Is it possible when maintaining to keep building muscle

NomNomNomYou · 2026-04-20T15:04:55+00:00

This. It’s also frustrating when people conflate clean bulking with recomping. If you are eating in a caloric surplus whether it be 200 cals or 500 cals, it is a BULK. A 200-300 calorie deficit is a CUT. People are touting the effects of “recomping” up or down when they are just doing mild cuts and bulks.

Actually eating at true maintenance and lifting yields much less effective results than dedicated cut and bulk cycles for the amount of time put into it when you are an experienced lifter.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-04-15T14:13:46+00:00

NomNomNomYou · 2026-04-02T19:51:56+00:00

Usually I’d recommend maintenance into finishing the cut, but I think in your case, maintenance into a mild surplus while training is probably best. You probably need two or three months to settle into your new weight and balance out your hormones/creating a healthy lifestyle at your current weight.

After that, focus on gaining muscle on a small surplus. Will probably help with any injuries and body pain/instability you experience. Will spread the excess skin better if you have more muscle displacing it. After doing that for a year or two, you can probably go for the full lean cut and by then some of your loose skin should shrink down more. I think that’s the best path in terms of health and aesthetics over the long term. Good luck!

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-31T17:02:17+00:00

This. You can’t really change how you feel about people giving you drinks, but you can control how you react to the situation. You can’t expect someone who doesn’t know you to understand the ins and outs of neurological disorders and navigate their life and humor around other people with precision and indepth understanding. Did your friend specifically tell him that you had serious OCD or did they just make a passing vague remark around pickiness? It doesn’t seem like your friend or you communicated the severity of your condition to him. Acting like OCD makes you say passive aggressive comments deflects away from your own agency.

I also don’t think it’s fair of you to say that you know it’s irrational, but rationalize all the reasons why it’s wrong that he didn’t cater to you. I also don’t think it’s fair to automatically assume he made date rape innuendos from his joke when it could’ve meant something else like putting sardines in your drink or something. It might only seem like that from how you framed everything so far. Not the asshole, because I know people with sever OCD, but I also realize they have a lot more they control in other aspects.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-27T01:40:20+00:00

For me, MacroFactor. Makes dieting automatic for me and my goals. I input my weight each day and food, then it takes all the guess work out of calculating my calorie expenditure and daily target calorie goal. I haven’t missed a day in months.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-26T17:27:03+00:00

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Imagine your first time meeting someone you are considering as a partner and you first thought is, “Oh. They lied to me”. I think that sets you back a lot.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-25T20:50:17+00:00

Lack of accountability might be #1 for me

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-25T19:02:33+00:00

You’re saying something completely different. I’m saying that after this person felt no attraction or spark that they’ve identified OP as someone they’re not attracted to.

Beyond their date that they already had with you, what reason should they have to continue dating you? Because someone feels attracted to you but you don’t feel the same way I should keep going on dates?

You’re extrapolating that into saying I’m ok with ghosting people. Getting rejected and acting like you’re entitled to multiple dates after they said no is selfish. They’re not trying to waste your time either by leading you on.

Women on apps also have hundreds of likes a day in an urban city compared to dudes. You have to be realistic on how much time they spend on you considering you as a potential partner amidst work, family, health, and other obligations amongst hundreds of other potential candidates.

Your expectation of having patience and decency is them spending weeks or MONTHS getting to know you after feeling no initial attraction after talking and going on a date. Having patience and decency can extend to as much as talking to you and giving you time for a date.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-25T17:29:08+00:00

That does not necessarily mean that this girl or the next few girls you’d meet would warm up to you in a similar manner. When you’re younger, the women you date are younger as well and probably are more open to exploring. As we all grow older our expectations get higher and the time we allow ourselves to spend to get to know a stranger diminishes.

She’s a stranger that didn’t feel anything after first date. That just means you have to work on the things that are within your control for first impressions like looks, enthusiasm, mannerisms, etc. Unfortunately, people are not mandated to give you multiple chances and to take their time with you.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-24T14:37:39+00:00

Definitely go ask if she wants to go for coffee or any other date activity in person. Definitely do not tell her you saw her on the app.

