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@lamarhourglass Are active recovery days walking or other LISS stuff?

@seraph159 Throwing upvotes on this comment because I love that podcast. The Angela Lansbury episode is my favorite!

@slant Always. You burn out if you don't. On breaks I tend to stay in maintenance, so it's neither +/- especially when I'm already at a average weight range. Try one week breaks and eventually work up to being able to break for one month for things like seasonal parts of the year where you do...

@sarah87 I did so many bike trails in 2020 ;___;

@jmh1030 It was quite the topic in my anthropology classes back in grad school. I don't lean too heavy on my memory though because I'm 10 years out and who knows how much things have shifted since then. One of the commenters posted a link to Maintenance Phase podcast and that episode actually...

@godisveryreal Oh yeah, I dropped off early on that one before BMI became a discussion, or the OP's ethnic background. If I recall correctly, while the range is lower in a lot of asian ethnic groups, the bmi range is also higher in other non white groups as well, but because it was a...

@rang Yeaaah, I went full steam on it in 2020 since that was already going to be the case. If it were not for my spouse needing someone to body-double to do fitness, I wonder if I could find anyone else to hang out with? Sometimes I can find someone else for biking or paddle boarding when the...

@tsani Oh! Favorite fruits/veg?

@truthandlogic I start with body exercises the first month to nail down form. Or use the bar with no weights. Or very light dumbbells. I like Jeff Nippard videos for looking at good form and form variation options. I like keeping a bench or low chair nearby for squats until I'm consistent on...

@conslater Plus 1 to this comment -- it's slower once you are at an average weight because the weight isn't excess anymore. Even my highest weight during bulking was just barely overweight so the weight comes off 1lb a month, not 1lb a week, during recomp. My scale isn't particularly precise...

@chaplain777 I dunno. Spinach has vitamin A iirc and combing it with a fat improves absorption, so I think you are on to something by refusing to eat it raw. Ditto on if you mixed it with something that has vitamin c. That's just improved iron absorption .

@dikaioumenoi If you are near an Asian grocery store, I'm going to promote kinako pancakes some more for protein variety. 1 tablespoon = 5g protein for roasted soybean flour, so adding 1/2c kinako to 1/4 pancake mix gets me 30+ grams of protein. Plus, it's pancakes. You can freeze or fridge...

@arttonie They're different means to the same end, so do whatever you prefer. Or when you can't lift any heavier, drop the weight, up the reps and try again later. I don't know what that does to leg shape but it will lead to stronger legs as long as you are mindful of not overdoing it and...

@mihai_1991 Valid. Nothing really stuck for my spouse until he found exercise he actually enjoyed. So to me, switching up whatever you are doing every 3+ months (for example) is legit for "do I like this enough to keep doing it?" Since the calorie deficit is for the aesthetics, but the work out...

@ilovegod123 Heck yeah, I'll drop my faves: Kite Hill makes Greek yogurt in plain/vanilla flavors for 17g-18g per serving Silk has protein milk that's 10g per serving If you are near an Asian grocery, pressed tofu is 15g per 3oz Roasted edamame pulls 14g per serving Peanut butter powder is...

@myfavoritepa Play around with grams and percentages and see what works for you. I tend to get hungry in the middle of the night when I eat less than 50g but macro proportion wise I'm usually 15%-30%

@mihai_1991 I mean, newbie gains are a real thing, so I say yes. Winging it is fine as long as you change your objective from " I need to look a certain way by doing this" to, "trying to find something I don't hate enough to do consistently" --- for me, I didn't care for weightlifting until I...

@huk945 No effect. I suspect it's dense breast tissue and it's only coming off surgically. Lower bf% has also had zero impact.

@dikaioumenoi Valid. Going down to 1/2c is already a sacrifice. ;___;

@pete71 Thanks for posting this! It's a little easier to conceptualize the variability when it's folks closer to your height and age. I started at 5'0'' and 115lbs when I went back to lifting in April 2022. I started with 2x Squats + Bench with progressive overload being a goal. Then I creeped...