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[ichliebekase]

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Very untrue, you don't need to gain weight at all. People think it's a great excuse to stuff themselves with crap which is stupid and makes them pile on the pounds.

By the time I was full term (40 weeks) I weighed less than before I fell with child, because I eat properly for my baby.

Actually, it's very true; it's medically established that gaining weight during pregnancy is natural and healthy.

That doesn't mean you should eat junk, because gaining too much weight during pregnancy can cause problems too.

But you're supposed to gain weight. It's very unhealthy not to. It can cause delivery of a pre-term infant, low birthweight baby or other fatal problems.

I don't know how you managed to lose weight while carrying a child inside you...unless you mean after you had the baby you weighed less than what you started at. Because if you were less weight with the child inside, that means that your body lost at least 20 pounds and like Reach said, that could have led to so many baby complications.

But I've lost weight since being pregnant and I know why. It's because for a lot of the first trimester I was always nauseated. The thought of food made me sick, although I never threw up. I just couldn't eat. In the matter of 2 months I lost 10 pounds but I'm starting to slowly gain it back. Tomorrow I get weighed again to see what happened in the past month.

But main reason why I came in was to say that I went out today with Frankie and took my dog to the Ma and Pa trail for a good walk since it was so nice outside. I did pretty well for a while but when I had to go uphill I wanted to keel over >.> it was not a good hill. Hard to keep up with a yanking 2 year old puppy too XD but yay exercise.

[benguino]

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i cant be the only one who wants to gain weight O.o. 5'11, 145 lbs. and i look like a twig lol

6 foot, 145 lbs

what a skinny bitch i am

I think I'm the skinny one here:
Height: 6'0" - (1/infinity)"
Weight: 130 lbs
BMI: 17.6

I obviously want to gain some weight, primarily muscle though. Although I heard that in order to gain muscle, you need to gain a little fat first because if you exercise in the absence of fat, then your body is just going to burn the muscle your trying to get. I don't know if that's a myth though. I'm thinking about maybe doing some weight lifting and eating a high-calorie (yet healthy) diet. Any suggestions appreciated.

Hello fellow FFR members. Happy March 1st, 2011. I am taking the initiative today to get back into shape.


Since I have graduated In December I have stopped going to the gym. I have been fairly active since I have adopted a dog and he likes to go running with me, but it has not been nearly as regimented or intense as my workouts before. I have stopped swimming, stopped cycling, and I have stopped weight training.


It is extremely hard for me to get below this particular weight, I literally have to exercise vigorously almost daily. Even then, when I do exercise, I put on muscle weight very quickly and the number on the scale often does not change. I am not doing any gimmick diets, or starving myself. It is merely putting myself on a simple cut calories and stay active plan.

If you wish, you can jump on the bandwagon and join the weight loss effort with me, whether you want to lose 5 pounds. 15 pounds, or 50 pounds. It's completely up to you.

I am holding myself accountable and putting my weight on display as a motivator to lose the extra five to ten pounds that I can do without. Now, it's easy for people to sugar coat their weight by just typing in a number, but I will be posting a picture of my weight now and one week from today regardless if the number stays the same, goes up, or goes down. You can either encourage me, insult me, or completely ignore this thread.

At 136lbs I am at a BMI of 23.3. While at a healthy range, I am somewhat close to borderline overweight. I would much prefer to have a BMI in the 22 range which would put me at a weight of about 128lbs. Keep in mind that I am female.



TLDR: Rubin0 would like to lose weight. Wish me luck.

Good luck. Hopefully we can all achieve our weight goals (whether it's gaining or losing.) By the way, I didn't know you were female until this post. o.O

[super kid]

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No one should ever go by BMI. Body fat percentage is better.

anywho 151 5'11'' and gaining weight.

[nois-or-e]

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135 doesnt seem like a bad thing in any respect but w/e

i'm 6'2" ~140

You must be the tiniest framed person O:



6'6" 225lbs puts me @ a bmi of 26.0

Apparantly that is overweight? I'm just gonna go with the muscle weighs more than fat excuse

[Reach]

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I obviously want to gain some weight, primarily muscle though. Although I heard that in order to gain muscle, you need to gain a little fat first because if you exercise in the absence of fat, then your body is just going to burn the muscle your trying to get. I don't know if that's a myth though. I'm thinking about maybe doing some weight lifting and eating a high-calorie (yet healthy) diet. Any suggestions appreciated.

Well, I used to body build, so I can give some advice here.

It's true that you need to gain weight in order to gain muscle, but not necessarily because your body will 'burn muscle' if you don't. Your body generally doesn't burn muscle for energy; it would only ever do so if you had no carbohydrates left in your body and you were burning fat at an excessive rate (i.e. you were starving to death. Typical in anorexic people).

