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NSV for maintaining
I have been lifting and have seen the scale weight go up, though my clothes are the same. I went from 124.4 to 136. Not nice for the head. Today, I had a pleasant lady that walked in my store and I admired her thin build. I thought in my head that Wow! this gal looks great! I feel too big and want to cut, so I am…
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SEDENTARY
do i put sedentary and eat exercise calories?
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Is 1,800 too little for an 18 year old boy?
I am 6 feet, 140 pounds, and I have been eating around 1,800 calories a day. Is this too little? Thanks!
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Maintaining weight..attainable
Can be done if you are serious about keeping it off ......do not think you can go back to your previous eating habits. This is a never ending battle with food. Moderation within your caloric boundaries for your sex is the key. Movement or excercise is the other key. Find the right sport or activity for you. There us no…
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How many calories for a moderately active 18 year old boy?
I am about 6 foot and weigh around 140 pounds. How many calories should I consume to maintain this weight?
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What to eat after a cardio session!
Hi, I usually almost 1100kcal per cardio session. What should I eat after this? Lot of carbs? I usually eat a lot of protein and a few carbs for dinner. But I catch up on breakfast and lunch where I eat a lot of carbs (bread, pasta...). I usually train in the evening. Thanks, Jamal
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Does banking calories include exercise?
So I am trying to save my calories for the weekend, and I eat back the calories I burn, for instance I eat 1500 but I burned 300. My sedentary tdee is 1460, so here's the math I guess lol Weekdays eat 1500- 300 work out burned calories = 1200 1460-1200=260 260x7= 1820 extra calories for the weekend Am I doing this right or…
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Help needed
Hello I am new to this website and would just like some advice. I have exercised all my life but in the last 18 months I have upped this. What I want to know is how many calories I should eat to maintain my weight and how many calories am I burning on an average cardio session. My details are: Female 34 5f3 7 stone 2 I…
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Trying to loosen vice grip on calorie intake. Help please.
Hello, I apologize in advance for my wall of text. I'm a 5ft 11in 35 year old male who weighed 225lbs Feb 11th of last year. About 6 months ago I weighed 160ish, I currently hover between 140-144. I do 45 minutes of step aerobics every day, planks 6 days a week, lunges 2 days a week, and pushups/simple dumbbell exercises 2…
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Help me to maintain my weight
Hi, I don't know if it's because of my job (technical support engineer) which requires to be quite flexible, but I find it quite hard to maintain weight. Some day I will lose a lot weight (especially after a workout session), other I am going to gain a lot weight (cheat days). Below is my training program and my typical…
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Does anyone notice weight maintaining or loss
by not going over calorie intake goal? I'm just curious, I've been tracking pretty much every single thing I consume. and haven't gone over, if anything under. Has anyone had good results by staying within the limit? On my phone when I hit I'm finished logging today I'll get a message saying in 5 weeks if I did what I did…
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Am I sedentary, lightly active, or active?
I go to school everyday, and do walk a good amount in school(in between classes and stuff). I also walk around the house a lot after school, and outside in the evening. Occasional running as well. I do sit in class for 50 minutes, with 5 minutes of walking up and down stairs in between. And I do homework at home (2 hours…
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Water retention experience?
So after coming to the conclusion that im holding water weight, because i have swollen ankles, my stomach has become podgey and i have gained about 2/3 kg in a week, I am looking for ways to differentiate between water retention and fat just so in future i will have a greater idea of what is fat gain and what is water…
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Need maintenance friends and advice/tips!
HI :) I am a 23 y/o female (grad student!) and I have been exercising (up to 1.5hr a day on the weekend, 20-40 during the week) and eating at an extreme deficit. I have now lost the weight and need to start switching to maintaining. I'd love any advice or tips you guys have. I am in definite need of a how to :) Feel free…
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WHAT does the TDEE even include?
I just started using Pacer, a pedometer app, and today it told me I took 3375 steps, and burned 58 cals. Now, do those 58 cals count as exercise calories and would I add them to my TDEE, or does the TDEE already take those into account? I'm assuming, since my BMR is about 1118 and my TDEE is about 1337, that those 58…
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How to "save" calories?
Hello so I am supposed to have a maintenance of 1460 calories per day ... If I consume 1200 Monday through Friday and on Saturday and Sunday eat 2100 per day will I still be maintaining? :) because 2100 seems to be a lot for just one day...
