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You can try bench pressing with a lighter barbell? There are 20 and 30 lb ones.

Oh Yeah! Birthday Cake! (the original, not the chocolate one)

My parents booked a beach vacation in 19 days so I have 19 days to cut or at least, look my best in a bikini ugh.

What's realistic to aim here? Should I bother? My ultimate goal is recomp/build...

Mental health (and physical health too) comes first! And wow that was an extreme prep you did so no wonder your body is fighting back. Yes keep going to therapy

Arnold's voice is so sexy lol...that accent :) Definitely makes me want to lift

I know what you mean.

I just force myself to go. Set my alarm for 5am to go before work...I think to myself "get the f*** up or else I'll feel bad/guilty during the work day". I feel amazing after...

I go through phases where I just "don't care" aka eating badly, not training hard and living unhealthy.

Right now, I'm wanting to go on a mini cut for a beach vacation but it's like I don't care...

Yes I can relate...I'm not human when I don't drink coffee. I try not to drink it on days I don't have to work. I'm so much more productive with coffee and it also suppresses my appetite which is...

My body fat never got under 18% but when I started working out more and harder and had low cals (<1300), my period mainly came late

Binging does mess with progress if your goal is to cut. I have problems with binging on/off and for me, it's triggered when I put myself on a restrictive diet. Right now I am loosely tracking and not...

You look amazing!! Fitspo yo

Thanks for the input. I know I got chunkier from the YOLO eating but what would be the difference between cutting a bit now versus cutting after my 6-7 month bulk? I don't really care about leaning...

Lifting for 4 months..and my compound numbers are bad (coming back from injury) but I'm progressing
Pics are in my gallery. I'm 5'2", 116 pounds

What do you mean not consistent?

Alright, I am doing a bulk! thanks for the input, everyone!

I paid a coach to do my maintenance macros which were 1840 calories so I am adding 250 calories which gives me a total of 2090 calories...

Right, I am aware of that. Either way, how do I know if I am gaining muscle or if this is a bulk going wrong?

So aiming for a gain of 2 lbs a month would have me weighing 130lbs after 7 months. That is a lot but I suppose I do incorporate mini 2 week cuts for sanity?

In 7 weeks, my body fat % went up 0.2% (now 18.4%) and I gained approx 4 pounds. Fat Mass went up but fat free mass increased too...but BMR went down?! Does this mean I gained muscle or lost muscle?!...

I see. Here I Am wanting to do 2 pounds a month. I would want to maximize my muscle gain thigh. Women can only gain max 2 pound of muscle a month?

How much did you aim to gain per month?