Recent content by Basophillic

The weight gain from paxil is from either metabolic slow-down via unknown mechanism or through histamine. In either case, it ain't gonna grow muscle.

My only fear about slowing down is that I fall off the wagon again. After the past few months I've found that going more often, ironically enough, makes me keep at it. That's why I was trying to do only one body part a day, to keep me going more often. The 5x5 stuff was very interesting -...

Same story most people ask here - in my late 20's, and 5 months ago realized I was fat and out of shape - 6'3" and weight 230-240, BF% way up there. Started lifting 3-5 times a week, and did cardio 3-5 times a week as well. Cut diet down to around 2000 cals/week, and for the first 3-4 months...