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There are no calories in diet soda, hence it adds no calories to your diet and thus can be consumed in addition to however many calories you have set as your goal with no repercussions.

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I'd cut out the Arizona tea completely. Just mix your protein with water or milk.

Congrats on the weight loss! I'm assuming you are somewhat new to weightlifting but if that's not true then the following advice may not mean as much to you.

The light weight high rep thing has...

you have right about 6 months until then which is 24 weeks give or take. 40 lbs is probably a reasonable goal in that time frame however it will require you to stay pretty strict on your diet. I'd...

I get it that people hire a personal trainer because they want guidance, but I think it's a huge disservice to them to just stick them on some fad diet under the assumption they can't do some simple...

The short answer is that it does not matter. Like the others have said, cardio is just another tool for creating a caloric deficit.

That's assuming of course that your only fitness goal is weight...

Let me ask you this: if you wanted to build a house would you just go buy a bunch of wood and hope it all fits together or would you measure it first?

Do you know what a guy with a lot of muscles underneath a lot of fat looks like? He looks like a fat guy.

While I agree that a lot of people use medical reasons for excuses, if they do truly have said medical conditions it can make it quite hard to lose weight. PCOS causes insulin resistance and...

Have him replace 3 of those shakes with 8oz of chicken. If he wants easy cheap food then a bulk bag of frozen chicken breasts, bulk brown rice and canned green beans would be the better way to go.
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Some frames are bigger than others, this is true. But somehow people have grossly over-exaggerated "large" frame in their minds to somehow mean "always be fat," and unfortunately your doctor is one...

The main issue really is energy quality and thinking long term, overall health. Assuming this is something you are going to do as the exception and not the rule, then there are absolutely no problems...

ephedrine works, though I prefer to reserve it for a plateau breaker. You can't take ephedrine forever (diminishing effects and health risks) so it's best not to depend on it.

For a daily...

The only reason I've ever suggested eating "clean" is because it's easier to be full while on a reduced calorie diet. It's super easy to make macros from junk and micros can generally be accounted...

If you want an honest answer to your question, then we need to know your diet. How many calories? 20 minutes of cardio per day while you are eating 1000 calories is probably going to lose you some...

I wanted to be like Arnold originally and boy did I try. I've always had a hard time cutting past 15% and I decided my genetics just didn't allow me to be that lean and muscular at the same time. Not...

1. Yes you can lift, though look up starting strength or strong lifts 5x5 and stick with one of those programs. You may need access to a gym in order to do these programs properly. If a gym is out of...

It's pretty common to start of sluggishly or gain the first 2-3 weeks of weight training. A lot of it is changes in water weight. Make sure your diet is good (2000 calories a day should be good for...

You lost and then gained some water weight. Stick with the same calories and give it 3 weeks. If you gain or stay the same drop them, if you lose stick with it.

That's correct, that is why I suggested he not go to the gym fasted.