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Is it best to exercise fasting or is it okay to have a little fat and carb before exercise? ie: peanut butter and 1/2 piece of sourdough toast.

I’m a plant based flexitarian and workout regularly but maintain the struggle to build muscle and size except in my tummy area what can I eat to help me build muscle while loosing not adding to my mid section. Heck I would take loosing the mid section over building muscle if I only had one option however “porque no los dos” thanks.

I am a 68 year old woman. How many carbs should I eat for weight loss? Carbs are my weakness but I need to eat less!

I am 42 years old and have always trouble getting the viceral fat out. What foods you recommend to burn or help in that region? In addition, do you think that BURN pills are effective? I see that almost in every site about losing weight. I live a healthy lifestyle and eat pretty healthy but everything seems to go to that region area

I'm a 72 years young, 5'8", 164 lbs. man, I have lost 50 pounds on MFP! No more bread lunchmeat chips beer! Do you have a favorite plant based burger? I want to keep the sodium down.
"EAT TO LIVE NOT LIVE TO EAT".

What is the best way to reduce belly fat? I understand doing exercise but what food helps to reduce belly fat?

A few hours post-workout I crash meaning I get extremely tired to the point that I have to quit working and lay down. This happened last week even after just a brisk 30 min walk! Any suggestions?

Hello, I am vegan, and have some health issues with gluten, which I cannot have - I do take supplements but my diet is limited so I bake and started using (I also don't eat sugar) cocoa to make things palatable, well, now there are vegan bean cereals with unsweetened cocoa and chocolate with monkfruit, etc so I have started eating a lot, not changing my caloric input except maybe by 100 calories (I use MFP daily) - I am wondering how much cocoa a day is counter health-wise in consumption? I am guessing I have probably 1/2 to 1 cup of cocoa a day. Thank you.

I’ve lost about 30 pounds since August. I’ve got approximately 12 to go. How many calories a day should I be eating to continue my weight loss?

I’m looking for suggestions/tips for someone who gained a significant amount of weight after being put on medication for ulcerative colitis management. They work out 3-5 days a week and they make 80% of their meals at home, but are struggling to lose weight.

I have hit a plateau with my diet. I stay within my calorie limit. The macro range of carbs 50%, fats 30%, and protein 20%. Some days I increase protein and decrease carbs. I cook at home most days. I take yoga and aerobics 5 days a week at the gym. I am in late sixties with normal thyroid labs, but it seems like my metabolism is dragging. Need or want to lose 7 pounds and keep it off. Any suggestions?

I have 9 weeks left until my first half marathon. I was thinking of taking creatine to boost my performance. Has anyone tried it? Would it be beneficial?

i am in menopause, working out 4-5 days a week for a month now and eating well, one cheat day on the weekend and not even a pound lost. i dont expect drastic results but a pound or two would be nice. any advice on what i am doing wrong?

I am a vegetarian. I eat diary products but not eggs. I have tough time meeting the protein goals that are recommended by Myfitnesspal. I typically only meet about 50% of protein goal that myfitnesspal recommends for my calorie intake. Do you have any suggestions of how I can do better?

I don't know whether you can answer this. This is a health question and not a diet question. We often hear that adults need 7 to 9 hours of sleep. Fitness watches like fitbit and others, give you the data of how much time you were in bed and how much time you slept. The data is broken into awake time, rem time, deep sleep time and light sleep time. My question is whether the 7 to 9 hours of recommendation refers to the total duration (sum of all four components) or only the sleep time (rem + deep + light)?