbs. But, if I could hit and maintain 130 as my ultimate goal, I will feel accomplished and be okay with a slower gym journey. I used to have a very active job that helped a ton with my body comp. Not sure if I can get to that point again realistically without doing what I used to do for work and NOT sacrificing a lot more time day to day at the moment. But I am happy, had a late night binge slip up last night and paying for it today, I think I can refrain tonight and hopefully the following ones too.
No. 343002
With ADHD and the Vyvanse I take for it I have a ton of trouble eating actual meals for most of the day. I've started to just bring the same assortment of healthy snacks to work every day so I can graze until I get home and the medication has worn off enough that I can cook a big-ish meal (around 600 cal). Coffee with a cup of soy milk, one egg, one cheese stick, one cup Greek yogurt, two cups of fresh/frozen fruit, 1/4 cup nuts, a cup-ish of overnight oats, a cup-ish of raw or dried vegetables, and cramming in chia/flax/hemp seed toppings and popcorn to be at around 1000 cal total throughout the work day. I'm hitting my 1600 BMR and eating more protein/veggies during dinner, getting enough protein, so I guess my question is… is this ok? Like am I going to fuck something up by eating basically the same things every day until dinner? The consistency and ease has been really helpful for making it a habit but I guess I'm paranoid that I'm doing something wrong by not eating more "normal" meals or not necessarily eating grains and stuff every day. For what it's worth I try to mix up the fruit, veggies and nuts I bring throughout the week.
No. 343068
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I'm gonna scope out the local gyms today wish me luck
No. 343073
>>343011Thanks for the reply!
>it's still a slow climb so don't get frustrated if you don't get results fast, this is a year long commitment minimum.That's all right, I don't expect to get ripped as soon as I touch a weight kek. But knowing that I will likely have visible progress next summer is motivating!
No. 343088
>>343084"Every body is different" but in theory the strength training is more important than the cardio if you have to cut one. It will help you keep your lean muscle and burn more calories at rest and just generally make your life easier and your goal weight easier to maintain when you get there. Personally I like to be able to run and not be short of breath so I'm not telling you to stop cardio completely if it's important to you, it's just something to consider.
I don't see why you couldn't get there one day if you go slow and if you keep weight training. Lifting is like telling your body you need to keep those muscles. Being in a small calorie deficit also helps because if you cut drastically your body will consume its muscle first so it's not really worth it. But it sounds like you're on the right track.
No. 343090
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no results since starting daily workouts 4 months ago but I'm gonna keep at it and hope for the best instead of giving up this time
No. 343159
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>>341988OP here, thanks nonas for the reality check. I've been limiting my treats and instead replacing them with fruits or veggies, and going on daily walks or jogs to get 10,000 steps each day. I got back on a calorie tracking app and set a reasonable deficit for myself, and I feel much better for it! I hope it sticks this time.
No. 343227
Hey nonas, I'm in desperate need for some advice!
For starters, I am 5'6, 115 lbs, and currently recovering from bulimia. I'm still terrified of gaining weight, though I would be okay with it if it's muscle mass.
My ED has made me very weak and I have absolutely no strength, especially in my arms and legs. My goal is strengthen my entire body, so I can feel healthy, which would definitely aid my recovery and overall wellbeing!
I'm also looking to tone my arms, core, and slim my legs - especially because I have serious cankles.
Working out has always been triggering for me, but I'm eager to try again. I just have no idea where and how to start. Do I need any equipment? How do I build a workout regimen that suits my needs?
Side notes: I can't afford a gym membership; I can't do jumping exercises because of my downstairs neighbour; I have a yoga mat and some resistance bands.
Sorry for the convoluted text! I'm looking forward to some advice!
No. 343872
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hi nonnies, I'm on a diet (mostly because of a health condition–I'm now 23 bmi which is the skinniest I have been since I was a little kid) and I wanted to ask, is it normal to have a bad mood when starting off on diets and eating healthier? I was thinking maybe it was just sugar withdrawals but I've been having some berries daily so I doubt it.
No. 343982
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As of today I am no longer overweight! god bless
No. 344009
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Really dumb question, let's say I'm eating 1200 calories a day to lose weight, but I go to the gym and burn 600, would I have to make that up by eating the deficit as well?
No. 344038
>>344036>How about willpower?>Drink more water or tea when you're hungry.Go back to the ED thread, it's widely known that if you deprive yourself for a while you'll obviously give in later and you'll eat much more than if you just ate something small when you first wanted to. Binge-restrict cycle 101.
>Make sure you don't have burgers lying around and therefore can't binge on them.I have no binging problem, I'm just asking if upping calories for a while before your period starts is even a good thing to do or are there other ways (that don't involve anashit).
No. 344061
>>344038>if you deprive yourself for a while you'll obviously give in laterI'm not saying deprivation. I'm saying you could keep eating as usual but drink more water on top of it.
>I'm just asking if upping calories for a while before your period starts is even a good thing to doIt's a neutral thing. Theoretically, progesterone (that's what makes you ravenous) ramps up your metabolism, so you can eat a bit more. Doesn't really make a difference.
No. 344101
>>344038You're basically talking about having or not having an extra snack on those days. If you really can't just push through and ignore the cravings get more protein in your diet so that you're satiated longer. Having a little self control and accountability isn't ana and forgoing a snack won't
trigger a binge-restrict cycle if you have a normal relationship with food though.
No. 344102
>>344101>You're basically talking about having or not having an extra snack on those days.No, an extra meal or more. I'm perfectly fine with self control on the other days, it's just I get insanely ravenous before it actually starts.
>forgoing a snack won't trigger a binge-restrict cycle if you have a normal relationship with food thoughThat's where it gets difficult because I've been stuck in a binge-restrict cycle before, I'm mostly recovered now but I don't want to
trigger it again.
No. 344107
>>344095that's the infamous "skinnyfat" phase, for lack of a better term. there's 8 hundred bajillion websites and videos about "body recomp" which is basically what you need to do, but the very short version is eat at maintenance or at your current manageable deficit and start doing some exercise. You will slowly gain muscle and burn your fat without drastic measures. Takes a while but very worth it. If you're already exercising you need to add more exercises that build muscle and start tracking your bodyfat percentage. here's a video that kinda goes over it (warning they do try to sell their coaching at the very end of every video)
Weighlifting is the obvious choice, but there's other stuff if you can't get into weightlifting. Bodyweight exercises like calisthenics, yoga, pilates, etc. Walking a lot if you have the time helps a lot as well. Usually people DON'T recommend intense cardio unless you're gonna get into marathon runs (which are fun and doable!) since that's going to build cardiovascular endurance but not so much muscle unless you get super serious. I don't know how true that is but I've heard it enough times I just believe it now. (A little cardio is nice though, imo.) I'm not a fitness instructor though.
No. 344218
>>338935THAT WAS ME mwah I’m glad you’re getting toned as well. I’ve been supplementing the Kerch workout with stomach vacuums to get a flat stomach without growing my obliques and it’s helped a ton. Intense body weight workouts gave me way more results than I ever expected.
Do any anons have recs for lower back workouts that don’t train obliques? My main problem area are my love handles. I have muffin top even when naked and my butt looks like it has a dent in it. It’s not my hip dips because it’s right on my butt, no the sides. Training my upper glutes helps to round it out but I have a hard time keep volume in that area for whatever reason.
No. 344246
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i have never felt more seen in my life. this exact thing happens to me. happens with almost anything i eat bc i have IBS. it drives me absolutely insane to be in a healthy BMI with a toned stomach and then get bloated like this during the day. idk how to fix it aside from eating nothing but rice and water for the rest of my life which isn't going to happen.
No. 344399
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Is working out with dumbbells at home enough to get nice, defined arms or do I have to lift? My arms are the only thing I want to work on visually and I cardio isn't enough.
No. 344487
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I honestly have tanked my body. I used to be rather slim until a few years ago then I ballooned up. My waist used to be a 26in now its 36in and I am all over a mess.
My goal is to drop back down to my original weight, 125, and hopefully get back to my old level of fitness too. I used to run daily.
I'm just not happy like this and the only clothes I wear are baggy so they can hide me. I miss being able to wear low rise jeans like pic rec. I love that theyre coming back in style!
No. 344537
>>344510There are a lot of ways to approach this but you should maybe eat at maintenance while you figure it out (I don't want to make you backslide but it's possible you're due for a reset). Are you tracking your body fat % / measurements? That might help since the scale doesn't tell the whole story when you hit a plateau, for all we know you're progressing in terms of body composition but not weight.
I think you probably just have to figure out what your bottleneck is and work on that. Sleep, hydration, protein, calories, activity, (progress is always from a combination but one alone could hold you back)
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I've been training with a glute program for about 6 months and have seen only a 1-inch increase in my glute area.
Started smoking weed and with the munchies I gained 8lbs, and my butt grew 2 inches in 1-2 months. Weightlifting feels like an ungrateful activit… I wish it were more rewarding.
No. 344554
>>341988This is the problem with energy expenditure: the body is a wonderful machine that is programmed to be efficient, and being efficient means preserving energy for difficult times
Unfortunately to achieve a great looking body you gotta do the hard cardio and be on point with your diet, walking 10k steps a day isn't going to cut it
No. 344627
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>>344612I have thyroid issues too and I lost 50lbs by being honest about my diet/eating habits. I started to track and log every single bite of food and how I felt when eating. Was I bored, sad, happy etc. That helped me to identify my emotional eating patterns and somewhat reign it in. Then I just started to make my portions smaller and made sure my plate was always mostly vegetables and protein. Started fasting. Tea with a bit of honey for breakfast. Anything for lunch, as long as it was around 700 calories. No snacks, no liquid calories aside from milk in coffee. If I got hungry between meals I'd eat a piece of ham or cheese or a couple of nuts. Maybe a berry smoothie with a bit of yoghurt. For dinner, I just tried to keep it around 300 calories. Usually it was some combination of steamed veg, protein (boiled eggs, chicken, tuna) and yoghurt or cottage cheese. I ate a lot of broccoli, brussels sprouts, corn, cauliflower. Sometimes I'd pan fry peppers and zucchini together in a tiny bit of oil. It was kinda low carb because I avoided bread and fruit and tried to not have pasta or rice for dinner. I started walking for 30 mins a day and doing light yoga 3 days a week. I lost most weight doing that, probably 30lbs. Then I switched to volume eating because I missed fruit too much. Started cooking lots of light vegetable stews, soups etc. Lost another 20lbs. Oh and my sugar cravings disappeared completely when I started eating fruit instead of sugary treats.
But really, it doesn't have to complicated. Reduce portion size, less carbs, more protein and veg. Cut out snacks and soda, move a little more. Be more mindful of what you eat and how you feel.
No. 344633
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I've been weight training and eating a protein heavy diet for 2-3 months now after being a lazy pos my entire life and my body looks insane. I started off as skinny fat but now i have those nice lines on my stomach. My quads have grown and my booty looks more pronounced and i can finally lift heavy stuff without asking my neighbor for help. I am amazed by my progress and can't believe all i had to do was move some stupid weights around and drink protein shakes. I can safely eat fast food twice a week without hating myself. The gym Stacy's were right nonnas… Also, as a tip to anyone who struggles with cravings: eat a protein dense diet. I am literally always full and usually have to force myself to eat to meet my calorie goal. I eat 80-120 grams of protein a day and I'm 5'3 and vegan, so no excuses!
No. 344987
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>>344633what protein shakes are you eating? do you get most of it from that?
No. 345002
>>344633Awesome job anon, your progress is amazing! I'm also curious about what you mainly eat for protein, being vegan; I'm an omnivore myself and I still struggle sometimes think creatively with my protein sources.
>>345001Walking on a treadmill at an incline, it's all you'll ever need.
No. 345003
>>344633>another vegan>shorter than mei have literally zero excuses
is your only source of protein the shakes? which specific plant protein would you recommend?
No. 345076
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>>345010>>345015>>345002I want to add to these nonitas to say that walking on a treadmill on incline has worked wonders for me over the last year or so. Half an hour if you want a big sweat, but even fifteen to twenty minutes is great. I know people meme on the 12-3-30 but paired with good protein intake, sleep, hydration, balanced diet and some weight training, it really does work wonders.
(I was around 170lbs and I'm down to 125lbs with much more stamina, just working on my abs now and building some more muscle now the extra fat is gone!) (and I'm 5'1 if that helps)
No. 345184
>>345132Ntayrt but no, it's an endurance exercise and it targets the muscle in a different way.
>>345118Lol I experience this too. On my rest days I feel like a flabby piece of shit and on my active days I feel like a god.
No. 345271
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>>345223I didn't do the workout but this woman makes me feel like picrel
No. 345522
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>>345130Ozempic, Mounjaro, etc there are a lot of new pills trending right now, but if I were you I wouldn't go down this path. You're probably young and can lose weight in healthier ways.
No. 345571
>>345556From what I've seen people weight the ingredients and multiply them by their cal/100g values on the packages or from some other source when preparing the meal from scratch.
For me it's kinda fucky because most of the homemade meals are not made by me (I live with my father who loves cooking). If he didn't mix the different meals portioning them out, I can still weight out stuff and make estimations for the caloric value and add in the oil and other stuff. If he does serve the food for me (even though I ask him not to), I have to estimate a lot about, so I try to intentionally overestimate the caloric value based on past numbers. I'm still losing weight, so it checks out more or less.
No. 345633
>>345618There's some evidence that diet tracking doesn't affect people who aren't at risk of ED:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34427188/Here's an article on the study:
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/diet-tracking/ No. 345779
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>>345755The healthiest approach is to lose a maximum of 1% of your weight per week. Losing more than that isn't healthy, unless you're severe obese.
No. 345851
>Be me, overweight, flabby, and up 2 dress sizes from what I used to be
>Metabolism is a bit fucked from a medication I was on, used to be able to lose weight fairly easily with healthy lifestyle changes
>Lost a lot of muscle in the last 2 years from being sedentary due to medical issues
>In my early 30s now
>Fasting, eating at a calorie deficit
>MFP has me eating ~1400 cal a day
>Sometimes go slightly over because scared of starvation mode, but it isn't often
>Eat whole grains, veggies, lean protein
>Cut out sugar entirely
>Autistically measuring and weighing everything I eat
>Portions are tiny as fuck
>Weight has not budged despite doing this for over a month
>Body calculator scale shows the same percentages each day, give or take 1%
>Lightly active, do light home cardio, Pilates, or short walks around my neighborhood daily
>Live off a main road, so can't walk further and don't drive
>Want to get back into weight lifting to build muscle and increase metabolic rate
>Weight training makes my chronic illness spike for a few days
>Can't even do a fraction of what I used to do with weights before getting sick
>Still get fucked physically regardless, but gain no muscle anyway
I'm so fucking tired of this. Is there any solution to this? Or is it just over for me? Feel free to slap me for being overdramatic or impatient but I don't understand how I can do the normal -1 lb a week thing when this is what happens.
No. 345873
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around 96 kg. goal→ 60 kg.
>Day 1:
>Ate like 1750 calories and exercised at the gym for an hour.
>I hope to reach my goal weight June 2024. >I hate being a fatty.
Any tips on being disciplined? I tend to give up around the 2 week mark.
No. 345992
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why tf dont dentists tell anyone about this miracle substance? and why isnt it more widely available in retail stores?
should really be incorporated in all dental hygiene routines
No. 346026
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>>345873I have a weight loss tracker that has rewards at milestone amounts. Milestones are weight, measurement or fitness challenge based. Rewards are anything from new image discs for my galaxy projector, new vibrator, fancy nail polish or sauna-massage & magnesium float tank.
I also like to look around at places that have new member trial months as mixing it up with bikram yoga & reformer Pilates keeps my brain interested.
I also like coloring in the spots when I complete the task.
No. 346041
>>345996 If you want to lose weight you don't have to drop that many cals all at once. If you want to lose inches increase activity. Binging isn't great but maybe intermintent fasting would be a good option. A 16:8 would allow meals to be closer together and feel like you are eating more. Increase your whole foods and you will see how far those calories can go. I'm not saying this is your situation but you could eat a small bag of chips or a bowl of piyaz. Close in cals but one is designed to make you hungry and one has ntrients, protein and fiber to keep you feeling satisfied longer.
>>346027You can strengthen and remineralize what is there, but we don't currently have the ability to actually rebuild it. Once our natural enamel is worn down, it is gone and our body won't make more for the teeth we have. There are a couple of places offering an enamel coating but it's iffy and obviously not the same. It's always hard to change things we are used to or comfortable with but if you want it, you can do it.
No. 346222
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>>346159Sending good vibes of consistency and self-efficacy your way too.
No. 346438
>>346432Really proud of you, keep up the good work
>>346420I do rope jumping when I failed to meet my daily steps for 3 days in a row, it's really tiring and costing for me kek. I have small breasts and tbf I've always thought about big boobed women while jumping because it's already kind of hurting when I do it (I do it in a really "low jump but really fast" pace)
Otherwise, really nice workout, would defo recommend
No. 346462
>>346454Small things I do include:
Writing down a to-do list with mundane tasks so I can check them off for fun
Cleaning but in a retarded way where I shine a glass for an hour until it’s so clean I need a break
Indulging in literally anything but just a little so I also get the boost of self esteem from being in control
Doing something sporadic (go see a movie, go on a drive, any type of go-outside thing, dying hair or cut my own bangs can backfire but has worked lol)
Go to sleep with sunset and wake up with sunrise (this might not sound fun unless you’re literally camping — which I recommend if you can — but it works wonders)
No. 346489
>>346470I avoid weighing myself tbh, I usually only do so when I notice any dramatical physical changes. I prefer measuring myself, and I try to only do so weekly. The issue of weighing yourself is that unless you have the special scale that measures your fat and muscle tissues, you don’t know what you should be focusing on.
