Awesome dedication. Way to go🎉
21 Jan 23 by member: PurpleAsh93
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21 Jan 23 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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I'm already struggling to gain. I'm trying to figure out calories. No cardio since November and started hitting weights hard last week of December. No gain this week with 3775 daily calories! WTH
21 Jan 23 by member: TheUnhealthyDaddy
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i wanna be you weight fast not slow like it is going. you got there. good for you
21 Jan 23 by member: sugarplum_
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For a moment I had been scared, when I read that you did not take in your new pants, the truth I thought, I thought you had grown something else instead of the legs🤣, just kidding, yes so and I'm glad that you already passed your doubts about fat intake, 🏋🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗
21 Jan 23 by member: yago-Santiago
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Very impressive, both determination and skill. 🏋️♀️👍
21 Jan 23 by member: TomLong
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Doctors use waist measurements rather than BMI charts for athletes. So haul out the tape measure and see if your belly size is healthy with the International Diabetes Federation's recommendation of <35.5". https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-definition/abdominal-obesity/
21 Jan 23 by member: JustBananas
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@Bananas, it might depend on the provider. I've never been measured. PCPs are pretty terrible and lazy. This includes the staff. Last year I went in and saw I was 118HR. The MA put in 98HR so my vitals weren't abnormal. I found this out when I spoke with my physician about my HR and she saw it was normal in chart. Then she did it and said, oh it is high. Anyway, they have always used normal BMI method for me. So I've been obese at times.
21 Jan 23 by member: TheUnhealthyDaddy
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@Daddy: I don't know anything about using waist measurements in relation to heart rates (HR) like you mentioned. Typically athletes have low heart rates anyway. The Harvard link is useful for weight lifters and military personnel that work out daily but veer into the overweight category with the BMI charts. Athletes with broad shoulders with that great nipped-in waist obviously are in need of a more accurate assessment than the scale. And there are plenty of men who are both fat and muscular, so they are still at risk of elevated HR, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Can't outlift a bad diet.
21 Jan 23 by member: JustBananas
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@Otb: You most definitely look fit and still have that flat stomach. I'd bet you are still way under 35.5" so no worries. Mentally speaking, I wish I had your sense of calm with relation to weight gain, muscle or no. I'm more focused on using my clothing and tape measure for tracking rather than the scale or BMI chart, but all methods are utilized.
21 Jan 23 by member: JustBananas
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@JB, I wasn't correlating HR and waist. I was just trying to point out how bad PCPs and staff are from my experience. My resting HR gets into 40s when cardio is up. The 118 HR was right before I got Rhabdomyolysis at the beginning of this journey.
21 Jan 23 by member: TheUnhealthyDaddy
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@Daddy: oh, okay. Doctors who are too busy to actually "see" their patients (or who would rather just push pills) suck. I have always had females for my PCP; they seem to listen more.🤷🏻♀️ Good to hear that you've controlled that HR now.👍🏻
21 Jan 23 by member: JustBananas
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21 Jan 23 by member: mountainman2
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You are doing amazing! I love hearing about your journey and you have definitely made huge strides!!💪💪
21 Jan 23 by member: Diana 1234
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VERY IMPRESSIVE!!! I really like how you explain the 'what' and 'why' of what you are acheiveing!
21 Jan 23 by member: BeauxS
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Very nice steady trend up!
22 Jan 23 by member: Redporchlady
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Thanks everyone it's been a journey for sure. Feeling super burnt out at the moment and took a double rest day to try and recover a bit.
23 Jan 23 by member: ObeseToBeast123
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JustBananas yes I'm definitely under that waist measurement lol the whole bmi thing is a joke classifying a 5 foot 9 male that wears size small or 30 pants and shorts and size medium shirts and jackets as overweight is humorous to say the least but either way I have put on some excess fat but not that much that will be trimmed back in March.
23 Jan 23 by member: ObeseToBeast123
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@Otb: Before you start your cut, it might be a good time to take some pics and also haul out the tape measure for waist, biceps, chest, thighs and calves. Don't go by clothing size (unless you want to get back into those jeans from 6 months ago). Then when you're finished your cut, you can proudly give us the Before/Afters.👍🏻👁️🏆
23 Jan 23 by member: JustBananas
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