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1 hour ago, Storm the Field said:

Cursed myself with this hubristic post. Tweaked my back doing kettlebell high pull this morning. Several days of stiffness and discomfort ahead.  I'll still be able to hit the gym next week, but will not be able to go 100% until week after next at best. Gonna stall me out for a bit.

It's been a few years since I had a back injury from weight training, but it put me out of commission for at least a week.  Those muscles are so connected to most everything we do in the gym, so it's not like tweaking a leg and still being able to do a lot of upper body exercises.  

Do a lot of stretching the next few days and avoid the weights.  Don't rush back, tough guy.

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31 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It's been a few years since I had a back injury from weight training, but it put me out of commission for at least a week.  Those muscles are so connected to most everything we do in the gym, so it's not like tweaking a leg and still being able to do a lot of upper body exercises.  

Do a lot of stretching the next few days and avoid the weights.  Don't rush back, tough guy.

OH I know. This is something that happens once or twice a year typically. Just a slight twinge in my lower back that gets progressively stiffer over the course of the day and persists for the next 10 days or so. Only really bothers me when standing up from a seated position after a while or if I try to bend over and pick up something heavy.

Epsom salt bath tonight.  Gym tomorrow morning will just be a brisk walk on the treadmill for a half hour to loosen up and then do stretches. Taking the rest of the weekend off from doing much of anything physical.

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I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I enjoy working out, jogging, biking, swimming...but holy shit, I cannot make myself stretch, it's really bad. I'm probably going to have to severely injure myself to find the motivation to force myself to stretch. 

There is a StretchLab 10ish minutes from me, I need to check that out. 

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5 minutes ago, Chips O'Toole said:

I enjoy working out, jogging, biking, swimming...but holy shit, I cannot make myself stretch, it's really bad. I'm probably going to have to severely injure myself to find the motivation to force myself to stretch. 

There is a StretchLab 10ish minutes from me, I need to check that out. 

Highly recommend. 30 min a week, or an hour every other week, and I feel great 

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I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I just started going as well. I’m a month in and I am really happy with it.
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15 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I was casual about stretching until getting into my 40s.  I could do better, but I really focus on shoulders (which absorb so much load of upper body exercises) and lower body.  That, and not trying to be a hero with the weights, has resulted in very few injuries over the past decade.

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15 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

As your wife to show you the thing's we've been doing together.

 

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Well I’m in uncharted territory. I don’t remember weighing myself between 70 pounds in 3rd grade and my max of 200+change in high school. I didn’t weigh myself with any regularity when I slimmed down a bit as a senior and into college, but I know that I haven’t seen the scale dip below 170 at any point. Finally got there this morning after a frustrating week.

Not sure what my goal is anymore other than to continue to weigh in every day and figure out where/what/how of maintenance. There’s still far to lose but I should figure out at least some sort of exercise plan. I’d welcome starting points for a… “I’m not trying to get shredded and I have almost literally no time but I’m interested in a fitness routine” person. I’m generally interested in doing cycling at some point but probably now I’m curious if there’s a quick kettle bell workout or something like that I could find room for to just try and get a little definition going.

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I've been set back a few weeks due to tendinitis in my right arm. It is limiting me in a few movements, but otherwise I've been making progress with strength training. I've been adding 10lbs/week generally (some exercises only 5lbs gained/week). 

I've been pretty happy with my gains so far. I'm still not drinking beer, but I am definitely still stuck on the bourbon nightcaps. I am a work in progress for sure, but it is awesome to see the small steps in progression just since January. I can see my body transforming, even if in the slightest ways.

 

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I’m down from 237 in January to 215 this morning. I think I will settle around 200 or so. More importantly - I’ve lost 3” in the belly (measured from the belly button).

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9 hours ago, SurlyBDR said:

I've been set back a few weeks due to tendinitis in my right arm. It is limiting me in a few movements, but otherwise I've been making progress with strength training. I've been adding 10lbs/week generally (some exercises only 5lbs gained/week). 

I had tendinitis on and off when I resumed lifting right around 40 after about 10 years away from the gym.  It was in my biceps, right where the muscle connects at the inner elbow.  Had to do a lot of stretching, and biceps curls that were much lower weight going very slowly in the eccentric movement of the rep.  Now, for any lifting day when I might do any work on the biceps, I spend a lot of time warming up that area.