It’s better to go somewhere to weight yourself where there’s the special scale, and to only do so when you notice any particular changes, like your measurements being drastically different to the first time you took them.
Because then you will only see the number on the scale and you won’t actually care about the things you’re doing to be healthy.
No. 346496
>>346470During your routine appointment at the dr's office.
>>346481>>346487You can't spot reduce fat, only lose it overall. If you're at normal range then I'd say leave it alone, I'm not going to offer condescending "love yourself" style advice but fr we all store fat differently. I have a little pad on my belly too that was there even when I was underweight so for me it's just not worth it to fixate on it anymore. As far as firming goes, you can build your pecs with chest work but the actual breast tissue itself will remain the same.
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>>346470I used to measure and weight myself weekly but I found with my hormone cycle I hated looking at the number as it made me anxious.
Instead I do it everyday or night as a exposure therapy kinda-deal. That way my mind get's less sensitive to the number and seeing the small fluctuations throughout the week & monthly hormone cycle.
No. 346519
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The last 2-3 days were the hottest days of the summer yet, but what's even worse is that it's sooo fucking humid. I feel bad for skipping out on my run, but I sweat excessively even under normal conditions, and doing it on a humid day leads to me looking as if I was dying and I get sweat in my eyes so I have to stop at every water fountain to wash my face. I have no idea how I'll survive higher and higher record temperatures to come
No. 346607
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>>346481>>346487It seems like no one reads the thread or cares to do a Ctrl+F. It has been said COUNTLESS times that spot reduction doesn't exist.
No. 346718
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So I went from 217 pounds to 209 in two months.
No. 346739
>>346607god forbid someone ask just to get a second opinion what to do about lower belly fat, like how some ppl ask about what to do to get nice arms
there was an anon who talked about a standing abs routine video working for her so im thinking of doing that and some specific pooch stuff. for now im tracking my calories and going to be more consciously active every day
No. 346766
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>>344633Clinks glass with you as a fellow short lazy nona who just hit the "nice lines on my stomach" milestone. I love it here
No. 346805
>>346718Great going! I'm proud of you!
>>346804I started by going once a week on one of my days off. Then after a little bit I started getting a bit more energy and was able to start going during the week. Just slowly build up to it.
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>>346739I'm sorry, I spilled my crankiness online.
Some thoughts about abs:
It's not really necessary to specifically target abs with exercises to develop the lines if you're into weightlifting, professional bodybuilders don't do it because bulge abs aren't ~aesthetic~.
If you do focused abs exercises it can bulge your abs and increase your waist size (even in men's physique, a narrower waist is considered more aesthetically pleasing).
Finally, for me i have to hit 101 pounds to show my full six packs and burn my pouch belly, and get rid of my belly pouch.. It's a substantial amount, but everyone's fat-burning process is different. For me, the pouch is one of the last things to go, while others might not need to lose as much weight.
No. 346982
>>346909so, some basic equipment and my own body, I can do that. I would use a gym, but I don't feel save at the one here and therefore it will have to wait until I moved away in a year, but I don't want to sit around, being unhealthy anymore, so every workout I can do at home I will try.
>>346913Nothing nice here, I will be going for walks after work in different parts of the city, but where I live I wouldn't feel comfortable.
No. 347043
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I just binge ate my basil plant. What do. I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow and need quick, tasty, low calorie food to nourish me. Also is the plant done for because I also ate quite a bit of the stems.
No. 347100
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>>347043You… Ate it straight…
Did it taste good? If it did, go for salads. Spinach has a good ratio of nutrients but be careful of oxalic acid. You can pick up things like radishes or apples to make a basic spring mix have variety. Crispy noodles, nuts and cheeses change up texture. Things like salt, powder bouillon and salad seasoning can be used for additional flavor with a lower calorie profile. You can also make your own dressing without oils or cook up some marinated meats. Low cal, nutrient dense, quick and flexible. a quater tsp is enough of the salad seasoning for me for a sevenish ounce salad. I fold up the packet and put it in the fridge afterwards.
No. 347109
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>>347043Strawberries, cantaloupe, papaya, grapes, orange, bananas, pineapple, berries (in general).
No. 347173
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Yalllllll I've been splitting (with a friend) a paid membership to YouTube yoga guru Tana Yoga's website, Tana Studio since May or June 2023 and it is LIFE CHANGING. I started my yoga practice in April of last year and since incorporating Tana's hour long vinyasas and pilates/yoga fusion videos into my life x4 a week my skills, strength and flexibility have all had a major uptick. I've nailed both of my standing splits, I can hit a birds of paradise pose on one side. My back is shredded. Side muscles activated, ankles and feet very strong. Weight hasn't changed at all (wasn't my goal) but my body composition has changed for the better: leaner, compact muscle, nice lines. Anyway my point wasn't to brag but to espouse the virtues : if any of my fellow youtube yoginis were considering taking the plunge and investing in an off-platform subscription, Tana Studio gets my effusive vote.
No. 347185
>>346854That was an interesting video, I'll have to check out more of the youtuber's stuff. Thank you for the tips nona!! I'll do her anti-doming stuff to my stretches.
>>346891It's ok, thank you for the tips nona! I'll go and lift more weights instead of worrying so much about adding core-only stuff to my routine.
No. 347247
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Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts classes for fitness and practical self defence? Right now my options are BJJ, Muay Thai or MMA. I’d also love it as a chance to socialise and would be interested if anyone with experience could say which ones attract the most and least stable moids?
>>347173Thanks for the rec! I’ve been doing yoga at home and will definitely look into her pid membership
No. 347328
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I think I’m yet again self-sabotaging myself and I don’t know what to do. I started doing these circuits at this gym and doing that made my appetite override the fucking liraglutide so now I will have to either add a snack after working out or start using a higher dose of liraglutide (I’m using the lowest dose).
But I just feel so hungry again, I hate this feeling, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it so much.
This shit always happens to me and I don’t know what to do, I start a diet, have fun, try new stuff that I end up surprisingly liking but that are healthy, do exercise, lose weight dramatically, then I start getting hungry and gain weight again.
Just make it stop! I’m sick of this shit! I just want to lose weight already!
No. 347350
>>347247Martial artist here that had to retire here.
Fitness? Yes. Practical self defense? Not really. Most of the time your teacher/sensei will tell you to give up your stuff since burglars aren't alone and usually have illegal weapon (at least here where I live is). Besides, most of martial arts were made to make yourself stronger to keep working, no as self defense (unless is Krav Maga and even then, you better give your smartphone).
And the ones that bring scrotes to the yard are sadly MMA or BJJ unless their trainer is not as shady as them. I have a friend in Muai Thai and it seems her group is amazing, you should try there first.
No. 347597
>>347464Nonna, the end of your post absolutely devastated me. I am so proud of the progress you made, and I also want to say that you really did do good by your dog by taking your dog out and giving your dog what they deserved.
Pet loss grief is tough
nonnie. I had to say goodbye to my dog last year. Actually, the one year anniversary of her death is coming up. I am so sorry for your loss
nonnie. I really, truly am. It can feel so hard at times, because I think some of us wonder if it's even okay to grieve for as long and as hard as we do- it doesn't feel "right" since it was "just a dog" but pets brings such immense joy and love into our lives, it's only natural that it hurts so, so much when we lose them.
There's a pet loss thread in /ot/ (>>>/ot/1364964) if you'd like to post about your dog, and I hope you do. Your dog led a life to be celebrated, your dog led to do good things for yourself! I hope you might be able to find joy in long walks once more, I hope you'll be able to celebrate your dog's life. I frequently tell myself that when my dog died, she took a bit of my soul with her, but I believe that I held on to a little bit of hers when she left this earth. I feel like she is always with me. I imagine myself holding her and hugging her tight, and I hope that she can feel all the love I still hold for her, wherever she is. I don't really believe in heaven, but it helps me to believe that it exists for our pets. I hope our dogs are having a good time together in puppy heaven, running free and being little rascals while they wait for us.
Please take care of yourself
nonnie. It will hurt and hurt and hurt, and I wonder myself if there will ever come a day when I stop crying so much because I miss my dog so much. But we must continue on. I strive to be the person that my dog believed me to be, the absolute best person that I can be, and I hope that you will feel the same way. Love you nonna ♥
No. 347727
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>>346804I work in a huge main city library where it's busy and there is a lot of mental, emotional and physical labour due to the circumstances people come to us in (about 5 percent of my job revolves around books) but I think it's the mental divide between "I'm using my brain in a library" VS "it's my days off and I'm decompressing at the gym" that helps me get that motivation. At first I found it hard but it's almost second nature now and I look forward to my mornings that I get to go to the gym. Take it in baby steps nonna, you've got this!
No. 347746
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The sport I do is pretty high risk, and I tend to get hurt whenever I increase my training intensity. Logically, I know it's because I'm a chronic under-eater/under-sleeper and that puts the body under a lot of stress, but it's still hard to break the mental association of going hard with getting hurt. Every time it happens I end up taking lots of time off of training and wasting time doing easy shit instead of building up intensity and eating more like I ought to be. I've never had a serious injury, thankfully, though lately my wrists suddenly started hurting like hell and it scared me straight, so to speak. Going to do things the smart way this time and increase my caloric intake so I actually recover properly instead of scraping along ana-chan style.
No. 347885
>>347865Six pounds in a month is still good progress, especially since you're weightlifting. Your routine sounds fine and you'll see long term success by having one that's easy for you to maintain. I think you're being too hard on yourself,
nonnie.
No. 347974
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Lost about 4.5-5 kilograms in a month, although the original big drop in weight is probably me recording the starting weight at my puffiest and most water-retentive period, but seeing the scale go over 75 kg was that scared me into stopping my comfort-eating instantly. This morning I weighted in at 70.2 kg (170 cm) after skipping out on weighting myself for like a week, which felt nice. Tracking actual changes in body size would probably be better but I'm way too lazy for that, but I notice how loose my clothes are becoming. Honestly I feel like I'm almost done with my weightloss, I'll probably still stay at the same deficit and cardio for another month or so since it feels relatively easy and tires me out enough to get better sleep, but my goal would honestly be to recomp, not to become a ~60kg skinny legend (and also don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe).
I weirdly don't have a lot of problems with my looks or proportions, my belly's probably never going to be tight and pretty because of the skin being generally loose in that area, so it doesn't feel like something I should even bother to be concerned about, I have no problems wearing a bikini regardless. I do want upper body strength though. For now I've signed up for some free trial classes that will be available at our university thanks to some sports promotion week, then sign up to one of those fitness trainings if they seem underwhelming or have douchey coaches. If not I'll have to look for something else.
No. 348042
>>347901Let's imagine an average 5'5 girl, 30% body fat (kinda tubby) at 145 lbs. A healthy rate of fat loss is 0.5 - 1% of body weight per week, starting off closer to the upper limit when first starting the fat loss phase and having more to lose, then getting to the lower end as the fat loss progresses.
This person would be looking at losing between 3 and 5.8 lbs per month. I don't know your stats, but I hope you can see that 6 lbs is actually incredibly progress!
A single fat loss phase shouldn't last more than 12 weeks, before taking a break for 4-8 weeks to adjust to maintenance at the new body weight. Let's say this person wanted to get all the way down to 23% body fat (very fit looking) at 130 lbs, meaning they would have kept the same lean body mass they had when starting. That program might look something like: month 1 lose 5 lbs, month 2 lose 4 lbs, month 3 lose 3 lbs, now time to "diet break"/maintain for month 4 and for month 5 actually hit the weights a little harder and increase calories to gain back 2 lbs(~0.25 lbs /week). This is because they will have lost some muscle mass (lean body mass) and need to gain it back to meet the goal. Now month 6 they would enter diet phase number 2 weighing 135, aim to lose 3 lbs, month 7 lose 2 lbs and there you have it our imaginary person now looks like a fitness model at 130 lbs 23% body fat.
Obviously this is made up and real life never works like that, but I just wanted to walk you through some realistic, healthy rates of fat loss to show that this stuff doesn't happen overnight, and it honestly sounds like you're doing great, and also you can see that even a "small" change of 15 lbs can take a long time when done right. Just remember,slow is fast; I mean big changes quickly almost never stick, and the rebound means that when you look a few years down the road, the person who stuck to tiny CONSISTENT rates of change will always win.
Keep it up!
No. 348236
>>348159Fuck what other people think and like
>>348172 said, most people probably don’t care about what you look like or what you’re doing. They’re focused on their own goals and form. You have to do it for yourself and stop making excuses! Get in there
No. 348323
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Any nonnies have any tricks for getting out of a plateau?? I've lost about 30lbs this summer which is great, but for the past two weeks my weight hasn't budged unless I weigh myself after I poop lol
From what I gather, most people say they eat at their maintenance calories for a couple days, gain a couple pounds, but then are able to lose again after. Has anyone done this? I'm just worried if I start eating a lot again I won't be able to drop the extra weight. I usually eat around 1300-1400 calories a day so I know I'm in a deficit because my maintenance is over 2000 calories I'm 5'10 and fat kek I don't even know if I can make myself eat that much in a day anymore either.
No. 348354
>>348323>>348328I wouldn't pay any attention to calculated/predicted maintenance; it's useful to provide a rough starting point but the definition is just the amount you need to maintain your mass. If you are consistent with caloric intake and your weight is stable… congratulations you just found your maintenance calories.
Also NEAT accounts for more than people think, it's often due to NEAT gradually decreasing across a weight loss phase that people feel like they are chasing lower and lower caloric intake without changing weight. That's where the concept of a diet break is useful; increasing intake (by a small amount!) Allows NEAT to creep back up and once you've stabilized and start reducing calories again you can resume the weight loss.
If you're eating 1400 don't think a diet break means going to a 2000 "maintenance", it means 1400 is your maintenance and going to 1450-1500 for a few weeks, or maybe up to 1550 if you can without too much weight gain. Also if your surplus is only 100-150 calories, you won't gain a ton of weight back because that's literally not enough calories to do so. Any time you see several pounds of gain in a week or two on that small of a surplus, it's just water retention as your cortisol levels drop, hormones normalize, overall stress comes down etc.
No. 348383
>>348354>If you are consistent with caloric intake and your weight is stable… congratulations you just found your maintenance calories.god fucking damn it, seems like mine is 1100-1200 and i'm not even a skinny womanlet. every resource ever says 1200 is the BMR (not even TDEE) of a very short woman or a child.
no noticeable health problems (i've had hypothyroidism in the past but i fixed it by taking prescription meds).
No. 348544
>>346143OP here. Surprisingly I've been more consistent with going back to swimming, once a week at the minimum after work, twice a week ideally, compared to daily yoga or stretching.
But it feels good, plus I have to walk to the swimming pool from the nearest bus or tram stop and vice versa to get back home in any case so I get some extra steps in too. I wanna wait until I get a good rhythm with everything for two months to see if and where to up the ante, by doing some weight training again (since that used to be my thing during the lockdowns).
But November I'll also be in the US for a good 12-15 days in the Thanksgiving period so I don't know if I have the opportunity there to keep the routine going there. That'll be complicated.
No. 348556
>>348383For 1200 calories to be your maintenance azt 5'10 you'd have to be bedbound, or you're not actually cured of whatever hormonal/metabolic problems you have. Seconding another anon where you're either extremely lowballing the calories you take in or you need to check in with your doctor.
Maintenance calories in general also might change if you lose muscle mass thanks to low calorie intake, since muscles eat up a lot of energy. The BMR of someone who's 154 lbs with higher % fat will be lower than someone the same height and weight but made up of more muscle tissue. So if you're only losing weight but not doing anything against muscle loss, it'll be very hard to prevent a rebound weight gain when you think you're eating at your "new maintenance".
No. 348560
>>348509I weigh down all my food (on the kitchen scale) and correct the calorie data in apps if it's outdated and the label shows a different value.
My NEAT could be very low, I don't go outside often, and when I do, I don't walk a lot, I take a bus or a train. I'm unlearning that though since I can (and often do) walk to the nearest subway station myself instead of taking the bus to there.
I don't have friends to go out with so I guess I could take walks alone with music or podcasts. I did that very often in the past.
>>348555Maybe it's time for another check up then. Doing a MRI of the thyroid is the hardest part in here since you'll have to wait a very long time to get one for free and the paid options are quite costly.
>>348556I actually don't have a lot of muscle (bf 21.4%, 50 kg) and getting protein in (I don't have a lot of options) is a bit hard but I could manage.
No. 348579
>>348560Hold up is this you?
>>348323>>348383I.e. "not a skinny womanlet" but also 21% bf at 110 lbs? And 5'10? If you just dropped from 140 to 110 then no wonder your bmr would be so low, because your NEAT is fucking tanked after the weight cut.
In either case, if you want to increase your BMR (which you should because being limited to 1200/day sounds miserable) you need to gradually increase your calories and YOU GOTTA LIFT, GIRL
More lean body mass is a cheat code
No. 348588
>>348579No, I'm not the 5'10 nona, I'm shorter than her (165cm/5'4 which could be womanlet-tier depending on where you live).
>you need to gradually increase your caloriesHow gradually are we talking? I'm definitely going to gain fat if I increase them abruptly. Gotta buy the protein powder though, that's for sure.
No. 348606
>>348588enough to gain ~0.5 lbs (0.25kg) per week, while resistance training with some sort of progressive overload. As long as you're doing that then you're going in the right direction and the details don't really matter.
