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I want to make sure I'm giving my friend the right advice
A girlfriend has started lifting and wants to increase her calories / eat the right amount of calories to build muscle. We've discussed Eat More To Weigh Less and she's read NROLFW and Starting Strength, and she's making sure she's hitting her protein goal. She is petite, but has a high body fat %, and is more interested…
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Starting again
Hi all I am back again. I took a break from MFP due to family issues and just lost motivation. ALong with that i lost muscle and I gained some weight. Yup all in my tummy. That is the place i seem to hold my fat. I really would love a buddy to help keep me motivated and I would really need some help with figuring out what…
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new....confused
Hi, I have been looking at TDEE calculators and I think I figured out my TDEE but not sure. I am 35 years old, female. I am 4 feet 11 inches and about 90lbs. I workout usually by doing TRX for 30 minutes 3x's per week and cardio 30-45 minutes 3 x's per week...sometimes a little more if I have time. I work a desk job during…
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Body under stress?
Hi, Since stopping my runs and focusing on Strength training in 1 month all my fingernails have grown back stronger and are actually growing. They had been soft and flaky for some time prior to stopping my runs. From this I am presuming that I was not giving my body enough nutrients to cope with all that cardio and it may…
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Focused Lifting & Eating More to Weigh Less - My Journey
I started my journey this week. I am focused on heavy lifting with the intent of doing little to no cardio. Age: 31 Height: 64 in SW: 141lbs GW: 125lbs Waist (minimum): 33.75 Abdomen (navel): 35.75 Hips (maximum): 38.5 Squat: 60lbs Deadlift: 50lbs Push-ups (reg): 15 My RMR was tested two months ago (I weighed 135 at the…
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Tired of logging
I have been casually logging on MFP for about 8 months now but for the most part I wasn't very strict and used it more as a guideline than anything, however for the last 3-4 months (including the last 8 weeks which has been my reset) I've been logging religiously and I'm just getting tired of it. Some days I just can't be…
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Nutrient timing & supplements
Just curious as to what everyone's views are on these two things - nutrient timing, and supplements. By nutrient timing I mean the importance of having some simple carbs (banana, muesli bar, etc) before a workout and then protein and carbs afterwards, or if everyone just focuses on getting the right amounts across the…
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A month long plateu
The first few months of my latest attempt at weight loss went well. I dropped about 20lbs in 3-ish months. From November 3rd. to December 3rd. I'm basically at about the same weight. I've gone a little down and come back up. I'm not really near my goal weight and I'm still somewhere in the ~30% of body fat - so it's not…
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Better rough TDEE estimate than 5 level chart
So TDEE levels chart, Sedentary, Moderately Active, ect. Many really have trouble estimating what level they are at, when some charts says days of exercise a week, some saying hrs weekly, ect. And then they only speak of exercise time, what about active jobs? So I do 3 hrs of gym classes, what level am I, Lightly or…
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Help
Was using mfp goals to figure calories. Am at a stand still. Kept off 80 pounds for 10 years. Was eating 1530 on mfp goals but went to utube and figutex my bmr and tdee. Gave ne new calories of 1827 which i took 10 percent under coming up with 1645. Does this sound right. Also can i eat l food groups. I did when i lost the…
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Increasing exercise but nowhere near 21 hours!!
I've just been having a look at the scooby calculator and I can't quite understand why the next level up from 5-6 hours of exercise is 7-21 hours... There is SUCH a big gap there - how does it work out?! A little info: I started my reset 8-9 weeks ago and plan on going until the end of the month and then starting 10% cut.…
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When weighing fruit...
I apologise if this is an incredibly silly and/or obvious question, but when weighing fruit do you only weigh the 'edible' part? ie; do you peel a banana or take out the core of an apple or pip from a peach before weighing?? Peeling a banana before weighing seems reasonable given that there is a lot of peel, but then it…
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No fat diet = processed stuff?
I have been diagnosed with gallstones and I was told by the doctor to stick with a no fat diet to avoid painful flare ups. The problem I see is that most no fat substitutes are a mess of processed and unhealthy foods. They add a ton of sugar so now my sugar intake is going off the chart. If I go for healthy fats I end up…
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Are my calories actually this low?
I'm 5 feet tall and 116 pounds. My TDEE would be around 1800 and to lose a little bit more than half a pound a week I'd have to consume about 1500. Is this true? I always see people around here talking about how they lose on around 2000. Tall privilege much? ;;
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Tiny confusion here .. newbie!