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14 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I had tendinitis on and off when I resumed lifting right around 40 after about 10 years away from the gym.  It was in my biceps, right where the muscle connects at the inner elbow.  Had to do a lot of stretching, and biceps curls that were much lower weight going very slowly in the eccentric movement of the rep.  Now, for any lifting day when I might do any work on the biceps, I spend a lot of time warming up that area.

I'm experiencing tennis elbow, so it's my in my forearm and top of the elbow. The main two exercises that I'm limited in are bent over rows and hammer curls. Even when I'm working and reach up to put on/take off my headset or the motion of bringing my cup to my face to take a drink triggers it. 

I've continued to do those workouts, but I'm having to lower the weight to accomplish a clean rep without pain. I'm scheduled to see an orthopedist next week just because it hasn't improved much with extended days between workouts and lighter reps over the course of the last few weeks. 

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On 3/19/2025 at 9:07 AM, SurlyBDR said:

I'm experiencing tennis elbow, so it's my in my forearm and top of the elbow. The main two exercises that I'm limited in are bent over rows and hammer curls. Even when I'm working and reach up to put on/take off my headset or the motion of bringing my cup to my face to take a drink triggers it. 

I've continued to do those workouts, but I'm having to lower the weight to accomplish a clean rep without pain. I'm scheduled to see an orthopedist next week just because it hasn't improved much with extended days between workouts and lighter reps over the course of the last few weeks. 

Look into the theraband flex bar. Basically a thick tube of rubber. Outside of it looking like a sex toy, it's great to use for therapy for elbow problems, golf or tennis. You hold it in both hands ant twist one wrist at a time. It warms up the arm muscles which appears to offload some stress from the elbow.

In my experience with both golf and tennis elbow, nothing helps as much as time. No one wants to hear it but it may be better for long term.

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55 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Look into the theraband flex bar. Basically a thick tube of rubber. Outside of it looking like a sex toy, it's great to use for therapy for elbow problems, golf or tennis. You hold it in both hands ant twist one wrist at a time. It warms up the arm muscles which appears to offload some stress from the elbow.

In my experience with both golf and tennis elbow, nothing helps as much as time. No one wants to hear it but it may be better for long term.

Thanks! I just ordered a set on Amazon.

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On 3/19/2025 at 9:07 AM, SurlyBDR said:

I'm experiencing tennis elbow, so it's my in my forearm and top of the elbow. The main two exercises that I'm limited in are bent over rows and hammer curls. Even when I'm working and reach up to put on/take off my headset or the motion of bringing my cup to my face to take a drink triggers it. 

I've continued to do those workouts, but I'm having to lower the weight to accomplish a clean rep without pain. I'm scheduled to see an orthopedist next week just because it hasn't improved much with extended days between workouts and lighter reps over the course of the last few weeks. 

I was experiencing something similar last year. Recurring discomfort on the inside of my left elbow. Not so much pain, but when I'd do curls, the first few reps it would feel like my UCL was about to fail. I just laid off for like 2 weeks at one point and then picked back up with more reps at lower weight. Also seemed to help to switch to doing standing curls with a multi-grip bar rather than sitting down at a curl machine. 

The discomfort eventually subsided entirely even after I'd gotten back up to lifting as heavy ever, though my left elbow still does a (painless) pop when I stretch out my arms upon waking up in the morning. 

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Down from 252 mid January to 232 now. I’ve been eating really clean low carb and going to the gym a minimum of 5 days a week for a hour (a good amount of effort but nothing crazy). I’m 45 and hadn’t workout in about a year in a half before January, my question is does the non stop soreness ever stop?  I got sore before after starting back at the gym again but not to this level after two months, I’m taking aminos, plenty of electrolytes, vitamins.  I feel like those old football players or wrestlers in the documentaries walking all jacked up and sore going into the gym to workout.  It definitely wasn’t this bad a couple years ago.  

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Short answer, no. That said, it’s not as bad since I started stretching - which I hate doing. I’m still sore just about everyday. I’ll take a week off every three to four months.