Start by adding 100-150 calories to your current intake and aim for that goal every day for a week or two. Weight yourself at the same time first thing in the morning a few times a week, record it but DON'T think about the daily numbers and go changing the plan. Look at the trend line over a couple of weeks and aim to have a steady average increase in weight, equal to around 2lbs/1kg at the end of the month. Hormonal changes, sodium intake, and other things can cause weight swings of a pound or two just in water, so the short-term line can look sort of jagged. That's why it's important to give it time and look at the average over a few weeks.
If you do that for a month or two you will have gained some lean mass, minimal fat, and you'll be at a higher BMR, eating more, and having more energy.
No. 349308
>>349157I might try this. My friend DESPISED it so much, but I never tasted it. I'll see if anyone would potentially want to buy it (or take it off my hands kek) if I don't like it.
I actually went to tried some bars at the store and liked the banana bread one.
No. 349322
What are good, low calorie replacements for heavy cream? I have ARFID and genuinely cannot eat anything outside of 3-4 meals without vomiting. I’ve gone to ED clinics, I’ve had food therapy, but I can only physically stomach these few meals.
I try to make the meals healthier (adding spinach to smoothies, switching to veggie ravioli instead of meat, making homemade chow mein instead of cheap takeout), but I’m struggling with the sauce. I cannot eat the pasta without a very specific pasta sauce, which is heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, tomato sauce and basil. I have already replaced the pasta with low calorie protein pasta, but I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do to make it healthier.
No. 349332
>>349156>>349157>>349319Spirutein is pretty weak sauce as anon pointed out but it also has to be blended or it will be chalky and gritty. Maybe I've tried the wrong ones but I fucking hate plant sourced proteins as well, there's this awful health food store taste that I think comes from the pea powder. My recommendation is pristine protein, 90 cals for 20g of protein and it tastes great, mixes smoothly with water too though really I think a smoothie is the best way to eat protein powder. I'm seconding Ryse for the same reasons and there's a better range of flavors. Expensive though so look for deals. I also really like the sinfit waffles and pancakes.
>>349322Try coconut cream nona!
No. 349345
>>349322>switching to veggie ravioli instead of meathonestly if you have an extremely restrictive diet, a little meat would be good for you. you won't be able to get a good range of amino acids and other easily absorbed nutrients on such a diet.
for the sauce, i would recommend half and half and letting it simmer longer. if that's way too light maybe 3/4 heavy cream 1/4 whole milk
No. 349583
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What's your pet peeve at the gym (outside of creepy moids)?
Picrel I hate when people spend way too much time on their phones between sets on the leg press. I don't know why this machine in particular people do this the most. Maybe cause they're reclined idk but I notice it constantly on leg day. My gym only has one and people be taking five minutes between sets to look at insta or text. It isn't a machine for your thumbs!
No. 349588
>>349583Since I'm going to the gym for the first time soon, can I ask something retarded? kek
Is it weird or annoying when someone is using the leg machine or weighs and stops after some sets, waits a minute while still standing in the machine doing nothing and then starts again?
No. 349597
>>349583>What's your pet peeve at the gym (outside of creepy moids)?The radio ass music and DLers who insist on dropping their fucking barbells loud as possible.
>Picrel I hate when people spend way too much time on their phones between sets on the leg press.I'm guilty of this, kek. Although I do it mainly because my gym is empty and has 4 leg press machines.
>>349588NTA, but do you mean reps? It honestly depends on how busy some gyms are, and how long of a rest you take. People who attend the gym understand that someone is currently using that equipment and they might be done so. Honestly, some people just ask if they can use it/it's free and you can say yes or no. Maybe nonnies from busier/smaller gyms can drop in or counter what I've got to say!
No. 349602
>>349597THE WEIGHT DROPPING U
TRIGGERED ME KEK. There are some old men who also use machines in a similar way, doing the reps super fast and letting the weights slam down with each one as they clang the bars together or yank them down etc I hate it so much it makes me seethe and I always shoot them disgusted looks
No. 349616
>>349583when groups of friends go to the gym together and then stand around talking in the aisles, totally ignoring people who are trying to walk by, or WORSE all use one machine and then spend 5-15 minutes between sets just sitting and talking. i see this at my gym all the time cause it's attached to a university, guys will come in with five of their closest bros and take turns using one machine so that they literally occupy it for nearly an hour. oh my god it makes me want to kill.
>>349588no not weird or annoying at all. it's normal to rest between sets and especially if the gym is busy, you'll want to stay on the machine or near it so that people know it's occupied. just keep your rest time to about 2 minutes or less and if someone asks you if you're almost done, tell them how many sets you have left and offer to let them know when you're finished. it's only weird or a problem if you walk away from a machine and leave no indication you're using it then make someone else move or if you take too long to rest.
No. 349621
>>349588Ayrt and no! Like
>>349597 and
>>349616 said, as long as its only a minute or two, it's totally fine to rest. More than that and you aren't resting, you're just texting!
>>349597You're good,
nonnie. It wouldn't drive me so crazy if my gym had more machines.
>>349616I hate that, too! I guess my general pet peeve is people not being considerate of hogging the machines. Oh and don't get me started on filming at the gym!
No. 349652
>>349616Yeah, I get you. For some reason at my local gym it's common for people to sit next to a machine and text while they rest from their last machine (not required?????) There's been a few occasions where I walk up to a machine and someone who was beside on their phone would be like "SorrrY Im UsIng It" (lmao bitch no you're not).
And hello, hi. I'm new to this thread. I wanted to wait a bit before posting but I'm doing keto and I lost 6 pounds from it so far! To any keto nonas out there, how do you make it suck less? I've gotten good at refusing sweets but damn, I just want to make a whole bunch of keto pastries and gobble them up.
No. 349654
>>349652Keto has been pretty difficult at the beginning. I'm forced keto due to diabetes and other issues so I had to make the best of what I can with it. The only thing that sucks when it comes to keto breads and sweets, they're usually pretty pricy. Typically, as long as you get sweets with erythirol, monk fruit, allulose, and stevia, you should be good. Avoid the other sugar substitutes. Maltitol is the avoid 75% of the time, it gives me the worst gas.
I've been doing keto for about 4 years now, I've limited myself to 40 net carbs a day, so it's lazier than most. I've learned to love peanut butter more than I previously have. I also treat myself to the Duncan Hines keto brownies, it's $5 for a box for me, but it comes out to satisfying my sweets cravings for at least 10 days, sometimes I sneak in 2 servings when I cut it up in 12 pieces lmao. Having a bowl of whole milk yogurt with a mixture of nuts and berries is my go to for breakfast.
Either way, definitely tap into the savory part of the diet. Butters, oils, and creams. I've made amazing soup taste even better by making it creamy.
No. 349844
I'm short and skinnyfat and I look the same even though I'm 20 pounds heavier than I was in college. I try not to feel like shit about it and hyperfixate on a number on the scale, but I do. I've been weightlifting for about a year now, twice a week (because of my schedule I can only fit it in during the weekends). The only reason why I haven't given up despite still looking skinnyfat is because I feel so much stronger, and I know I'm stronger. I can deadlift almost my entire bodyweight. I used to hate cardio because I felt like absolute shit, but I decided to throw in a simple 5 minute run at the end of my workout and I'm not even winded despite running at a good, consistent pace. That's insane to me. I no longer have weird body aches (especially lower back pain was an issue for me) and I'm so flexible now (I can do front splits!).
I tell myself I need to work out more, I need to do more. Realistically, going to the gym isn't my life and I think 2x a week is good for my schedule and I am still getting a lot out of it. My diet isn't the best, but I cook most of my meals with an emphasis on lean protein and lots of vegetables. I'm only human and have a massive sweet tooth that I try to reign in, but god help me if someone offers me a slice of cake- I will take it lol. I follow a lot of fitness people on instagram and I think it does contribute to my dysmorphia, and I don't know how to feel when I see female bodybuilders post stuff saying "you CAN achieve your best physique, you just need to put in the work and be more disciplined." On one hand I know the human body is amazing and I've achieved so much and can continue to achieve more, on the other I think to myself "wow I'm just not trying hard enough, I'm not disciplined enough" and I feel like shit.
I've been working out for a few years now, but it wasn't until I started doing my 2x weekly weightlifting when I finally was able to be consistent without feeling burnt out from lack of aesthetic results- because now I can focus on seeing the weights I lift get heavier and heavier over time. A year ago I started by doing RDLs with 40 lbs, now I'm doing 95lbs. I am happy with what my body can do and what time I can dedicate towards taking care of my body, and a large part of me wants to focus on fitness so I can continue to be independent well into old age, but I can't shake off the feeling that what I'm doing is all for naught just because I still look skinnyfat. Looks aren't everything but the brainrot is real and I'm constantly at odds with myself. Maybe I should try harder, eat better, and I wouldn't be skinnyfat, but I'm just a regular person working a 9-5 who doesn't even post that often on social media.
No. 349849
I keep seeing this post floating around about how toning is a meme and that it's "almost impossible" for women to get bulky without roids, it drives me fucking nuts. What do you mean, impossible? Women are too dainty and small to get big muscles? Stupid. My own progress is already way beyond what I thought I could achieve, and the only thing I can think is that this person must not exercise themselves. If they did they would know that it is possible.
>>349844Keep going anon, your progress is incredible and I'm very impressed with your rdl's! Maybe unfollow or mute some of those people until your self image improves, I struggle with the same thing and it's hard to avoid doomscrolling (insposcrolling?).
No. 349920
>>349911I mean, yes, you need to take things slowly because if you buy tomorrow a 10 kilos dumbbell and start lifting it even though you’ve never lifted anything as heavy for the sake of working a group of muscles, yes, you will fuck up your life because you could end up hurting yourself badly.
But by doing some simple exercises just imitating youtube videos or pictures from the internet, with some light dumbbells, doing simple yoga poses and such, you won’t fuck up your life, your body won’t go from a hourglass to a block of cheese and you won’t develop canckles.
Honestly though? I prefer making sure I can find someone to help me understand what I’m doing, it’s too easy to do a squat while holding some dumbbells, but you either need a big mirror to watch yourself and see that you’re doing the right movements so the right group of muscles are working as you need, or you need someone to correct you and help you understand what you need to do.
No. 349936
>>349865day 1/30
My daily update, I didn't eat at my desk although I almost slipped up a few times out of habit. I did however snack while cleaning my house so I didn't manage to stick to my at the table only rule. I am still drinking sugary drinks at my desk and while walking around. I do want to aim to break that habit but that's a whole other can of worms. Going to leave a note at my desk with a reminder to not eat there…
No. 349939
>>349924Actually, it really is better to get a few gym classes because you will slowly get to actually know what you need to do, once you’ve memorized the exercises, not only the technique but how your body
feels the exercise, then you will have a better idea of what to do at home.
I used to workout just following videos and pictures and I never felt a bit tired, maybe kind of sore sometimes, but that was because I actually didn’t know what I was doing, I was basically pretending to know what I was doing and killed myself doing cardio
Which is something I love tbh I never got injured though, because I knew my limits and it’s honestly really important to listen to your body and know your limits, like, just because your legs are hurting while lifting doesn’t mean you’re doing a good job, a muscle working and a muscle hurting feel completely different.
No. 350035
>>349936day 2/30
Completely forgot to make my "do not eat at the desk" sign but I still managed to not eat at my desk.. I believe this mostly was because I'm also limiting my internet use and it made me not want to sit there. I still ate some snacks on the couch but I can say I mostly ate at the table. Also didn't binge! Gold star for me! I'm going to add a 64oz jug of water every day to this habit as of today.
No. 350145
>>350035day 3/30
Didn't eat at my desk today, didn't even sit at my desk till now. I drank half my 64oz, I'm going to try to drink a decent amount of water before bed though. Still ate some snacks on the couch, but mostly ate at table. No binging today! I need to work on my intuitive eating and listening to my body for when I'm actually hungry, thirsty, etc.
No. 350305
>>350241Nona I've been thinking of doing BJJ! There's a place near me that offers a free trial month. I've been putting off trying it in case I love it and I don't know if I'm ready to commit to spending more money lol. Are you sore from muscle fatigue or getting hit?
>>350160If they notice they'll probably be happy to see you again and you might get some genuine "welcome back"s. Fuck those people who would judge you for it, enjoy your health regardless.
No. 350336
>>350145day 4/30
Didn't eat too well today unfortunately. I didn't eat at my desk which of course is my goal, but the real goal is conquering my binging…and today feels like a bit of a set back. I did drink a decent amount of water today so thats a small plus.
No. 350455
>>350185Yay
nonny, that's great that you found the moment that works best for you.
I had the same this evening after work with swimming (swimming nonna from
>>346143 that has failed to go last week but is trying to be accountable).
Since I live in a big town we have different swimming pools in different neighborhoods, but the subscription card works for all of em.
I went to the one that's kind of in a ghetto area, for the lack of a better term, and I was lucky to be able to share a lane with just one slower old man and go to my rhythm (and before a wave of late opening hours swimmers joined the frey).
Sure that means it takes 30-40 minutes for me to get back home and eat dinner but eh. If I go back two more Thursday evenings to test out if that's always pretty empty on that time slot, guess I don't really care lol.
No. 350480
>>350472I go to a women's gym and surprise surprise, most younger women wear normal cute gym wear instead of baggy clothes there too. I don't care much about looking put together, but I do care about maintaining a comfortable body temp and for me that's leggings and a sports bra. I'd never be comfortable wearing that around men though, thank fuck for my gym.
I do concede athleisure wear is getting pretty sexualized lately, like those scrunch bum leggings. But if men didn't want women to try to look sexy they should stop giving us attention and validation for it… men would never reign in their own behaviour though, they just expect women to somehow decide that, even though looking hot has only ever benefited them, they should be ashamed of themselves for daring to meet beauty standards they would otherwise be punished for not meeting. We really can't win.
No. 350486
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>>350472You’re supposed to wear pic related, silly
nonnie! I honestly don’t even give a fuck anymore, I’m not even attractive or in a good shape, and I just wear whatever I want, if it’s too hot I wear my biker shorts and sports bra, if I’m feeling lazy, I put on a random pair of leggings and a loose shirt without a bra and whatnot.
Men are just always mad at women for any reason, the more you read or listen to their retarded braindead comments, the more insane they will drive you.
Like, a woman could wear pic related and she would be criticized for doing so, she could wear short shorts and boob tape and she would be criticized the same way as the woman in a burka with hijab.
Men are just catty by nature and master projectors, they will never stop talking shit about women while also saying that it’s women who are doing so. (I know some women are catty but at this point I think it’s because they get influenced by moids).
No. 350490
>>350336day 5/30
Didn't eat at my desk but had another hard day with food. I've been doing alot of housework lately and I have a bad habit of snacking while working. I think it's a stimulation thing at this point. (I have adhd) I unfortunately snack on not too healthy stuff, and eat quite a bit. Not quite sure what to do at this point, if I throw away the snack food theres a good chance I'll just dig it out tomorrow (gross I know.) I did a pretty good job with my water consumption so thats a positive atleast.
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>>350981You could try climbing pants for winter, they allow for a huge range of motion and are made to withstand being dragged across rock faces.
No. 351048
>>351037If you want to run outside on pavement, make sure you’ve got the right shoes! It’s super important for your ankles and feet and your joints in general. Same goes if you’re going to do trail running. Absolutely start with intervals, in my experience it’s the best way. You can gradually push those intervals longer and longer, like from running for 1-2 min to 4-5, then maybe even jump up to 10 from there, it’s all about finding what works for you. I used to run the same route every morning, a straight three miles, and I got myself started by doing two blocks running, one or two blocks walking, and repeat, until I could do more and more. Happy running, nonna! It feels so amazing when you hit your stride and are able to push yourself. Endorphins post run are fucking awesome. Make sure you get enough carbs also once you start running for longer intervals, and stretch as much as u can!
No. 351080
>>351076Time your workout for just before you'd shower regardless? Put dry shampoo in beforehand too, no need to wash your hair every single time you work out.
Also not all exercise makes you that sweaty. Walking in cool weather, weight lifting (I only get sweaty on leg day), maybe some more niche sports like ice skating.
No. 351230
>>351226Way to go,
nonnie! Spill your secrets. How'd you do it?
No. 351256
>>350455Swimming anon again. I originally wanted to try out the pool that's open on Thursday evening to check if it's less busy than the one that's open Wednesday evening. But because I'm going to a concert after work with my colleague tomorrow, I had to pull through a long ass work day (8:30am-6:15pm due to a team meeting) and I forced myself to go to the busy swimming pool nonetheless. I'll check out the other pool next Thursday after work again, since I'm about 70% sure it will be less busy than open Wednesday swimming pool.
Feels good to have a streak going on, even if it's just once a week for now. I don't think I can trust myself to get there twice a week for now, I'll up the ante if by January I'm still going strong.
The one thing I haven't really done before starting at the end of August though is really jotting down how much I'm weighing to see the progress, cuz I'm kinda focusing on strengthening my back (I'm struggling with low back pain from bad posture, and kyphosis).
But progress will be made nevertheless.
No. 351477
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Does anyone have cute gym outfit recommendations? I feel more motivated to work out if I have a cute outfit on. Scrote attention isn't a factor, the place I work out at is all women and gay moids. I like things like this set from Silverwind.
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well anons, i'm almost there. starting the year at 137, which was my highest weight i've ever been, and currently sitting at 124 solely from diet changes. i've eliminated fried food/fast food, limited snacks, and sometimes skip one meal. i also allow myself to get fast food when i have a craving, but if i get the fast food, that is the only thing i will eat all day.
my goal is sub-120. starting medication made me gain weight to a degree i never have in my life (im used to being 110) and i feel strong even though my weight loss is not hugely significant. keep going nonas, stay persistent, you got this.