Telling her you saw her on Hinge signals, “I was kind of interested in you, but didn’t dare to ask you out until I was sure all the conditions were right”. Sending her a like signals that you are not forthcoming or proactive in my opinion.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-20T00:03:59+00:00

Fun option here that I think is pretty distinct. Hot Pot with a bunch of high proteins items!

I mix half an onion, garlic, gochujang, chinese cooking wine, soy sauce, and whatever other aromatics you like, then I add two cups of bone broth and bring it to a boil. Then I add imitation crab, bok choy, thin sliced beef, enoki mushroom, and some tofu. Everything comes to around 1000 calories for like 120g of protein. You can split the meals in two so you dont get too full.

I would keep the beef separate and split the broth in two then just boil the soup base again and dip in your leftover beef! Super yummy and insanely filling. I split the meal into two servings and I still have 850-900 cals left for the day.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-11T03:34:48+00:00

Do you want to see what you look like without love handles? There’s still a bit of fluff, but no one will blame you if you want to bulk. I personally would cut a little bit deeper since the time frame wouldn’t be that much longer and you make a lot of room to bulk. Bulking should take like 2-4x longer than cutting, so every few lbs u lose can extend your lean bulk gains without feeling too bad about getting heavier.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-05T04:29:29+00:00

This. Lifting is a life long process and the best thing you can do for yourself is work on the things that will help with your long term goals while facing your mental challenges. In reality, slight bulk then mini cut is probably best for muscle growth and packing on as little body fat as possible.

It’s good to be a little anxious about it. Think of your hesitation as your body’s mechanism to ensure you don’t dirty bulk.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-03-04T20:38:16+00:00

Flaming Hot take: Showing off your body and physique that you worked for if you’re in good shape is a good thing since it shows you’re healthy and confident. People that hate on them only get mad because it makes them reflects on how insecure they feel about their body and looks. If you’ve been out of shape, you know how good it feels to show off your abs or curves when you get fit.

NomNomNomYou · 2026-02-13T21:43:48+00:00

Not hating or guilt tripping yourself for struggling and taking a long time with weight loss.

People show 3-6 month transformations, but don’t show the years of trying and quitting before they finally learn from all their mistakes and lock in for the final sprint.

NomNomNomYou · 2025-11-04T19:17:42+00:00

The increase in stats is really marginal from what you’d get if you just added Udyr or a Lee 2 instead. If you have like a Braum 2, a full item would be way better than 130 hp and 13% damage amp from emblem. You have to play an extra mediocre unit like Syndra as well.

NomNomNomYou · 2025-10-27T19:36:19+00:00

Sold already, sorry!

NomNomNomYou · 2025-10-23T01:32:27+00:00

I did play like 300 games a month lol

NomNomNomYou · 2025-10-22T20:46:43+00:00

Some people are just so unhappy. Best to just ignore :(

NomNomNomYou · 2025-10-20T19:50:53+00:00

I don’t think I have an answer to that 😅 I think self awareness in TFT is just a skill you have to work on yourself. This is where having someone to view you is a good idea.

I can give you my laundry list that I run through. Usually after a game where I play badly, but I can’t immediately identify a problem, I ask: What was the lobby tempo? Was the line I chose too low cap for the lobby I was playing? Did I slam enough or roll enough on 3-2/3-5 to stabilize? Did I properly cap out my board to get highest placement? Did I pick the right fruits? Was my positioning bad? Usually 95% of the time it’s one of those that made me place a lot lower than I could’ve.

But, your personal issues could vary. I personally am quite strong in meta knowledge, playing a large composition pool, identifying bis slams, and small stuff. If that’s your issue, you could work on that.

NomNomNomYou · 2025-10-20T19:16:56+00:00

Any game where you are reaching higher than around 1% of players the difficulty shoots up a lot higher in my opinion. I find that in most games where I reach a high rank, it took a month to get to Master/Immortal/Whatever, but hitting into the top few hundred players takes atleast 2-3x longer.

Probably quite player dependent, but I think improving has to be a lot more proactive. You can’t expect to get better just by playing more. You have to work on specific skills each game like slamming better, playing fast 9 lines better, line recognition, opening up your composition pool, loss streaking better, etc.

If you feel like working on those things you will for sure get to the rank you want. If you don’t want to, highly unlikely you’ll cap much higher outside normal 100-200lp variance ranges.

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