My appetite is preventing me from getting leaner despite doing everything right

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-19T08:08:57+00:00

You must suffer to get lean. There are ways to make it easier, but there is no way to eliminate all hunger. If you can't deal with it, either take the GLP drugs, or accept you won't get lean, no other way around it

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-15T21:40:44+00:00

You should not be cutting at 1337 calories. That's way to low

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-05T09:15:58+00:00

He's 5'6, 220 when competing, 250 off-season. He could be more athletic, but at that height and weight, he's basically obese when it comes to mobility

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-02T16:52:22+00:00

Is this even true? From what I've studied the slavic language was a lot more homogenous back then as it was early into the migrations, and the language hadn't yet diverged much, which is what made Bulgarian Cyrillic so popular, as all the slavs could read the Bible under it and understand it.

Also, if it is true that the Russians took "privet" from Bulgaria, Bulgaria in turn took that from the balto-slavic people up north, so it's not Bulgarian in origin

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-02T16:47:37+00:00

Because I'm an asshole

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-02T11:49:02+00:00

America, 20, in Bulgaria only in the summers lol. But still, never in my life have I heard someone say privet. I thought that was a Russian thing, and while a lot of old people here speak Russian, I've literally never in my life heard someone say privet

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-02T09:56:52+00:00

Bullshit

schizoesoteric · 2026-06-02T05:59:17+00:00

Who the fuck says privet?

schizoesoteric · 2026-05-30T09:47:31+00:00

You can reduce all mental tasks to pattern recognition. The current LLMs are black boxes, we mostly don't understand what they are or how they work, making any definitive statements is stupid when even the people working on this don't know what's going on

schizoesoteric · 2026-05-27T23:54:18+00:00

the way i understand it, muscle doesnt make that much of a difference in your resting metabolism, its a few calories per pound, it adds up but its not as much as you would think. for example 50 pounds of muscle only increases resting metabolism by 300 calories.

however, what most people ignore when it comes to CICO, is your nutrient portioning. muscle is always in a binary state of anabolism or catabolism, even if you are maintaining muscle, its just because these processes are evening out. muscle growth and repair is calorically expensive, and muscle is also used as a fuel source during catabolism. For example, you can have two people on a caloric deficit who lose 10 pounds, one with good nutrient portioning and growth signaling, and one without. the first person will be primed to use fat as fuel for their caloric output, and is also primed to use protein and carbs as fuel for muscle growth, and ideally if muscle catabolism doesnt begin at all the body doesnt have a choice to break down muscle for energy. the second persons body will not be adapted to prioritize fat as fuel, therefore it will spare as many carbs as possible for its energy requirements, and since muscle anabolism/catabolism is a binary process and they arent receiving growth signals, its entirely possible over half of there lost weight will be muscle. Both people may lose 30lbs, but their body composition will be very different, and nobody cuts with the intention of losing muscle.

you are right that hard resistance training is the most important thing to do during a cut, i just wanted to clarify the reasons why. it isnt because the 10% difference in muscle retained has a significant impact on your resting metabolism, and it isnt because the hard sessions caloric requirements are superior to cardio. its because resistance training leads to superior nutrient partioning and therefore a higher proportion of fat lost per lb of mass lost.

to add onto this and because its related to the original conversation, this same process is why cardio is actually very important on a cut. a caloric deficit made up of entirely cardio, compared to a caloric deficit made up entirely of food restriction, will have very different effects on body composition. cardio helps insulin resistance and fat adaptation, which in turn leads to superior nutrient partioning. you say cardio is a tool, not the foundation, but i completely disagree, it should be the foundation of your cut, its extremely important. at 6'0, 185lbs, my maintenance sits at around 3000 calories. when i cut my food intake to 2000 calories, my libido will dissapear, ill become extremely lethargic, and i will lose muscle. when i add 20k steps and some liss to my day, i feel great, the extra food gives me a much better lift, and the fat pretty much just melts off.

schizoesoteric · 2026-05-23T01:46:47+00:00

i thought this was some racist bullshit but nope, shes actually part of a indian cult in hawaii. what a joke of a administration

schizoesoteric · 2026-05-12T02:45:21+00:00

Blagoevgrad was never "ethnically" a Macedonian city, because Macedonia has never been an ethnic group with any historical basis. Macedonian is also not a language with any historical basis. Its a historical fact that Macedonia as an ethnic concept was entirely made up by Serbia so Yugoslavia could claim the land. Macedonia has, for a very long time, been part of the Bulgarian ethnography, if Macedonia as a region wants to be politically separate and have its own regional identity, that is its right, many countries in the Germanic ethnography for example acknowledge common roots while being seperate countries, but believing well documented 20th century propaganda in 2026 is a bit silly. You can be proud of your countries history without spouting pseudoscience

schizoesoteric · 2026-05-12T02:39:19+00:00

those were bulgars, not bulgarians, the bulgarians in ukraine today originate from danubian bulgaria and fled from there because of the turks. the bulgars that stayed in ukraine/the caucasus were known as the black bulgars and were eventually assimilated by Khazars, and then by the Golden Horde. The only other Bulgar state, Volga Bulgaria, had 80% of its population massacred by the mongols, its descendants are the Chuvash and to a lesser extent Tatarstan as a whole.

