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  • When I first started losing weight, I couldn't eat anything before 10 because I would be so nauseous. After losing 20 pounds and working out 4-5 days a week, now I get sick if I DON'T eat within an hour of waking up. I think it has a lot to do with your habits and individual preferences. Do whatever is most comfortable.…
  • No ideas at all?
  • The simple answer - if you're doing any kind of weight training (even just body weight) that your muscles aren't used to, you will be sore. There are many things that can reduce the soreness, but you will inevitably be sore. On my heavy lifting days, I still get sore, and I've been lifting for months. I circuit weight…
  • This explains it pretty well: http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/articles/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn.aspx It basically means you take the amount of calories burned during exercise and subtract out the calorie you would have burned had you not been exercising - prevents double counting and makes a difference over…
  • Just bought the FT4. Got it less than a week ago, use it every time I work out. I'm obsessed with it. It's also helped me track how much I should be eating (I had been netting around 1000 calories according to my actual burn after Gross to Net Calories calculations!) with a goal of 1500 per day net. Definitely get one.…
  • if you hadn't been working out before, there's a good possibility you've traded fat weight for muscle weight. as a general rule, "muscle weighs more than fat". working out builds muscle and burns fat, so that would indicate a reason for losing inches and not pounds. if not that, make sure you're staying in within your…
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