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@escapewoman Totally agree on the injury factor. I consider it a lot more now. I'm starting to get to the point where I can't just bounce back from injuries, and it sucks. My main goal is to be mobile in my later years, so I try to listen to my body about injuries,

@freds Yeah, I had one of those when I was pregnant and then sold it at a yard sale right after and am now kicking myself for it now. It would have been great for helping me swap sleeping positions.

@freds I was Spider-Gwen! Nothing like a 1 piece, spandex bodysuit to crank up the body dismorphia, lol! Poor dude! Joints are so annoyingly fragile! glares angrily at left shoulder that gets injured from my sleeping position

@freds Well, worry no longer! I would go crazy eating under 1500 a day all the time! I just did a mini-cut for my Halloween costume and was eating on average 1500 a day for about 3 weeks, and that SUUUCKED. I had been just sitting at maintenance for at least 2 years before this cut, and I felt...

@rotlex Oh yeah, bodies are weird and come put together in all sorts of ways 🤷‍♀️.

@freds 5'2" 120lbs 42 yo here. I maintain at about 2100 calories a day. I'm decently active. I lift 4x a week, I try to get in a short jog (~20 minutes) at least 3 days a week, do about a 45 minute walk with my dog everyday, and 1 long hike a week (3ish hours.) I don't track my calories really...

@rotlex Are you talking in terms of health or what looks best? Because there are a whole wide range of preferences from morbidly obese to anorexically thin in terms of "what looks best." So for your own mental well-being, if you just mean looks, don't worry about anyone else's opinion other than...

@fabioeparra Only if your blood work indicates you are deficient somewhere. My blood work shows me as borderline anemic normally, and I dip into anemic levels during my period. This is pretty common among women, but you should verify it with blood work first. I don't know how much iron a...

@godisgood2 This is a big one. My protein intake has always been high, but I am borderline anemic. Started taking a slow absorption iron supplement, and now I actually feel awake again.

@jesstheblessed These days I eyeball portions but still loosely track my protein during the day to make sure I'm near 120g target. But I've been in maintenance for a long time now, which is much more forgiving than while cutting.

@lucyflor It does give you energy, just not in a stimulant effect type way. It gives you additional ATP, which is the molecule our body uses for energy in things like muscle contractions. So if you are using it consistently, you will probably get 1-2 extra reps per set than without.

@lucyflor Sure, I was just adding the mechanics of why this is the case in case you or anyone reading was interested.

@lucyflor Creatine will cause your muscles to retain more water, which is why vascularity decreases. The flipside is the muscles will look more full with that extra water.

@jamsie It's a crime imo. I don't even understand how that would work?!

@sheyla I agree that recomp while eating at maintenance is probably a good choice for OP, but what are you basing your suggested macros on? Even aggressive high protein splits stay around the 30-35% protein range. And with both fats and carbs so low this macro split is going to be very difficult...

@psalms91forme Limbs being lean while your gut is huge is a common way for men to store fat, and unfortunately, the very type of fat to be most concerned about for health reasons. This is visceral fat and is associated with heart issues, diabetes, and various cancers. Carbs don't inherently...

@virtualhope Hmm, that sounds like everything is fine. If overly muscular shoulders are the biggest issue, potentially lay off shoulder dominant movements. Like drop overhead press, shoulder press, delt flys. Are your shoulders really bouldery, like with super capped delts? Or is it more that...

@virtualhope I still think it would be worthwhile to have your hormone levels checked. The numbers don't add up, your maintenance should be around 1900-2100. At 1700, I would expect you to be losing weight. Slowly losing weight, but still seeing the scale trending downwards over time. Where on...

@virtualhope Weight is a function of calories in vs calories out, not the type of exercise you do. Your composition of lean mass vs fat mass gain or loss can be altered by dialing in nutrition, but looking "bulky" isn't the result of lifting heavy nor will taking a "sculpt" class lean you out...