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I am about to finish my 4th HST cycle before I do a 2 week SD.  When I start lifting again, I am only going to have about a 3 week time period before my 3 week long winter break.  Should I start a new cycle and just not finish it, do a short one somehow, or should I go with conventional...

I just weighed myself this morning and somehow I lost 5.5 pounds during my 11 day SD (from 142 to 136.5, and I did weigh myself first thing in the morning). How did I lose this much weight when I was trying to eat at about maintanance, and I thought I was eating over it?

Alright, what do you think is expendable in my diet so I can bump it down a few hundred calories?

So you think I should use a 1,600-1,700 calorie diet? I think that I can still lose weight with about 2,000 because on my SD right now, without any exercise, I think I'm eating about 2,300-2,600 calories and I have lost 4 pounds. Also, I just got off a 6x a week program and it was too much for...

I am 5'5'', 138 pounds, and about 12% bodyfat. I am about to start a cutting and I need some advice on my diet. I am aiming for a diet that is around 2,100-2,200 calories. I will be doing a 3x a week HST program along with 3x a week HIIT and 1 day of steady state cardio. Here is my diet that...

Should dextrose be used for cutting since it is high in carbs and calories, or should it just be used for bulking?

I've got these same questions. I'm about to start cutting and I was thinking I would do something like a few hundred calorie deficit along with HIIT 3 times a week for 15-20 minutes, and then steady state cardio for one day. I was thinking I would do one HIIT session after one of my workouts...

I'm in the middle of my 10s on a 6x a week full body program. I'm finding the weights pretty difficult right now, but especially for leg exercises involving my quads. I have already had to drop my maxes down for leg presses and deadlifts, but I'm still pretty sore every day wich makes it...

Any opinions on these creatine supplements? I wanted to try one of them, probably kre-alkalyn after my creatine monohydrate is finished. I don't feel that I'm getting very good results from mono.

5--> Well, how would I do that?  Wouldn't it just make my increments different?  My problem is that my maxes are just so close together.  My DB press only goes up 10 pounds for 15s, 10s, and 5s.  My leg curls and shoulder presses only go up 15 pounds. I was thinking I could maybe just lower my...

Any more suggestions?

I am already repeating loads twice in each rep range since I am doing 6x a week training and would have had to have 12 increments otherwise.

Right now I have some severe zig-zagging going on in my routine. For example, for my 1st week of 10s I am using weights that I used in my 1st week of 15s and throughout my 2nd week. My increases from max to max from some exercises are as small as 10-20 pounds. My weights only change slightly...

I just mix my tuna with some nasty fat free mayonaise for a little bit better texture. What about my question about dextrose? Are you really supposed to have .7-1g of dextrose post workout? I though I read somewhere that around 30g was sufficient.

How is my revised plan. I cut the calories some and made a few other changes. Should I cut the calories even more (because if so taking out a scoop or two of whey is no problem)? I just want to make sure I am eating enough for 6x a week full body training, but not gaining too much fat. Also...

Do I need 4 scoops of whey, or would 3 or 2 be alright? Because that would help lower my calories some and my protein is already high enough.  Although I would be worried I'm not getting enough protein pre and post workout and not enough of the amino acids that come in the protein powder.

I will be sticking pretty close to this diet everyday to make sure I am getting enough calories.

Well, that's the number Fitday is giving me. I'm getting most of them from the cereal in the morning, the oats, the bread and bagel, honey, raisins, the banana, dextrose, veggies, cottage cheese, and milk. I also entered everything by the label and not by Fitday's numbers. Well I don't want to...

Yeah, I know I need to bring the protein way down. Should I toss one of the chicken breasts and just go with one and maybe add olive oil to use on the 1 chicken breast or something?

This is my current plan for my bulking diet for my 6x a week HST program.  I am 135 pounds, 5'5'', and about 10-11% bodyfat.  Any suggestions on my diet?   Also right now I am pretty much planning to have the same thing everyday, but I'm not sure what to do on my one off day.  Should I keep it...