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By *tsjustd OP Man
over a year ago
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I’ve been on a weight loss journey for some time now and finally reaching a point where I’m more the happy. I’ve now changed my training to build muscle and feel like it’s going pretty well... just intrigued with everyone else’s experience and If anyone has any good tips to offer  |
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over a year ago
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You're on the right track and making excellent progress. I used to weigh 15 stone and slimmed down to 12 with intense cardio, diet, and discipline. Took about 4 months. I then joined the gym pre covid, but since then I bought home gym equipment. Gradually building up muscle. My tip would be to eat plenty of carbs, healthy fats, and most importantly plenty of protein. One unfortunate thing I learned is that once you get the fat off, it's very easy to put it back on. Something to do with the body's metabolism. As we head into the winter months I would be careful not to bulk on too many calories. Winter can make many people less active which will burn less calories. Keeping active with a possible second lockdown coming will be a challenge, especially if the gyms close again. The key is to stay focused and be consistent with your workout routine and daily food plan. It's so easy to skip a meal by accident, or put off training for a day or two and blame it on the weather. I find that sleep is extremely important. Minimum of 7-8 hours. Waking up an hour late throws my day out of sync and messes with my food plan and workout schedule. Above all else, stay positive and if you find yourself saying 'what's the point' just remind yourself of what you could look like - the unhealthy version, or the positive handsome beach babe magnet version. Hear the winner calling inside you, and be that winner.  |
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By *tsjustd OP Man
over a year ago
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Couldn’t have put it’s any better. Yeah I find the dieting part to be the hardest, not that I’m eating unhealthy, but rather it’s a lack of understanding of what to eat and when to eat it. I fully agree with you about packing the pounds back on, although now when I eat something bad I instantly get a feeling of regret and that usually stops me in my tracks haha. I did notice at first I was neglecting my cardio as a result of focusing more on building muscle but I’ve started to incorporate back into my sessions. Thanks for the advice |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Couldn’t have put it’s any better. Yeah I find the dieting part to be the hardest, not that I’m eating unhealthy, but rather it’s a lack of understanding of what to eat and when to eat it. I fully agree with you about packing the pounds back on, although now when I eat something bad I instantly get a feeling of regret and that usually stops me in my tracks haha. I did notice at first I was neglecting my cardio as a result of focusing more on building muscle but I’ve started to incorporate back into my sessions. Thanks for the advice "
Congratulations OP! Wish you every bit of luck with your new training regimen 
As for diet, I don't know if you want to take advice from a fat person lol but I've lost 40lbs in the past few months by cutting out carbs. I also did a lot of 24hr fasts at the beginning of my journey which helped me recognise real hunger vs hormonal/boredom eating and has helped me reduce my snacking to where I only have like one snack most days and fill up on healthy meals made from whole foods instead.
Also, it sounds really bad, but my number one motivator for staying on track has been watching shows like My 600lb Life and Supersize vs Superskinny on YouTube. It reminds me of where I'm headed if I don't stick to my new healthy habits. Also watching mukbangers (people who eat obscenely large amounts of food in one sitting) on YT makes me feel sick and completely destroys my appetite whenever I'm craving junk. Probably not the healthiest way of doing it but it works for me haha.
I've had a couple of slip ups but the important thing is to forgive yourself, get over it and get straight back on track.
Can't really give any advice on exercise as I still suck at it (getting fitter though ) but the above tips have helped me stick to my diet better than any other time I've tried  |
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By *tsjustd OP Man
over a year ago
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Haha I love watching those mukbanger videos... I mean who doesn’t have slip ups, I just think of them as cheat days, and we all need a good cheat day every now and then. A good tip I find helpful myself is to take pictures of my self every month or so... because I feel like I’m getting to the stage where I’m not necessarily losing much weight but I can definitely see a difference. I wish you the best with your journey! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Consistency in diet and training
Structured programming, progressive overload either with weight increases or an extra rep here and there week in week out
Good diet, keep track of what you eat, plenty of fruit and veg, lean protein, healthy fats, unrefined
carbs
Plenty of sleep, min 7 hours ideally 8
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I second the "progressive overload" approach. I'm anything but knowledgeable, I learned about correct weight training from Google and watching other people at the gym. But what worked for me in terms of building muscle is:
Say you're aiming for three sets of ten reps on a particular lift. I'd choose a weight that I could lift (correctly and safely, without risking injury obvs) but I couldn't manage the ten reps with. 6-8 reps before exhausting the muscle, generally. I'd continue to use that weight whenever I exercise that muscle group, every time trying to squeeze out that one more rep to get up to the full set of 10. Once I was consistently achieving the three sets of 10 I'd add more weight, to put me back at the point of not quite being able to achieve 10 reps and start the process again.
Those incremental weight increases, for me, seemed to be key to building size. |
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Note I use the past tense a lot there; I haven't been to the gym since before lockdown and now my gym is tentatively reopening at weird times I haven't been able to organise getting back there. I'm withering away around the chest and arms and expanding around the middle.  |
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss "
By far the best comment of the month |
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss
By far the best comment of the month "
I don’t understand the appeal. You can get fit at home. When I was 18 I had the fabulous notion of trying to join the Royal Marines. 300 sit ups 150 push ups 10 mile run never went near a gym.
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss
By far the best comment of the month
I don’t understand the appeal. You can get fit at home. When I was 18 I had the fabulous notion of trying to join the Royal Marines. 300 sit ups 150 push ups 10 mile run never went near a gym.
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Small world  |
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss
By far the best comment of the month
I don’t understand the appeal. You can get fit at home. When I was 18 I had the fabulous notion of trying to join the Royal Marines. 300 sit ups 150 push ups 10 mile run never went near a gym.
Small world "
Alas I bottled out. They told me first stop Belfast. Didn’t fancy it after that. |
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss
By far the best comment of the month
I don’t understand the appeal. You can get fit at home. When I was 18 I had the fabulous notion of trying to join the Royal Marines. 300 sit ups 150 push ups 10 mile run never went near a gym.
Small world
Alas I bottled out. They told me first stop Belfast. Didn’t fancy it after that. "
Wise move! I'm praying for more redundancies! |
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"Never been to a gym in my life. I keep trim with a regimen of class A drugs and working on a construction site.
Gyms are for effete poseurs. Discuss
By far the best comment of the month
I don’t understand the appeal. You can get fit at home. When I was 18 I had the fabulous notion of trying to join the Royal Marines. 300 sit ups 150 push ups 10 mile run never went near a gym.
Small world
Alas I bottled out. They told me first stop Belfast. Didn’t fancy it after that.
Wise move! I'm praying for more redundancies!"
I was made redundant last week. I’m quite glad |
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