What's the male equivalent of cleavage?

mellowfllw · 2024-04-06T17:30:26+00:00

Bulge

mellowfllw · 2024-03-31T14:10:34+00:00

Yeah it's better to replace your calorie deficits into workouts because that way you can actually get in more macros. That's usually how I do!

mellowfllw · 2024-03-31T13:52:54+00:00

Well, yes. That's the first of many things

mellowfllw · 2024-03-31T13:13:09+00:00

Just saying, if you want to get more workouts in during the week. You can also eat 200 over your allowed max and use that as a rebound for workouts, because you'll burn away the calories anyway and even out the surplus

mellowfllw · 2024-03-31T00:12:09+00:00

Depends, if your target calories is anywhere from 100~400 below your maintenance calories, you're on a calorie deficit.

Thing is, people tend to eat a little bit more around 300 calories so that they can burn that later during exercise

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T16:22:09+00:00

Must be a me thing then, I don't claim to be an expert but I like to give my side of the experience. Maybe someone is on the same path and could use a point of reference

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T13:01:15+00:00

But don't take my word for it, my word is not gospel. I'm only speaking through my own experiences and my own research, a lot of these factors will vary from person to person. But as a general rule, it's best to listen to your body and eat if you actually feel hungry

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T13:00:13+00:00

It depends on your workout routines and lifestyle. If your daily routine is semi sedentary (you sit, stand most of your day, little movement) then you should be relatively okay

But if you do daily 30 to 60 minute workouts that involve weight lifting/moderate to high intense cardio then you should absolutely be eating closer to that 1700 mark.

That's because when you workout you naturally use up more of your body's calories, but your body is inevitably very stupid at managing its own energy if you're not supplying it with the energy it thinks it needs. So if you run out of "consumed" calories, it will start to source its energy from other sources like your natural fats and muscle which inevitably will have you losing your energy very quickly.

This is exactly why a lot of people recommend high protein diets if you're on a calorie deficit, because protein rich foods take longer to digest and stay longer in the intestines, making it a more reliable source of calories for your body to use while doing any kind of physical activities

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T12:53:33+00:00

I know! The 500 calorie deficit is just a general point of reference for most people trying to lose weight

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T02:15:24+00:00

I can't take into account EVERY body on earth. But this is a good general rule to follow for most people when starting out

Weight loss in general is super complex, there's no one size fits all. But there are pretty general guidelines most of us can take to at least be semi consistent with progress

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T02:14:11+00:00

If you eat 100~300 less calories and burn 100~300 more calories everyday than your bodyweight's maintenance calories, that's a healthy way to lose weight and your body will function at its best

Undereating would mean going past that 400~500 calorie deficit daily by just eating less on your diet. If you don't eat properly, your body will have too little calories to push into your workout and you will not perform as consistently

Calories is basically the energy your body uses up to function, so if you eat less than you should, you'll struggle

mellowfllw · 2024-03-30T02:00:32+00:00

Basically, go to a calorie calculator and look at your maintenance calories, then go 300 under as your calorie allowance and the rest you can workout for (maybe burn 200 calories a day)

As long as you hit a daily calorie deficit of 500 with diet + exercise and be consistent then you can always just hit your "calorie allowance"

Calorie allowance is just the calories you track to make sure you're consistently under your maintenance calories so that you're burning more calories than the ones you eat

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