Hey everyone, I'm new to this website but I've heard of this type of eating before and was pretty interested in it from the get go. I'm an 18 year old female, 5'3, 134 lbs and looking to lose quite a bit of bodyfat. I used the scooby calculator using 3-5 hrs / week of moderate exercise, and for maintenance got 2112 and for…
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upping cals, still tired
I was hoping that I would have more energy by eating at maintenance, but I've never been so exhausted. Is this normal? Id been eating at a cut (not a drastic one) for the better part of the year, but have spent November eating at maitenance and have found I am more tired than ever, I struggle to get through my days and my…
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help, I HAVE to eat junk food.
Okay, first, let me explain: I am a sous chef, I've been in the industry as long as I could work. I work as a sous chef in a restaurant that me and my chef recently took over 6 months ago. It's been one long hell of a rebuilding journey so far. I work 7 days a week, and 12 to 17 hours days. I love what I do, and this is…
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Full fat vs low fat
Just curious what everyone's views are on full fat vs low fat products? I'm vegetarian so get no saturated fats from meats etc and am lactose intolerant so I eat very little dairy other than greek yoghurt, plus I'm not a big fan of yellow cheese anyway, but am thinking more specifically about soy milk. I probably have…
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Fitbit, Bodymedia, TDEE & BMR
How many of you adjust your Fitbit height/stride length in order to get the correct BMR? I bought one recently and it's so different from my bodymedia and all the calculators, and I get the feeling it is wrong, but it's messing with me mentally and making me want to eat less. Possibly because I have gained a few pounds in…
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Is it possible to just eat when you're hungry?
I'm new to weightlifting (and this group), and I want to make sure I'm feeding myself properly, but I really don't want to count calories. I always feed myself when I'm hungry, but is that enough to make sure I'm getting the calories I need?
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Newbie here...advice needed!!
Hi , I have just discovered this group and this concept of emtwl. My story...I gained a lot during my pregnancy...went from 122 pounds to. 178 pounds. I managed to knock off 35 pounds with only cardio and basically eating around 1200 calories.( I didn't really track so not too sure but roughly around 1100-1200) calories.…
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I'm new! Could I get a some help with my calories please?
Hi there. i'm quite new to serious MFP tracking and I want to do this right and eat enough to fuel my brain and body. My main goals are to lose weight and get stronger and healthier. This for me is a new way of life, not a diet. I've been tracking for nearly a month I would say and exercising for about that long as well.…
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New and could use some reassurance :)
Hi everyone! I started this process about 3 weeks ago, and have been eating at my TDEE for just under 2 weeks now. I've been absolutely inhaling all of the posts here and am so so SO thankful that this community exists. I was really cruising along for the first couple of weeks but now I'm having a lot of anxiety about the…
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Struggling to cut again after reset
Hi After being in deficit for nearly 3 years and losing 32 kgs I did a metabolic reset for 11 weeks. My rmr was about 850 before the reset and then after 5 weeks eating at a slight surplus I had it retested and it was 1500 which was great! During the reset i put on around 3 kg or so. My average gross calories for the 2…
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Week 18 of EM2WL-Stable-Re-Cut in order
Hey all. Well lots to report. I am 18 weeks into EM2WL, this should be week 5 of cut, but I have not been cutting for 2 weeks. I also have not been eating on a regular schedule nor have I been tracking what I am eating. Just going intuitively I suppose. I am happy to report, I am still stable. What I gained is where I am…
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Re-starting
So I'm back to where I was about a year ago (well, weight-wise, not BF%-wise so that's a NSV!). When I first started, I was 5'4", 137 lbs, and BF of 22%, using HeyBales's spreadsheet. I succeeded in getting down to 130.8 (juuuust 0.8 away from my goal) but then regained all the weight! I am currently still 5'4" lol,…
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I reset my streak. :)
I felt like mentally I should start my streak from my tdee reset date. So my streak just went from 335 days to 35. I already feel better about it. Sure I started the journey a year ago but I really only dialed in my goal last month. Sometimes we need a hard reset. :)
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Hi everyone! Newbie here :)
I’m new here and decided to share a bit of me in the meantime :) I’m a nurse and recently came to a new country, to live by myself (first time). Thought I had everything in my control, but between sweets offered in the hospital, eating out, cookies and bread at almost every snack… Well, apparently I wasn’t. 10kg came up..…
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Starting over again
I need help with figuring out activity level please. !'m 41 and 5'3" and have a desk job which really is sitting almost all day. I walk about 3 times a week for 45 minutes at a moderate pace. I'm starting a new exercise routine of doing 30 minutes 3 times a week of body weight/small hand weight training and riding my…
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Careful--"Eat More" is a relative term
Just wanted to put my two-cents` worth in. Mine is not a post based on science. I am not a nutritionist, physical therapist, doctor, or even a personal trainer. But I am pretty decent at math, and I have been tracking my calories and exercise on MFP for almost 4 years. And for the past 2 years I have been paying very close…
