re: Need help increasing Bench Press numbers.

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Second, you need to get your diet straight. If you are having to consume 1800 calories to lose weight at 305 pounds, you either have the worse metabolism known to man or you have metabolic damage.

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All my blood work comes back fine. At 2500 calories a day I maintain. From what I read and people I've talked to it's actually pretty common when you drop as much weight as I have. I monitor pretty closely and I've stepped on the scale everyday for the last 22 months so I have a pretty good handle on what my body is doing with my intake. As far as metabolic damage I'm not sure what that is or ever heard of it. I can only go off what the doctors tell me during checkups.

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How much do you love around during the day?

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I lift for about 1 1/2 hours 4 days a week

I work in a office but have a standing desk that I stand at for at least half the day, Everyday I do at least a three mile bike ride more to exercise my dog than me. 30 minute car ride to work 1 hour home 10 1/2 hour work days and 7 hours sleep I only have about 2 hours a day I can sit on workout days and 4 hours on rest days.

I only have one day off a week currently and I usually spend it playing golf or doing yard work. I'm pretty active.

I understand it sounds nuts that I have to be that strict to lose weight, but that is where my body is at. For reference I was around 310 pounds at 16 years old the last time I was at a "healthy" look and weight I was 6 years old I've never been not overweight.