No. 352199
>>352165Wym? I only ever seen starvation mode among anorexics to explain weight gain even when they've been eating little to nothing and gain weight
Even if fatties did use starvation mode as cope when is starving ever healthy? If you feel unwell it's a sign you're doing something wrong, it's better for fatties to eat fruit or something low cal so they don't go hungry than to sit around screaming at them for not wanting to feel hungry
No. 352216
>>352199Anorexics don't think starvation mode exists… they know perfectly well that starvation results in weight loss, that's why they do it.
It's a classic fatty cope but also comes from well meaning ignorance, it's a long standing myth. Obviously that doesn't mean starving yourself is healthy and nobody said that, malnourishment is extremely unhealthy and binge eating in response is very common anyway.
No. 352316
>>352216During any long term caloric deficit (not just starvation) the metabolism is slowed, because the body wants to be as energy efficient as possible and will adjust accordingly. It's not that you will gain weight from it per se, but that the BMR gets lower and lower over time. It can be counteracted by having a 48 hour refeed period, less than that won't work. Other than that, during caloric deficits you will automatically move less, less fidgeting etc., things that can add up to 100-200kcal a day depending on how drastic the deficit is. This means that your TDEE can end up a lot lower than calculated, because the body will fight you being in a deficit.
So that's why you should plan 48h refeed periods about every 1-2 weeks during longterm weight loss to prevent the metabolism slowing down and estimate your TDEE to be a bit lower than expected when you're in a deficit to account for compensatory mechanisms.
No. 352353
>>352232Most of the times I'd probably argue this is water weight / cortisol. Maybe heavy dehydration if it's dry fasting. You'll gain weight short-term, but there's no way you'd gain weight in the long-term if you fasted for 2-3 days straight. Anorexics also obsessively jump on the scale every 2-3 hours, and body weight tends to fluctuate all the time. Compounding what
>>352316 said about your BMR going to shit in a state of heavy restriction, you'll probably just fail to lose the expected amount of weight to substantiate the time spent fasting - ergo "starvation mode" seems more and more likely.
>>352149I know anons have probably sufficiently convinced you this is a dangerous path to walk, but I really would recommend raising your intake to something along the lines of -500 your TDEE, with an emphasis on protein. Not sure what your fitness goals are, but there's nothing to be gained (kek) from losing all of your muscle mass from starving. At most, you'll lose the weight entirely from muscle mass and be stuck with numerous health problems from malnutrition. Also losing body weight isn't everything, especially when all of that weight is muscle instead of fat, maybe you could focus on something less
triggering, maybe like clothing size or strength?
Also, this might be a little invasive or presumptuous to ask, but are there other issues happening in your life? Stressors? If restriction seems like a coping mechanism for something else, then maybe you should focus on the feelings that make you feel like heavy restriction is something you "don't want to give up". I believe that you can lose the weight healthily
nonnie!♥
No. 352474
>>352413Man, you reminded me of the interview of a candidate of the French version of Survivor who stayed the full 40 days and even won in the end. He talked about the aftermath of almost no food and surviving in the wild (they have a makeshift camp they build themselves, very extreme weather conditions, insects, having to forage or fish themselves, starvation, extreme challenges with running, climbing, pulling, swimming etc. to go through every three days or so), which entailed having hair loss, overeating and other things he had to get a nutritionist and a doctor for to get back to a normal state.
The low calorie intake probably wasn't the worst thing for your body if you still got enough water, enough sunlight and enough sleep.
If more criterions were impacting anyone's lifestyle, like in that Survivor show, then the consequences on one's body would worsen for sure.
No. 352726
>>352414>>352474I lost roughly 12kg I think, I wasn't keeping exact track of my weight and would still occasionally eat more than the 300 calories when eating with others (which was like once a week maybe) so I think that may also have helped keep me ok. I was just slightly overweight for my height when starting and landed in average weight because of it, so that may also have been a factor. If I had ended up in anachan levels of thin it may have affected me more. I also didn't do heavy physical work and could get proper sleep etc.
I'm not advocating for crash diets, but it was really beneficial to me in the end because once I realized how little I was eating (it really felt like way more because I ate tons of salad) and I started eating a proper amount I still didn't gain the weight back.
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I MISS THE GYM SO MUCH, NONNIES. I've been sick with such a nasty cough/cold. My neighbour's kid got some super bug from school and I caught it. Doesn't help I have asthma so my lungs are shit. I couldn't even eat or sleep properly, and I lost a lot of weight in the 10 days..
I'm kinda upset about the progress lost. I'm going to go for the first time again in a while.
No. 352774
>>352748You're so cute
nonnie, enjoy your roller skating!
No. 353201
>>352822>anxiety about the gymI recently saw some advice to just go and walk on the treadmill for thirty minutes. Eventually you get used to being there and you gain confidence to do more things.
>>352970Do you have a protein goal? I think the regular adult baseline is like 80 grams which would be really hard to fit into one meal (unless there were courses). Are you eating enough carbs, too? That will help you get the best nutrition out of what you're eating.
No. 355454
>>355338thank you
nonny! once I hit my goal of having a 24”-25” waist I’m probably gonna start gaining some muscle again, maybe even get some ab definition
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I have unwillingly joined the anorexia war.
I am not anorexic, the only eating disorder I have is binge eating and I had it for years which caused me to be overweight and dieting for most of my life with no fruition, I kept gaining weight but I quit trying to diet for a while and solved some of my unaddressed mental and behavioural issues then I started a diet seriously with a whole lifestyle change and it worked this time, I went from having a 29 BMI to a 20 BMI.
I still live with my mother and sister, I have always been the heavier sister, my sister is younger than me and she's been thin all her life, I have some knowledge of the ED community solely because of my familiarity with imageboards, and I know that k-pop fans tend to be part of that community, my sister would skip meals and she lost even more weight having the BMI of 16 so I was concerned and I told my mother about it and she said it wasn't intentional and it just happened, fast forward me losing weight a year later and she is still the same weight she is and she is maintaining it by calculating everything she eats, I don't care because she is an adult and she should know better and I feel like a hypocrite because I was on a strict diet for a while.
occasionally I talk about my diet on Discord because I am open about it, but I took a break about two months ago and realized that my sister is in fact competing with me, she started eating more and stopped working out when I took my break, and I'm actually slipping back into binging plus some of my old habits are slipping back because they are comorbid apparently. I am trying to get back into dieting because I haven't reached my goal yet and I have gained some weight back and my sister is back into working out and eating less, burning 500Cals a day and walking so many steps. it's actually absurd because one of the people from Discord who is a fatty started dieting also and she does keto and weird contemporary diets but she also started posting about burning 500-1000Cals from walking and lifting weights, additionally, my IRL friend now talks about eating nothing all day but a bagel and coffee, even my aunt is asking me for diet tips and is trying to do an extreme calorie deficit diet, and I feel like I am being under attack while I was taking a break enjoying food and enjoying being a slob women around me are all starting to do these things that I shouldn't be doing because they're unhealthy but I am also spiralling back into my old self who had so many issues so I am more inclined to join the war and hope that I didn't waste too much time being a slob and I can catch up with the others.
I am not insane, all these women are seeing that I am happier and better looking than I used to be and are competing with me and it is making me rage because I haven't been on my top game and I have been telling myself that they just were inspired and it is good to be a good influence because I did it the healthy way, I take supplements and did regular blood work and consulted with my doctor and I made sure I ate food with high nutritional value, I told this to everyone that ever asked me for tips because I don't want to be responsible for people hurting themselves but they seem to not care about health they just want to compete with me. but at the same time, I feel guilty because some of these women did have a history of ED and I feel like I triggered it for them but it's also not my responsibility because matter of fact what was the catalyst of getting back into binging after finally thinking that I am regaining my ability to feel full I got back into binging because of people around me, they kept saying that I am withering away (I wasn't) and that I am not eating anything (I did eat) so I began socially overeating so people would stop making these comments about me even though I am just a healthy weight and I am still a little fatter than I'd like to be but I kept overeating and making a statement of it until it carried into my daily life even when I'm alone and I lost my ability to feel full again and worst part is that the comments did not stop despite all my effort despite showing them my blood work despite everything, some of them, including my mom, literally said that they want me to be overweight again and it suited me better! I can only think that this is said out of spite or to make me less of a competition because I had health issues being overweight and I couldn't go outside because I had zero confidence and I hated myself and everything in my body was messed up from all the junk food and my hair was falling out and people treated me really badly even my family used to bully me for my appearance and men never looked at me twice, and now I am healthier than ever feeling better than ever and being a normal weight, people are nicer to me, and men talk to me more often and I get cute interactions, now I get asked to get back to where I started? I told those people all these things and that I am happier now and they just said that it doesn't matter because I look terrible, I can only think that I am in a vicious war and that the things people say about women competing and coming for each other being true, I can't take this anymore.
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I guess it wasn't this thread but I could have sworn someone here asked for vegetarian low calorie recipes for weight loss. I found a vegan resource.
https://www.youtube.com/@HighCarbHannah/playlistsI like her "eat more weigh less" playlist; essentially she's doing high-volume / low-calorie by just eating a shitload of vegetables or putting low calorie bulky vegetables in things but the food looks good. She also doesn't seem to use oil for cooking. She uses an instapot a lot but if you don't have one that's not an issue, just make it in a normal pot.
She's pretty good if you like to learn from video. if you prefer reading she has a list of free recipes here:
https://highcarbhannah.co/recipes/ –not sure how comprehensive it is. She sells ebooks so beware there's a lot of advertising for that through the link. I tried to find them for free online but only found her sauces recipe book.
No. 356177
>>356105maybe? breasts are partly made of fat and if you lose some fat it could affect the amount of fat in your chest, depending on your fat distribution.
i could swear i saw an article a few years back where a young lady went from like HH to a B or something with a bunch of pec exercises and weightlifting, but she mustve had a pretty optimal body type to do that. no harm in trying tho
No. 356549
>>356436Anyone who's been under the knife would do anything they could to avoid going under again unless they're a munchie or addicted to plastic surgery. I'm always
sus of "women" who want reductions without having something like gynecomastia. If your boobs aren't too big and you want them bigger, just lose weight. Trust me, those will be the first to shrink.
No. 356742
I’m 5’2”, my whole life I was skinny, then my mental health started failing due to coming to terms with my abusive childhood, my best friend committed suicide among other tragedies, and COVID, and I ballooned up to 145-150 pounds (not precise as I didn’t own a scale) due to stress eating and having too much disposable income (ordering junk food every day). I didn’t realize I had body image issues until I gained weight. Yes, I was overweight but in my mind I was disgusting and obese. I stopped leaving the house because I was too ashamed, which led to further inactivity. I’ve also never been an athletic kid, my body was always a source of shame and pain so I coped by dissociating from it.
After hitting rock bottom, I started to explore different exercises that I enjoyed and tried to eat healthier. Managed to lose about 5-10 lbs this way but then hit a plateau. Still unhappy with my body, my fat distribution is ass and I have the small tits/big belly convo and I straight up look pregnant. I did gain some muscle though, since I was lifting weights. Recently I realized that my TDEE is probably a lot lower than I initially thought due to having a desk job. Like, I would have to eat less than 1200 calories a day to lose substantial weight. So I started doing that but I fear I might be veering into ED land, because it’s easier to just not eat than it is to eat smaller portions. Either that or Im obsessively tracking calories and thinking about food all day. Once my appetite awakens, it’s hard to shut off, so I just fast. Most days I don’t break 1000 calories.
It’s been like this for a month and a half, and I lost 6 pounds already, I’m at 133 currently. My goal is to keep restricting until the holidays, have a two week break where I eat yummy food and then start back again in the new year. I hope I’m not setting myself up for failure this way, but it’s the only way I’ve managed to lose weight so far. My goal weight is 115-120, so realistically I just have to lose 15 more pounds. Doesn’t seem like a lot but considering my height, it’s substantial.
Sorry for the rant nonnies. It’s been hard.
No. 356777
>>356436>>356431Hi I'm the AYRT. I'm not a moid or a pedobaiter, I'm just a woman who's always felt uncomfortable with her chest. I developed early and had bad experiences that made me very uncomfortable with being sexualised for something I couldn't control, i.e. my chest.
I don't want a reduction for the reasons you mentioned (scarring, pain and I'm against getting unnecessary surgery). As you said I likely couldn't get one anyway. That's why I asked if there were any natural ways.
I understand that this is an imageboard and that no one knows the context behind someone's posts. Still, accusing someone of being a pedobaiter or a man with a fetish is not fun to read when you're asking for advice on an issue you don't feel you can ask the people in your life about.
No. 356803
I weigh 50kg for 160cm, meaning that if I lose more than 5kg, my weight will be considered dangerous for my height (meaning I will be underweight)
However, my body really doesn't look like I'm on the edge of becoming underweight, I look like your average girl, especially with my massive thighs, midly fat arms and belly
I know why this happened, it is because I was overweight my whole childhood until I slowly grew into the weight but most importantly, lost a lot of it when I ate only rice and ham cubes for two months
So, is there any way I can lose all the fat that is in my thighs arms and belly ? I know you can't spot reduce, you can only lose weight and pray that you lose in the area you want but as I said, losing more than 5kg seems dangerous
No. 356814
>>356809Do you know how I can gain muscles at home ? Going to the gym isn't an option because I'm in college so money and time aren't on my side
How to lose said fat though ? Will it go away as I gain muscle ?
No. 356917
>>356916Samefag, I would rec 5-8 lbs for medicine ball and 1-6 lbs for dumbbells for a beginner. Also, to this nonna
>>356818 to lose fat you should eat a calorie deficit but it doesn’t have to be extreme or crazy esp if you are working out regularly. Muscle burns more fat too.
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I never learn. My bench fucking sucks, because I've been doing lots of overhead press variations instead. So now I'm doing a fuck ton of bench just to try to be a little less asymmetric. Also my high bar back squat fucking sucks in comparison to my front squat. I think it's because front squat is less scary to me, since it's easier to bail out from that. Just drop the weight. Instead of having to fling it back or let myself be crushed until it hits the safeties.
I decided to run Smolov for both bench and back squat. I am on base 2 and I fear I will not survive my Friday and Saturday workouts. Pray for me.
No. 357428
>>357420The answer is sort of straightforward: eat larger amounts and/or more frequently. You don't have to eat anything unhealthy, just more of it. However there's the case that you want to eat more but you're full, or you want to eat more but you're a picky eater. First some background: Fat is the micronutrient with the highest calorie content per gram. Which means that a gram of pure fat (an example is oil) has more calories in it than the exact same weight of pure carbohydrate (an example is sugar). So really the answer, if you want to gain weight but don't feel like you can manage larger portions of food, is to eat more fat. To be done in a healthy way you should really stick to "good" fats, aka mono and polyunsaturated fats found in oils, nuts, seeds, avocado and oily fish. You can also count calories and slowly increase them as time passes, to make sure you eat more than you burn. There is no difference in calorie content between "good" fats and "bad" fats (which include fat from meat and daily), it's purely about health. Bad fats are the ones that increase LDL cholesterol, while "good" fats increase HDL cholesterol, but that doesn't mean they're that "bad" if your blood levels are checked and you're in the recommended range. They are just more linked to health concerns on average and you shouldn't avoid them entirely. Try eating breakfasts containing avocado, snacking on nuts throughout the day, eating protein bars, cooking with more oil (not lard) than you usually do, adding drizzles to your food if it works with the dish, and replacing lean meat intake with sustainable sources of oily fish (salmon, mackerel, trout, sardines, whitebait, herring and fresh tuna are commonly available oily fish). Also exercise may help you gain weight by building up muscle, combined with a good diet. Most of the advice I recommend you isn't that different from what a short google search would give, though. And really, you might be underweight and not have health issues. People who are underweight are more prone to them, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll have them.
Also, I don't have autism, but I'm a picky eater and what helps me is eating foods I don't like alongside with foods I like so they become more bearable. I also tried eating first in small amounts food I disliked and then started increasing the portions when I got used to them. If you have a problem with texture, try different methods to cook them. Also some of my habits passed as I got older honestly, I used to hate certain foods as a kid but as I got older I was fine with them, but I know that's not the case with people with autism. Oh, there's also this method when you eat something and feel like you want to gag. You can train your gag reflex in order to stop it, everytime you brush your teeth brush your tongue right where your gag reflex begins. Repeat the process over the next few nights in the exact same spot. Your gag should gradually decrease each time you do it. Once you can touch your toothbrush to the original starting point without gagging, you can move the toothbrush farther back. That worked for me. There's another trick I've heard, which is squeezing your thumb but it never worked for me, it might work for you though idk.
No. 357452
>>357428Just wanted to butt in to say that saturated fat being bad is a myth. In reality research hasn’t been able to prove for certain that it will increase LDL cholesterol, it’s inconclusive. Some research points in one direction, while some points in the other. In some of the research the subjects were eating processed foods that are typically high in both fat and carbs, so it’s hard to say whether fat was the culprit. There are also different qualities of animal fat depending on what the animals have been fed. For example soy is high in omega-6, so animals that are being fed soy products will have higher amounts of omega-6 than omega-3. Too much omega-6 has been linked to inflammation. Animals that are fed lineseed or rapeseed products will have more omega-3. Grazing animals usually have a good balance between omega-3 and omega-6. All this is to say that fat is more complicated than saturated = bad.
On the other hand, sugar (carbs) will increase LDL cholesterol. In short, carbs are used as energy directly as you consume them. If you can not use all the energy right then (i.e. if you are passive), your body will store it for later. In order for you body to store the sugar, the liver needs to convert it into fat, and LDL cholesterol is a byproduct of this conversion. I don’t mean to say you shouldn’t eat carbs, I love carbs, but I think it’s important to understand how our body processes sugar because so many people these days struggle with their cholesterol and there is little information regarding how carbs can actually contribute to this.
