I've been gaining weight steadily ever since I've tried to push back to my max form starting in Sept, and my appetite has been huge. Going to the gym once a week is slow, but seeing some lifting gains, 5lbs here, 10lbs there.

So far last weigh in I'm at 170lbs, slowly gaining every week. I started at around 163lbs in Sept.

5 years ago, my 10 rep max squat was 185lbs, 1 rep max squat was 225lbs. 10 rep max bench 135lbs, 1 rep max was 155lbs. I weighed 180lbs back then
Right now I'm at a very terrible 135lb squat 10 rep, and 95lb bench 10 rep. Still got a long ways to go.

During covid I had dropped down to a very skinny 155lbs, even with heavy drinking (heavy by my standards)

My bench is at 150 right now for 3 sets of 10… trying to work up to 2 plates…. It’s tough though holy crap even 5lbs a week can make the biggest difference

You are very very skinny. Come take some of my fat !!! I got plenty to go around

I think I gain about 5lbs once a month or so for squat. Bench is much harder. When I was at my max, I plateaued for a long time with no gains. Either not eating enough protein or my core wasn't strong enough, or both.

I got bored not seeing gains and just started to branch out into doing other workouts like trying to do a full set of 3x10 pull ups.

I'm a bit thicker now. I got fat to lose and muscle to gain.

If you wanna gain weight come work out with me and the Ferrari bitch. She can feed you while you lift. Weirdest combination ever.

I haven't weighed myself, but I'm down to about 2-3 beers a week (from about 15-20 a year ago) fried food is only allowed on weekends and the beer belly is gone. Snowboarding at least once a week. Overall feeling pretty good but my bad back persists. Hitting jumps like I'm 10 years younger though.
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Losing weight is SO easy.

It is just SO expensive.

^ I'd argue for a lot of ppl it's just a matter of will power.

Your post (was it last week or two weeks ago) about eating well and proper is good. A lot of people don't even need that, they just need to stop eating so much junk/snacks and stick to a regular portion size at meal time.

Have a regular coffee for breakfast instead of that 200 calorie vanilla hazelnut latte whatever (save money and get a better cup of coffee while you are at it)
Skip bubble tea/soda in the afternoon, don't snack on chips/chocolate or anything for that matter. (save monies)
Skip the beer/wine at dinner (save even more monies)
Have a yogurt instead of cake for dessert
Don't crack open that bag of popcorn or chips after dinner.

Broccoli 1.99/lb
Ground Chicken or xlean ground beef $8/lb
Big bag of brown rice $1.75/lb

Eat that every day at decent portions and guarantee you'll lose weight.

^WHAT IS THIS!? a concentration camp meal!?!?!?!

Just sayin if you REALLY wanna lose weight it doesn't have to be expensive.

Not all of us are fed Bao yuuu and long haaaa as post workout meal from some Ferrari milf

has hobz tried her bao yuu yet? :ifyouknow:

What about your sauna steamed bao yu

no luck for a warm hearty meal... this chick loves her cold dip.

It all comes down to discipline at the end of the day. Even in bodybuilding, lifting the weights isn't the hard part, it's eating the same fucking shitty chicken/rice/broccoli 2-3 times a day, 7 days a week. You kinda have to have a level of craziness to be able to stay disciplined like that, the same applies to high-level athletes.

Hence I believe intermittent fasting is the better route for some. Sticking to 1.5 meals a day is tough at the beginning. You get fucking hungry as hell sometimes in the late evening, especially if you smoke weed :lol

You will lose weight though, and eventually it does become easier as you condition your body to it.

I always will say the fast is the way to go if you're like Hobz or myself, unwilling to eat those poverty boring ass meals like Sonick mentioned, and you enjoy a little more flavor in your life.

I think she’s one of those weirdos who gets off on feeding fat fucks. Pretty sure she feeds me and then goes home to cook her own baooo yuuu with supreme sauce

I made this recipe with ground chicken yesterday, ngl it was awesome eaten with rice.

https://damndelicious.net/2013/07/07/korean-beef-bowl/

I usually do boring protein-rice-broccoli for workday meal prep lunch, but mix it up for dinner and minimal constraints for weekend.

If you have money you can upgrade the chicken to bison, sashimi, fish, steak and it's 100x easier. Change the white rice to the shrimp fried rice at costco and broccoli to salad kits. Straight up pay to win.

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Learned skiing over 2 winters, up 15lbs, haven't weight lifted in in 4 weeks but got to check out Niseko!

alright boyos, im tapping in. currently 215 and want to be at my old weight of 180 by August 30th.

sounds like a chubby chaser :awwyeah:

down to 150.x today, that's like 25 lb drop from my covid peak :awyeah:

im still fat.

im going to go to costco and eat a hotdog + poutine to celebrate my fatness

Did this with ground beef on Sunday and it was a crowd pleaser. I made Korean bean sprouts and cucumbers and got seaweed salad to go with it as well so it was veggie heavy (I also mixed in mushrooms and onions into the stir fry).

Been nearly a month since my last update...

Good:
- I'm lifting twice as much as when I started and I'm able to go twice as long as before (and pretty hard) with my cardio workouts. Still a long ways from what most of what you guys are lifting though but day to day tasks aren't hard anymore. I use dumbbells but they're getting awkward enough that I'm debating either getting a rack at home or joining a gym.
- Ran for the first time. 20 min run at a 9 min/km pace. My legs hated me the next few days but I haven't run in 20+ years. Hoping I can do a 5k in under 40 mins by summer.
- Lost about 1.5" on my waist. Some of my pants are getting a bit too loose now. Friend says I look a lot healthier.
- Resting heart rate keeps trending down (see below) and for my age (49) it's considered above average/good. This is my highlight - it's the most obvious progress that's happening.

Bad:
- The weight is not coming off. Got down to 176 (only 1 lb since the last update) and have bounced up and down between that and 178 all month. Mon-Thur I'm pretty good with eating but the weekends are really hard with family events and activities for the kid so what I lose during the week goes up in smoke over the weekend.
- Recovery is really challenging. If I workout on back to back days I find I have to rest for 2 days before I can work out again. Age (and my starting point) really fucks with you. My mind is willing to work out every day but my body just can't do it. I need to mix in lighter work (like walks) to make sure I'm getting enough activity and to not over work myself.

All in all, I'm feeling so much better than I did in Dec. I have way more energy to play with my kid and my better overall health has meant that my hearing is a lot more stable and reliable as well.

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I find as you start out and gain strength, you are likely to gain rather than lose weight. Ever since I started working out again I'm up almost 10 lbs.

I do find if I am in a "fit" physique, I'm more of a 170-180lb average weight, vs during covid where I dropped down to 150lb. I just hit 170 two weeks ago but I have no gym time right now because the kids have no classes at the community center for Spring Break. I'm unlikely to be able to hit the gym until after I come back from Japan in May so I'm doing calisthenics at home to try and make up.