Gaining Weight during these times

I miss my gym sessions as well. Getting fat now

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Originally Posted by Bakergeoff

I am missing gym but never been more cardio fit in my life. Got plenty of time to cycle nowadays lol

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Originally Posted by storry_teller

I miss my gym sessions as well. Getting fat now

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I'm probably in the best shape I've been in for a little while. I have some weights at home and a park gym nearby so currently training 4 days a week.

Hardest part of lockdown and WFM I’m finding is to stop snacking or eating too much.

Being in the office or on the road means the kitchen is a lot further away than just in the other room.

Started a couch to 5k thing yesterday as I've barely exercised in years, nearly died on my arse. Can only get better from here....

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Originally Posted by HoorayForBoobies

Hardest part of lockdown and WFM I’m finding is to stop snacking or eating too much.

Being in the office or on the road means the kitchen is a lot further away than just in the other room.

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WFM = working from massage parlour? I actually did that once...

That would be perfect, Zoom meeting up top of table and underneath a ML teasing and stroking underneath.

A fit body is wasted at a time you can't see the girls

More the other way around, getting fatter and will be too big when lockdowns end

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Originally Posted by HoorayForBoobies

More the other way around, getting fatter and will be too big when lockdowns end

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Look on the brightside... The girls will also be going out of shape during this time. You won't have to be ashamed of anything.

Don't do it for the girls, do it for you. Better general health, better mental health and so on. Nobody is saying you should come out the other side looking like Thor, but you'll feel much better for it. You don't have to love it either, hate it but do it, it gets easier and the benefits far outweigh the negatives. 30mins 2 or 3 times a week. Just do it.

Lol, for me it’s a matter of eating too much rather than no exercise. Having a kitchen so close is the temptation.

Gotta reign the self control back in.

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Originally Posted by Hhammer33

I’ve actually been losing weight this lockdown although maybe loss of muscle a bit too.

I’ve been running 5-10km 5 times a day, and eating intermittent fasting wise.

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5 times a day?????

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Originally Posted by Hhammer33

A week lol! Whoops

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I thought you were training for a marathon when I first read it, lol

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Originally Posted by Hhammer33

A week lol! Whoops

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Haha was about to say, dude you're overdoing it!!

When this lockdown ends, most of the public will be over weight, if you are American you will not notice but being Auzi you will see the difference.

I think I reached the point of desperation regarding my physical looks, so I'm trying to go 5-6 times per week. Sometimes it happens to go only four times a week, as I'm overwhelmed with work. I was obese one year ago, I managed to lose a lot of weight, and now I'm in the process of building muscles. I even think about taking supplements and some kinds of steroids. I saw here on https://rats.army/product/mk-2866-ostarine/ the research they do about it, and I'll try it. Does anyone here have a similar experience as mine? Should I try steroids? If you've hated your body your whole life, you know what I'm talking about...

I think I reached the point of desperation regarding my physical looks, so I'm trying to go 5-6 times per week. Sometimes it happens to go only four times a week, as I'm overwhelmed with work. I was obese one year ago, I managed to lose a lot of weight, and now I'm in the process of building muscles.

I think I reached the point of desperation regarding my physical looks, so I'm trying to go 5-6 times per week.

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Originally Posted by God Member

5kg is a lot of weight to lose. Stressing out about something you can't do anything about isn't helping matters, just damaging you. Can you get some reassurance from higher up, or do you prefer to stay under the radar? Your reluctant work as executioner should have bought you enough credit I think.

When your appetite is back, tell me, what dishes would you really enjoy eating to put the 5kg back on?

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Ive lost 5kgs in 3 weeks by cutting out lunches, i dont feel better at all and i think i need to go back to having lunch and start exercising more

Losing weight is a long term thing, it took me a year to lose 8kgs and that's going a consistent 3-4 times a week + having a trainer + watching what I eat.

Obviously I regressed abit during the second lockdown in Sydney, but I got back into it after the gyms opened back up.

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Originally Posted by toysrus

https://ibb.co/Bsby8c1

I did a 1 year body transformation during the 2020 covid year, with the goal of being in my best shape for my 40th this year. The after photo was taken January this year (at 65 kg) and the before was a year earlier (at 75kg), which means I lost about 1kg a month, when you factor in I probably added a few kgs of muscle.

The first thing I did was calculate my daily calorie intake requirements for my age, weight and activeness, you can search online for a calorie calculator. Then you calculate the food you need daily to eat to meet those calories. It's always easier if you eat consistently because it will take trial and error before you can work out your maintenance intake, that is the amount of food you can eat without gaining or losing weight. This is where the discipline comes in, every empty calorie you eat is taking you further away from your goals.

Next you focus on building muscle through compound exercises like Squats, deadlifts, pullups and pushups etc. Compound movements will give you the best bang for buck in your training, isolation movements is mostly to finish your training if you have time. It shouldn't be the foundation of your training. Like if you go to the gym and start doing bicep curls you are wasting your time because compound pull exercises like pullups, chinups, rows already trains biceps, just as an example. Train efficiently.

Your food intake should factor in the calorie requirements of the above training, meet your protein requirements for muscle recovery but don't cut out other macros like some fats and carbs. Cutting out too much fats could negatively affect your immune system which is why people who train a lot often get sick. You need carbs for energy, replenish your glycogen stores, carbs is not the enemy just be realistic about how much you actually need.

Then everyday I walk 10,000 steps which works out about 300-400 calories and that's my small deficit. I didn't do any kind of intense cardio, although if I did I would have been able to eat more. It depends on your relationship with food? For me I'd rather eat just enough to reach my maintenance calories and not do intense cardio, than do tons of cardio and eat extra food.

