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I was so incredibly happy when I reached my target 2 years ago! I felt amazing and unstoppable! Slowly, I realized that I wanted to lose more but life circumstances dictated that I try to maintain for 4 months. After that, the target is always moving - gaining muscle, adding a bit of fat, losing weight, deciding to switch…
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Cereal has lots of sugar. Some vegetarian ideas: oatmeal (it has more complex carbs than cereal), eggs, greek yogurt.
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I looked further into the specific supplements that you're talking about and these are not ephedrine-based, my bad. The info still stands on "fat burners" but it is a different category. I've googled Conjugated Linoleic Acid which is what CLA stands for and I'm actually unsure what it does, if anything. The jury is still…
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What fat burners actually do is make your body's temperature higher so you're basically running a fever the entire time. Since your body is maintaining a higher temp, you burn more calories. The downside to this is that it might make you feel absolutely awful - heart palpitations, jitters, slight "high" sensation. The risk…
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Man, reading this thread makes me so appreciative to be 5'9" and size US8.5... Which is down from 9-9.5 that I was before weightloss.
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It is actually difficult to lose weight without stepping on scales. The simple reason is that being on track with your eating and exercise produces such minuscule results week-to-week that you won't notice the difference by looking at a mirror. You will throw in the towel swearing "it's not working!" in a week or two even…
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That usually means you are eating too much - tighten up on your measuring. Do you own a scale? You should. Weigh everything that goes into your mouth and don't use generic entries for food (like, if you're making pasta, don't just add a generic "1 cup of pasta", find the brand on the package and weigh how much of it you'll…
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For all the Canadians out there: Canadian Protein 100% Premium Whey Isolate - 29g of protein per 122 calories. I usually pick the Strawberry flavour but also like the Chocolate Peanut Butter!
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Nope, your nut intake and weightloss was a coincidence. Since you are a numbers guy, you should realize that this magical thing people call metabolism is just your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. You can increase it by gaining muscle (wouldn't have made a noticeable difference in the couple of days), gaining weight in…
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Have you heard of compression tights? Running leggings? What's the workout? Do you do it outside or in a gym?
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I tend to stick to lean meats, fish, poultry when travelling. The protein is good if you're utilizing the hotel gyms. It's more expensive than getting a sandwich but if you're expensing it - might as well eat well. Don't go overboard with the sides though.
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-brie cheese or blue cheese -raspberries -craisins -crushed walnuts -pear -arugula -balsamic dressing This is why I love salads.
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Can't tell if being creepy or just curious of my squat flexibility progression... In slightly elevated shoes (squatting shoes), yes. In bare feet, I can get into the position, but can't stay there.
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It's a stretching position. Google it.
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Okay, it sounds like you can't do a third world squat - which is common among people with desk jobs. You just have to stretch, a lot. Brushing teeth? Why not third-world squat? Use the sink or tub for something to hold onto to not fall backwards. Watching TV? Squat for 10 minutes. As far as squatting at the gym goes - use…
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Lol I honestly don't know what 'whooshes' are... If you are referring to losing water weight to eliminate the minor bloat, stop eating salt. But these effects are incredibly temporary, so I wouldn't worry about it. But you may be experiencing loose skin. I have it too. It'll tighten up a bit over the years. Stay hydrated.…
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Calories, calories, calories.
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OP, you say you hit carbs hard when you put the weight back on. You have to understand that it wasn't the carbs - juice is actually predominantly simple carbohydrates (try entering a juice of any kind on MFP and look at the info) - but you went back to eating too much, of everything. I know it is hard, but you need to…
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Yup, easiest way is to weigh the entire pot and then weigh individual portions of it. Don't eyeball 10 servings when it only makes 6.
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Okay, we all know that 1200-1400 calories is not a lot of food. We are trying to lose weight here, and eating less is how it happens. You're bound to get a little hungry at times. A lot of us (formerly) overweight people are afraid of hunger - but that's how we got to be overweight in the first place. Feeling hungry for a…
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I love fashion and being thinner allows me to shop a wider selection brands and pull off more styles. I feel like I am expressing myself better aesthetically when I fit in a smaller size and the clothes look like they're designed to look. Only later did I realize what it was doing for my health and that I want to be strong…
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5'9" 152lbs. (just under 11 stone) Size 8 pants, medium shirts
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Drink lots of water (keep hydrated) and hope for the best. There really isn't much you can do, unless we are talking complicated surgery.
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It will!
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Your BMR is basically what you would burn in a coma. Are you more active than being in a coma? Do you put clothes on, chew your food, walk to the bathroom? Yes? Then there you go. If you want to test it, eat at your TDEE for a couple of weeks, see if any changes happen. If you are really that sedentary, you will gain a…
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As your weight goes down, your calorie requirements go down as well. So yes, you should be adjusting your calorie limit as mfp tells you to to maintain the RATE of weight loss. So you will still be losing weight without adjustment, just a tiny bit slower.
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Do you have a food scale? Do you measure things by weight? Most people eyeball their portions (1 cup, 1 tablespoon... we start cheating ourselves when we're hungry) and things just add up. Get a digital food scale (it's less than $20 and it's a great investment) and weigh things out for a week, it will make a difference, I…
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Okay, so I never really ever had Subway because I would just get really confused with the options and would always end up with ingredients that don't quite go together. But now I have a combination that REALLY works! This is my go-to for around 450kcal: 6 inch flatbread oven-roasted chicken or turkey and ham (whichever one…
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Well, just think about it - to gain a single pound in 5 days, you would need to overeat your maintenance (not the amount of calories you have set for yourself, but your true maintenance) by 700 kcal every day. Think about it, have you? It's possible that you have, don't get me wrong, but that is for a single pound. The…
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You're supposed to, but since it is so hard to really know how much you're burning, I don't. If I am REALLY hungry and just need a tad more calories, I'll do cardio on a treadmill (where I know my speed, time and weight) and eat that back. But that's not for losing weight, that's for fitness. Eating half of your exercise…
