Sounds like a body recomp- well done!

Edit: no idea why downvoted but it refers to staying roughly the same weight while building muscle and reducing fat. And having tried it, it’s hard! I stand by my “well done”

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kapep a day ago | parent | next [-]

Thanks! I really feel I had it easier than most though because of genetics I guess. I see others train much harder for less results. I didn't even change my diet much except shifting to a lot more protein-rich food. I have lots of respect for people loosing a lot weight and having to work way harder than me for it.

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nullandvoid a day ago | parent | prev [-]

If I were to guess I imagine the downvotes are due to the use of an upvote being preferred over (albeit it well intentioned) comments of "well done" in HN threads (in order to keep signal to noise ratio high)

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_345 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I never understood that. The presence of simple comments loke "Nice!" or "I agree" are really rare anyways, and I don't find it difficult to scroll past them like I would with any other comment whose first few sentences I don't find salient

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CalRobert a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Fair, I mostly was thinking it would be nice to give people who want to try it themselves the term that’s most often used.

It’s hard - you have to eat around maintenance level calories but you also need to make a high percentage of them protein and also keep enough carbs that you don’t bonk if you’re doing any cardio (I like jump rope myself). Just cutting or bulking gives a little more flexibility.

	▲	nullandvoid a day ago \| parent [-]
		Makes sense and it's a new term for me so thanks for sharing :)