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1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

Down from 252 mid January to 232 now. I’ve been eating really clean low carb and going to the gym a minimum of 5 days a week for a hour (a good amount of effort but nothing crazy). I’m 45 and hadn’t workout in about a year in a half before January, my question is does the non stop soreness ever stop?  I got sore before after starting back at the gym again but not to this level after two months, I’m taking aminos, plenty of electrolytes, vitamins.  I feel like those old football players or wrestlers in the documentaries walking all jacked up and sore going into the gym to workout.  It definitely wasn’t this bad a couple years ago.  

First of all congrats! But take a few days or a week off.  The gym is for breaking your muscles down, and the off days are for building them back up.  You could try rucking during your off week. 
 

Also, you’re a middle aged man, train for the next 30-40 years; not short term gains.  Grinding is good, but don’t grind yourself down. 

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10 hours ago, destroya said:

First of all congrats! But take a few days or a week off.  The gym is for breaking your muscles down, and the off days are for building them back up.  You could try rucking during your off week. 
 

Also, you’re a middle aged man, train for the next 30-40 years; not short term gains.  Grinding is good, but don’t grind yourself down. 

Agree with this. As I’m mentioned elsewhere, I got back to the gym shortly before 40, I’m now 50. The nonstop soreness did stop. You do need to work in some rest days, either a day of light cardio or nothing at all, and take a week off of lifting about every 10-12 weeks or so. And stretch before and after your workout.

Also, what really tempered the soreness was moving from heavier weight maxing out in the 6-7 rep range to lighter weight in the 8-12 range, still lifting to failure, and being super focused on form. I started doing that in the mid-40s and found I had fewer injuries and lingering soreness.

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15 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

Down from 252 mid January to 232 now. I’ve been eating really clean low carb and going to the gym a minimum of 5 days a week for a hour (a good amount of effort but nothing crazy). I’m 45 and hadn’t workout in about a year in a half before January, my question is does the non stop soreness ever stop?  I got sore before after starting back at the gym again but not to this level after two months, I’m taking aminos, plenty of electrolytes, vitamins.  I feel like those old football players or wrestlers in the documentaries walking all jacked up and sore going into the gym to workout.  It definitely wasn’t this bad a couple years ago.  

Not really, but there are things that might help.  I am speaking from personal, recent experience:
1) Get enough protein, up to 1g/# of body weight.  That's real hard.  Might be impossible w/o an unrealistic lifestyle change.  No problem if so.  Just track your intake with an app (I like MyFitnessPal but there are plenty of options) and get as close as practical.

2) Five days a week in the gym for a beginner is a lot.  Might be too much.  Try subbing 1-2 days onto easy cardio instead.  The rucking idea above is a good one.  But as a beginner losing weight successfully, pretty much anything works.  Just do the work.  

3) Play with your movements, weights and reps in the gym.  Most say low weight, high reps is the way for Olds.  In my experience the opposite is true.  But you gotta figure it out yourself..

If you aren't a fat sloppy sow, 7 lbs/month is too much.   Even if you ARE a fat sloppy sow (no judgement) you're gonna get down to level, quick, where 7 lbs is gonna be too much.  That's a real cool place to be, and you need to pivot to sustainability.  Otherwise you're gonna really test willpower and risk lapsing.  

That sustainability pivot can be a combo of several things.

1) If your diet is super spartan, walk it back a bit.  Occasional dessert is fine.  A cheeseburger, lasagna, in moderation is fine. Maybe even Coors Light.  I highly recommend against soda, but you do you.

2) Less cardio.  If your heart and blood work numbers are good, you're in the diminishing marginal return range.  You can walk it back and have more time for other things. 

3) Less cardio, more weights.  Maybe get back to 4-5 days/week and get all swole and shit. 

You're on a great track, and are better off than 95% of Americans.  Just don't lapse.  Figure out now how to stay with it forever until you die.  At some point you're gonna be the hottest man in the cul de sac.  Neighbor ladies, young divorce's and sugar babies will take note.  (I have a theory, that I'll likely never prove, that sugar babies charge lower rates for fit men.  Maybe you'll go test that for us.)

Keep it up, Man.  This thread is on of the few threads on Surly that isn't evil and degenerate. 

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3 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Not really, but there are things that might help.  I am speaking from personal, recent experience:
1) Get enough protein, up to 1g/# of body weight.  That's real hard.  Might be impossible w/o an unrealistic lifestyle change.  No problem if so.  Just track your intake with an app (I like MyFitnessPal but there are plenty of options) and get as close as practical.

