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recomp guide
I just need to here some good facts on recomping. as ive just learned its not quite the same as maintain. so I think I read above a lifting programme, I just need to know more. @sijomial @sardelsa come over :)
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Eating back calories burned
Hi everyone, I am a little confused. I am aiming to maintain my current body weight. My daily calories taking into account my active lifestyle has been calculated by MFP as 1600. I train at the gym 6 x per week, each session consisting of 15mins HIIT and about 40 mins of weight training. I imagine i do burn a significant…
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same weight, feeling "fluffy"
Hey guys, any thoughts on this? About a year ago I used a small calorie deficit with intermittent fasting (16:8) and got really cut. Also switched from a cardio focus to lifting focus during this same period. I've maintained the weight loss and am still super lean, but some days I feel/look "fluffy." Does this happen to…
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Protein macro
at the moment I'm eating a 40%c/20%f/40p macro split and was just wondering if 40% protein is too much? there are some days I do feel like it's a struggle to get in my protein in certain days like when I go to the gym and my activity is very high. should I drop the protein down to 35% and up my fats to 25% ? if it helps my…
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Maintainers Weekly Check In - March 2019
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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New maintenance plan coming up!
Wrapping up a pretty decent cut soon from winter. Lost 13 pounds, and went from 24 to 18.8% body fat. Looking to keep it between 17-19.9. I did keto for the first time ever for this cut and got the best results to date! My maintenance schedule is gonna be 10% carbs, 60% fat, 30% protein. 1950 calories on lift days and 1450…
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How to determine maintenance calories?
Hey guys. I'm approaching maintenance and I'm wondering how to figure out my maintenance calories. I've lost 21.1 pounds in 10 weeks, which suggests that I'm eating a 1000 calorie deficit. However, the last month I've lost 1.2, again 1.2, 2.4, and 1.6 pounds each week, so I'm wondering if this makes my maintenance lower…
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Loose skin no muscle tone
Hey all, I lost 86 pounds using MFP and have been in maintenance for a year. As you can imagine I have some loose skin, even though I lost my weight slowly. Skin shrinks as you lose, but there was a lot of fat underneath. Anyway I walk 5 miles a day and am pretty active. My stomach could sure use some tightening. One…
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No energy to run while eating at maintenance?
I’ve been a runner for about 6 years, about 20 miles per week. I recently went from a retail environment to a desk job and noticed an increased in body fat percentage (not weight) so I decided to start tracking my calories and eat at maintenance. I factor in my exercise calories as well. With exercise, my maintenance…
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Maintaining After Slimming World
Hello! I am a 32 year old from Glasgow Scotland, and I have a 2 year old son. I work for a University as a Finance Business Partner and workout 5 days a week. I lost 2.5 stone in 4 months following the Slimming World plan and have been maintaining that loss for almost 18 months. I have decided to make the switch to calorie…
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Maintaining after a diet.
Hey everyone, so I have dieted for the past 3 years, getting to my goal weight then slowly increasing by 10kg until the next time I’m motivated... I’m on a diet now, and loosing weight well and enjoying the diet, the point is this time I want to maintain my goal weight permanently, any tips on maintaining weight long term…
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Has anyone dated after weight loss?
I'm a 36f. I lost 50 lbs with OMAD and quitting drinking. I'm single and having a hard time thinking about dating. Despite keeping up with the strength training I've always done, my body looks a lot worse. I feel like at least when I was fat, men expected the stretch marks, but now I'm false advertising. The one guy I did…
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realize you are losing too much weight
I planned to go down to 160 but got excited and got down to 150 lb which is too less for me. I know when I did ww I got down too low and felt sickly. This time I did low carb and lost 30 lbs since July. Now I have got to gain 7-10 pounds back and not go overboard. Trying to find some balance, anyone relate ? I love fitting…
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Recomp or Still Weight Loss?
