The Fitness Thread

[kmay]

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whats your view on cutting carbs on a way to lose weight?

[Reach]

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whats your view on cutting carbs on a way to lose weight?

Generally doesn't have any effect that's different from any other diet in terms of weight loss.

The biggest differences are that you flush out water much faster because of glycogen depletion and you usually feel fuller, since carbohydrate rich foods tend to have low satiety vs fat and protein rich foods.

So it can be highly effective in that respect for people that have problems with feeling hungry on diets.

[Reincarnate]

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kmay: As long as you expend more energy than you take in, you will lose weight. However, the distribution of macronutrients (protein/carb/fat) help dictate your body composition and what that resulting weight is made of.

Protein seems to be the easiest to figure out, since you can pretty much use your lean body mass as a measure for how much protein you should be ingesting to maintain/build muscle, or minimize loss on a cut. But then there is a lot of debate over how to distribute the remaining carbs/fat.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...-fat-loss.html is worth a read -- talks a bit about insulin sensitivity and carbs vs. fats

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/insulin-levels-and-fat-loss-qa.html

http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why...me-hungry.html also worth reading.


Long story short: It depends -- "If a certain food keeps you fuller and you eat less, it’s good for fat loss; if it doesn’t, it’s not. [...] The punchline of that article is that individuals who are insulin resistant (and/or show a pronounced early insulin response to food intake) seem to get superior results from a lower GI/lower-carbohydrate diet. In contrast, individuals with high insulin sensitivity show superior results on a carb-based diet."

[Reach]

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Makin' me some mo gains man. MO GAINS!

167.5 currently, up from 161.5 at the start of august. Body fat hovering right around 8%

http://i.imgur.com/fV7Vz.jpg

lol http://i.imgur.com/tO5yq.jpg


Progress: 7 months -> http://i.imgur.com/ZzdzU.png (march, june, now)

[Senip]

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Needs moar front delts.

I started my new diet yesterday, carb cycling for fat loss and a ridiculous amount of protein for growth. Yeehaa!

[Reach]

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Would like to bring shoulders in general up. Sadly I injured them a few years ago and they're still not really in full working order. I don't get to work them a ton because they hurt like hell if I do.

[Senip]

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Would like to bring shoulders in general up. Sadly I injured them a few years ago and they're still not really in full working order. I don't get to work them a ton because they hurt like hell if I do.

Have you tried shoulder dislocation stretches? I had the same issue, started doing those and in a few days the pain went away.

[Reach]

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It's shoulder tendinitis and yes, they do help but they don't make the pain go away. It just mitigates the sensation.

It flares up pretty regularly, but in general I've just learned to live with it since it hasn't gotten any worse and I refuse to get surgery, which is really the only option left. Physio didn't do anything that working out already does, and anti-inflammatory/cortisone injections only work as a temporary solution.


Edit: my shoulders have come up a LOT though, you'd be surprised.

Here's a progress pic: http://i.imgur.com/ZzdzU.png


March 1st, June 1st and Sept 24th respectively. 7 months progress (For about 4-5 months prior to this I spent time losing weight mostly through jogging and dieting).

[Reincarnate]

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What caused the shoulder problems? Anything in particular or just lifting?

I had bursitis in my left elbow (no idea where it came form -- one morning just woke up with a huge, pink, sensitive elbow and pain + limited movement). Still tender even 5 months later.

[Reach]

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I wasn't lifting when it onset. It was about 2-3 years ago. I don't remember anything in particular really. One day it just started hurting, and it has never gone away. The only things that help really are anti-inflammatory drugs, stretching and moderate volume weight lifting (can't go too high in volume or too heavy with shoulders or it hurts like crazy).

[kmay]

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due to setting for 6 years of my life, and lots of FFR/SM, my wrists tend to get really weird. setting is a bitch on your wrists. if i set wrong now, which i don't due very often i'm extremely good at it, they pop and swell up for a week or so. its crazy and it sucks.

[SCWolf]

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Here's a progress pic: http://i.imgur.com/ZzdzU.png


March 1st, June 1st and Sept 24th respectively. 7 months progress (For about 4-5 months prior to this I spent time losing weight mostly through jogging and dieting).

You ripped bitch.

I need to see if there's something I could possibly do to prevent myself from getting so full so quickly. Struggling to get 2600 calories a day right now. Can barely push the food down my throat, feel so nauseas from the fullness.

[Senip]

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Lol, 2500 calories is my diet weight, it's like 500+ calories below maintenance for me.

The trick to eating more is, well, eating more. You'll adjust, you just have to force it down for a bit.

[Reincarnate]

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Do you ever eat unhealthy calorie-laden shit just to get closer to filling bulk macros?

Example: Double quarter pounder with cheese from McD (IIRC something like 740 cals, 48 protein, 40 carbs, 42 fat).

Here's a progress pic: http://i.imgur.com/ZzdzU.png

lmfao damn it man
not sure if massively discouraged or incredibly motivated

[kmay]

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discouraged