2) Five days a week in the gym for a beginner is a lot.  Might be too much.  Try subbing 1-2 days onto easy cardio instead.  The rucking idea above is a good one.  But as a beginner losing weight successfully, pretty much anything works.  Just do the work.  

3) Play with your movements, weights and reps in the gym.  Most say low weight, high reps is the way for Olds.  In my experience the opposite is true.  But you gotta figure it out yourself..

If you aren't a fat sloppy sow, 7 lbs/month is too much.   Even if you ARE a fat sloppy sow (no judgement) you're gonna get down to level, quick, where 7 lbs is gonna be too much.  That's a real cool place to be, and you need to pivot to sustainability.  Otherwise you're gonna really test willpower and risk lapsing.  

That sustainability pivot can be a combo of several things.

1) If your diet is super spartan, walk it back a bit.  Occasional dessert is fine.  A cheeseburger, lasagna, in moderation is fine. Maybe even Coors Light.  I highly recommend against soda, but you do you.

2) Less cardio.  If your heart and blood work numbers are good, you're in the diminishing marginal return range.  You can walk it back and have more time for other things. 

3) Less cardio, more weights.  Maybe get back to 4-5 days/week and get all swole and shit. 

You're on a great track, and are better off than 95% of Americans.  Just don't lapse.  Figure out now how to stay with it forever until you die.  At some point you're gonna be the hottest man in the cul de sac.  Neighbor ladies, young divorce's and sugar babies will take note.  (I have a theory, that I'll likely never prove, that sugar babies charge lower rates for fit men.  Maybe you'll go test that for us.)

Keep it up, Man.  This thread is on of the few threads on Surly that isn't evil and degenerate. 

Thanks!  The whole you can’t do somethings physically you use to be able to is just now hitting me so I guess I had a good run, I was definitely use to bouncing back quicker.  I started with cardio heavy, treadmill, hot yoga and spin classes at the gym and an extreme lifestyle and calorie intake change but kept the protein intake pretty high but not high enough.  I’m adding in more lifting now and meeting a trainer once a week and I am using MyFitnessPal.  Going to throw in more off days of just walking or rucking when I get really sore.  Did the whole bmi test and all the measurements when I started with the trainer a couple weeks ago and with my frame and body fat % I only have 15 more I can realistically lose to be at my ideal weight. Those charts that say at 6’2 I should weigh 180 lbs are full of shit.  Definitely something I want to stick to going forward, too many periods of being drunk and fat between workout stints in the past.  Thanks for all the input everyone!  

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55 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

Thanks!  The whole you can’t do somethings physically you use to be able to is just now hitting me so I guess I had a good run, I was definitely use to bouncing back quicker.  I started with cardio heavy, treadmill, hot yoga and spin classes at the gym and an extreme lifestyle and calorie intake change but kept the protein intake pretty high but not high enough.  I’m adding in more lifting now and meeting a trainer once a week and I am using MyFitnessPal.  Going to throw in more off days of just walking or rucking when I get really sore.  Did the whole bmi test and all the measurements when I started with the trainer a couple weeks ago and with my frame and body fat % I only have 15 more I can realistically lose to be at my ideal weight. Those charts that say at 6’2 I should weigh 180 lbs are full of shit.  Definitely something I want to stick to going forward, too many periods of being drunk and fat between workout stints in the past.  Thanks for all the input everyone!  

Fuck yeah for you!  Everybody’s body is different, so find what works for you. And we’re all coming from different places when we’re passing along advice and are biased towards what works for us. 
 

For reference, I’m pushing 50 and have never been out of shape.  And I’ve always favored consistency (over decades) over max effort. Consistency means avoiding injuries and dragging your ass to the gym (or whatever workout) when you don’t want to, knowing a half ass workout is infinitely better than a no ass workout.  
 

Also, as you continue your fitness journey, mix it up and try new things (kettlebells, calisthenics, steel mace, body weight exercises, rings, static holds, running, swimming, cycling etc)   That helps avoid injuries and burnout and gives us differing modalities to lean on as our bodies change over the next 30 plus years. 
 

Good luck and keep it up!

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1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

 The whole you can’t do somethings physically you use to be able to is just now hitting me so I guess I had a good run, I was definitely use to bouncing back quicker.   

