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So you agree with me?[/quote] Yes, I agree. I think it's more important to maintain calories on rest days, because your body is rebuilding muscle. For many though, I think it's more about weight loss so they try to keep their calories lower on rest days.
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To add to that thought, protein synthesis requires fuel. The reality is we don't build muscle in the gym, we only tear down the existing muscle. New muscle growth happens at home and during rest. So don't starve your body, feed it!
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I was going to say the same thing. Yerba Mate packs a caffeine punch and I drink cold and hot.
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Asher_Ethan & arditarose thanks for the perspective I needed to hear that! I was just getting frustrating with how hard I was working physically to lose the weight (2-3hrs of cardio everyday). I've never had to diet or count calories to lose weight, but I guess being in my late 30's has changed that factor for me. I have…
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It's pretty awesome to have a community of people at my finger tips! Everyone has great advice, the consensus is use a scale. Just to clarify I can still use the barcode scanner or raw food finder, but the focus is to measure the actual food I'm eating to make sure I'm staying within the serving size in grams or mL (or…
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Okay I will try that. I'm pretty sure my husband has a small digital scale that measures in grams. I'm little nervous at how time consuming that is going to be, but I am willing to try. Do you think logging all my foods in recipes will save me time in the long run? So the bar code scanner is not accurate... that is…
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Thanks for the encouragement :blush: but it's actually two months since I started working out. I've only been tracking on MFP for one month. I'm going to keep at for sure, I was just hoping for some tips to improve my progress.
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Standard Process is my favorite vitamin supplement. https://www.standardprocess.com/About-Us/Whole-Food-Philosophy# They use all organic plants in their supplements (some contain nonorganic bovine or porcine parts, so vegetarians beware). They are on the expensive side, but their products are the only vitamin I have ever…