Imo if you want to eat clean animal fat such as egg, fatty pieces of meat, dairy products etc., there is no clear evidence that it is bad for you, so I think people who wanna do it should do so without worrying too much. In the end it’s way better than eating burger, sausages, fried chicken or whatever. As long as the products you eat aren’t UPF it’s usually good because overconsumption of unprocessed products is very hard. I would rather eat a whole fat product and feel full for the rest of the day than eat something “lowcal”. Fat is a great nutrient that makes food delicious and keeps you satiated. It’s important for hormonal regulation. Otherwise I think your post mostly good advice and I would also recommend the foods you mentioned. I would not cook with oil because oils have a lower smoking point than animal fat which means they become carcinogenic easier, and the processing cooking oils go through make them inflammatory (cold pressed oils are good, but you can't cook with them).
>>357445It's not a myth, but it's not all cholesterol. It's the LDL cholesterol, and it's more complicated than fat = bad for you.
No. 357653
>>357420I'd reverse weightloss advice. Usually they're told not to drink their calories, because it is so easy to go overboard, while you should probably get some drinks it. I mean more things like protein shakes, I don't mean drink Coke 24/7. Try eating lean cuts of meat if you hate greasy stuff.
I honestly wouldn't say being underweight according to BMI scales is anything wrong if you otherwise feel fine, but if you want to build muscle, you'll need to eat more. Usually the people who have a hard time gaining weight in general stuggle more with building muscle too.
No. 357877
>>355556This is a great idea, I'll start doing that too. You're a lifesaver
nonny.
I had a lot of hormonal issues lately that caused a lot of steady weight gain (14lbs) but I got it treated. Losing the weight was tough until I started taking iron and magnesium glycinate supps, so this is your sign to check if you have any deficiencies! It really made a difference for me.
No. 357888
>>357867Keep in mind your weight can fluctuate a bit depending on water retention. I think sodium, carbs and your menstrual cycle are three of the main factors contributing to your body holding on to more water. So if you’ve gained a few pounds in a week it’s not necessarily fat, but could be water retention. That’s why they typically recommend weighting yourself once a week, or even every other week, or just using a measuring band instead. Muscles are also heavier than fat as you probably know.
In general though, when I go through a period of eating a lot, like during a holiday or when on vacation or whatever, I usually compensate by eating a little bit less for a couple of days following, or even doing a low-key fast, just to sort of reset. I’m into time restricted eating and I think one of the advantages to this lifestyle is that you can be very flexible with it. In general I try to pick healthier foods, but it’s not the end of the world if I indulge myself every once in a while. That said I’m not looking to lose weight at this time, but used to be a bit overweight and am using it to maintain a healthy weight. My weight usually fluctuates with roughly +/- 2 kgs depending on what I’ve eaten and where I am in my menstrual cycle, but has been consistently like this for over a year. I feel like I can eat whatever I want as long as I follow time restricted eating principles, pick foods that makes me happy and satiated, and don’t overindulge every day. My normal eating window is between 10am (sometimes a bit later) and 7pm. I usually eat two meals a day and maybe a snack. Never count my calories and enjoy all kinds of food and the occasional chocolate or cake or whatever.
No. 358321
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Currently listening to the book Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia. He’s a doctor who has been focusing on longevity for the past decade. It’s a mammoth of a book, the audio version is 17 hours long. It touches on the most prominent modern lifestyle diseases: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and alzheimers, which all intertwine to some degree, and it also has sections dedicated to excercise and diet.
He argues that traditional medicine is too late in treating these diseases. Focus should be on early prevention, because when one disease has progressed long enough that you actually get e.g. a diabetes diagnosis, a lot of damage is already done. Another key part to his philosphy is the aknowledgement that people differ genetically in terms of our ideal diet. He used to be an advocate for fasting and ketogenic diet because it was very helpful to him, but as he started treating more patients he was humbled when he discovered people respond differently to it. A diet which worked for one patient might make someone else worse, so each patient needs to be treated individually. I posted itt a few days ago that I don’t think saturated fats are bad, but according to his book about 1/3rd of people get elevated apoB (signifying "bad cholesterol") from saturated fats. As a sidenote he recommends testing apoB rather than traditional HDL/LDL cholesterol because you can have high LDL and still have healthy arteries. ApoB is what actually clogs the arteries, leading to arteriosclerosis. He also recommends testing Lp(a) because it can tell whether you are genetically predisposed to "high cholesterol". A high-carb diet is also not ideal for everyone and can lead to insulin resistance in some. Basically when it comes to diet it’s impossible to make generalized advice because people vary so much. That said the vast majority will benefit from eating more protein lol.
As for fasting, there is some evidence fasting can be cancer preventative, but his stance is that it’s too hard to eat enough protein while doing fasting/time-restricted eating. Seeing as his focus is on longevity he wants to prevent muscle loss as much as possible, so he only recommends fasting for people who are severely metabolically disoredered. Personally I’ve found time-restricted eating to be very helpful, but his book made me realize I’ve been neglecting my protein intake and need to figure out ways to increase that.
There is way too much info in this book to type out everything, but a lot of common sense lifestyle advice holds true. He considers excercise is the #1 preventative medicine and places it above diet. One takeaway for anons itt is that zone 2 aerobic training makes us metabolically flexible, in other words able to utilize both fat and sugar as energy, so for people who are currently overweight this type of training is especially helpful. There is lots of other info about benefits of both aerobic and strength training in terms of longevity. I think the focus on individual differences is what I love most about this book because people are so assertive when it comes to what they think is the best diet (I’ve been guilty of this too), when it might not be true for the next person. All in all it’s a super fascinating read. Highly recommend it.
No. 358460
>>358321i've got this book on my christmas wishlist, sounds really up my street
>evidence fasting can be cancer preventativethe problem i have with fasting info is how differently it effects men and women, which leads me to my question - has anyone got any recommendations for health books that are written by women? (general health or specific women's health)
I have
Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman and
Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan on my list so far but can't recommend yet as I haven't read them.
No. 358462
>>358324yeah I’m
>>358188 and just to piggyback off this, I had the same experience, I did lose a little bit following the suggested deficit (didn’t have a scale at home so wasn’t weighing myself too consistently, but around 5 pounds) but then hit a plateau where I was just maintaining. despite continuing to weigh my food and working out regularly. for reference I’m 5’2”, it wasn’t until I started limiting my calories to 1000-1200 per day that I started to lose again, at rate of about .5 kilo per week more or less
No. 358466
>>358462nta but just saw this and I'm 5'2" also. my TDEE on an average day (with maybe 30 min exercise, walking and chores etc.) is 1400-1600. the hysterics about never going below 1200 are bullshit for short people imo. we just are smaller and can function on less. eating 1000-1200 calories sucks but it's the only way i could lose weight.
>>357649i agree with what some other nonas have said about ignoring mainstream calorie cutting advice for women. small but regular high-fiber meals and lots and lots of walking is what helped me most, but everyone is different. i find walking burns more calories without making you hungry, plus it keeps you busy for longer periods where you're not tempted to snack.
No. 358521
>>358517"Toning" doesn't really exist, a toned look is low body fat% with some muscle. You can do weightlifting while eating a little above your current calories to cover the energy expenditure of growing muscle without it cutting into your fat reserves, but it'll be slow and might be tricky to find the balance.
Also while you can get stronger, if you're on the upper limit of the normal BMI you might not even look classically toned even with more muscles on.
No. 358715
>>358460>the problem i have with fasting info is how differently it effects men and womenSadly I don’t think there is a lot of hard evidence yet on how fasting effects men and women differently, simply because there hasn’t been a lot of research on it yet, which seems to be the norm when it comes to women’s health. If you do have any sources though, please share them. I’m personally not too worried about fasting. Sure if you are doing extreme fasting for an extended time it will likely affect your hormones (this is true in men as well, fasting will lower testosterone), but as does severe caloric restriction. However I can understand your concerns because I think a lot of people go a bit overboard when they first get into fasting. I don’t think people should do severe fasting unless they are deathfat, but if you eat normally then do a 48-day fast a couple of times a year I highly doubt it’s going to affect your hormones permanently. Found this article on the subject of fasting and hormones in women for those who are interested
https://today.uic.edu/new-data-on-how-intermittent-fasting-affects-female-hormones/Personally I can fast once in a while but use time-restricted eating more or less every day. I don’t think eating in the late hours is good for metabolism and I’m also not a breakfast person. For a lot of people this is just their natural eating pattern, they don’t fast intentionally. I average a 14 hour eating window and I don’t think I’ve had any adverse effects from it, but it’s important to eat good food and eat until your satisfied when you do. That said I would also be interested in more research and literature on women’s health.
No. 358731
>>358715nta but thanks, that was an interesting read. I don't think it should be too surprising that fasting might effect hormones related to reproduction, as you're basically putting yourself into a circumstance where being pregnant/having a baby isn't ideal by there being less food around (as far as your biology is concerned, not literally).
This year I went really hard on fasting, basically only eating two days a week for about six months, and I can't think of any effects that weren't intentional. It's not something I'd recommend to anyone else, but I got what I wanted out of it and was surprised how good I felt at the time (had expected the whole experience to be awful kek).
No. 358825
>>358715Lol I once did a 3 day fast and I got heart arythmias that stopped once I stopped the fast. Alot of people love to praise fasts as this perfect health thing but there are a lot of side effects from it that are not talked about. I even saw some people getting kidney and liver failure after doing long term fasts.
Either way I want to lose weight fast so I will still do long fasts but there are health issues associated with this once you reach the 4th day.
No. 358873
>>358847Anon you are leaving out important details out on purpose (I hate it when people do this).
He was under the supervision of doctors in which his fasting weight loss experiment was being conducted who were constantly taking care of him. Now let's not compare this to the average person fasting when there are people being taken to the hospital and almost going to the other world after 20 day fasts.
No. 358874
>>358825You need to keep track of your electrolytes as other anon said. Also don't do extreme fasts if you are stressed out or otherwise emotionally unwell. Have some common sense. If you are having health issues you should consult with a doctor first. A lot of people who do very long fast are morbidly obese, if you are already a healthy BMI then 2 days is usually recommended.
>>358848lol wtf people are having more car accidents between 2018 and 2022 because more people are driving smart cars and get distracted by the screens..
>>35886112 hours isn't normally considered a fast but falls within time-restricted eating
No. 358875
>>358874Lol I had no health issues and I drank electrolytes while fasting yet I still got side effects. Is fasting the new snake oil??
I mean it does work for weight loss but why are people acting like there are no side effects to it and blaming everything on not getting enough electrolytes…or being mentally unwell which is a weird thing to say.
I'm 100% okay with fasting but my problem is how people just don't want to call out the side effects and pretend like they don't exist. Honestly it reminds me of middle ages crap woo woo drink piss type of stuff.
No. 358891
>>358875Well at the same time, just because you got side effects doesn’t mean everyone who does it will. And fasting has a far longer history in medical context, it’s not a new invention.
Out of interest, what side effects did you get?
>>358873I don’t really see what the difference is between my example and the average person aside from duration, the principle is the same. Let’s also not compare people who get hospitalized taking it too far when the average person can do it for several days at least and be fine.
No. 358902
>>358875>>358897I don’t think you should fast if you are experiencing severe side effects. I find the majority of people in intermittent fasting communities are self-aware and mindful about how they do it. I think people should do their own research and pay attention how their own body responds. Personally I’ve found it very helpful.
>Is fasting the new snake oilI wouldn’t call it snake oil but it is the most recent diet fad. That doesn't mean it can't be beneficial. A lot of people suffer from over-eating, have struggled with their weight forever and found fasting to help them both with their relationship to food but also other medical issues such as inflammation. That doesn’t mean you’re less of a person if it doesn’t work for you.
On the flip-side you have people who think you literally need to eat every 2 hours to stay alive. I think it’s two sides of the same coin. Doing intermittent fasting once in a while is harmless to most people, humans have not always had access to food in the abudance we do today, but somehow we preserved. Sorry you had a bad experience, maybe it isn’t for you.
No. 358969
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>>331898really overthinking and frustrated on how to go about my weight loss…ive lost a lot of weight over the years and was 120 at 5’2 but now i have gained due to stress the past year and i am at 135.. this is okay because i have much more control now and im aiming to lose 2 lbs a week and mainly exercise through pilates and walking right now. i am open to more intense training and lifting but how do i gain muscle on a calorie cut? do i wait to tone and lift until after i get to my goal weight? and how the hell do i get enough protein as a vegan? im okay with fish once in a while if really necessary. i just dont know what else to do other than calorie cutting and counting, exercise and healthy food. i count my protein and fiber and have a sugar limit etc. but i only meet like 40-60g of protein daily. ahh sorry nonnies so frustrated.
No. 358976
>>358969fellow 5'2 vegan
nonnie. personally i shed weight and fat first before focusing on muscle. this is mostly a psychological thing for me - building muscle takes a long time to see and feel the benefits so you can get really disheartened, especially when the scale goes up. you will have to eat at maintenance or a slight increase to build a lot of muscle. but that doesn't mean you can't start getting stronger and maintain the muscle you do have, whilst you lose weight. 40-60g protein is enough for maintenance. then when you increase your calories for muscle-building, it will be easier to increase protein too.
No. 358979
>>358976thank you so much
nonnie. i will just stick to what i am doing then with some lifting and muscle related exercises added but nothing extreme? i guess until i need to really focus on toning and increasing calories/protein.
No. 359015
>>358969It is possible to gain muscle and lose fat on a calorie deficit, it's just difficult. I'm not sure how I'd do it as a vegan tbh, I rely on a lot of low-fat dairy, lean meat, and protein powder. If you're okay with fish, shrimp, tuna, and salmon have pretty high protein content. How much muscle are you trying to gain, like visible bulk or more subtle?
>>359006Honestly yeah, at least not in the calorie to protein ratio anon is probably looking for.
No. 359086
>>359040might sound a bit odd, but maybe look into your shoes/feet if
>>359084 doesn't help. Had a friend who was struggling with exercising for seemingly no reason and it turned out her problem was her feet
No. 359135
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>>352745Aww nonna, I hope you're feeling better. Today was my first gym day in 2 weeks since being taken out by the most awful flu and it felt good to start somewhere again, even if I had to take it slower. You're not losing progress when you're resting to fight off illness or bugs and just consider it a short break, which we all need sometimes!
No. 359418
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It's been a while since I posted but I wanted to get back into this. I hit 57kg months ago, but my mother got deemed terminal and work has been a lot and I've just gotten over a really bad bout of flu so yesterday was my first gym session in about two whole weeks.
I am so sore this morning but it's good to start again. I'm taking a rest day today because the flu isn't fully gone so I was struggling with my snotty nose yesterday, and I've definitely had more than my regular intake in sugar and carbs. I've put on a couple lbs that I think will go once I'm doing this regularly again but I'm trying to be easy on myself all things considered, but also not fall into emotional eating of course!
Does anyone have any tips on how to not feel guilty if my first couple sessions back are more slow, or that I've let myself have a little comfort food recently in trying times? thanks nonnas. I love you all!
No. 359423
>>359422Your options are fabric clinging to your skin or chafed nipples from loose fabric rubbing against them. I know which I'd prefer.
Running is high impact and can cause damage to even small breasts if they aren't properly supported with a sports bra, you do need one.
Also they're specifically designed to wick sweat away from your skin so it's not like you're going to be all wet and clammy under there.
No. 359424
>>359422I recently shelled out for my first sports bra and couldn't be happier with it. I'm flat-chested af so I didn't really need it so much for the 'getting in the way' aspect, but I was finding the t-shirt bras I had been wearing to be uncomfortable and very sweaty even if I just walked a trail let alone jogged it, two problems now thankfully gone. I wear mine under clothes as well and I forget it's even there it's so breathable/good at wicking away sweat and comfortable, so I would recommend it.
If you're not used to wearing a more fitted bra in general, maybe look at sports bras graded for low or mid intensity exercise or go try on a few at a shop? And yeah I don't really go for ones that are clearly meant to be worn on their own, or have decorative strappy backs like they're swimmers or something either
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>>359426Sorry, left out that stuff because I'm not super knowledgeable on the topic as a whole myself and I'm aussie so that might make this worthless lol. I got a 'Dakota Crop Top' by Ell & Voo (picrel) for $34 (AUD, on sale) from Rebel Sport. I was looking for something white, had a simple back, wide adjustable straps, didn't have removable cups, advertised itself as moisture-wicking, and would be comfortable to do stuff like strength training and climbing in. It was also one of the few sports bras that actually showed the model wearing it under a shirt kek.
hope any of this is helpful! (and if not, that someone else has better advice!)
No. 359453
>>359430Yes, that helps a lot! Thank you
>>359448Keep your routine in tact as much as possible, that's how we build habits
No. 359459
>>359448If you accidentally couldn't brush your teeth (or…shower) one day you wouldn't be like "Fuck it…never brushing my teeth again the streak is over"
So I think if what you wrote is your real mindset you're good and on track, just get back on the horse the next time you can.
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>>359453>>359459Thank you both I’m not gonna let this ruin my long term goals or set me back this week, it helps to have feed back though! I mostly wondered what other nonas do in this situation
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Any tips to cope with social anxiety at the gym?
I'm afraid of being judged for doing bodyweight exercises as well as not lifting weights. I used to lift weights at home but decided to never do it again after a bad back injury that put me in constant pain for two years. Fuck that. I go to the gym now for cardio and because I don't want to make noise by jumping around in my house.
This is aside from normal social anxiety concerns (they think I'm ugly and should be killed, etc.)
Is it common for people to talk to other people at the gym? If someone did I might die.
No. 360452
>>360438No you might irritate your respiratory system. Nothing but walking until you feel good again.
