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And unfortunately as to the topic, yeah 1 month isn't going to get the avg person far on getting a flat stomach or showing abs, it's all dependent on info you havent given: starting bodyfat and starting exercise lvls. Strength training and exercise repetition training do help but really, its 90% about how much body fat you…

Sooo, that says they will do some update at a later date to make it clear what it means...very unhelpful as to some "word"/definition on what they mean. I would just use it however you'd like really since its not definitive what the heck it means. I'd say a reaction point is another useless point of data that means nothing…

Then with that additional symptom, definitely go to doctors till you figure this out, its not usual and no random people online can help you.

It seems like something is up with your weight difference there. If you look like your picture (which is still hard to see since one in the bathing suit is tiny and the one you posted above covers alot), I would guess you weigh about the first weight, you look kinda skinny. Are you sure about this 117lb previous weight and…

Explained here: https://youtu.be/M3K3yvyfcGw [/quote] Interesting, so someone put a name and a "system" to describe what I think most of us who started with standard 3x10 set type programs self modified to. Naturally I agree its a good way to go about it :) I always found the 3x10 or 12 etc not to work well at all, and if…

Ever recorded?? I am sure its got to be well over 100,000 if you have all day. Heck Michael Phelps eats 12,000+ on a regular basis training. I'd estimate I've eaten about 20,000 for a 36" pizza eating challenge and I'm sure many regular eating competition guys have gone way over that. When I was training heavy, your 4,500…

You do know about insulin is crucial to getting energy into the cells to grow right? And that the body modulates both insulin and growth hormone release? And insulin is still around when you are not eating lots of carbs, yes? And what is "too much", according to who? You are thinking, but the idea isn't well thought out.

That's true, but something is off and since there are few ways to get negative numbers, activity level is most likely for someone fasting, it should be double checked on BOTH Garmin and MFP and make sure they are not different. I know mine works, I've logged 1000++ calories in exercise fine some days. So something off in…

No what you are doing is fine, and probably what everyone should be doing by default so that you dont get those negative adjustments. AFAIK, it wont show you any negatives (outside of just eating a lot more than you have the goal set) unless what activity level you achieve is UNDER your baseline setting, so by setting your…

I have a Garmin too. What MFP and Garmin do is they give you a calorie goal to eat, and as you eat or "use up" those calories, the number goes down. It goes negative when you ate MORE than your allowance for the day, it is positive when you do not eat some of the calories it figures you should for the day or your…

First off, have you connected it to mfp? Next, when you do, I think it only adds calories to mfp if you burned more than the expected amount from the activity level you set mfp for. Thirdly, how are you getting your numbers from the garmin? Mine shows calories and active calories, and when you look at the mfp part it shows…

Load the app on your phone. Go to settings then 3rd party apps, click on my fitness pal and does it say they are connecte

Also are you talking that difference for your activity only or total calories over the day? Are you talking about the results of syncing with mfp? Can apple do that I'm not sure. Mine seems to be set so that it only adds calories to mfp if you go over your expected daily exercise level, whereas Im thinking apple wouldnt,…

Its possible, but you'll be much healthier by exercising too. Keep checking that flowchart in the first response till you can get down to the bottom of it for a good start.

I can agree that its insanely difficult to only eat 2700 calories per day...and I'm about the same height.

The problem here is people with the mindset you seem to have shown tend to rely on "they dont want dead customers" as a way of justifying "safety" and support of new chemical additives, etc. added by a company, when in fact they don't really care as long as they don't have to deal with a negative result that costs them…

That's taken of course to extremes on the internet. In most cases of course that isn't desireable, but keep your motivations straight is the most important thing. Yes its true its not a good idea to promote products that can result in quick deaths, especially since legal costs are high. Large customers that eat a lot of…

No, you are completely wrong, and people do need to get this right. That they are responsible to shareholders first actually applies to every large food manufacturer and fast food company. In fact its written in their rules of corporate governance. Profit and interests of the shareholders is ALWAYS above "caring for your…

Eh, can you think of any close neighbors who just might have a working "pipe dream" for many years, like one up north? Canada, Denmark, Sweden all have very functional single payer systems which score better than our health system on ratings of health care by country. In fact we spend the highest percent GDP and are #37...…

You aren't thinking of the future at all, comparing to a different animal and being absurd with a nonesense result. Time keeps moving, more things are being included as it progresses, and we actually have moved to voluntarily monitoring of driving habits in the automobile insurance venue, so your argument actually supports…

Definitely not, this is a slippery slope and the insurance industry is for profit and it will be used for more profits first and foremost as it always is, most benefit will always go into someone at the top's pocket, minimal help for premium reductions and more intrusion with each step. People need to realize it will not…

Yeah nut "milk" and touted as healthier without any evidence is annoying too. The chalky flavor usually ruins any coffee drink for me. Not great flavor and texture, higher calorie and no real health benefits, so why? I view them as something generally to avoid unless you love the flavor since the protein and general…

Yikes, just glancing in here but had to explain why these opinions based on...I'm not sure...are not popular. "Toxins" are not why people gain or lose weight for the vast majority, eating more calories than you use is the overwhelming reason people gain weight. Neither are supplements the reason most people gain or lose…

My rebounding involves getting in shape and losing weight, then regaining it. Not really a fun sport on the downswing.

I used to wear gloves when I did deadlifts 500lbs and above, my grip strength was always behind my max weight strengths and they helped. But now I don't deadlift very heavy, and I found a small piece of the gym paper towels suffices if I really need it, without the disadvantages of gloves. So my considerations are all…

Keep it simple here: whatever you can do to give the dog more time and space is owed to your dog by owning him, but having a job/survival of course takes priority. Trying to keep a perfect home shouldn't be a priority over your dog being able to move around in barely more space than to turn around in though, I think you…

From what you wrote it looks like you are kind of a light build, with a fear of getting fat. Its hard trending to impossible to build muscle in deficit for some, esp for low bf percentages, and harder for lighter builds to build and rebuild muscle anyways, so you aren't going to go anywhere productive by cutting if your…

No food will cause fat deposition only in a certain area, or removal from a certain area. You are underweight at that height and weight, and your body is normal and wants to store a little bit of fat on your belly where its designed to. It is not healthy to not have any fat, but if you focus on gaining muscle mass (weight…

Weigh everything out, even packaged food. Example food for me is a bag of crunchy curls from trader joes I liked, it said 31 curls= 1 serving, 6 servings per bag for 130 calories. I pigged out one day on them, having 3 servings and curiously the bag was almost empty. If there are 6 servings per bag and I'm the only one…

Yup, it still can happen, despite the MFP myth you cannot gain muscle while on a deficit. Especially if her muscle measurements and lifts are going up, and if she had done more training and/or had more strength in the past. Its most likely though, or lets say the higher percentage of the change would probably be that…