I've gotten to my goal weight since end of December 2018. I've been maintaining there successfully. I still have a little stomach that I'm trying to lose. I know I can't spot reduce, but I don't know if I should just eat at maintenance and lift like I've been doing or if I should still eat at deficit until my stomach gets…
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recomp stat advice
hi, ive been trying to google info on recomping but getting conflicting advice. one says to go surplus on workout days the other to maintain workout days and deficit on days off? SO ive come here. again. :) if I give my stats can we workout a plan as im doing my own head in with it all. (note: I have anxiety and slow info…
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Mind Blown!
TL;dr: What is blowing my mind is that over the course of almost three years, in spite of major day to day eating differences, my AVERAGE calories eaten as logged varied by about *7* Cal (2911 to 2920)... so less than a 0.25% variation!?! This makes me curious about similar or dissimilar experiences!!! In more detail: So,…
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Maintaining Weight on KETO
I have reached my goal weight after being on keto for a little bit over a month (i didn't have much to lose, compared to other peoples' transformations - i had 5,5kg to drop) and I want to maintain my current weight without getting off keto. I like the benefits of the diet on my overall health and want to continue it, but…
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Am I doomed to weight gain?
So i have been unknowingly restricting my calories too much the last few months and realized its bad for metabolism. Am i doomed to the overshoot weight gain?
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Who’s new to maintenance?
I am 2 lb to goal so starting to increase my calories. Moved from 1300 to 1400 today. I don’t get many steps in at work at all, so I am going to try slowly upping 1600 calories for maintenance at first, then take it from there. My clothes fit fantastic. I am just going to shave off 2 more lb so when I “gain” some non-fat…
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Which Fitbit device do you use?
Just wanted to know which Fitbit device you ladies and gentlemen use. Do you find it to be accurate?
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Maintaining at 2700 CALS🤮
I am 5’9 and 163lbs and i just started my journey to build muscles 😬💪🏼 i was told today that i am under eating and have high metabolism so i need to eat at a surplus of 2700 cals... i mean how do you eat that many calories a day???🤮😩😅 if anyone had to do this please HELP!!!! thank you
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Activity level and calories given
Hello so I’m on vacation and we walked. 24000 steps . My added bonus for that was 90 calories. I set my activity level to sedentary so basically I need 1750 for the day . Sounds kinda low. Does this sound right.
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Net calories chart with a weight overlay
Does anybody know if there is a way to do this? I want either calories consumed with weight or net calories (consumed - burned) with weight.
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Activity level
Hi was just wondering if people adjust there activity level for days they are at work (assuming your job is an active one) then change it again for days off. Thanks in advance
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Sustainable maintenance effort vs. original goal weight?
I've been in maintenance for about a year and am just now really starting to learn what kind of effort I can realistically sustain towards the management of my weight. An injury forced me to take some time off exercise for two months and prompted an experiment to see what would happen to my weight if I limited my exercise…
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Protein and Eating Vegetarian
Anyone have good recipes for getting some good protein if your vegetarian?
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Dad Bod
So, after 3 years, 2 kids, and a new desk job, I've gained an additional 10lbs and 4 inches on the waist line. (You'd think I was the one who got pregnant!) I'm 5'6, 160lbs and quite happy now that I've plateaued. My lifestyle hasn't caused me to gain or lose weight in the last 6-12 months. The problem? I put on fat, not…
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How many calories should you be burning daily.
How many calories should be burnt daily. I know the recommended intake allowance but can’t seem to find any recommended daily allowance for calories burnt.
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Fit3D Scan Poor "Body Shape Rating" - is this something I can fix?
I recently joined a gym which as a 3D body scan and decided to give it a try. The scan confirmed what I already knew... that I have an "apple" shape and that my trunk is wide compared to the rest of my body. I've always been shaped this way even when I weighed less. Then scan gave me a 34 out of 100 for my body shape, with…
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Cheat meals? What are the boundaries?
When you have reached a point when you are completely content with your figure/exercise routine, and you are aware of what your macros and calories are needed in order to maintain. How do you implement cheat meals in as sometimes you naturally go over 500 calories within a cheat meal realistically. Will you begin to put…