I mean you can try to work out you won’t die, you’ll find out pretty fast if it was a bad idea or not.
No. 360684
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Do any of you use one of those walking pads or under desk treadmills? Are they worth it? I'm tempted to buy one since we have long, cold winters where I'm from and I'd like to get some more exercise. It'd also be nice since I commute to and from work and would be able to just hop on it after dinner while I watch a show or listen to an audiobook.
No. 360698
>>360695I have winter clothing obviously, it's just hard to find a time to go out when I leave for work before 7AM and don't get home until almost 7PM and still need to eat dinner and what not.
>>360692True, I think these tend to be pretty quiet though and some are marketed that way as well since some people buy them to use while working from home in small apartments or in the office.
No. 362102
>>361937I think remembering you’re feed your functions might help. Focus on your macros just think about how they apply. Fats for vitamin absorption and cellular health , carbs for energy and protein for gains and recovery.
Reducing your intake becuase you’re getting hung up on being fat will only limit your potential or worse not support the impact working out has on your body. Working out without adequate nutrition will either exhaust you at best or at worst cause irreversible damage. All that being said it’s a learning is a process about care, so be sure to take care of yourself. You got this noona and keep strong!
No. 362375
>>362076Fuck me, my women-only gym is $120 a month kek. It's totally worth it though, I got lucky that the closest gym to me is a women's gym and almost empty when I like to go. And the price always reminds me not to skip workouts because that's a lot of money to waste.
>>361266I always prefer morning. Couldn't care less about burning fat or making my workouts more effective, it's purely practical reasons
>if I wait until later in the day there's a good chance I'll come up with some excuse not to go (I'm tired, I'm too full, I'm too hungry, I feel sick)>if I go very early it has zero impact on my plans, I have enough time to go to the gym and go to breakfast after and do literally anything else I want to do >it puts me in a positive mindset for the day knowing I've accomplished something and I should keep up the good work with eating tooI also work out fasted, I don't notice that it makes much difference to my energy. And I get way more enjoyment out of eating after working out, it's something to look forward to.
No. 362376
I keep getting sick after working out and I don't know what to do, today I went to the gym for the second time of the week after recovering from a very shitty pneumonia, but now I feel my throat all gross and I have a frog voice, I also just spat some green phlegm, which is something that stopped while following the treatment of the medic that's guiding me with my pneumonia issues.
Like, yeah, I couldn't use the inhaler for 2 days because I couldn't buy it, but does that really does this much damage in just two days? I don't get it.
I just want to keep working out, it's the only time I feel happy and worry-free, like nothing matters, everything is fine when I'm working out, I feel motivated to keep going and getting better at doing the exercises.
But at this point I may need to visit a witch or go to church or throw myself in the ocean and never come back so I can fucking finally stop getting sick and fucking up my very limited time in my happy place.
Like this shit has been going on for two years and a half already.
No. 362873
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I went to spin class and got these really horrible headaches on the back left side of my head, like a spike being driven through my skull. It happened for the first time last week after months of painless spin classes and it happened again today but much worse. Does anyone know what might be causing them and how to stop them? I don't want to have to give up the one workout I'm actually enjoying doing.
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>>362873Any chance it might be a muscle tension headache? I've had them before in spin classes at the back of my head as the neck positioning and my hip stability muscles being out of balance.
Maybe try again with some good slow stretching before the class
No. 362966
>>362893I’m so sorry you are struggling with this anon. Sadly I think a lot of people fall into this pattern where they are trying to lose weight for appearance instead of being mindful about what makes your body thrive. I don’t think there’s any wonder weight loss makes you feel worse health wise if you are doing it in an unsustainable way. Personally it took me some time to get to where I am right now, but once you do, you actually want to keep making “healthy” choices because you start noticing how the alternative just zaps your energy and mood.
I don’t think you should focus too much on weight right now. Maybe you could try making some small changes while staying mindful about how things make you feel on a day to day basis. For example, try having a cut-off for how late in the evening you allow yourself to eat. Depending on when you normally go to sleep, I think 7 pm or 8 pm is recommended because eating at late hours will mess with your insulin and can make you have more cravings in the morning. Speaking of sleep, sleep quality is very important. I know it’s hard in today’s online world, but you should strive to go to bed around the same time every night. A night of poor sleep will make you more insulin sensitive, which means your insulin will spike more rapidly when eating carbs and this can lead to fatigue amongst other things.
You don’t have to exercise like crazy, but you should try moving a bit on most days. I’m mostly very sedentary, but I started walking to work every day instead of commuting. It’s just a 30-40 minute walk but has had such a huge impact on my overall wellbeing. Lastly idk what type of foods you enjoy, but try cooking a bit more from scratch instead of buying everything pre-made. think just making some small intentional changes such as these has vast benefits, even if you don’t lose weight. Once you start noticing what makes you feel better, I think you’ll be more motivated to make other changes.
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>>362893You can be fat and walk for miles a day to stay healthy
No. 362974
>>362893>To be honest whenever I got skinny and lost weight I actually felt worse health wise than i did when I was fat.That's probably because you did unhealthy fad diets to get there and of course acting in unhealthy ways will make you feel unhealthy, it's not "being thin" itself that feels worse so don't let that discourage you.
The easiest way to lose weight by far is to just eat a tiny bit less. If you ate just 200 calories less (about 4 oreo cookies) than your daily need you'd end up slowly losing weight. You can survive without those 4 cookies! You can swap soda for water and lose weight just by doing that too.
No. 362986
>>362977NTA, but even the other anon said "200 calories less
than your daily need. There's no way to not lose weight if you eat under your total daily expenditure unless you somehow evolved past needing energy intake to put any out. The reason why exteremely fat people can subtract 200 calories without knowing anything about their TDEE is because they already eat for 3-4 people, so even eating for 2 will cause them to lose weight to a point.
You're just making excuses, you're setting yourself up for failure because it validates your irrational approach.
No. 362993
>>362986Again we are not talking about morbidly obese people but overweight. The main way to lose weight is a combination of a big calorie deficit + metabolism increase through exercise and certain foods. 200 calories less aint doing shit if you are not in a calorie deficit. If they cut those calories then they will be in the "maintaining" state compared to the weight gain state they were in previously but they still won't lose fat.
You want me to lie to fat people just like you are all doing and tell them how easy it is and just "cut" some calories when it's not easy to all.
I used to do 2 hour high intensity exercises and was on a huge calorie deficit to lose 50 pounds which took me 8+ months because when you are a certain weight then weight loss is harder.
Let's be honest with ourselves weight loss is not easy. Gaining weight and being a pig by sitting, being sedentary and just putting food in your mouth is easy but actually loosing that gained weight is hard and requires calorie deficits + exercise
No. 363001
>>362993I think you two might be arguing about different things. You seem to be saying that cutting out two hundred calories from a diet where you overeat will not be enough (true, because you probably wouldn’t be in any kind of deficit) and she is saying that eating 200 calories under your maintenance calories will make you lose weight (also true, because you’d be in a deficit.)
At least agree on what your basic points are before going back and forth like this I am so tired of emotional arguments about dieting
No. 363068
>>363029Probably the best thing you can do is eating seasonally. You can find seasonal menu guides on the internet affined with specific countries and areas. Don't be afraid to try new things, anon. If you've never had a proper diet the fact that you are now open to build better habits is the biggest step, but also don't feel the need to rush things. A favourite meal of mine is pumpkin puree (made with apple instead of potato), a green salad with tuna, boiled eggs, olive oil dressing and a lot of raw veggies (tomato, cucumber, lettuce, onion, spinach leaves, carrots), and turkey breast. I usually take black tea with milk and honey and a piece of fruit as desert.
No. 363090
>>363029Eat lots healthy fats and proteins. Eggs, avocados, beans, nuts, yogurt, oats and lentils can be worked into a meal very easily. You can buy frozen veg, which keeps longer and is easier to prepare than fresh veg, and make a portion to eat with whatever carb you're basing your meal around. Vegetables taste very different depending on how they're prepared, you might hate something if it's boiled but love it if it's roasted. Meat and fish will keep you full for ages, go for the least processed cuts you can find, just make sure you cook it properly- you can get a meat thermometer for cheap and it's so easy to use.
Keep staples around that are easy to work into a lazy meal or snack, like sliced wholemeal bread, oatmeal, long-life milk, dried fruits, yogurt, nut butters, cream cheese, that sort of thing, that way when you're too tired to eat you can at least make a sandwich or have a snack. Buy bone broth and good quality stock, use them alongside water when you cook quinoa or rice, it'll give you a much-needed boost in protein as well as making your food taste better.
Drink lots of water, milk and smoothies, if you're struggling to eat then smoothies with coconut milk and oats and lots of fruit can work as meal replacements (for one meal- you do need to eat actual solid food).
Soups are fantastic, you make a massive batch and stick what you don't eat in the freezer. You can get freezer bags specifically for soups and sauces, I really recommend them because they make life so much easier. When you don't know what to eat, there's soup in the freezer waiting for you.
You also need to do light exercise to build your strength. Do a mix of light cardio and strength training, you don't need any equipment, just your body weight and some space. Don't push yourself too hard but force yourself to make a simple routine and stick to it, literally just going for a twenty minute walk and carrying groceries is enough to start with if you can't manage anything else. You'll get stronger and healthier so much faster if you exercise.
No. 363728
>>362375$120, Christ. I'm not a burgerchan, is that really how much women's gyms cost there generally, assuming you're American too? My gym also never has anyone there kek it's fun.
>>362376See a doctor. That is not normal.
>>362893This nona
>>362974 is correct, going on fad diets where you eat one rice cracker a day is going to make you feel awful afterwards. Weight loss is not going to be a magical thing where you lose everything in a single month. It's gonna take many months, even years to get to a state where you are happy. You need to put in a lot of hard work. But I believe in you nona.
>>363727I commiserate, protein is really hard to get in. You could look into taking supplements like protein shakes if you like. I would do that except I still live with parents and they'll think I'm trying to be a bodybuilding freak kek
No. 364015
>>364005you gotta find ways to make it fun, whether its putting on a podcast/album or watching something during your workouts.
but ive seen people watch and use nikocado avocado as workout inspo too, so ymmv
No. 364048
>>363727You don't need 1g per lb, I often hear it's per lb of lean body mass but in any case it looks like .7~.8g/lb of body weight is sufficient even for body builders
>https://mennohenselmans.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/I find it easy enough if I include shakes and bars and special protein foods but they're so fucking expensive I tend to stop myself around 80-100g.
No. 364555
Nonnas, help please. I'm stuck in a terrible binge cycle, and I've gained a lot of weight this semester.
My ex and I broke up in the spring. It was awful, he was cruel as fuck and I still loved him, but I persevered and got over it during summer break. When classes were back he saw that I moved on with my life and like men do, he came back. The post-break-up was even worse than the breakup itself, because he constantly would start arguments and was super manipulative all the time. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm taking out my sadness and anxiety on junk food, especially chocolate and cookies. I was also under a lot of academic stress, as I was changing majors during the breakup.
During the pandemic I lost a lot of weight and was in the normal BMI range, despite wanting to lose more weight. After losing 20lbs during quarantine without even trying, I became obsessed with losing more weight and got caught in a restrict/binge cycle. I've never been a full-blown ana-chan, so I guess that makes me an EDNOS girlie. However, this semester I gained everything back with a vengeance and red stretch marks are even starting to show up on my thighs. My clothes don't fit me well, I'm visibly fatter and I barely recognize myself in candid pictures taken of me. I have major cankles and even have cellulite on my arms.
At my last appt, my psychiatrist took note of my weight gain and binging, and said that Lexapro can worsen binge eating and sugar cravings in some patients, so he switched me to Prozac to see if that helps (Lexapro also didn't help me 100% with my OCD and anxiety). I'm 22, have Hashimoto's syndrome and probably have hypothyroidism by now (I was at the pre-hypothyroidism stage last time I checked). I want to get in shape so bad, but I'm having a hard time beating the sugar addiction. I want to start eating better and working out, but my social anxiety makes exercising in public really hard and I just can't focus on at-home workouts. I know the gist of what I should do (check my thyroid and other blood exams, eat more protein, calorie deficit, etc.), but I don't know where to start…
Any tips, similar experiences or kind words are extremely appreciated. Thanks, nonnas, we've got this!
tl;dr: I went through an extremely messy breakup from a toxic relationship, months after I got over the breakup my manipulative ex tried to get me back and managed to fuck with my head. I also switched majors and started SSRIs (switched from Lexapro to Prozac) this year. Struggling with binge eating and sugar addiction lead me to gaining 20lbs this semester. I'm 22, have Hashimoto's syndrome and hypothyroidism runs in both sides of the family.
No. 364560
>>364555First iff I'm ao proud of you for ending that relationship, getting out of a
toxic relationship takes gut and willpower, and if you are capable of doing that you are capable of getting your eating habits in check too!
Your first meal of the day should be protein and fat rich, like eggs or something. That will keep you satiated for longer and prevent binging on empty calories later bc you give into your hunger and overeat. And dont restric your calories, just eat a normal 2000~ calories a day. Restricting to loose weight faster will only make you binge or yo-yo diet, you need to learn to have a healthy mindset around food, not drop weight fast. The weight will come off when you are healed mentally and physically.
Count to 60 every time you want to binge. Build up your willpower around food. Find something else fun to do, something that will distract you. Go for a walk when you want to comfort eat, play video games, call a friend, paint your nail(good one bc then you cant eat). An addiction never disappeares, it can only be replaced. Replace food with something else.
No. 364629
>>364005>how do you couch potatoes actually make yourself exercise?I know that starting the exercise will require some "activation energy" and that after a hour of exercising the rewards in tissue oxygenation and the feeling of "runner's high" are great
Couch potatoing is good, but exercising (at least walking for some time) is better
No. 364650
>>364555Diet is far more important than excersise when trying to lose weight, so instead of forcing yourself to go the gym, just do something easy like taking a walk or going for a bike ride, swimming or whatever doesn't
trigger your anxiety for now. You can always start to do more intense excersising when you gain confidence.
No. 365668
>>365665I already have been eating healthy all my life (thanks parents) but I was just eating too much of it. I lost 10 pounds by cutting back my dinner portion, so I decided to cut back my breakfast and lunch as well to lose 10-15 more if possible (That would put me at the lower side of normal but still healthy, I am pear shaped and short so I usually need to lose more to see results). What I ate today:
>scoop of peanut butter (100 cal)>1.5 cups of squash risotto (??? Idk cal, it’s homemade, maybe 300-400??)>apple (100 cal)>piece of chocolate (40 cal)>some fruit snacks given to me by a coworker (70 cal)>before dinner total: ~700And now I’m shaking and fatigued before dinner. Is what I ate really not enough? It felt relatively normal.
No. 365694
>>365681I don't exercise unfortunately, that's why I'm going harder on my diet. I just don't have time in a day since my commute is a total of 3.5 hours plus an 8.5 hour work day (desk job). So that's why I felt like 700 is more than enough for breakfast/lunch for someone that is completely sedentary.
>>365683I drink a shit ton of water and am never without a water bottle. For dinner I had some soup that turned out gross kek so i didn't eat it and some egg rolls, a cup of pomegranate bc i love pomegranate, and two fancy chocolates. I feel better now.
Maybe I just need to work in a small snack between lunch and dinner?
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>>365657same anon, I just did a little research and i figured out the problem. It's my blood sugar going too low.
This actually solved a huge mystery for me, I passed out and threw up at work a few weeks ago from just stubbing my toe on my way to microwave my lunch, and I could NOT figure out why, but looking back at that day, I had waited an extra 2 or so hours past my usual lunch time due to being busy and my blood sugar must have gotten low. The other time I passed out was about 2 months ago, and it happened as soon as I got out of bed in the morning and received some bad news. My blood sugar must have gotten low overnight, and it seems any small shock to my system makes me pass out when I'm in that state.
This never used to happen to me. Why would my blood sugar levels suddenly become extremely volatile all the time? I'm not an anachan or anything, and especially before this week I ate normally, just a bit less than I used to (I used to match my family's portions, and they're all much taller than me). Should I be worried about this?
No. 366210
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>>366141>>366163You might want to try romanian deadlifts then, they target the hamstrings and glutes. And if your weighted squat isn't helping, try switching to bulgarian split squats and look up the glute-focused form. Glute bridges and hip thrusts will target your ass specifically as well.
>>366171Try jump squats, they're fun!
Buff nonas, what do you do for bicep work? I don't have a cable machine or an EZ bar, just dumbbells. Usually I do simple curls or zottmans but I feel like I need to branch out.
No. 366487
>>366141>>366163Anecdotal but I had some knee issues that led me down the road to physical therapy, where my therapist determined I had underdeveloped butt muscles (I think gluteus medius). She spent several sessions teaching me how to localize and target these muscles, developing a mind-muscle connection, before I could start doing heavier and heavier exercises. In my experience it did increase the size of my butt. My ass was sad and flat, now it’s proportionate to the rest of my body. If glute exercise are not helping, it could be that you are failing to target the muscles you are supposed to.
>>366210I tried deadlifting for the first time after having slacked off on my training for a while and it's no joke. Had so much muscle ache all over my ass for the next few days just staying alive was a struggle kek
No. 366685
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can someone rec me an easy to follow routine for begginers on youtube i can follow? i just bought an excercise mat
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i got one of those slap chop-like veggie choppers (pic) and it's life changing. it comes with different attachments too so you can use it to grate, spiralize, slice, etc. here are some low calorie and healthy things i've made in the past week:
>cucumbers with tzatziki
tzatziki is only ~30 calories for 2 tbsp
>mediterranean millet salad
millet is pretty low calorie. had to double the water that was on the package to get it soft though. the salad had a bunch of diced cucumbers, black olives, feta, chickpeas, red onion, garlic, and light italian dressing and it was ~180 calories a cup.
