The mirror always lies. It is not objective, particularly not when you have a history of body image issues.
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I threw you into Mayo Clinic’s calorie calculator. I couldn’t remember your height, so I put 4’9" and got that your “estimated daily calorie needs” are 1750. If you’re 4’11" you get 1800.
Just relax, and maybe stop weighing for a bit. Your clothes will let you know how you’re doing. If your pants button, you’re fine.
Lol! I only wear tights or sweatpants, I could gain a good 10 lbs of fat and still fit 
Then you’re fine! Until the elastic rips, stop worrying about it.
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Well there’s always the daily variation in BW. Plus there’s also the variation in the measurements taken by the scale itself, so there’s that.
The mirror always exaggerates like a sunofabitch! The leaner you are the more it shouts and screams about every quarter lb of fat gain, or calls natural hydration level and muscle tone fluctuations fat gains.
I don’t know how anal you are about measurements, but going from daily to weekly or fortnightly weight checks is probably something you should try. And spend less time checking your abs out in the mirror. I speak from experience ha
I assume this is aimed at @anna_5588 rather than me.
I’ve found the mirror reflects how I feel about myself pretty well. Unfortunately that can lead to a bit of a negative feedback cycle if I’m not feeling too hot, which is why I keep weight measurements too.
And good luck on Saturday.
Thanks, it was more just adding to the general conversation but the message was aimed at anna yes.
Thanks, I think we’ll need more than luck!
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What are you competing in? Whatever it is, good luck!
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I’m far too fat to worry about what the mirror says too much.
One thing I’ve found though, in an effort to stop obsessing over weight too much is to balance the amount of times I weigh myself. I need enough that I don’t get too bent out of shape about one result and I can just focus on the trends.
Don’t be too sure. England are phenomenal at grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. I think I mangled that phrase a bit, but you get my point.
@anna_5588, we’re talking rugby. World cup final on Saturday, England vs Seth Efrica.
In the last year I’m up 20lbs!
But so is my deadlift, squat, bench!
No regrets.
I still wear xsmall leggings, and fit into my size 0 pants, but at least now I fill them out.
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Keep focus on the big picture.
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Pls, show these goddamn pictures of you. :). 40 kg are extremely low body weight to someone at 150cm , Your BMI is very low (under 18), you have to weight between 42 and 56kg for normal BMI. But you train powerlifting and weight lifting actively, you have to be even more havier than a random girl because of the active mass you have. Not at least for regular period and stable hormon levels. Usually, most girls weigh at least 100 pounds to have menstruation-the hormon balance is almost the most important for female body.
Well, you 're up 20 lb just because you 're growing up. It’s a normal process.
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You look really really fit but I have been repeating you need more flesh on these bones :). It’s unnecessary to mantain so low bodyfat % ( I suppose it’s 10-12%), neither for your hormone balance and health nor for your powerlifting performance. How it’'s even possible to see any fat here?! OMG
Yes, bodyweight is changing during the day and depends on the menstruation phase - up to 2-3 kg. Those 2-3 kg I don’t even consider to the summary. I would give attention if they stay on me for a month or more.
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I found a 4 day Sheiko program that works with my gym situation, so I’m basically following that. I did replace some of the accessories (ie cable rows, lat pulldowns) because the cable machine at the gym broke
Week 1: Day 1
Squat: 1x5-40kg, 2x5-50kg, 5x5-60kg
Bench: 1x5-50kg, 2x4-35kg, 1x3-40kg, 5x3-42.5kg (gym got fractional plates but they’re 2.5lbs, not 1.25kg- close enough??)- all paused
Rows: 5x5-42.5kg EMOM
Conditioning: 60ft HS walk w/ 3 burpees every time I went down-6:25- still fit it in LOL!!
- didn’t sleep very well (got interrupted by blaring music) so pretty tired, squats felt heavier than expected but not too hard to complete- thank god for low percentages Bench felt good and strong, Rows really worked back, struggled w/ HS walk- pretty intense.
I managed to fit all this in in just under an hour- really shows me how much time I was wasting between exercises before
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Which is this? He has about 20-30 programs. Would you write down the % of PM that you use is sets? What max do you take- your best in time or currant for the day/week/etc. ?
I’m highly concerned that this isn’t in the program :).
Well she will quickly find that either the conditioning means she fails some of the prescribed sets as fatigue builds up, or she’ll get the work sets done and definitely won’t feel like doing the conditioning. Or worst case scenario, she just about manages to keep doing both, but her strength won’t increase at all because she’s too burnt out. Time will tell.
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That’s the plan! In about a week, conditioning will not be happening
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Can we hold you to that?
I’m wondering why the weights are so high in the first workout of the plan. Could you add 2.5 kg every time? Az I know you have to start with 50% .