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The other half, who was 23 years older than I was, had a very bad heart. It was a war to get him to stop smoking. Finally when a doctor who he respected told him that if he was going to smoke, he might as well eat what he wanted because the smoking was undoing everything, he stopped. Thew every cigarette out of the house…
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For me, not at the start. However now I've reached a place where the extra tracking is nice and very helpful. I want to adjust my macros because my goals are A. Lose weight B. keep/build muscle. The ability to adjust that helps a lot. I also like that I can adjust the calories per meal. So if I am going to have 450…
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So ballpark your numbers if you want to lose weight. Don't do daily. Do by the week. For example. This is Thanksgiving week. if you know you need 2000 calories a day to lose a pound, decide if you want that pound or can live with a half a pound and adjust the calories for that week to that number. For that pound at 2000…
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Restaurants? Always use their data. Check their nutritional profiles against what is on here. If it deviates too far, I either add my own food or I now add quick calories and nutrition since I joined premium. For example, if I am going to subway, I go to their site and use the "build your own" to find out what it is going…
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This month? It's going to be 3 times. At the family doctor's office twice and at the cancer doctor's office once. No doctor's visit that month? About twice. This way I won't fuss about daily variations or even weekly ones. And it is fast enough since I'm counting calories and not stupid and calories tell me what my gain…
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edited. Because no matter what I say, the one thing working in psych taught me is the abused will stay with the abuser until they are ready to get out no matter what anyone says. Flat out. The guy is verbally abusive. It's the same thing as him punching you in the face every time he looks at you. He is an abuser. He is…
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You have a choice if your calories are too low. You can eat up to the calories you need OR you can save those calories for a "cheat day". For example when I eat under, I usually save them for a day when I want something I normally won't have. Like a nice rich 4 cheese pizza [more than one slice] with everything on top and…
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If it is overall lack of flexibility [not just related to your weights], I would suggest something like yoga to help. For example right now seated with no warm up, I can lift my leg [bended and close to the body] high enough if I wanted I could lick my ankle and that means I am a little bit stiff from the surgery I had in…
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Muscle Milk
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Nope. About once a month [or when I see the doctor]. I tend to use measurement instead. It's more accurate than weight because weight can fluctuate because of a lot of reasons even if you weigh yourself first thing in the morning before breakfast or drinking anything and after a bathroom call. The only time that scale got…
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First, you have Abs. If you can't see them, it's because you have too much fat to see them. [note this is NOT a bad thing.] Abs/flat stomach come from very low % of body fat. If you google "percentage of body fat to see abs site:builtlean.com" It should bring up a picture example of men and women and the % of body fat you…
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And remember if you have a glass of wine and eat something, that something you ate goes straight into storage [fat]. The body must burn Alcohol before it can burn any other calories. Alcohol is readily available and needs no processing for the body to handle. Other foods require processing. So if you have a glass of wine…
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Depends on what my calories to maintain my weight is. And what the amount of exercise is I did for the week. Once I know that, I eat for either 3500 or 7000 calories less a week if I want to lose 1 to 2 pounds. Sometimes I eat below that or step up the exercise, because I will have an eat up day where I can have what I…
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Listen to your knees. If cardio hurts try a recumbent bike for the cardio. If the knees hurt while lifting, use the machines. They will protect your knees because they isolate the muscle groups. Avoid the leg press, leg curl, or leg extensions until your doctor clears you. If it is the weight that is causing the pain,…
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Flat out? You are eating to little. Your body will assume food is scarce and will store everything it can. I ran a general calculation with moderate exercise [3 to 5 x a week] for you. You can find the formula and calculators all over the net. The one I used uses the Harris Benedict Equation. You need 3,126 Calories/day to…
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I'm not going to do miles or time because I use the Bike for HIIT. So I'll make it at least 3 HIIT sessions a week for September. Sort of like the "Some days it is hard to find motivation. Some days motivation finds you." poster with the bear chasing the biker rider.