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Is it 'wrong' to eat when you aren't absolutely hungry?
I've been maintaining my weight fairly well for a while now, but recently (and only recently) I've come to a weird feeling where I'm not really hungry like I used to be at meal times. For instance, I always used to wake up at 5:15 AM and eat breakfast at 5:30. I wasn't 'hungry.' But I would not have access to food again…
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Anybody stopped weighing themselves?
Do you feel better when you aren't weighing yourself? I used to be obsessed with weighing myself and it was really starting to get to me constantly seeing my fluctuations, however I have given up weighing myself and continued to eat healthy and have cheats on the weekend and I feel a lot better than when I was weighing…
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How much does weight flucatations bother you?
They bother me a lot, as you can't tell the difference between fat gain or just water weight.. Makes me feel shameful and guilty the next day, so I eat less, then 2 days later I find out it was just water weight, the scales drops down I've lost too much weight. Due to these reasons i've lost more weight than I planned, I…
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Calorie Intake for a 17 year old male Consume to maintain?
Error in the topic name sorry bout that : *Calorie Intake for a 17 year old male trying to maintain?* Hey there just asking for someone that was concerned about how many calories they should be consuming a day, he is 183 cm's, 60 kg's, and exercises 6 days a week, what should his calorie intake be on a day without…
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Getting Started with Maintaining Weight/Building Muscle?
I was too fat, now I'm a tad too skinny. That was a my bad; I got so used to eating 1300-1400 calories a day, that I was afraid to go any higher. To be honest, I still am, but I've definitely gotten too skinny. I was wondering how I should go about stopping losing weight? And then building a bit of muscle? I've changed my…
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Exercise the day after going over calorie intake
Hey there guys so today i went over my calories by 600, I binged and ate 3000 calories all up, ashamed but over it, was my fault and now im going to work hard and exercise it off just wondering if i burn 1500 calories or so tomorrow through a soccer match, walking and exercise bike will that mean today is gone and i won't…
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Help? Generally OK with weight, but...
I am currently just trying to maintain my weight (5'0" and 105 pounds). I'm generally okay with my appearance, but then I look at pictures of myself or see myself in the window of somewhere and then I feel fat. Then I eat at a deficit for about a week. I don't think this is healthy. Any suggestions?
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Seeking Like Minded Maintenance Friends
Pretty much maintaining. May well add some more muscle at some point and return to a higher weight. I am looking for others who are maintaining, and who are preferably eating close to my own maintenance which is a net of 1600-1700, and a total goal of 2000-2800 per day. My profile is open if you want to know more about me…
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maintenance 2
i have tried several online calculators including MFP and in average I have a TDEE of 3000 calories a day... so to maintain i will eat that and track my weight for more accuracy
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maintenance
MFP tells my maintenance is 3000, so i did a test last week and ate 3700 daily. obviously i slightly gained 1 pound over the week... so my question is eating 3000 calories will put me on maintenance? is there another way instead of MFP to get my TDEE accurately? stats 170 lbs 20 years 192 cm height active-very active I do…
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How to stop obsessing and calorie counting
Looking for words of wisdom (or confirmation) if anyone can help. Over past 4 years I have gone from 224lbs to 120 lbs through a lot of hard work running and exercising along with an overhaul in diet and nutrition. But along the way lost sense of me and happiness. Now at a point where I am so proud of my physical…
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Amount below maintenance for short women
I'm about 3 lbs above my goal weight and trying to think ahead to maintenance. I've read a few well-written and seemingly well-thought out posts that say that because the body wants to immediately replenish its water and glycogen stores, you should actually shoot for a weight below maintenance before bringing your calories…
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These tips: Balanced Diet, Rest well, abdominal exercises
Good look to meet your goal you must follow these tips: Balanced Diet, Rest well, abdominal exercises, aerobic underwriting year. Balanced Diet: You should eat protein (eggs, milk, meat), carbohydrates (pasta, rice, potatoes), vitamins and minerals (fruits and vegetables of all colours, as the colour determines the type of…
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These tips: Balanced Diet, Rest well, abdominal exercises
Good look to meet your goal you must follow these tips: Balanced Diet, Rest well, abdominal exercises, aerobic underwriting year. Balanced Diet: You should eat protein (eggs, milk, meat), carbohydrates (pasta, rice, potatoes), vitamins and minerals (fruits and vegetables of all colours, as the colour determines the type of…