When you're young, the goal is to be stronger than a man 10 pounds bigger, and faster than a man 10 pounds lighter.  Now you add, stronger and faster than a man 10 years younger.  And that's easier than it looks. Americans are lazy.

1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

Those charts that say at 6’2 I should weigh 180 lbs are full of shit.  

BMI completely ignores muscularity.  An NFL strong safety is "fat" according the BMI.

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While BMI is a bad measure for someone who hits the gym frequently, there are still plenty of gym rats who could lower their body fat percentage for health reasons. Visceral fat, around your internal organs, is bad for someone regardless how much they bench.

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In the protein bar conversation, my wife loves these. I might have to steal one, she says they’re much more like a candy bar than the quest bars

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I think I’m starting to bottom out in the low 160s. I’ve upped my calories a tad which could be it but the curve has started to flatten out. My 15 month old weighs 28.5 pounds so I’d like to hit 160 at this point just to be able to have lost the weight of my child in single quarter. Still maybe possible. But I’m at the point where I probably need to start doing crunches or some shit to get a bit of belly definition happening. My new pants are already loose but I can wear the shit that I never had the heart to throw out and the shorts that I got in the wrong size 2 years ago.

It’s funny the kind of body dysmorphia you can get from being overweight but not obese - i look now what I always thought I *should* look like in pictures with “bad angles” or where I was making a funny face. Just all the pictures are good pictures now.

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In the protein bar conversation, my wife loves these. I might have to steal one, she says they’re much more like a candy bar than the quest bars
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I think I’m starting to bottom out in the low 160s. I’ve upped my calories a tad which could be it but the curve has started to flatten out. My 15 month old weighs 28.5 pounds so I’d like to hit 160 at this point just to be able to have lost the weight of my child in single quarter. Still maybe possible. But I’m at the point where I probably need to start doing crunches or some shit to get a bit of belly definition happening. My new pants are already loose but I can wear the shit that I never had the heart to throw out and the shorts that I got in the wrong size 2 years ago.
It’s funny the kind of body dysmorphia you can get from being overweight but not obese - i look now what I always thought I *should* look like in pictures with “bad angles” or where I was making a funny face. Just all the pictures are good pictures now.

How tall are you? That’s incredible weight loss since new year. Thought I was doing well starting at 190 and hitting 174 today. Goal is 168. I’m 5 10”. Congrats.
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11 hours ago, txduck87 said:


How tall are you? That’s incredible weight loss since new year. Thought I was doing well starting at 190 and hitting 174 today. Goal is 168. I’m 5 10”. Congrats.

6’, and I think I’m probably going to fast. Curve is flattening because I’m hitting my limit but also because I’m realizing I should cool it a bit. I’m honestly surprised - I thought I’d get to the low 170s and be a skeleton but you can pack a lot of pounds on even a moderately tall frame. I guess I also have thin bones - I saw some thing about wrist bones being a proxy for your frame and I have pretty skinny wrists.

 

But still I don’t quite get it - from here to here, just about the same amount of mass as that Bart Harley Jarvis of a 15 month old came out of my body 🤷
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43 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

6’, and I think I’m probably going to fast. Curve is flattening because I’m hitting my limit but also because I’m realizing I should cool it a bit. I’m honestly surprised - I thought I’d get to the low 170s and be a skeleton but you can pack a lot of pounds on even a moderately tall frame. I guess I also have thin bones - I saw some thing about wrist bones being a proxy for your frame and I have pretty skinny wrists.

 

But still I don’t quite get it - from here to here, just about the same amount of mass as that Bart Harley Jarvis of a 15 month old came out of my body 🤷
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Maybe I'm ruined by having lived in Texas so long, but the first picture looks healthier than the second one to my spoiled eyes but I have no doubt you are likely healthier (all the things, bloodwork, heart health, etc.) in the second pic.

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14 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

If it tastes like a candy bar it’s probably closer to one than a protein bar.

I've never had a Barbells, but looking on its site each bar as 20g protein, and the 18g of carbs isn't terrible, as that includes 3g of fiber and 5g of sugar alcohol. 

