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    Rant about people trying to look skinny or have a x inch waist

    @crosswalk1991 I actually unsubbed from there because some of them (and it is a minority) can come across as a hostile to newbies. I think there needs to be a balance. I don't want it to only be questions about calories/dress sizes/waist measurements etc, but perhaps having a newbie thread where...
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    Will I always be absolutely destroyed after a workout until I’m out of the obese category?

    @thornbearer No you won't. You're still new to this but it will get better and you'll recover faster, and who knows you might start to enjoy it. Increasing my protein levels has been the biggest improver of my ability to recover and my increasing my strength levels (and changing the look of my...
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    Should I start lifting weights and doing body recomp while I’m still obese or wait until I lose a good portion of the weight?

    @indent At a higher weight, you can go into a deficit without recomp. One piece of advice I'd give any beginner, regardless of start weight, is that if you do plan to weight train, I start teaching yourself mind muscle connection with body/light weights. It's honestly taken me a full year to...
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    Ancient Roman Ladies wore booty shorts, had pink dumbbells, and were also athletes..

    @robofan I want to win a crown and some leaves!
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    Is it just me or do we get ignored at parties/bars because we’re short? like people can’t see or notice us in the crowd

    @woollybear The worst was always public transport. When I lived in London and the trains were crowded, people would squeeze around me and I’d get a lot less personal space than other people. Once someone actually used my head as an arm rest. I don’t remember being ignored at bars and clubs...
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