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@slant I not only wish I had started sooner, but when I did, I wish I followed a program sooner instead of bopping around in the gym with no goal in mind. The mental load of figuring out what to do became a huge barrier for me and led to months where I’d stop going before restarting, then...

@regadoo Yes! This is how it’s done! It took me about 5 months to lose 10 lbs but like you said, have been able to maintain it because there’s room for the fun treats and drinks. I still worked hard and felt similarly that I wasn’t losing quickly enough, but in retrospect not sacrificing my...

@iamfavored2015 This. I also want to emphasize that even if you do get to whatever number on the scale, (and 9lbs in 2 months is aggressive for petite, already low-weight women) you may still be unhappy with your appearance bc cutting without much muscle mass to reveal afterward will result in...

@jewelamani Gotcha. No worries - the heavy rows are great. Sorry, totally missed the home set up. For curls I would just sub out another hamstring exercise, like B stance RDL with a dumbbell.

@jewelamani You’ll need a bit more back work if you’d like to work toward pull ups. Scap pull up and dead hangs are a great start, but I’d prob dedicate one of the two upper body days to mainly back work. Heavy lat pull downs, negative pull ups, heavy rows, etc. For lower body, I wouldn’t...

@jewelamani What’s your goal?

@koruschristian You’re making a lot of assumptions that what broad strokes worked for you will work for other people here. Many women on here are your height and weight, but with a higher TDEE. You confused BMR for TDEE. You’re a proponent of no “cheat” meals or days like it’s black and white...

@ngocvncom Can confirm. I look better and fit in smaller clothes lifting heavy while in the 125-128 lbs range compared to little to no exercise in the 115-120lbs range.

@koruschristian To anyone reading this in the context of a cut: it is okay to eat meals above your cut calories once a week. One meal or day of eating at maintenance or slight surplus will not derail your progress; there’s no conclusive evidence that this is the case (a meta-analysis of sorts...

@anna_jackson Oof killing it! I love especially that you reset for rep 2 to make sure everything was all good.

@lena_the_lena Games like bowling/escape rooms, game nights at home where you can make the food yourself, museums and exhibits, etc. If I wanna go out to the restaurant or bar during my cut, I will usually eat beforehand and order a meal with protein and veg side, ask for a box and box up half...