I'll often eat a Qwest Bar or drink a Fairlife protein shake to help meet my daily protein intake.  With the amount of protein per day I need for my age and fitness level, it's hard to satisfy that with just whole foods.  So I try to look for the least processed supplements that I can find an HEB.

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I have a physical scheduled with my primary care to check the levels and whatnot - i think I’ve cannibalized a bit of muscle going too fast but I wasn’t muscular to begin with and had an overweight bmi. I certainly feel a lot better now. It’ll be good to get checked out though, and I need to start figuring out some kind of easy strength building/core routine that works for me.

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3 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

Maybe I'm ruined by having lived in Texas so long, but the first picture looks healthier than the second one to my spoiled eyes but I have no doubt you are likely healthier (all the things, bloodwork, heart health, etc.) in the second pic.

Many have become conditioned to incorrectly consider skinny or lean is somehow unhealthy when that physique has always been the most healthy of any.

It's interesting that as America has become fatter and fatter, the "ideal" physique has become more and more unattainable for most. Everyone wants to look like a NFL TE or middle LB.

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

I've never had a Barbells, but looking on its site each bar as 20g protein, and the 18g of carbs isn't terrible, as that includes 3g of fiber and 5g of sugar alcohol. 

I'll often eat a Qwest Bar or drink a Fairlife protein shake to help meet my daily protein intake.  With the amount of protein per day I need for my age and fitness level, it's hard to satisfy that with just whole foods.  So I try to look for the least processed supplements that I can find an HEB.

sugar alcohols can create some gastrointestinal problems if you're not used to them. 

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1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

sugar alcohols can create some gastrointestinal problems if you're not used to them. 

Just make sure there’s a Ryan’s Buffet nearby.

Looks like Barebells is 9g sugar alcohols as compared to 7g for Quest. I think the limit of what you can consume without side effects is somewhere in the 10-20g range. I don’t have a problem eating a quest bar any given day, but I’m not also eating a bunch of fake sweets. My dessert at the end of the night is one or two of those 100 calorie Luigi’s Italian Ice cups.

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On 3/23/2025 at 12:35 PM, Celery Man said:

In the protein bar conversation, my wife loves these. I might have to steal one, she says they’re much more like a candy bar than the quest bars

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Had never seen these before.  Picked up 5 at the store today - they're good!   Was pissed Salty Peanut was sold out though

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Had never seen these before.  Picked up 5 at the store today - they're good!   Was pissed Salty Peanut was sold out though

If I make a salty bareballs joke is that classic shag or am I hatecriming you?

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20 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Many have become conditioned to incorrectly consider skinny or lean is somehow unhealthy when that physique has always been the most healthy of any.

It's interesting that as America has become fatter and fatter, the "ideal" physique has become more and more unattainable for most. Everyone wants to look like a NFL TE or middle LB.

Yep, that was my point exactly. The healthiest people I know are often the skinniest. Not the most athletic looking or fit looking, but thin and lean. I think my specific food culture I come from has rotted my mind to think that is bad. My son used to have a friend who was really skinny and it always sparked in me some anxiety when he would stay over our house. At some point my son had to tell me, "please stop trying to feed him every time you see him or offering food or to order pizza every 30 minutes". The kid played on the same sports teams, etc. and I alwayas thought he'd be broken in half, but he prevailed.

I don't know man, a South Texas food culture can create in some the anti-anorexia mental issues. At least it did for me.

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On 3/24/2025 at 9:23 AM, Celery Man said:

6’, and I think I’m probably going to fast. Curve is flattening because I’m hitting my limit but also because I’m realizing I should cool it a bit. I’m honestly surprised - I thought I’d get to the low 170s and be a skeleton but you can pack a lot of pounds on even a moderately tall frame. I guess I also have thin bones - I saw some thing about wrist bones being a proxy for your frame and I have pretty skinny wrists.

 

But still I don’t quite get it - from here to here, just about the same amount of mass as that Bart Harley Jarvis of a 15 month old came out of my body 🤷
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You look "skinny fat" in the first picture, dad bod. In the second picture you look lean and healthy. The baggy clothes make it look a little odd. Time to buy new clothes that fit better.

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On 3/24/2025 at 10:31 AM, Celery Man said:

….and I need to start figuring out some kind of easy strength building/core routine that works for me.

The best way to figure out what works for you is to start working out and seeing what you like and works for you. Good luck!

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