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Oh I’m far from that bro. I really appreciate the advice coming from here, and been on a healthy lifestyle since starting this lifestyle 5 years ago and never looked back. I don’t have sugar, pizza, junk food, at all. I enjoy living and eating clean. I just know my mother and how she cooks, so it’s really worrisome that I’m back here on a visit, and she’s much bigger than before, not to mention my brother too.

It's a general thread so I get a few questions only related to lifting.

1. Does anyone pay attention in the gym to the faces they make so you don't look like a spaz?

2. I'm starting 2 a days, I also take a lunch to work and shower at my gym (en route to work)
2a. What do I do with my lunch so it doesn't get warm and spoil (chx breast and rotating green veg)
2b. What do I do with my towel after the gym? Shit needs to stay in the car, but I don't want it to make my gym bag gross and moldy.

1. Nope. I am always just focused on my work outs really, so the faces I make I really don’t pay attention to or care about.

2. What I do is keep it in a container with a nice heated towel covering it, so when I’m ready to eat, it’s still fresh and delicious and ready to go.

3. Ring it out and wash it out in the bathroom bro.

>Will your body burn fat along with calories from food at the same time?
Not really. If you've eaten recently before you work out your body will use the nutrients in your blood that haven't been stored yet first, favoring readily available resources over stored fat.
This is why some sources recommend exercising while fasted.

>How much does alcohol affect muscle gains and weight loss?
In my experience alcohol didn't affect my fitness that much, but my consumption rate was like 1-2 drinks per night with a binge of 8 or so one night a week.
Didn't really check muscle growth during that time but I maintained at ~170lb during the two years I drank like that and didn't look soft.

I just found out that I have an exertion headache. I thought it was just something that would go away, but after another week of training I'm afraid that I have damaged it. What is the best way of dealing with this? So far I have found that a deload week, massage and lots of hydration will help, but is there anything else that I am missing and will this affect me long term?

Is it a long visit? If so maybe make an excuse to do some extra cardio.
Sorry to hear about your mom, some people just don't start taking their health seriously until it fails on them.
My dad went through 3 bypass surgeries before he started making time to exercise at least every other day.
Seeing him in the hospital is one of the major things that motivated me to get my shit straight.

Unless you're already cut don't drink. Even then it's not ideal. If you do drink stick to hard liquor.

Bro, I’m the same way. It’s why I got my life on track years ago and been doing fantastic business wise and health and mental wise since. This was originally supposed to be a weekend visit since I just came back to NYC from a trip to Italy. But I was called in Monday night because she had a big health issue that she’s about to tell me during this pasta dinner. So I’ll be staying here until Sunday night to help take care of her. She’s already on a big oxygen tank, and needs constant supervision since my brother also gained so much weight too. I’m so glad things got better for your dad bro. It’s always makes me feel glad that people make it. As far as cardio goes, I swim and run every 3 days, and swimming I usually do normally along with my weight training. Since it’s so serene to go for a swim and I genuinely enjoy it.

I can only train in the mornings and I don't know if I should take a breakfast before or after my workout.
If it's the former, will it be ok to drink my protein with my breakfast?

Do you take any blood thinners (even aspirin)?
Also pay attention to your breathing and where you tighten in your shoulders and neck while lifting.
I used to get those bad from pullups because I was tensing my neck muscles.
Do some neck rolls for a while and see if that helps, and don't stiffen your neck unless you need to for the lift.