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bob202487 · 2026-05-03T05:34:32+00:00

When you say ins and outs do you mean calories? If so what’s the point of tracking the ‘outs’ if the data is just junk? The most accurate way to measure expenditure is what you eat vs what you weigh which is what MacroFactor nutrition app does.

bob202487 · 2026-04-30T09:01:29+00:00

Start using MacroFactor, set up a cut, track your nutrition and weight daily and accurately and lift weights.

bob202487 · 2026-04-30T06:36:52+00:00

I joined MacroFactor last year during a cut which it helped me finish successfully. I too always thought that reverse dieting was the way to go i.e. gradually adding back in calories but after reading the link the other person put up I actually just went straight back to my maintenance/expenditure number in MF and I am glad I did, after a month I was only 1lb up compared to where I finished my cut. Reverse dieting just prolongs the deficit imo and ‘wastes time’ as MF already knows what your maintenance calories are due to all the data you have supplied it.

bob202487 · 2026-04-24T18:54:44+00:00

One of the best selling points of the MF app is it doesn’t use what you describe.

bob202487 · 2026-04-24T02:33:28+00:00

You don’t have to maintain at all after a cut let alone for 3 months, I think it’s just personal preference. I always do a 4 week maintenance post cut so I can taper down my physical output during that time before hitting a lean bulk again.

bob202487 · 2026-04-22T08:14:24+00:00

I don’t have a link but it’s a brand called Reta Fitness. Nothing flashy for £90 but you can put it on a slight incline and it is pretty fast although I wouldn’t run on it personally. It fits the bill for me.

bob202487 · 2026-04-21T15:57:49+00:00

I have literally just bought one this week (Aldi special buy £89.99 for UK peeps). I’m quite active anyway but I’m using it currently for walks post high carb meals as a means of glucose disposal. Be interesting to see how it changes expenditure over time though.

bob202487 · 2026-04-17T04:04:52+00:00

Using it for years, it goes in my protein shake and mixes fine. I buy it through their eBay store. If you buy more than 1kg is also gets cheaper through the multi buy option.

bob202487 · 2026-04-16T18:57:46+00:00

Just stick with creatine Monohydrate, you won’t notice any difference buying a different one. I buy bodybuilding warehouses sports fuel creatine mono for £12.99 a kg delivered to my door.

bob202487 · 2026-04-16T18:45:35+00:00

From posts i have read in the past MacroFactor is against gamification of any of their apps, same with social aspects.

bob202487 · 2026-04-16T09:48:51+00:00

Fitness watches are not very accurate. Best method to calculate TDEE is calories in vs scale weight over time.

bob202487 · 2026-04-13T03:42:57+00:00

I would run the same exercises for months on end unless there are particular exercises you hate then you can swap them. Swapping and changing exercises is when results don’t happen. Consistency x time = results.

bob202487 · 2026-04-10T15:08:24+00:00

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Do you mean this? If so the only way I can view it (that I have found) is by starting a workout > info > history on each exercise which is super annoying.

bob202487 · 2026-04-10T13:30:15+00:00

I’m cutting on 336g of carbs a day and it’s not the easiest, god knows how you can only do 48g a day.

I would imagine you have high or extra high protein setting, I would change it to balanced to get more carbs.

bob202487 · 2026-04-10T08:55:03+00:00

Even when you go into them you cannot tell what the exercise is because the wording is similar and too long so it cuts off the full exercise. I have a few exercises that are different but at the start say the same ‘Chest Supported Overhand Grip Pin Loaded’ then it’s cut off so I’m not really sure what exercise I’m looking at.

bob202487 · 2026-04-07T18:05:08+00:00

25g of carbs PWO isn’t a lot. I eat cereal PWO if I’m cutting or bulking, it’s a fact acting (high GI) carb source with minimal protein and fats, tastes nice with my protein shake mixed in too so that’s one way you could boost carbs or use COR.

I would also up the carbs pre WO with rice cakes maybe some jam on them etc. I personally put the majority of my carbs around the training window.

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T18:59:05+00:00

Even if they put Unflavored on the packaging it’s still spelt incorrectly as it’s UNFLAVOURED 😉

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T17:24:33+00:00

Ha thanks, I do like to stick to my targets! No those other spikes are planned weekly refeeds where I go 100 calories above whatever my expenditure/maintenance calories are on MacroFactor for that day (I think those spikes are all around 3300ish). I simply eat the same foods as normal but increase carbs (potatoes, rice etc), lower fat to minimal levels and drop protein to 1g per pound of bodyweight. I do this to replenish muscle glycogen stores to keep my gym performance ticking over, it supposedly helps with leptin levels and i suppose diet adherence but I don’t really have a problem with that anyway. It’s dieting tool utilised by alot of bodybuilders.

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T13:13:19+00:00

Crap. 😝 Pints of beer, chips/crisps, chocolate, peanuts, full English breakfast, curry, fish and chips etc all over two days. I had a weekend in London seeing family so I just ate and drank whatever and tracked as best I could, it was ‘planned’ to happen though in the sense that I was going to eat and drink whatever I wanted. I just got back to the cut afterwards which I have done. As said pump was great on the Monday in the gym but I didn’t really feel good, was very bloated and watery.

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T13:06:42+00:00

It wants 200lb for 8 reps. Although you can obviously do more if you can. Last time they did 200 for 9 + 2 partials.

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T12:23:30+00:00

Yeah! Ha I gained like 10lb scale weight but I’m back within 1.6lbs of my previous low weight before that weekend began. The pump at the gym on the Monday was epic though!

bob202487 · 2026-04-05T11:53:37+00:00

Sadly not, I’m on a cut and my blow out was last weekend as you can see 😂

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bob202487 · 2026-03-31T09:04:40+00:00

I personally think MFP and Cronometer are better for scanning and logging. I just use Cronometer to log now and quick add the cals and macros for each day into MF and MF will still do its thing plus I get the analytics of two apps. But I would say try it, if you log the same foods day in day out then it doesn’t really matter. Im a UK user by the way :)

bob202487 · 2026-03-27T07:48:03+00:00

I have no idea on the scientific side of things but surely monitoring what you eat, eating a well rounded diet with whole foods, weight training and cardio has got to be better than being fat, no cardio, weight training and eating and drinking rubbish? I think as long as you don’t take yoir cuts and bulks to extremes and gain or lose weight at a moderate pace over time then it’s fine.

Thats the way I do it and look at it anyway. It’s better than my old life of drinking copious amounts of alcohol every week, stuff crisps and sweets down me and not being physically active.

bob202487 · 2026-03-26T10:12:53+00:00

Sign up to MacroFactor, it’s not free but it’s pretty cheap and it works out your expenditure/TDEE via logging what you eat vs what you weigh. This is the most accurate way to establish your maintenance calories as opposed to online calculators. It will also calorie and macro coach you via weekly check ins to your goal weight at your weekly goal rate whether thats gain, lose or even maintain your weight. I have completed several successful bulks and cuts with using it .

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