You need a caloric surplus in your body to repair damage to muscle tissue during a workout, and also to give your body the resources it needs to build additional muscle on top of existing muscle.

The whole goal of lifting weights for muscle is basically to strain your body enough to signal the fact that you need more muscle. All of the actual muscle building occurs between workouts, using the additional calories you need to ingest into your body.

As such, rest often when bulking up. You only need to workout 2-3 times a week, with large rests in between. However, when you workout, you need to push yourself to the breaking point and you need to lift with emphasis on heavy weights, not reps. Somewhere between 10-15 reps is usually optimal, for 3 sets. If you're doing more, you need more weight.

In the meantime, eat more protein, eat more often, eat more fat, drink lots of water and take a multivitamin. If you normally ingest some 1500 calories a day to maintain your body weight you're going to need to go for more like 3000-4500.

[EzExZeRo7497]

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5'6" (Around 170cm? I don't use imperial scale) and around 150 lbs.

I'm at borderline overweight, just gotta shed like 5 lbs. or so. :/

[lumphoboextreme]

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waaaaat. i always thought you were a dude. xD

i'm right around your weight but i need to gain like 25 pounds.

[mnnicol]

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Brb chest day

[lumphoboextreme]

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lol everyone else is doin it so i'll post mai statz. 6'4 136.2. ya bud

[Cavernio]

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ichliebekase:
If you're out of breath from not much excersise and yet you're not unhealthy otherwise, seems like the most likely thing is you're anemic, which I *think* just means you don't have enough red blood cells, perhaps also that they aren't working right. Just about a billion things seem to cause it, the ones that come to mind are nutrition based, but don't really have anything to do with your weight. Pretty much any vitamin deficiency will cause you to be tired, but iron deficiency is pretty common in women, as well as various B vitamin deficiencies. If you're pregnant you're probably taking a bunch of vitamins and stuff though, of course you might just not be absorbing anything. I'd mention it to a doctor next time you see one.

Also love how no one fat is posting. Seriously you guys would flip if you knew my height and weight. The only time I lost any significant weight in my life was pre-medicated depression. Moving in with my bf really put me over the hill though, him and his stupid car. I used to walk and bike everywhere because I had to, but I was still overweight then.

[darkshark]

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Lumphobo you are a skinny mofo. I thought I was skinny but damn dude.

[lumphoboextreme]

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yeah i know lol, i always wear hoodies though so it's not so obvious xD

[Rubin0]

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I went on a 3.5 hour hike with my dog today. I think he is hurting as much as I am right now, but it was great fun. Doing it again on Tuesday, but I'm really not expecting weight loss this week unless I really step it up this weekend. We'll see.

[benguino]

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Well, I used to body build, so I can give some advice here.

It's true that you need to gain weight in order to gain muscle, but not necessarily because your body will 'burn muscle' if you don't. Your body generally doesn't burn muscle for energy; it would only ever do so if you had no carbohydrates left in your body and you were burning fat at an excessive rate (i.e. you were starving to death. Typical in anorexic people).

You need a caloric surplus in your body to repair damage to muscle tissue during a workout, and also to give your body the resources it needs to build additional muscle on top of existing muscle.

The whole goal of lifting weights for muscle is basically to strain your body enough to signal the fact that you need more muscle. All of the actual muscle building occurs between workouts, using the additional calories you need to ingest into your body.

As such, rest often when bulking up. You only need to workout 2-3 times a week, with large rests in between. However, when you workout, you need to push yourself to the breaking point and you need to lift with emphasis on heavy weights, not reps. Somewhere between 10-15 reps is usually optimal, for 3 sets. If you're doing more, you need more weight.

In the meantime, eat more protein, eat more often, eat more fat, drink lots of water and take a multivitamin. If you normally ingest some 1500 calories a day to maintain your body weight you're going to need to go for more like 3000-4500.

Thanks for the advice. Also, about how much should the weights that I'm using weigh?

[Reach]

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Thanks for the advice. Also, about how much should the weights that I'm using weigh?

Whatever amount you can do about 15 clean reps in a row with. So, for bicep curls, with your back straight and without swinging your body, if you can do 12-15 reps with whatever you're lifting, you've found a good weight. If you can do 20 or more reps, add 5 pounds until you find the sweet spot.

Of course, you'll find that after you've been lifting that much for a few weeks you'll be able to do more than 20 reps, so again, add 5 pounds and repeat the process. The goal is to eventually build up dramatically the amount of weight you can lift, which will increase your muscle mass. Increasing the amount of reps you can do beyond 20-25 won't amount to anything and is largely useless in terms of gaining muscle mass.