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So, if it's not a size/weight issue, but rather a health issue, why are you getting upset about people wanting overweight people to be better represented? How do you know somebody's health by looking at them? (Hint: You don't.) I'm obese, and yet my yearly doctor's exams show that the only chronic health issue I have is a…

Besides keeping track of your food more accurately and measuring progress with a tape measure rather than a scale, you may want to consider the side effects of your medication. Weight gain or difficulty losing weight is a side effect of Zoloft. Constipation is a common side effect for all three medications you track daily.…

Looking at your food diary, I'm seeing you rarely have anything logged before 1 pm except occasionally some tea. If you're hungry all the time, you might want to try eating some solids for breakfast, even just a banana an egg or something some like that. You also have your goal set to netting 1500 calories which looks like…

You can add me! I have about 75 to lose

those numbers look accurate. your resting heart rate is a little on the higher side (60-100 is "healthy", but the real goal is 60-80 if you ask any health care professional). 158 is not a high heart rate. to increase your cv fitness, you want to be in the lactate threshold zone or the aerobic training zone, so you can keep…

you should not be consuming 1350 calories a day. you should not even be netting 1350 calories a day. if you workout only 3 times a week at a moderate intensity, your tdee is about 2350 and your bmr is around 1700. to drop a pound a week, eat about 1800 calories a day. if your drop the weight too fast (which you will by…

probably the most accurate, affordable method of tracking your body fat percentage is to buy a set of calipers and find somebody who's experienced at it to measure you once every month or two. otherwise, there's a bunch of different calculators online where you can enter your measurements and track your approximate body…

you are under for fat AND at least one of your entries is wrong. all calories come from macronutrients (carbs, fat, protein). fats contain about 9 Cal/g. you're under 20 g of fat, so that's about 180 calories under. you're also a combined total of about 70 g over in carbs and protein, both of which contain about 4 Cal/g,…

spitting on someone isn't assault because it's rude. spitting is considered assault because saliva is a major carrier of communicable disease, which is why people with hiv/aids who spit on people are charged with aggravated assault. if you have an open wound or spit gets into your mouth, you can get mono, viral meningitis,…

and as we were taught in elementary school, the best way to deal with bullies is to fatally shoot them. to answer the op's question: i don't usually text in the movies. if i do, it's because my mother has texted me 20 times asking "where are you?? are you okay????" because she doesn't remember that i told her that i'm…

once, when squatting ~150, i had an extra five pounds (so a very small percentage) on one side, and it definitely felt weird. i could feel my left side working a lot harder and it really threw my balance off. so, yeah, on a 50 pound bar for benching, an extra 5 pounds on one side would probably feel really weird. dumbbells…

i'm 5'4" as well, and my ultimate goal is to get down to 130 pounds, because i'm pretty sure that where i'll look and feel best at. since you're asian and i'm white, though, i probably have a larger frame than you. most asian girls i know about our height try to get to 110-120-ish. normally, i would say stop wherever…

NO DON'T DO THIS. making the bar unbalanced is a very, very bad idea. whatever side is pushing/pulling the heavier side will get stronger. if the bar is unbalanced, it'll feel weird and you'll be less focused on your lift and more on the way the bar feels. also, you're more likely to drop the bar, swing to one side, or…

yes, those are decent gains! especially the concentration curls, given you're doing them with proper form! when i do preacher curls, i only can do 17.5 pounds for 3 sets of 8 and i've been lifting for a decent amount of time. however, the rep/set scheme you're doing is more associated with hypertrophy (muscle growth) than…

that wasn't even her question, but nice try anyway.

if you're able to do the exercises and eating at a surplus to build muscle, yes, you can build a round butt. the problem would be being able to do the exercises. without squats and lunges and similar movements, you're really limiting your butt-building ability. are you able to do stairs/climbing motions? if so, switch out…

i'm eating chobani right now and mine has 80 mg... is that "ridiculously high"?

i'm 21 and in my junior year of college! my freshman year, i lost 35 pounds, maintained for awhile, and over the past 8 months have managed to gain back 25 pounds. so i definitely need some motivation to help me stick with it while going through my hardest semesters!

go back to the other thread you started on the same topic. i posted some exercises with a basic idea of how many sets/reps you should be aiming for. just be aware that you are not able to spot reduce. you CANNOT do 100 crunches and wake up with a flat belly. you lose fat from wherever your body decides.

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you should absolutely lift weights. you have muscle on your body and, no matter what, you always will. muscle uses a lot of energy (i.e. calories), so the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn, the more fat you lose. also, if you don't lift, you could lose muscle instead of fat, which would make you soft or, if…

being veggie is not an excuse to not get enough protein. unless you have other dietary restrictions, there are tons of protein sources. dairy has a decent amount of protein, so try milk, yogurts (greek especially has more protein than normal yogurt), cheese. eggs and nuts have protein and fats, so they're pretty filling.…

Nuts. DEFINITELY nuts. Also avacados, eggs, whole milk, cheese, bananas, trail mix. Maybe get yourself some protein powder and make a smoothie with some protein, yogurt, milk, and fruit if you find yourself having trouble with actually eating your calories.

Less sodium, more calories. Your goal is 1500. Net 1500. You also probably don't NEED to lose 15 pounds by July. Weight loss isn't a sprint. You didn't gain the weight overnight and you won't lose it overnight.

Simply Bars are kinda unpleasant. They're really, really dry and I always feel like I need to drink a gallon of water with them. The flavors aren't too bad, but I'm sure you could still find overall better bars elsewhere.

Your macros depend more on your exercise/fitness goals. If you're a runner, your macros are probably pretty good. If you're looking to maintain or gain muscle, you should probably go to 40/30/30. Try not to be under your calories. Figure out your deficit by calculating TDEE - ~20% and eat that, or follow the goals that MFP…

thank you for being polite and not copping an attitude with me for misunderstanding. however, if, one day/week you are exceptionally active or end up netting less than your bmr, you would need to eat back some of your exercise calories, correct? tdee calculators give you a number based on estimates and use ranges like 1-2…

right. if you want to lose weight, you can either eat at tdee - x% and make sure you eat back your exercise calories (thus netting tdee - x%). or you can eat your tdee and not eat back your exercise calories (thus thus netting tdee - y%). what mandy is doing is eating tdee - x% and then also not eating her exercise…

you still eat back your exercise calories. if you eat 2000 and burn 1000, your net is then 1000, which is not the 2000 you're aiming for. if you want to not eat back your calories, eat your tdee.

is there any health reason you can't eat an increased number of carbs, or are you just doing it to help you lose weight? because if there's no health reason, then just up your carbs. you don't want to bonk near the finish line (or at all for that matter), and actually having a good carb loading session (make ~70% of your…