Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

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Grabbed a Quest PB Cup today but put it back on the shelf.

Macros were wack

240 calories, only 3g fiber. 17g fat.

You can eat a regular Reese's at 1/3rd of the price at 210 calories, only thing missing is 15g protein. Add in a 2/3rd scoop of protein shake for $.66 and you get equal protein at half the cost, only 30 extra calories for the 2 combined compared to the Quest cups

And you get that full flavor:blessed:
 

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Grabbed a Quest PB Cup today but put it back on the shelf.

Macros were wack

240 calories, only 3g fiber. 17g fat.

You can eat a regular Reese's at 1/3rd of the price at 210 calories, only thing missing is 15g protein. Add in a 2/3rd scoop of protein shake for $.66 and you get equal protein at half the cost, only 30 extra calories for the 2 combined compared to the Quest cups

And you get that full flavor:blessed:

They aren't that great tasting either. I'm a Quest diehard and the one PB Cup I had was enough. I don't really like any of their PB flavored bars either. :yeshrug:
 

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Grabbed a Quest PB Cup today but put it back on the shelf.

Macros were wack

240 calories, only 3g fiber. 17g fat.

You can eat a regular Reese's at 1/3rd of the price at 210 calories, only thing missing is 15g protein. Add in a 2/3rd scoop of protein shake for $.66 and you get equal protein at half the cost, only 30 extra calories for the 2 combined compared to the Quest cups

And you get that full flavor:blessed:

Quest pb cups are weak anyway. Tastes like reeses but the peanut butter is blended with crushed pills.
 

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Took some stay awake and bronkaid and five miutes latwt had some real.pain in my stomach. Hopefully this shyt doesnt happen al the. Was coming off a hangover so maybe thats it. The thing we do for beauty :sadcam:
 

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Gym Brehs, I need to consult you once again.
I will be going on a prescription diet (1100-1200 calories with carbs under 80 grams a day) for a disorder pretty soon for the next 2 months. The last time I had to do this diet was in 2012 and I lost about 15 lbs in 2 months. Because the diet is so restrictive and I have a thyroid disorder, I won't be able to increase# on my lifts anymore (recovery would take too long) but I plan to keep up the numbers I'm lifting now. I'm not allowed to workout the first 2 weeks, but after that, I can continue with lifting. I wanted to really focus on my arms and back so that they have some shape, but since I will be eating only 1200 calories a day, I want to know: will I still be able to make an impact on my arms to give them more shape or make them more dense and less squish at the end of these 60 days?

FYI- I am 5-4, about a size 6 to 8, and I feel like I have around 20-22 % body fat based on this fabricated chart, When I lifted heavy with my lower body, the muscles still created new curves and dips despite the additional body fat, but I don't know if it works the same way for arms.
 

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Gym Brehs, I need to consult you once again.
I will be going on a prescription diet (1100-1200 calories with carbs under 80 grams a day) for a disorder pretty soon for the next 2 months. The last time I had to do this diet was in 2012 and I lost about 15 lbs in 2 months. Because the diet is so restrictive and I have a thyroid disorder, I won't be able to increase# on my lifts anymore (recovery would take too long) but I plan to keep up the numbers I'm lifting now. I'm not allowed to workout the first 2 weeks, but after that, I can continue with lifting. I wanted to really focus on my arms and back so that they have some shape, but since I will be eating only 1200 calories a day, I want to know: will I still be able to make an impact on my arms to give them more shape or make them more dense and less squish at the end of these 60 days?

FYI- I am 5-4, about a size 6 to 8, and I feel like I have around 20-22 % body fat based on this fabricated chart, When I lifted heavy with my lower body, the muscles still created new curves and dips despite the additional body fat, but I don't know if it works the same way for arms.
1200 calories and looking to have noticeable gains :patrice:

Im not a expert on the female body relative to lifting but it sounds not that podsible.unless your whole diet is protein? Maybe someone here is more knowledgable on this tho. You can only gain like 2 lbs of muscle at most a month so idk how you would gain much at all on such a low calorie diet
 

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Why dont i see more people advocatin hack squats? These shyts destroy quads
 
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