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6 workouts/week is a lot to start with, I would actually suggest starting with 3/4. Split your workout up to lower body and upper body where you alternate days, i.e Monday - lower, Wednesday - upper, Friday - lower, Sunday-upper, Tuesday - lower...). I know that I have trouble actually working out on weekends so I…
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Fruit smoothies with protein powder maybe helpful. If you are eating a lot of fruit, vegetables and lean meat you are going to be low in calories, you might try using healthy oils in your cooking to up the calories a little bit. Focus on getting the appropriate amount of vitamins and minerals through eating (rather than…
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One more important thing, if you aren't already doing it add weight/strength training. As a female you don't really need to worry about building large amounts of muscle (most women cannot add a lot of muscle) and it will increase your BMR as well as possibly provide you with another set of goals to focus on.
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That actually looks like quite a few calories IMHO. In a past fit life (trying to get back to) as a 170lb extremely active male (7%bf - a dream nowadays) I would consume around 2000-2200 calories a day. That took a long time to get to and quite a bit of practice and there are the obvious suggestions below as far as how…
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Definitely reach your goal and re-evaluate but if you are working on a healthy lifestyle and not just a diet I would just let the chips fall where they may. Past experience has shown me that you don't really know how much weight you can lose until you lose it. I think if you maintian what has hopefully become healthy…
