im lifting and losing and i cant tell if im getting weaker or just lighter
#food-and-training 2025-08-24
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- no_escrow_nate — dexa twice a year if you can afford it. the cheap scale will tell you a new story every day and none of them are true, ask me again in a month 21:10
- thyroid_thea — if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out, ask me again in a month 21:21
- mag_citrate — update on the earlier thing coffee on an empty stomach with slowed gastric emptying is a rough combination. i eat something first now 22:26
how do you handle a family meal when you can eat a third of whats on the plate
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
dexa twice a year if you can afford it. the cheap scale will tell you a new story every day and none of them are true, ask me again in a month
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family meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took about a year
resistance training twice a week, is that enough to hold lean mass
no_escrow_natefamily meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took…
if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out, ask me again in a month
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for the archive does the room think about protein per meal or per day
cold food is easier. i eat a lot of things at fridge temperature now and i cannot explain why that helps
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*that should say weekly
what did people try for constipation food wise before reaching for pills
the risk with fast loss is lean mass, and the two things that touch it are protein and resistance work
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i lift three times a week and my lifts dropped about ten percent while losing, then came back up
thats too few calories
two sessions a week
sarcopenia at my age, is that a real risk if im losing 4 in 1 months
is a protein shake cheating or is it just food
dexa twice a year if you can afford it. the cheap scale will tell you a new story every day and none of them are true
how much lean mass did people lose and how did they even know
genuinely, eat more. nobody here will congratulate you for 700 calories and we have all watched somebody get hurt by it
i was wrong about protein for a year. i thought losing my appetite meant i should eat less. it does not
two proper resistance sessions a week is what the room settled on. three if you can manage it
update on the earlier thing coffee on an empty stomach with slowed gastric emptying is a rough combination. i eat something first now
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is 1.6 grams per kg the number everyone uses or did we make that up
add salt
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i weigh my protein sources for a week every few months to recalibrate, because the estimates drift badly, happy to be corrected
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alcohol hits me twice as hard now, has anyone else had that