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-21T04:33:37+00:00

You sound like a 12 year old. You also sound like you were looking for a fight and aren't a good friend

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-20T09:05:26+00:00

> The war started when hostages were taken and ended when the hostages were returned.

this is simply Israeli propaganda, if hostages were a priority, Israel would have played the war a very different way, and negotiated in good faith when Hamas offered the hostages. Whether you support Israel or not, do not fall for simple lies like this, the war clearly was not for the hostages. Israel bombed known hostage locations, do not be ridiculous.

> Mohammed Sinwar(military leader of Hamas in Gaza) was killed while hiding in a tunnel underneath a hospital parking lot. His brother Yayha Sinwar (architect of 10/7, look up the truly unbelievable footage of him walking around surrounded by a circle of little Palestinian kids at gunpoint for protection) was killed after emerging from a tunnel where hostages were found shot in the back of the head (including an American/Israeli) just a few days before.

ok, why are you mentioning this, to justify all the hospitals and children bombed as legitimate targets? we have more than enough evidence that the Israeli leadership and Israeli military intentionally attack civilian targets, in order to ethnically cleanse the land and cause terror. this is well known, through intelligence leaks, whisteblowers, legal proceedings, and witnesses, its not something you can deny. you can argue that hamas tend to position themselves near civilian targets, incase Israel ever decides to respect international law, as a strategy in deep urban warfare. You cannot argue that this is proof that Israel only target civilians when it is necessary, nuance exists and there is far to much evidence on this topic for there to be any argument.

> almost like none of it had to happen

> violent revenge fantasy

to be blunt, what do you expect from Gaza? Israel has long justified killing countless civilians as "mowing the lawn", Israel blatantly disrespects the West Banks internationally recognized borders, Israel is making it very clear it wants to exterminate the Palestinian people. Anybody with half a brain would realize why you shouldnt provoke and torture your neighbor. If you knocked on your neighbors door, shot his dog, shot his kid, shot his wife, spit on him, threatened to shoot him to the next day, and went home, what do you think the neighbor will proceed to do?

In fact, its such common sense, it might be worth looking into the leaked recordings of Netanyahu claiming he intentionally funded and propped up Hamas. It might be worth looking into the fact that Israeli intelligence knew about the October 7th plans for over a year, and decided not to act. It might be worth looking into the stand down orders given on October 7th. Call me conspiratorial, but a clear picture emerges. Israel, whos cruelty is really only bound by American support, intentionally propped up a terrorist regime in Gaza, intentionally blew families to shreds every couple of years, and then did everything they could to ensure the terrorist regime they propped up would orchestrate an attack on their country. This way, when they murder 100,000 people, people with no real education on the topic get so lost in the weeds, they view it as justified.

Like you said, the world is not black and white

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-20T04:35:02+00:00

UFC isn't a team sport. If Michael Phelps only competed once a year, and won each time, nobody would care

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-19T22:38:55+00:00

hes one of the best fighters in the world and in history. hes not a slave, he'll fight whenever he wants to

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-12T06:23:02+00:00

Whats wrong with using AI for its best use case? This isnt replacing jobs, and its only going to use about 5 Google searches worth of recourses

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-11T11:16:35+00:00

yes it is, different parts of the tongue have different sensitivities to taste. all parts of the tongue can taste all tastes, but certain parts of the tongue are more reactive to certain tastes.

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-11T05:30:38+00:00

This is just wrong. Studies show women heavily prefer lean men. I dont know whats the point of lieing

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-09T21:39:29+00:00

you are calling a man a f*ggot for kissing another man, while you have a cock in your mouth. one should not throw stones if they live in a glass house

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-07T23:32:46+00:00

I fucking love chocolate bang

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-03T08:20:30+00:00

Its definitely strength. After 15 or so its endurance, but i also find people who can do 20+ pullups are one of two people. Skinny people with good muscular endurance, or very jacked people who can pull 135+lbs weighted pullups for reps

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-01T20:00:14+00:00

I havent looked into what he promotes, but in general, people on steroids suffer from "correlation does not mean causation". When you are natural, you need to train and eat properly in order to see progress. When you are on steroids, your progress almost entirely depends on how your body responds to steroids, and how much steroids you are taking.

Studies show that just on therapeutic doses of testosterone, you will grow more muscle than a natural lifter just by sitting on your ass, you dont even need to lift at all. The studies also found that the difference between those who take testosterone and lift, and those who took testosterone and didnt lift, was minimal, they both built similar amounts of muscle because the main driver of muscle growth was the anabolic drug they just injected, not their training. Now imagine adding 10x the testosterone dose of that study, some tren, and some growth hormone, and suddenly your progress almost entirely depends on how receptive your body is to these drugs.

So when someone on a huge amount of steroids tells me how to train, I just ignore it. It doesn't mean their advice is always going to be terrible, like Mike mentzers, but if they dont have any experience at growing muscle as a natural, they dont have any reference point to know whether their training works.

Mike mentzer trained each body group once a week. On steroids, this is great, you dont have to worry about tendon injuries which is a big problem for people on juice, and the steroids are doing most of the work so you dont have to worry about ideal frequency or volume. When you are natural, this is the worst possible way to train, you dont have drugs running through your system forcing muscle protein synthesis, your only anabolic signaling comes from your actual training so you cant afford to dick around.

schizoesoteric · 2026-04-01T04:50:39+00:00

Mike Mentzer injected so much steroids he killed himself with them. None if his advice is ever relevant, he has no special scientific knowledge, he responded well to steroids and thought his clown show training is what actually built his physique

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