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Weight
Need to loose weight, not understanding how eating works.
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Macro breakdown
What percentages do folks use for maintenance? I know everyone's different and everyone's bodies and goals are varied, but I was just curious
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Body fat %: what is realistic maintenance?
I am a 35 y/o woman, active 4-5 days/week. My body fat is around 15-16%. According to body fat scales, that's great! But I feel like I need to lose fat in spot areas, which means I need to lose BF overall. Is below 16% a sustainable BF%? When I was cardio junky, my body fat stayed around 12-13%. Since switching my routine…
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New to Maintenance
So today is my first day in maintenance eek! I know i need to eat all my maintenance calories to maintain but do you need to eat back all of your exercise calories? Or do you still eat 50-75% of them back due to inaccuracies? Just a little confused about this. Please let me know.
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Weigh ins Make Me Nervous
Name: Ingrid Age: 45 Height: 5'4 Total Weight lost: 207lbs Time it took to lose: 3 years and 5 months How long in maintenance: 2 months Maintenance weight range: 128-135 Average weight recorded from January: 135 Average weight recorded from February: 132 Average weight recorded from March: 132 Average weight recorded from…
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Average weight for 5'4
Hey everyone, I have recently gone from 185-172 lbs in the past couple months, and I am sticking to more of a health lifestyle change then diet. But I am just wondering what the average weight is for a medium build 5'4 so I somewhat can set my goals?
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below goal weight + maintenance calories = goal weight (thoughts?)
For those of you who've been maintaining / recomping a while: First of all, I feel a little silly for asking this, but I've been in a deficit for a long time, am really surprised (in a good way) at where I am now, and am looking forward to moving into maintenance / a recomp. I think I'm pretty close to my goal weight and…
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How to keep a flat stomach
flat stomach one week and the next week I look as if I haven't worked out at all. Diet doesn't change much, what a mystery
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How many calories during pregnancy...
How many calories would you suggest my intake is per day to not gain so much weight?
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Skinny fat
So I have recently joined to actually get fit cause I have noticed I have a little more belly fat than normal I guess, though I have a skinny frame so nobody notices but I do. I have always been able to eat a lot and not gain weight and I am actually underweight somehow. I wanted to get your opinion on what exercises I…
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Weather and weight
Have people noticed they've lost more weight when it's hotter out? I feel like you sweat more when it's hot and thus lose more water weight, but I don't know if that's actually a thing. I'm hoping it is because my weight has been trending significantly downward the past few days, but we've been experiencing a heatwave here…
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Am I completely screwing my body by eating my all calories in a 6 hour window?
I yoyo depending on the day of the week Today I havent eaten and its 6pm. Tomorrow I'll probably start my food at 11am-1pm. Saturdays I'll do a breakfast, lunch, dinner, late night. I eat 2800 a day right now to maintain my summer shape. I think that might be a few hundred calorie deficit max.
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Macros to reduce body fat
Hello everyone, this is my first post on the community, but it's been a while I'm reading this section, and I've found plenty of nice tips and experiences. Now I need some advices
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I am in! Need help with this maintaining thing!
Name: Ingrid Age: 45 Height: 5'4 Total Weight lost: 206lbs Time it took to lose: 3 years and 5 months How long in maintenance: 2 months Maintenance weight range: 128-135 Average weight recorded from January: 135 Average weight recorded from February: 132 Average weight recorded from March: 132 Average weight recorded from…
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Help on maintenance
How many calories would an 18 year old girl who is approx 5'9" and 124 lbs need to maintain that weight while being sedentary?
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Do you still log what food you eat on party, buffets, restaurant etc.?
Do you still log what food you eat on party, buffet, restaurant etc.? I find it hard to log what I'm eating up because I was too distracted I drink a 1.5 litre of coke today and I don't know how much food I've eatened :lol: Expecting the scale to backfire haha. I'm just curious
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Where to go once you reach goal weight?
I am about 7lbs away from reaching my goal weight of 125. I have been eating 1200-1300 calories every day for almost a year now. I am just curious as to where I go after I reached my goal. My new goal is pretty much to tone up, cause I'm feeling "skinny fat" right now.. But I'm not sure of how to exactly do this! Would…
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Recomp advice needed.
Looking for a bit of advice. Im female 36, 5'4 and 127 lb bf is 23% i think..over the last year ive lost 35 lbs but carry most of my fat in my middle and have started lifting to get the body i want.i was lifting my own program for about a month but now Ive started stronglifts( on week 2). I also do a circuit class once a…
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Gym workout/routine ideas
Hello fellow maintainers! I am trying to get into the gym more to add some variety to my workouts. I usually prefer outdoor activities such as hiking, walking, running, bicycling. I also practice yoga several times a week. I enjoy calisthenics/body weight exercises that don't need much/any equipment, where all I need is my…
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How much weight did you gain while pregnant?
I gained 11 pound's last time. Planning a baby again.
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Lost 85 pounds in 6 months - Marathon Training to Maintain? Diet floundering
I lost 85 pounds from 1 Dec 2016 to 1 June 2017. Sadly this is about the 4th time in my life I've lost 50+ pounds. I usually end up gaining it back within 18 months, my worst was 290 in 2011. I'm a 6'0" 34 y/o male currently weighing 174 pounds. This time I lost the weigh on the subway diet: two 6" subs per day and a…
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Eat all exercise calories back?
I assume now that I am maintaining instead of losing weight, I should eat all of my exercise calories back? (Sorry if its a really stupid question)
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building muscles
Hi, 56 year old male. got down to weight I'm comfortable with, 180 pounds. my question is, I'm trying to build muscle. what % of protein, carbs, and fat should I eat a day?
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Staying Lean
A few months ago, I was able to get down to 20% BF and i looked and felt awesome!! (Minus the hunger and some fatigue). But I've put some body fat back on and I'm feeling discouraged. Is it unrealistic to try and maintain that leanness? And how do I keep from feeling bummed when things change.
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When is the "confetti moment"?
I haven't hit my goal of 132 lbs. yet, but I'm within a couple pounds. So, at risk of overthinking this in the age of digital scales, I'm just wondering when I should say I DID IT... is it when the scale hits 132.9? Or does it need to be 132.0? How did you folks decide (or plan to decide) which criterion to use to…
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keeping Active ;)
Anyone from Midrand, South Africa?
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Diet Break Help
Hello! So, I recently decided to take a 3-4 week diet break since I plateau'd VERY badly. So far I'm 5 days in. It's been going well, but I've noticed something... I've been hitting my maintenance calories, but I'm literally not full at all. Like I have to stop myself from eating more. Any advice needed? I've been trying…
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Reverse dieting for finding your maintainence calories...question
I decided that I want to gradually add in calories to find my maintenance (reverse diet) versus just jumping to what I think my maintenance calories are. That being said, I have a question... When I add in calories, say, 100 calories to start off with, how long is a reasonable time to assess whether or not that I need to…
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Is intermittent fasting good for mentaining weight?
I want to be at lot leaner and loose fat. A friend told me intermittent fasting is a good way to go. Although I'm confused if intermittent fasting will make me loose weight or gain weight since I still have to eat my macros which is focused on weight gain but have to fast for 16hrs while weight lifting. The main question…
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Maintenance calories off?
So I've only been maintaining for about 3 weeks now, but I seem to have done well to maintain my weight for the past two weeks successfully, like within a pound. I'm eating about 1700-1800 calories a day. What's confusing is that the exercise I'm doing is supposed burning about 500-700 calories daily, which has me netting…