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Wow wonderful I wish I can get to that results. Did it improves you sessions? What did you regular WL say?

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Originally Posted by toysrus

RNT is more fun ;) I don't go to FS joints that often anymore. Some regulars think I lost too much in my face when I was at my leanest, since you can't choose where to lose fat.

The hardest thing about training at 40 is managing your fatigue, eventually you settle into a schedule that works with sufficient recovery times. If you are too fatigued it will affect your sexual performance.

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As a guy closer to 50 than 40, the hardest part is setting the schedule and getting your body to adjust to it, once you do it for a few weeks, rain hail or shine, your body realises this is the new normal. You want to change your training regimen (don't do the same exercises all the time) but keep the schedule. Your body is your own worst enemy, it will take the path of least resistance.
I know I'm lucky in that losing weight has never been my concern, so I train to be strong, to try different things, at the moment a mate (ex-military) and I are trying out a new regimen that wrecked me week one but now I've adjusted, next month we'll change it again, it keeps it interesting and if your brain is engaged then so are the muscles. I do 2 of my sessions a week in the park, bodyweight only (chins dips pulls and pushups), 2 at home with weights, Sunday 35 degrees I trained in the park, the week before I trained in the rain, I love it, everyone else fucks off if the weather isn't "perfect" which suits me fine, but that's just me, you've got to figure out what's right for you. Don't wait until Monday. Or New Year. Just start easy, get rolling, slow gains.
And no for fucks sake don't go down the dark path, stay off the roids, seriously they don't work by magic on their own you still have to actually do something. Everyone wants an easy fix, once you've done the hard yards you'll be so pleased with yourself for doing it.

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Originally Posted by toysrus

RNT is more fun ;) I don't go to FS joints that often anymore. Some regulars think I lost too much in my face when I was at my leanest, since you can't choose where to lose fat.

The hardest thing about training at 40 is managing your fatigue, eventually you settle into a schedule that works with sufficient recovery times. If you are too fatigued it will affect your sexual performance.

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As a guy closer to 50 than 40, the hardest part is setting the schedule and getting your body to adjust to it, once you do it for a few weeks, rain hail or shine, your body realises this is the new normal. You want to change your training regimen (don't do the same exercises all the time) but keep the schedule. Your body is your own worst enemy, it will take the path of least resistance.
I know I'm lucky in that losing weight has never been my concern, so I train to be strong, to try different things, at the moment a mate (ex-military) and I are trying out a new regimen that wrecked me week one but now I've adjusted, next month we'll change it again, it keeps it interesting and if your brain is engaged then so are the muscles. I do 2 of my sessions a week in the park, bodyweight only (chins dips pulls and pushups), 2 at home with weights, Sunday 35 degrees I trained in the park, the week before I trained in the rain, I love it, everyone else fucks off if the weather isn't "perfect" which suits me fine, but that's just me, you've got to figure out what's right for you. Don't wait until Monday. Or New Year. Just start easy, get rolling, slow gains.
And no for fucks sake don't go down the dark path, stay off the roids, seriously they don't work by magic on their own you still have to actually do something. Everyone wants an easy fix, once you've done the hard yards you'll be so pleased with yourself for doing it.

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Originally Posted by toysrus

https://ibb.co/Bsby8c1

I did a 1 year body transformation during the 2020 covid year, with the goal of being in my best shape for my 40th this year. The after photo was taken January this year (at 65 kg) and the before was a year earlier (at 75kg), which means I lost about 1kg a month, when you factor in I probably added a few kgs of muscle.

The first thing I did was calculate my daily calorie intake requirements for my age, weight and activeness, you can search online for a calorie calculator. Then you calculate the food you need daily to meet those calories. It's always easier if you eat consistently because it will take trial and error before you can work out your maintenance intake, that is the amount of food you can eat without gaining or losing weight. This is where the discipline comes in, every empty calorie you eat is taking you further away from your goals.

Next you focus on building muscle through compound exercises like Squats, deadlifts, pullups and pushups etc. Compound movements will give you the best bang for buck in your training, isolation movements is mostly to finish your training if you have time. It shouldn't be the foundation of your training. Like if you go to the gym and start doing bicep curls you are wasting your time because compound pull exercises like pullups, chinups, rows already trains biceps, just as an example. Train efficiently.

Your food intake should factor in the calorie requirements of the above training, meet your protein requirements for muscle recovery but don't cut out other macros like some fats and carbs. Cutting out too much fats could negatively affect your immune system which is why people who train a lot often get sick. You need carbs for energy, replenish your glycogen stores, carbs is not the enemy just be realistic about how much you actually need.

Then everyday I walk 10,000 steps which works out about 300-400 calories and that's my small deficit. I didn't do any kind of intense cardio, although if I did I would have been able to eat more. It depends on your relationship with food? For me I'd rather eat just enough to reach my maintenance calories and not do intense cardio, than do tons of cardio and eat extra food.

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Bro congratulations man, that is a damn good effort.

I've recently put on a bit more lockdown weight then i would have liked and bought a rowing machine.

I don't know much about diet and stuff like that but i do understand the idea of a calorie deficit (burn more than you eat and you lose weight).

Got any tips for me man?

The secret is to fit the exercise in every day so that it becomes a habit. I found if I have to do some kind of thing every day, when I don't I feel guilty, or deflated as the regular neurotransmitter hit becomes addictive. Motivations

If you can only do something for 15 minutes each day then that is it. I thoroughly recommend biking walking running to the local park or gym as part of the exercise. Silly driving to the gym.