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Cleanses and detoxes are not necessary. If you eat properly your digestive system and kidneys will do their job.
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Unless you weigh your food to the gram and know precisely what ingredients were used in preparation, no. But there are plenty of food where an estimate is a safe bet.
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Dietary fat doesn't make you fat, caloric surplus does.
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My advice: Don't rely on MFP to auto-calculate arbitrary calorie and macro needs for you. Typically, MFP will undercalculate your calorie, protein and fat needs and overcalculate your carbohydrate needs. Calculate your TDEE and macro needs here: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/
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A vacation should not make you nervous! Taking a hiatus from an aggressive 1300 calorie a day diet may actually do your metabolism--and progress--some good. It would take a pretty considerable caloric surplus to do any damage, so enjoy yourself and relax.
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The way I gauge whether or not I'm taking in adequate carbs is my performance. I hit the wall fast when my carbs are too low. What are your macros like?
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Day 16 is not nearly enough time to make any significant changes to your body mass or even fitness levele. I did Insanity for three months before my physique changed. It's worth the wait.
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Where did you get 1400-1500 calories from? What resource are you using to calculate your calorie and macro needs? Start eating real food. Add volume to your diet. Dense fruits/veggies and lean protein.
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1. I don't know where you got 1500 calories from. Calculate your TDEE and macros here: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ 2. "Weight loss" can means one of many things: loss of lean mass, loss of water, or loss of fat. If it's fat mass you want to lose, start lifting heavy and swap your steady state cardio for HIIT. Spare…
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I know I'm late in replying but I'm a huge proponent of IIFYM.
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I agree with jacksonpt. Body changes are gradual, nowhere near as black and white as a number on scale. Also, if you're training with enough intensity and eating clean, there's no reason for multiple workouts in a day.
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you look awesome, way to go.
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What is called science? Low-carb?
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Type1Rachelle - I'm sure as an endurance athlete you'll agree with me that trying to run a race without carbs isn't even worth entertaining! The way I see it: Carbs don't make you fat. Eating processed crap sure does, though. Sadly, the "diet" community is always latching on to some faddish diet that demonizes an entire…
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Stop focusing so much on the scale. I cannot emphasize this enough. If you're trying to lose fat, take your measurements each morning. This will give you a better idea of how you're progressing. You can stay the same weight but see a steady decrease in inches by losing fat and gaining muscle simultaneously.
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If you find the treadmill is worsening a preexisting injury, try the bike or elliptical, but do high intensity intervals (HIIT) for 30 minutes. You can follow up with 15-20 minutes of steady state cardio to maximize calorie burn. Through HIIT and lifting combined, you'll turn up the excess post-exercise oxygen consumption…
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I don't know about 24-hour fasts. However, using your sleep hours to your advantage and piggybacking on some fasting hours (i.e. dinner at 7, sleep at 10, wake at 6-7, then eat next at 11, fasting total=18 hours) is likely much more tolerable. Also, I'm a frequenter of the leangains blog and recommend it as a quick guide…
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what are your goals? Before breakfast is ideal for cardio in terms of fat loss because your glycogen stores are low so you begin burning fat from the get-go. For lifting, it's whenever your basal body temp and muscles are "warmest"; 3:30-6:00 p.m. Although ANY time you can fit it in is great.
