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Yes, gaining and losing within a desired weight range is very much maintenance. Perhaps a 10lb range is wider than many people but fitting your diet into your lifestyle rather than trying to force your lifestyle to conform to an overly restrictive diet / weight range must surely make maintenance happier and easier long…
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So many questions spring to mind! You really do have to be more forthcoming and specific about you and what you are trying to achieve. All anyone knows about you is you are a male of unknown age on meds that affects their HR. Have you had any guidance from your Doctor? (When I was on beta blockers the Doc told me clearly…
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It would be unusual to gain fat without gaining weight..... If you want targetted advice you need to tell people about yourself and give a timeline. Had a look at your diary and with the caveat you haven't given any background data your daily calorie goal is unusually high for a female who describes themselves as having a…
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Initially calorie counting during weight loss. Then maintaining weight while calorie counting. Last few years just exercise tracking (but not food tracking) and generally keeping my head in the game while maintaining at goal weight.
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@dlr165 "Everyone" is a broad scope! Everyone who is successfully maintaining weight long term must be eating back their actual exercise calories but might not be eating all of their exercise estimates if you see the distinction. I have a big exercise volume and it represents a decent part of my overall needs - roughly…
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Stunning scenery!
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Neither breast tissue or fat tissue can be exercised - only muscles. Fat loss comes from a calorie deficit over time and where on your body that subcutaneous fat is lost from first or last can't be chosen.
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Why don't you simply follow the guided set up here rather than make guesses? I've no idea what your lifestyle is outside of exercise - you could be very sedentary outside of your exercise or you could have a physically active job and home life. With 30lbs to lose you could lose at 1lb for the start and reduce the deficit…
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No it's not healthy, probably not quite as bad as a 700 calorie diet and no exercise but still an awful thing to subject your body to. Also unlikely to be sustainable. Two things that should be your priority when dieting are health and sustainability, please think again.
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I would suggest a set of adjustable dumbbells might suit you better. That way you can both adjust for the different requirements for different exercises (for compound lifts 7kg may well be far too light if it's currently suitable for you doing isolation exercises) and also your increasing strength over time.
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Here's what I did.... Set my goal to achieve a 3,500 weekly deficit (to lose 1lb a week), eating to my net calorie goal. Was consistent for 4 weeks but judging from my actual weight trend it appeared my true deficit was more like 2,500/week so I simply reduced my calorie goal accordingly and then lost at desired rate from…
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"I've been doing 3 days of 30 mins spin followed by couch to 5k, and 2 days swimming 30-45 minutes." That duration can be fine but will also be heavily influenced by if you are eating at a deficit and how big that deficit is. Quite a difference between someone going into a fasted exercise session when generally fully…
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If a sugary banana doesn't do the trick the same as a sugary snack I'd suspect the problem isn't sugar but something else.
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I don't tend to take rest days unless I'm feeling all-body fatigue and that's very rare. (There are some days where I can't fit in deliberate exercise due to other commitments but I will tend to be very active.) But I'm accustomed after many years to a high exercise volume and your recovery and rest needs may be very…
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Yes it's normal when trying something new. No it's not muscle gain.
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Different people have different levels of being able to train doing something they don't actually enjoy. Mine's quite high (with modest sporting ability I had to train hard to be competitive), my son's level is zero but he is a gifted sportsman and can be competitive just by turning up. When I was his rugby coach I…
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Walking away from the kitchen perhaps? Diet to lose fat all over, you can target muscles to work but not fat.
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There's a huge range of upper body strength exercises you can do seated - but they are for strength, function and body composition. For cardio some gyms have hand bikes. But exercise really has very little to do with weight loss, especially for someone with restrictions. But those restrictions don't stop you eating in a…
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Injuries requiring decisions over surgery or not have been in relation to my knees. Right knee took quite a few heavy impacts during a motorcycle racing hobby that was more enthusiastic than successful. Resuted in some nagging pain and an inability to run any great distance without triggering lots of soreness. But as…
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When I log my cycling I overwrite the MFP suggested calories with my own numbers are they are far more accurate. For my strength training I don't change the numbers as it's a reasonable estimate for something that can't be estimated any better (outside of a metabolic chamber....). The oft parotted "only eat 50%" for all…
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Of course you need to take your exercise into account - it's just one of many energy needs of your body. That's why MFP, TDEE calculators and wearable trackers all take it into account in different ways. Would suggest experimenting to find the MAXIMUM number of calories you can maintain on rather than lock yourself into…
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MFP suggestion isn't just ADDED augars which is what the 35g refers to. It's including ALL sugars including those naturally occuring in foods and drinks, including fruits, grains, veg, dairy etc. etc.
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The main reason for workouts to be reduced during a diet break or reverse dieting is to eliminate exercise related weight retention - predominantly muscle inflammation and stress/cortisol related water weight. e.g. As a cyclist I have the somewhat conflicting issues or wanting to be at peak fitness and lightest weight for…
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Hi Justin. My main advice would be to separate exercise from weight loss, make it a habit for life instead. A regular exercise routine is one of the common traits shared by people who get to a healthy goal weight and stay there long term. I did a long distance bike ride a few years ago that started from near you and went…
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Give your new eating level a trial for a month to see what impact the change has - don't flit around quickly from one level to another or you won't have a clear idea of what is / isn't working. As for the working out issue it's not a binary choice between full on training or nothing. If you think it's been too much of a…
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From the Help pages.... https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032626011-How-does-MyFitnessPal-work- https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625391-How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals-
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Just after you finish eating? There is no optimal for everybody and every different kind of fasting.
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When I lost weight the only person who had to know was my wife as she did the majority of the food shopping and cooking. But it wasn't a taboo subject at all to me and I was perfectly happy to talk about diet / dieting to anybody. Either because they were also losing weight, or just interested, or who noticed me losing.…
