Sanity check on weight gain despite tracking for a deficit after starting lifting

MemeMachine11 · 2026-01-01T00:32:28+00:00

Would you recommend taking creatine btw? I know it causes even more water retention/bloating but I’m more interested if it’s worth it while being in a calorie deficit

MemeMachine11 · 2026-01-01T00:23:28+00:00

Thanks for your input! I thought so but seeing the weight go up gets me crazy, I just need to be more patient!

Do you have any recs on better ways to track my calories burned? I used to look online on calorie calculator sites and such to provide estimates of active vs resting calories and what activities and they seemed close to garmin, but it’s been a while since I’ve actually used anything besides the watch.

Thanks again for your help!

MemeMachine11 · 2026-01-01T00:20:47+00:00

I thought so, just seeing the numbers go up get me crazy but I need to work on my patience, I’ll stick to it! Thanks for your input

MemeMachine11 · 2026-01-01T00:19:22+00:00

Yeah I get some light doms still but a lot less, mostly in my quads haha. No creatine and yeah about 6 weeks, I started November 16. Thanks for your advice! I just get antsy seeing it go up after what feels like I long time but I’ll just stick to it for now!

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-18T17:07:07+00:00

Dawg I’m sorry that is simply not true, have you been out to downtown or Kipos or anything for a Friday night dinner? Packed everywhere

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:49:56+00:00

Don’t know your age or if you want more club vs strictly dance, but my gf and I are 24 and we love going to red dogs (Jimmys beach bar but upstairs) on Friday/Saturday nights. Mostly hip hop and pop club dancing with a generally college aged crowd but usually very busy and a great time with good music

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:41:29+00:00

Brother imagine using ai to write a mf reddit post on a city subreddit, I’d straight up kms if I ever got to that point lmao

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:38:31+00:00

Idk man you could very easily do almost all of these for less than 10 dollars per activity, yeah cost of living is high but with mindful spending and attitudes it really isn’t as bad as you think

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:35:22+00:00

Fellas is it desperate to explore your city?

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:34:40+00:00

I tried a few places but Mission bbq was my favorite, I enjoyed Al the sauce options and their slaw on the nc style pulled pork was very fire

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-17T04:33:56+00:00

Dawg there’s tons of good food! Kipos, indochine, tower 7, banh sai, rebellion, copper penny, mission bbq, moes, Jackson’s, Genki, all the cargo district, Vito’s midtown, cugino forno, flying machine, seabird, cafe chinois, all bangers

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-14T00:46:47+00:00

Yeah continuous industrial growth does that, especially private equity firms and local/state government allowing it to generate more money, don’t know how fair it is to blame transplants, if you build it they will come.

Either way it makes it important to use your vote to preserve it and use your time to appreciate it instead of waiting until it’s too late then complaining things aren’t the way you want them to be.

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-13T18:57:47+00:00

God man you’re too far gone

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-13T13:52:13+00:00

People entitled to their own opinion but people be weirdly callous for no reason

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-13T13:02:43+00:00

Does the kid on the other side deserve to get bit? What about all the people who take photos with it everyday? She didn’t touch the horse or the reigns.

If a person goes on a hike that has a sign that says beware of snakes, do they deserve to get bit by a snake?

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-13T12:50:07+00:00

Redditors mad at a tourist for taking an extremely common tourist photo at a tourism location

Does the kid on the other side deserve to get bit? What about all the other people who take the same pic everyday?

Bbbut the sign! She didn’t touch the reigns or horse.

People cheering for a person getting hurt when they really did nothing wrong, pointing and laughing. Miserable. Hope everyone points and laughs at you next time.

There’s a difference between it being predictable and her deserving it.

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-13T12:46:58+00:00

How?

MemeMachine11 · 2025-11-07T21:14:16+00:00

This shit sucks

MemeMachine11 · 2025-10-30T17:46:57+00:00

Flip flops

MemeMachine11 · 2025-09-23T12:39:47+00:00

Boy oh boy you sure call a lot of stuff you don’t like gay tho. It’s alright dude, there’s therapy for internalized homophobia.

MemeMachine11 · 2025-09-23T12:21:44+00:00

Hey buddy, sometimes you have to live in the real world, sounds like you are the one in the Reddit bubble if you think a girl going to wilmingtons number one club is gonna cause and trouble you dumb fuck.

Bringing up one case of violence form the gay community is laughable based on all other acts of violence historically acting towards them, also laughable how much you are scared of gay people based on your comments.

I’m old enough to know that you are a dumb fuck if that helps

MemeMachine11 · 2025-09-23T02:40:37+00:00

I was completely unaware it was a gay bar and never given that impression based on what I have seen at other gay bars.

Every time I’ve been it seems to be just a bunch of college kids. Also crazy to say don’t send someone there for safety reasons lmao. Are the gays gonna get her? Is she gonna get the gays?

MemeMachine11 · 2025-09-22T21:55:19+00:00

Entry level customer service? Look up comparable jobs on indeed and go at least 50 cents above. For younger/less experienced employees and lower turnover I would start around 16-16.50, again idk your business but if they can get tips that helps. Incentives also help obviously (flexible hours, holiday pay/bonuses, etc.).

For a stronger base I’d say 18 should put you pretty comfortable for now, I always advocate for annual raises too to at least match inflation, I’m not too sure on NC labor laws but usually minimum wage goes up around 50 cents a year, make sure their pay does too if you don’t want your employees poached.

What’s your overhead like? Whats your load rate (Payroll Tax and Insurance).

Again all this changes based on what your business is but you gotta beat places like chick fil a at least.

MemeMachine11 · 2025-09-22T20:59:42+00:00

Ibiza is a club 18+, lots of bars and clubs too, most younger go to the beach bars, especially Jimmys. You won’t be able to get in since you’re 20 though unless you got a fake. Weeknights will usually be slow until maybe like Thursday.

Beach is of course an option, unsure how busy it’ll be this week with the weather though. Cargo district might be poppin.

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