>adding a shit ton of mushrooms to burgers
even better than a normal burger. i used a whopping 1:2 ratio of bison to mushroom (when considering raw weight). i added some msg to it which you think would be umami overload but it wasn't it made it even more amazing.
>strawberries with cucumber, basil, and light balsamic vinaigrette
do any of you have one of these choppers? any quick and healthy or low calorie recipes you like to use it for?
No. 367875
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>>367858Portabelo mushroom and hallomi cheese are a delicious combo.
And I love having mini carrots and ranch/tzatziki in the fridge for a healthy filling snack.
Adding cottage cheese to any salad/mixing with tuna adds more protein.
My weekend baking plans consists of trying to make a dupe recipe for those Starbucks Bacon bites, they are so good and easy to eat for breakfast in a hurry!
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Nonnies, any advice on how i can build abs at home without using any weights?? I currently follow some videos on Youtube regularly but any tips would be appreciated
No. 367881
>>366845>chest and shoulder movements>for bicepsIt's okay anon thank you anyway
>>367876Right now I'm really enjoying plank variants and hollow body holds. Also L sits, hanging crunches, and bird dogs are good even though they're boring. You might want to give calisthenics a try! Can be really challenging but you're just using your body weight and you don't need much if any equipment.
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>>367924How is your sleep? You have to sleep. Don’t rush it or you’ll probably just lose muscle and look worse. What’s your BF%? This infographic is based on that and has tips for how to get there on the right
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>>369562Nta but it's genetics and skeletal stuff mostly. Afik you can't build enough muscle to make them go away fully and most influencers get fat injections
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>>369562Before I saw all those videos on reducing hip dip exercises I thought hip dips were desireable bc male artists usually exaggerate them in drawings.
No. 369732
>>369565>>369571>>369575Thanks!
>>369589I knew someone was going to say this, but I don't like how they make me look fatter than I am in anything that isn't high waisted, especially swimwear. I don't mind how it looks nude.
No. 370188
>>370179Yeah it's water retention. I can't tell you how long it takes to go away because everyone is different, but stretching after workouts and drinking enough water will help a lot. If it really bothers you, try doing pilates or barre as well as traditional weights.
>>370072You're not getting a lot of movement over different planes, and that can fuck up your body, especially if that's what you've done all year. Try doing some Youtube workouts to see which moves would work for you, and incorporate them into your workout. Ideally you'd put maybe 4 or 5 different training routines together instead of sticking to the same moves every time.
If it's at all possible, do stretching or yoga on the days you don't work out. Even 15 minutes a day will help keep your body in better shape, minimize the risk of injury, and help your performance when you work out.
It's a good idea to do at least 20 minutes of cardio a day but you probably get that when you're working from the office anyway (even walking up a hill or taking the stairs can count as cardio for health purposes, the bar is literally in hell so you genuinely can't go wrong here), so you'll be fine if you stick to doing cardio only on your WFH days.
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>>370649For tragically out of shape I'd recommend walking. Start there. Incorporate more activity gradually every day while you live your life and your body will go along with you and catch up with your goals eventually.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/413331-exercise-plans-for-the-extremely-out-of-shape/Maybe try recovery yoga if you want to do something from a video in your home. Won't make you a lot stronger but it will help with muscle relaxation and flexibility.
No. 370766
>>370649You don't need to finish the whole workout if you can't manage it. Do whatever you're able to do, pick up where you left off the next day, just keep going. Go for walks, use the stairs as well as the lift, do a few wall pushups if you can handle it. A lot of people in your position would have given up on exercise entirely so good on you for sticking with it.
>>370730You can use a folded towel for extra padding, you can buy the elbowpads and kneepads if you want but they might get in the way.
No. 371025
>>371009Im the same with exercise, what I started doing is reducing the intensity so that I don't get the exhaustion as a deterrent. For instance I stated doing 5 kettlebell swings with a 20kg kettlebell every day, afterwards I was like 'that doesnt even count' but I got stronger so quickly.
If you like hiking or swimming, choose a distance that's so short it feels stupid, but do it every day. You can keep doing that but with a bigger distance every time you feel like you're improving.
Learning how to exercise is a whole thing if you're not neurologically accustomed to pushing yourself like that. The consistency is much more important than the actual exercise at this point. You'll get there don't worry!
No. 371031
>>371009The same thing happened to me after moving. Same height as you I weigh 143 and it has been such an absurd struggle to slow down and reverse the weight gain, having to redo my whole diet around what foods are (not) available in the grocery stores of quality and quantity. It sucked because I was in great form in my last city and had a good healthy diet and was exercising and getting rather slim but it got all fucked up. At least I kept exercising so I don’t look flabby like I once did at this weight but damn. Slowly figuring out how to cook for new lean protein sources and new vegetable varieties I have access to.
See you in six months hope we’re both down 15lbs we can do it
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I've been losing weight, but it comes off evenly everywhere except my thighs. I went from looking proportional, to like this because my thigh fat stayed the same. What, and I must stress this, the fuck?
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>>371365You have the perfect physique for picrel style military pants
No. 371433
>>371406Too vague, can’t really weigh in. How much meat exactly would you be eating? How much protein do you eat in a day now? Why is it a choice between bread and meat? Do you not eat other foods?
Maybe you do need more meat if all you eat is bread but there’s a limit to how much meat is healthy for a person.
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>>371365Either body type or lipodema, probably. With lipodema, weight gain is kind of a one-way door for fat.
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>>371433Right now i've been eating meat like once a month because i was a demotivated poorfag but i was thinking to change it maybe 4 times a week? I would try to eat more varied meat too.
I don't really know how much protein i'm taking and i've always struggled to keep a diet in mind, i just eat when i'm hungry but i don't think i'm taking a lot of protein right now aside daily milk or eggs sometimes, i don't eat very often and i eat small portions so that's why sometimes bread is enough to fill me and feel like cooking a meal is not worth it, but i do eat other things too of course.
I can't eat pasta or rice so i think that's why i also end up eating more bread too and since i like meat i was thinking that it would help me get into cooking more and focus on eating better and getting stronger.
No. 371664
>>371652>stick strictly to three healthy meals a day without bothering to count the caloriesThat's not a bad idea. Switch to visual guidelines and take a different approach so your calorie obsession doesn't come back. Maybe just measure high calorie things like olive oil so you know it's not
glug glug oops 400 calories but you don't have to actually count the calories. Another cheat is to make half your plate vegetables at every meal when you're trying to lose weight.
No. 371720
>>371652you could buy those cooking oil dispensers with narrow tube openings to control the amount better. i use plastic ketchup/mustard ones i got for a dollar.
could using an apple as a hunger measure work? like if you want something but arent sure if youre actually hungry, you decide whether you could go for a whole apple and if you're not, then you leave it and if you are, you eat the apple and a handful of the snack you wanted after.
No. 371811
>>371808>acidic throatpoor diet
>back painnot enough excersise and stretching
possitbly. frequent stomach aches might be worth seeing a doctor for though imo
No. 371818
>>371814I did say "possibly", not "there's definitely no other explanation for your acid reflux possible", retard.
>condescendingLiterally where. If you had any reading comprehension you would've known they were merely suggestions not definite advice.
No. 372039
>>371997Are you exercising to lose weight, particularly an exercise you enjoy doing?
Working out is always the missing link for me. When I was at my lightest I couldn't exercise much due to injury and felt like shit even if I looked nice in clothes. Even if I'm a bit heavier now (but still healthy), I'm happier to do resistance training 3 times a week and concentrate hard on nutrients+diversity of food that I eat. I also feel like shit if I don't eat a load of vegetables, which coincidentally help with filling my bottomless pit stomach.
Experimenting with cooking and exercise might help you. Even just changing up your schedule a bit (eg. Try running if you lift, or try a new sport like climbing or swimming, or try new recipes each night for a week, etc.) might stimulate your brain.
No. 372346
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I'm trying to bulk and going absolutely crazy with anxiety over it. For one thing it's insanely hard to meet my calories, I'm fairly muscular and work out 5-6 days a week (slowed down over the holidays but getting back on track now). For another thing I've been doing body recomposition for about 9 months now and I've convinced myself I'm just going to get fat again and experience zero net gains. I have noticed my work outs are going better, I have more energy and stamina, but I'm still full of doubt. It feels so counter-intuitive to just shovel food into my mouth, even though my ratios are good and I'm meeting my macros. I'm trying not to overthink it but it feels impossible. No way I can do this for four weeks. Any advice from my dear nonas? I know weight gain isn't a common topic for this thread but I know we have a few weight lifters floating around somewhere.
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>>372306I own a city bike and I use it to move around my city but also on dirt roads. It's the most comfortable position for my back (as long as your seat is not too low, because you can damage your knees if you don't stretch completely your leg while pedaling). Also, you can put one basket in front of you and another one behind you, it's very practical.
No. 372678
>>372346You're not shoveling food into your mouth a la Amberlynn, you're not eating 4 whole cakes by yourself for breakfast and following that up with a tub of ice cream. You can work out better, you have more energy and stamina, that means your diet is working. If you'd been meeting your calorie goal with pasta and chocolate you'd get the opposite result. Body recomposition is a slow and steady process for women, even men take months to go from flabby slug to human, and it's not easy. As long as you keep eating good food and following your workout plan you'll see results. Just because it takes a long time to happen doesn't mean it won't happen.
And remember, muscle weighs more than fat. Don't obsess over the number on the scale or you'll fuck up your progress.
>>372498You're okay, nonna! Everyone comes off their diet during the holidays, you're back on track, and you're working out. That counts for more than you think. You're building muscle and stamina, not just losing weight. And you don't look like an ogre. The more weight you lose the more your body will change, and sometimes you won't like how you look while you're losing the weight.
If you can't seem to stick to your meal plan do you think it's worth changing it up a bit? Replace like with like so you're not overdoing it on one food group or consuming too many calories, add a few unhealthy snacks or meals that you can allow yourself to have once or twice a month so you don't feel so guilty every time you mess up. You're already anxious about getting a job, you don't need to add to the stress or you'll binge.
Do you have any non-scale victories you can focus on while you lose weight? It sounds like your diet has taken over your life a little bit, you might benefit from thinking about your weight loss journey in a different light. How far can you walk now compared to before? How much can you lift or press now that you're working out? Do you feel more energetic or clear-minded now? Think about everything you've already accomplished. Weight loss is no small feat, and even if you're going slower than you'd like, you've already come a long way.
No. 372803
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anons who use blenders what brand do you like? how much did you pay for it? i didn't expect to pay more than like $40 for one but i'm seeing some sell for $700 with rave reviews, which i am not gonna spend, but i'm wondering if quality matters that much? i am just planning to make fruit and veggie smoothies.
No. 372829
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>>372803seconding ninja, I got this one for like $150 and it does everything you would expect a blender to do. I also like the different sized cups, the small ones are good for smoothies
No. 373200
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if there's any swimming nonas here:
how do you build stamina up? I can swim breaststroke for about 150m continuously if I push myself, but every time I start to get tired I panic and think I'm going to drown in my 2m depth pool kek. I only learnt to swim a few years ago and I do think it's a little part of that fear that I haven't pushed out yet, any nonas have any tips to put aside my anxiety and build up my stamina quicker? I aim to go to the pool about 3 times a week
No. 373284
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>>373200dif anon
Backstroke is great for strengthening legs and core so you can float better and not 'sink' when doing free-style. I also have been using a mini resistance band (light weight strength worn above my knees) to assist in keeping my legs in a better flutter kick range so my hamstrings and pelvic floor/core are better activated. I often do alternative laps of backstroke with arms and laps with arms above my head like in the picture.
I'm also building up my lap stamina so hopefully both of us improve
No. 373529
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I’ve been slowly improving on my eating habits and binging much less. I hate how slow it’s going but it’s definitely getting better. It’s really tough because even if I’ve had a full healthy day of eating I get a craving for a certain taste or texture and go crazy. Any other nonnies have tips to curve unhealthy eating habits? I hope this year is kind and fulfilling for all of us and our goals
No. 373545
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>>373529I've been making lots of salad mixes with crumbled up pita chips and other things to get my crunch craving. I don't have much advice other than keep going, it does get easier as your taste buds do take time to adjust.
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>>373529Prioritize getting enough, consistent sleep, as bad sleep will make you more insulin sensitive which leads to cravings, and have a cut-off point for when you stop eating. I stop around 7pm, but some sources say it should be no later than 8pm. Eating too late will mess with your insulin levels amongst other things, which can give you more cravings. While this might not curb all of your cravings, you will at least avoid some other negative health impacts of late night eating, and using time restricted eating is a way to restrict your total daily calorie intake. I think empowering yourself with the knowledge that it's not good for your body to eat late will make it easier to follow through on this, and over time you'll notice it gets easier and might also give you less cravings in general.
No. 373944
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i have gym anxiety and i started exercising at a gym a month ago. i've been doing home workouts on/off for years now so i am somewhat familiar with exercises but i definitely still have a high level of anxiety and am still working on overcoming this. i've been doing somewhat well with it because i go to a quiet small gym and try to go at off peak times to mitigate my anxiety.
unfortunately today the gym was 2x more packed than i've seen all january. there was this old moid using all of the main machines near the barbells. he was even using a bench underneath a squat rack which was annoying since there are only three benches total in the gym and the other two were being taken by a group of people who came in together immediately after i started my warm up. so as you can imagine my anxiety was at max.
i asked him if he was still using the bench (idk why he even needed it surely he could've used the bench that had a barbell mounted right above it??) he said he needed it for another set so i was able to get it afterwards and did my workouts as best as i can but i def did it with poor form since i was so fucking stressed. i also couldn't put the bench against something to steady it since there was no room bc packed small gym.
the old moid came over and gave me some unsolicited advice about my hunched shoulders which i uttered some polite reply to but it deep down it annoyed me since i know better, muh anxiety just made me focused on completing my workout. i do so much better when i dont have to worry about that and can watch my form in the mirror. i didn't even increase the weights much because i was so stressed. so many people kept entering the gym so i skipped the last few sets of my more awkward exercises and most of my cooldown since i wanted out.
i internalized the encounter with the moid the whole time since idk if he was being genuine or if there was a touch of snark bc i asked for the bench. always hard to tell with boomers and im not american anyway. the whole time i also wished i could go back to home workouts but that's impossible for me hence why i've been going to the gym.
i told my nigel about it because he knows how bad my social/gym anxiety so i hoped he would make me feel better. he told me that working out with bad form is dangerous which upset me (i burst into tears) because he missed the point and implied i didnt know that. he's seen me do home workouts, he should know i'm not a complete newbie to this. i literally tell him all the time how much i hope the gym is empty cause working out with people present is such a huge barrier for me. so i was really upset that he didn't get it. he apologized and understood (and im proud of myself for advocating myself because i struggle with that) but god.
im probably going to start working out much later so i can have a mirror to myself and not have to deal with this. i can't wait until i'm a fit goddess and don't have to deal with my autism getting in the way of working out properly.
No. 374068
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I’m so frustrated. Because I am short and have pear-shaped fat distribution, no matter how much weight I lose I always, ALWAYS look frumpy. My skeleton is actually hourglass, but all the fat in my body goes straight into my butt and thighs. It makes me look like a bottom-heavy midget and pretty much no clothes look good on me (except dresses/skirts probably, but I don’t want to wear those.) my pants will fit at the waist but be stretched to within an inch of their life at my thighs, so I have to buy larger sizes of pants and use a belt, but that makes the top of the pants bunch up in a retarded way. And even though I’m objectively, by BMI, a lower-normal range weight and you can tell that with my clothes off, I always look chubby and awkward as soon as I put clothes on. No one else in my whole extended family has this type of fat distribution, I always get the worst luck on all phenotypes.
I’m still planning to lose more weight if possible (although I seem to be in a plateau), but it’s so miserable eating such tiny portions of everything and I’m wondering if it’s even worth it, since I’m always going to be this same cursed shape unless I literally go full skelly.
No. 374084
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>>374068Are you me? On top of everything you said, I also have a short torso and slight lordosis so my belly sticks out and most pants look ridiculous on me. I feel like a penguin and want to kms.
No. 374345
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There's a new gym with pilates class and circut training opening in my town! I kind of want to join, BUT! For the very first time in my life, I'm fat. (I drank too much alcohol and ate like shit after I lost my job during the pandemic. I stopped binge drinking and eating and I'm much healthier than I was, but I still look like a fatass and it'll take some time). First world problems, but for the first time in my life I don't feel hot or confident anymore. I feel OLD and FAT and I feel embarrassed and insecure in front of zoomers, like they're automatically judging me. I'm scared to join and be the fat, inflexible millennial in the class even though I shouldn't care what they think. What should I do? I'm assuming I should just join the class anyway but I'd like some moral support kek
No. 374440
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Hello frens,
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I have been starting an on-and-off fitness routine that I just got back into after recovering from a tweaked lumbar. However, I was carrying a 25 lb plate to one of the machines and I felt the pain flare up in the same place again. Still hurts this morning, but I can't tell if it's because of the change in weather.
Can't get anyone to bring me to the doctor (can't drive and ubers are sketch), and my folks think it's a waste of money to go see if my backed is fucked.
Any experienced frens here know if I should try to continue my routine and work out as regular tomorrow (tomorrow is leg day for me).
Also which muscles should I work on to carry plates better? I had to ask one of the stronger ladies at the gym to carry one of the 45 lb plates for me, and I was so embarrassed ;-;(;-;)
No. 374441
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Another question I have is how do I know whether I should bulk or cut? I want to have muscles so I can look hot in a swimsuit and also my own art reference (extremely weird goal, but I love drawing muscular girls)!
