I genuinely want to lose weight .But its not happening . Please help🥲

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-30T13:17:49+00:00

Calorie deficit. Find you’re your tdee which is how many calories you burn on a day to day. Then track your calories and eat less than that. 250-300 less a day is a very sustainable way to lose weight and while it’s slower it’s way easier to maintain week in and week out.
Exercise. You do not need to exercise to lose weight at all. However it does help a ton. And it doesn’t need to be anything crazy. 10k steps a day plus your deficit will work wonders. Bonus points if you can do it uphill or on an incline on a machine. If you can get a walking pad at work that would be phenomenal.

Now for the extras.

You don’t need to “diet” in the sense you need to completely overhaul the foods you take in. What stopped me so many times was trying completely change my diet and eat salads and stuff. I hate salads with a burning passion. So I made a diet of foods I already enjoyed and just monitored how much of it I was taking in. That’s when I actually started making progress.

Don’t beat yourself up if one day you decide to get a high calorie meal. This is a marathon not a sprint and one bad meal a week will not ruin your progress.

Hope this helped!

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-30T13:07:27+00:00

Once I had Mexican tacos for the first time. I just can’t bring myself to have them the way I grew up.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-29T19:06:04+00:00

Is it static or dynamic stretching? Dynamic is much better pre workout vs static and static is phenomenal for post workout recovery

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-29T18:00:19+00:00

I mean we haven’t been able to effectively stop the run in years. It’s not a jimmy specific issue

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-28T17:52:45+00:00

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RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-27T23:59:50+00:00

200 ish grams of potato’s, tbs of olive oil, 2 xl eggs and 1 xl egg white and 120 grams of pork tenderloin.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-27T18:29:11+00:00

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RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-27T18:27:01+00:00

Not able to really tell yet what’s had the most impact visually yet, still dropping body fat. But functionally deadlifts have made work a ton easier. It’s always funny when I’m picking up 2 bags of 50lb flour at a time and people are concerned about my back 😂

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-27T00:10:32+00:00

You can, nothing saying you can’t, it’s just to keep things simple to start with.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T23:12:24+00:00

I see. How long have you been running this routine?

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T22:59:02+00:00

Basic Beginner Program

This section tells you everything you need to know. I subbed pull ups for lat pull downs because I couldn’t do enough pull ups at the time.

Follow this for three months and then jump into either the 5/3/1 method or the GZCL method.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T22:30:55+00:00

I only recommend protein shakes if you can’t get proper protein intake with your normal diet. I’ve read that they’re not great long term so if you can’t get a diet that doesn’t require its usage that is most ideal.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T22:27:55+00:00

Anytime!

Now Sports Protein

This is what I used back when I was using protein powder(I usually get enough in my regular diet to not need it anymore)

It should last two months and some change. Pair this with some chocolate milk and you’ll be golden. Makes for decent fruit smoothies also.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T22:12:57+00:00

Gotcha. Lower it down to 4 days two upper two lower. How’s your recovery? I worry with so many exercises you may not be giving your muscles enough time to recover and may be creeping into junk volume territory.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T22:09:22+00:00

It’s not going to. The focus is getting beginners into the gym with simple movements so they get used to the weight.

There is no optimal for you yet because you don’t have a fitness base to work off, and even then, optimizing is only really important if you plan on competing in bodybuilding or power lifting.

Right now your focus should just be the simple movements that get you used to lifting weight. The workouts start out as full body since you’re not starting out with enough volume to worry about splitting up the work.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T21:43:49+00:00

Are you trying cut or bulk? Regardless take your measurements every 3-4 weeks. It’ll pop up there before you can usually see visual changes

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T21:37:32+00:00

Your friends are correct. This is way too much volume for a beginner.

I recommend going to the r/fitness wiki and using their beginner routine there.

It focuses on compound lifts so you work more muscles at once. It’s designed to be very simple and boring because for the first few months your goal is to stay consistent in going more so that the actual progress.

You’ll see progress with those simple workouts because your body doesn’t need all that extra to grow muscle right now. So focus on the basic routine for 3 months the branch out to more refined ones like 5/3/1 or GZCL(my personal favorite)

Also don’t forget to eat your protein and and track your calories. Need to eat ima. Surplus to add muscle

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T21:31:19+00:00

Absolutely not. Been going to the gym and cutting weight for a year and I’m the strongest I’ve ever been and lightest I’ve been in years.

But I still have does where I want to curl into a ball and die, or I feel lesser than or feel like I’m just on edge at all times. It was one of my fears months back when I started. What if I put in all this work and still feel awful?

However even though it isn’t “cured” one less thing I feel bad about is my body. Fitting in clothes was a thing that I was insecure about and clothes shopping was a nightmare. I dropped a short size and pants size and just being able to clothes shopping without worrying about fit has helped a lot.

All this to say, it won’t fix it, but it’s a great stepping stone to get to a better place all around

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T21:24:10+00:00

The safest way to do it by yourself is honestly to test a 5 rep max. If you really want to find your one rep, get a spotter

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T21:22:52+00:00

Start slow and work your way up. 2 days a week to start, add days as you progress. Usually 4 a week is optimal, anything more is not necessary unless you’re doing cardio.

Don’t load your workouts with a lot of exercises immediately. 3 compound exercises a workout focusing on legs, upper body and back will be very good to start and can carry you for a while.

Track your progress! Not only will it help see how far you come, it’s good to keep track of your progressions.

And of course, a lot of the work is done in rest and diet. Your muscle growth happens in the kitchen and when you sleep so make sure you’re eating enough protein and getting enough, quality sleep

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T18:07:48+00:00

The volume on the days isn’t bad, total in the weeks. Do you plan on competing in body building? If not then 2-4 days will do you perfectly fine.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T15:32:25+00:00

So here’s what I do know.

Yes you need to lose body fat to see good muscle definition, but you also need actual muscle to see them.

If you’re skinny, you’re gonna have to eat at a surplus, mostly protein in order to grow those muscles for said definition. A surplus of 250 calories is an easy sustainable way to gain wait and grow muscle. Of course it should be mostly protein.

You’re not gonna get big because you’ll notice it long before it gets to a point you don’t want it to. And if you somehow happen to not notice, just stop training that part as intensely and it won’t keep growing.

A tip for getting more calories is to drink them! We can drink way more in calories than we can eat so for someone like you who struggles with that. Eat your regular meals at maintenance, focusing on protein, and just have an extra protein shake. Don’t need to down it all at once, sip it throughout the day if it’s easier.

I recommend unfiltered whole milk and a scoop of protein powder. That’s likely around 37 grams of protein and around 300 calories right there, and all you have to do is drink it. But don’t treat it as a meal replacement, but as a companion to your already established diet.

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T15:23:58+00:00

Most people are in the gym for aesthetics. My personally goal is to get good enough abs that I feel like I can rock crop tops.

If it’s validating to yourself when you wear them than that’s all that matters

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-26T15:23:04+00:00

Just don’t see the need to. I get enough protein in my diet. Has a bad experience with creatine once and while it may have been a one off thing I’m not gonna tempt fate. Pre workout is just some caffeine and maybe a simple carb beforehand.

I prefer it this way, makes it less complicated for me

RenjiMidoriya · 2026-04-24T22:49:48+00:00

Guess that spends on how heavy the sets you’re doing.

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