I am 165 lb and 5'10", and I'd like to recomp my excess fat into muscle. I should note that I am like 28.5% body fat if I measured myself correctly…
I've been told to cut 200-400 kcal to see results. Is this accurate?
No. 374447
>>374445Why so mean, anon?
I came here in hopes anons would be a little more welcoming than /fit/. I can't get accurate fitness advice on there as a woman except for the barest basics because once I say what my biological sex is they start screeching and asking for tits/sex. And I hate the fact that 90% of fit threads are downer/lookism shit or some weird coomer threads.
>avatarfaggingYou're telling me you DO NOT have a super-cool fictional goal body?
No. 374449
>>374447no one here says frens and emojis are a bannable offense. using the same character image on all your posts is avatarfagging. your newness is showing.
https://lolcow.farm/infosee 5. Integration
No. 374451
>>374449Ah, alright. I just like to use Noi as my fitspo (something, something literally me), even though she is a fictional character. Didn't intend to avatarfag… just caught up in my own mania (read: fear of being stuck in back-tweak city and the very strong desire to get buff).
I will cut down on the Noiposting, but I hope my abuse of ellipsis doesn't make me stand out too much.
No. 374457
>>374454I can't help my enthusiasm. I get very tunnel-visioned when it comes to accomplishing my goals.
I've already shaved an inch off my waist since the new year, so I am very much caught up in the excitement that is my (small) accomplishment!
If it is just a manner of my posting style, do I need to avoid reddit-spacing? I do not use reddit btw.
I just think it makes posts easier to read in general.
Thank you for your advice, nonna.
No. 374572
>>374440>my folks think it's a waste of money to go see if my backed is fucked.This is terrible and you should (imo , need) see a physiotherapist. Don't bother with chiropractors. When my right lower back was causing a lot of problems, my physios prescribed me easy core and glute exercises (got a band for the glutes). Lower back pain can be caused by a plethora of reasons, like tight hip flexors, weak glutes, weak core, etc and it's way easier to get a physio to test your body and find muscular weaknesses. For the time being, I would suggest doing some yoga/stretches especially for your hip flexors, and if you have a foam roller, try rolling your IT band, quads, and hamstrings. Additionally, if you have a lacrosse ball, roll your glutes (it'll hurt like crazy. Watch videos on how to find where to roll). Lastly, you should try and dial it at the gym. Either go way lighter or do bodyweight exercises instead. You need to figure out why your back is hurting first before you load it up and hurt yourself again.
No. 375114
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How do I grow my arms around an old bicep injury? Never got the chance to go to the doctor because parents laughed me off and said I was being dramatic.
I can manage an 8 lb dumbbell but any further and I get pain/ache for 3 days up to a week. Compounds are okay-ish, but I want to go further than 8 lbs.
It's been 2 years since the injury, wherein I was swinging around a kettlebell with really, really poor form. IDK what to do at this point because I rely on my folks to drive me around and they're literally blaming it on "too much computer time" when the computer doesn't cause me any pain at all (except the typical pains/tightness that comes from too much sitting).
No. 375205
>>375084Big shoulders again. Maybe a nice back.
My unrealistic goal is abs…but I like to eat and I like to have treats when I'm with friends. We'll see how my cut goes.
Abilities are my main goal though. So being able to do a bunch of pull-up variations and a hand stand and have overall mobility is my goal.
No. 375221
>>375202lowering the hurdle to start - picking out the shirt/pants you'll wear to it, maybe putting it on right after you get home from work so inertia doesnt take you.
put earphones and music on to stop yourself from overthinking it and just go and use the treadmill for at least a few visits, and check out the rest of the gym layout/machines while you're cooling down
No. 375273
>>375202Well I almost had full tism meltdowns the first few times, but the trick is to just keep doing it. Eventually it will no longer be so uncomfortable or scary. Other people are also pretty nice at the gym, even the big dudes sometimes.
As for tackling the large breadth of knowledge, just try one-two new machines or exercises per workout. You can build up a routine slowly and it will help you commit it to memory as well. You may learn you have preferences along the way (eg. cardio over weights, you may really get into calisthenics, etc.)
No. 375424
>>375384My first suspicion is you aren't sleeping well due to the stress and it's affecting your hunger hormones. Is that the case? How's your sleep?
Increased workout schedule on top of increased stress and poor sleep would make you ravenous. I prescribe taking a deep breath and going easy on yourself, prioritize rest and whatever physical activity relaxes you the most. You need to sleep. That will get your appetite under control and help with stress.
>I need to be in a deficit asapDo you? It sounds like you have more serious issues going on but I don't know your life. Unless your job relies on how you look I don't see how this would be the thing that fixes your life. I'm really sorry you're going through it right now, I hope things turn around for you. Pick the biggest obstacle to your happiness/goals right now and work on it (
whether that is a man who needs to go or just needing to sleep more or whatever) you are doing too much.
No. 375458
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Is it possible to achieve this kind of flexibility by stretching at home?
Do you have any good videos that show full body stretching?
One of my goals for this year is to do the splits, but I'd like to be as flexible as possible.
No. 375464
>>375458I think it's possible but you have to be careful so you don't damage something. I honestly just go to the gym because routines makes me happy and also talking to people is nice to me.
But if you look for simple yoga and mobility exercises, I'm sure you will be able to reach your goal.
No. 375465
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HOW THE FUCK DO I MANAGE WORKOUTS ON SEIZURE MEDS?
I've been on carbamazepine since I was a little kid, which would be for almost 20 years, and I'm finding I'm really fucking delicate. I kicked my dog to stop him from attacking a guest last night, and now the back of my leg is stiff and achy.
The doctors didn't tell me until 2 years ago that bone/joint degeneration was a side effect of the meds, and I've gone off the meds once after being seizure-free for five years before they put me back on the meds again at a higher dosage. This was about ten years ago.
Now I'm taking calcium/vitamin D/magnesium everyday, as well as eating lots of yogurt/milk products, but I don't know if this is helping. I'm hoping that once I get a little more muscle it won't be as bad, but how fucked am I here? I'm getting really depressed trying to weigh the logistics of getting fit around being a walking injury-magnet.
No. 375466
>>375465Also need to add I am not an animal-abuser. My dog is just senile and very, very stubborn, and I didn't want him to scratch an older guest.
I love him to bits.
No. 375482
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Just wanna say yoga has been so great for me. I am a complete noob when it comes to strength training. A couple of years ago I had injuries to my knees and I had to do physical therapy for months in order to learn how to access and strengthen some underdeveloped muscles in my glutes/hips. The PT helped me a lot, but after a while I predictably fell off doing the exercises. I started yoga a year ago, and I've recently resumed some of my butt exercises and realized my stability and strength has increased noticeably just from doing yoga for a year. Holding postures for an extended amount of time really helps with awareness of and utilizing all those tiny muscles you're normally not conscious of, but that aid in stabilizing your body. I feel much more confident now going into heavier strength training. Yoga has also been good for my emotional awareness. I had done some yoga previously, but the classes I'd tried were more fast phased and aerobic. I really recommend trying an old school yoga class with guided relaxation/breathing and focus on prolonged poses, especially if you are a noob to strength training like I am, or you have some type of injury. As long as you remember to adjust exercises according to your own body/limitations, it's something everyone can benefit from. Because I struggle the most with my knees, my goal is to become better at the tree pose.
No. 375499
>>375458I'm sure you could achieve the splits but personally I wouldn't get my heart set on being as flexible as her without serious serious hard work. The older you are, the harder it is to become flexible, and some bodies are just built more stretchy than others. I wouldn't say it's impossible though, I'm just pessimistic about flexibility because I naturally sucked at like, middle splits and back stretches for example, and never felt like they were attainable for me.
Anyway the /r/flexibility subreddit is a good resource. I'm going to start stretching more regularly, I stopped for a really long time because it's boring af and I hate doing it but I don't want to be an inflexible immobile old lady so I just have to. I recently started a new program for lifting weights that seems to take less time so I'm going to add it to my gym routine.
No. 375871
>>375818Keep in mind that BMI is flawed and stupid and inaccurate for women, even moreso for petite women. Also remember that unless you have been totally sedentary for an extended period, some of your weight is muscle. If you've had an ED then in general I'd encourage you to worry less about weight/numbers and your looks, and focus more on your strength, health, flexibility, endurance, and so on. At the very least, get regular exercise for the sake of your heart and lungs, and your mood as well.
I'm the same height and also a former anachan, but 20 pounds lighter and with a significantly fatter waist (28-29in) and pisspoor athletic performance. I feel obese every day. I wish I had the wherewithal to exercise but I am just too depressed, and of course the lack of exercise contributes to my depression. What can you do kek No. 375885
>>375818I think it might be more helpful to look at your habits rather than your body. I am the same height and used to be a similar weight, and I looked chubby with some angles/clothes but didn't come off as glaringly fat. But I used to have bad eating habits (a lot of highly processed food) and was very sedentary, so it was all fat.
I drastically improved my eating habits and although I think I should still exercise more, I walk a fair amount now. On average I'm about 105lbs when I'm just following new good habits and not any particular regimen, and I just feel better to not be eating junk all the time. I still don't have much muscle mass so if you're better than me in that regard it seems reasonable to be heavier.
Cursed to be vanity sized into oblivion in America, waist 24" No. 375891
>>375858You are too skinny for loose skin to be a concern, that's for people with way more excess skin and fat. 10kg/22lbs is too much to lose in 3 months. You can, technically, but you'd probably want to kill yourself by the end of it. High chance you'd make yourself skinnyfat too and just lose a bunch of muscle. Higher chance the crash diet you'd need to do will fail, make you a yoyo
victim, and stress you out. Shoot for like 5-6kg instead.
>>375885your rattling is unreal lol
No. 375910
>>375891>>375894I'm 5'0" kek it's an absolutely normal weight for this height. I believe the healthy range is usually from high 90s to mid or high 120s. I only mentioned clothing and waist size for reference because she did. It is not insanely tiny for a short woman
Idk where you got effortless from. When I say I don't follow any particular regimen I mean I don't fixate on a certain calorie budget or eat some specific diet like keto or whatever is trendy nowadays. I cook a lot and consciously choose nutritious foods and balanced meals, it's not like I'm carelessly eating whatever, and getting to that point after previously having bad habits was tough.
I assume it probably sounds jarring if you're taller, I mean I don't have a good grasp of what weights and sizes are typical for women of other heights. But it's not that weird if you are short and mainly do activities that don't build much muscle and I promise I don't condone ana behavior at all. My main advice to that anon is that she should examine if her habits are healthy to see if her weight is good for her, I mentioned my experience because we are the same height and in my case I was not particularly healthy and thus lost weight. But she may be different, which is why it's important to consider your lifestyle rather than just a number.
No. 376087
>>37605824-26 inches is the average waist size, 25 inches is a normal size
>>376052What’s your waist measurement at its smallest size, do you know? If you just have an inch or two of fat around your waist then that’s normal, if it’s more than that then you could try changing your diet and exercise. Pilates changed my body the most and cutting out added sugar helped get rid of fat on my stomach, waist and face. It could just be your weight gain pattern though.
No. 376178
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I used to do a 24h fast once a week and then did IF for most of the other days but then stopped. Recently started again and it's causing me sleep problems which I didn't have back when I fasted regularly. During the 24h fast I thought about prolonging it to 36h but I had to break fast at dawn because the insomnia was so unbearable that I wanted to cry. After I ate I slept like a baby. Now when I'm intermittent fasting I still struggle with falling asleep and it's a problem, I can't focus on anything either because I just want to sleep. Am I going to get used to it eventually? I feel great physically, but it's mentally draining because I keep debating if I should break fast just to be able to fall asleep instead of doing anything else. It's really discouraging.
No. 376240
>>37619224-26 is the average waist size when talking about frame size, without excess weight. So many people are slightly overweight now that it’s technically probably bigger, like 27-30.
Back when women needed to know their measurements in order to buy clothing, before clothing all started being made with stretchy material, the average waist size was 24-26. That was also back when most people were normal weight.
No. 376280
>>376240sorry but that's a retarded way to think about it and that's not what people mean when they talk about average measurements. I thought maybe you just lived somewhere where the population has a small average size, but you're actually talking about the average waist measurement for thin people which is just… that's not what average means. It's not that serious but this is why it's irritating to talk to people about body shape, always people confusing average with normal/good in both directions. Like, fat being the average doesn't make it good, and a thin measurement being normal for people without excess bodyfat doesn't make it the average waist size.
25" is a small waist measurement. there's no need to reply to say it's a normal waist measurement (for thin people). No shit it is.
No. 376287
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I'm successfully almost 3 months into a body recomp!! I'm so fucking proud, nonas.
Christmas was a minor setback, but I've maintained my weight while gaining muscle and strength. The exercise was never an issue for me because I know I could keep it up, but diet scared me due to my history of being a fat binger years ago and recently dealing with mild (but unhealthy) restricting. My relationship to food will never be perfect but I feel in control yet able to treat myself now.
May we all reach our body goals by the summer. Can't wait to have broader shoulders and hopefully abdominal definition.
No. 376550
>>376087>tfw 30 inch waistI am 5'10" and rectangular-shaped. I have been cutting/lifting, but I wish the waist would trim down faster.
>>376339A scale would help. Get a good one though. Mine is bullshit and says something different every other day.
No. 376585
>>376550>>376571I'm 5'8" and have a 30" waist currently, smallest I ever got it down to was 28" I honestly want to know where
>>376087 found out average is 24 - 26"
No. 376601
>>376585the average waist size is actually like 34"-38" in US/EU/UK/Aus with the USA being the highest as expected (the average is unhealthy now in a lot of countries.) Quick google says it's 29" in China and 28" in South Korea.
>>376571On paper, a waist meaasurement over 31.5" puts you in the realm of higher health risks associated with excess fat
>For women, below 80cm (31.5in) is low risk, 80–88cm (31.5-34.6in) is high risk and more than 88cm (34.6in) is very high.There is debate about wether waist size alone or waist-to-hip ratio is a better indicator of health risks, so talk to your doctor I guess.
No. 376608
>>376604Yes it is to some degree. One way to measure if you have a healthy waist circumference is to check your waist-to-height ratio.
>A ratio of 0.5 or lower is often considered healthy, indicating that your waist circumference is less than half your height.https://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/waist-height-ratio.aspI wonder if it's one of those outdated things that doesn't work for very tall or very short people though because everyone short would be called overweight by this metric and everyone over 6' can't have a waist under 30" or they're "underweight" by this metric.
No. 376866
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I’ve started to let myself go, and I need to make changes. I was always into sports and exercise until recently (post-college). I just need to lose about 10-15 pounds to be at my gw so it’s not even that much, but I’ve really been struggling to not over eat and get out of this sedentary slump. I’m very critical of my own appearance so I know I’ll feel better once I get my body back in shape
No. 376871
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>>373547samefag, I went from 216 pounds to 212. I think, if all goes well, I am going to start to lose more weight since the new job I'm applying to requires to walk a lot, so I'm crossing my fingers. Getting a job and walk, double win.
And before you ask me, my neighbor is a bit dangerous and the weather is horrible, although I'm dancing a lot inside my home.
No. 376877
>>376846>>376871An exercise tool is worth it.
As long as you have the incentive to get on it you can easily get a whole lot of cardio in.
I got a bike, and it doesn't take up much space. Treadmill is better at least for me cause it's low-impact.
No. 376936
>>376846I was going to buy one but got a mini stepper instead, it's great. I've used it every night for like a month now to get in some exercise after work. You can also make it more or less intense by adding in arm workouts or weights so you get a full body workout. I just put mine in front of the TV for 40-60 minutes and watch a show while I'm on it and the time flies by.
But like
>>376877 said, if you plan to stick with it any tool that will help you get more movement in is good.
No. 377396
>>377392not sustainable for life by any means but for a little while sure. it's kind of extreme, you might be sacrificing a
lot of muscle if you do this for months. definite yoyo risk if you have no offramp plan. hard to say more without knowing more about you.
No. 377725
>>377721Not vegetarian but I like to eat a variety and meat is expensive. Can you not eat dairy?
I love plain low fat greek yogurt and low fat cottage cheese. You can look up high-protein recipes that include them, but I usually stuff the former in my oatmeal along with protein powder and the latter on salads. You could also make cottage cheese mac and cheese with that chickpea macaroni (have yet to try that pasta myself though).
No. 377726
>>377725Oh shit I'm rarted and didn't see protein-exclusive.
You can take a swig of some plain yogurt if you have the stomach for it. A bowl of cottage cheese is yum if you're a cheese enjoyer. Alternatively, egg white omelettes (with cheese).
No. 377942
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Can being mildly fat cause vestibular symptoms?
I ask because I’ve been thin my entire life but in the last year I’ve put on a lot of weight and have been experiencing vestibular dysfunction. There’s nothing wrong with my brain or ears so now I’m at a loss.
I’m 30 lbs overweight. I don’t mind fasting and going skelly mode if it means that these symptoms go away.
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>>377978>lose weight fastAnon, that's not how it works, if you were to lose weight quickly you would either end up yoyoing horribly or you have cancer and it's killing you slowly.
Still though, it's not a crazy goal to lose almost 7 kilos in 6 months, but, you need to focus on your sizes and not your weight, because you could even
gain weight by working out and building muscle mass which is honestly the goal that most people tend to have since muscles are the ones that protect the bones and other internal organs.
I say, you should take it slowly and see what you actually enjoy, try spinning classes, maybe yoga, plates or anything else, but you also don't need to workout daily, just working out 3 times a week should be enough as long as you accompany thay exercise routine with a nice alimentation.