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That is a matter of opinion. The primary reason I think someone would choose MFP's system is if they find it particularly motivating to have "earned" extra calories by working out. TDEE is more regular if you don't feel trying to figure out what you've burned. The problem with lifting weights is that it's next to…
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I've never been a waitress, but I imagine it to be exercise. Much like walking around an amusement park all day - yeah, you're probably walking at an average 2mph pace, but you're doing it for HOURS and at the end you are tired and hungry and your feet hurt. I would log a day like that as a few hours of slow walking and…
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If you use TDEE, do not log your exercise into MFP or eat back exercise calories. If you use MFP, log your exercise and eat back some of your exercise calories. Any other questions about your numbers?
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The imagery here sort of makes me NOT want to gain muscle :laugh:
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People still do that? Pick on others for things like that? Seriously, I thought we left that kind of behavior in high school. I can understand why someone would say something like "So you weigh everything? Always? Don't you take some time off?" or even "I could never do that, seems like so much work." But I guess people…
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I eat almost EXCLUSIVELY at night. Sleeping in until noon every day might have something to do with it, though. I think the only reason that people say "don't eat after dinner" or "don't eat after X time" is because when you are tired your inhibitions are lowered (that's where those weirdly personal 3am conversations come…
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If people add me after discussing something I accept and if they send pretty much any message with it I'll accept. (Unless it's creepy, but I've never gotten creepy, only flirty haha.) Unless they send a note I will usually decline if the person is new because they have a tendency to join, add a bunch of people, log for…
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Glad Aaron K could come in here to give you some insight. OP, by the way, your underwear are cute. I wonder if I also need to be eating more to add on muscle. I'm not as thin as the OP though, so maybe I need to cut more first.
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I'm not able to see your pictures. You are trying to maintain your weight while lowering your BF%? Edit: Okay I see the pictures now! Yeah me too. This is what I want. In order to do that you'll probably have to eat more. Eat at maintenance, lift heavy, get results. (I think.)
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I feel like there should be a stickied master list of protein-rich foods. You know you have to include more low-fat dairy, eggs/egg whites, lean meats, seafood and protein supplements in your diet. Google "top 10 protein rich foods" and you'll find tons of the same stuff people recommend here. My advice is to get creative!…
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In my experience, and my experiences with my friends, MFP's calculator assumes the user is over whatever age it is that your metabolism slows down, so us in our 20's have to eat more than that. I do eat more than MFP recommends for me at my real activity level (lightly active) which I did my setting my activity to…
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Keep watching your diet. Set mini-goals: today I'm going to have 3 servings of vegetables, or tomorrow's run is going to be half a mile longer. Something like that to keep you motivated and keep improving and to stop you from getting frustrated over that calorie number which I think is the cause of most binge episodes…
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Most calculators have some flaws. MFP does too. My best advice is to run your numbers yourself. Calculate your BMR (http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ but most websites should give you similar numbers) Determine your activity multiplier. 1.2 for sedentary, 2.0 for athletes in training season or if you're trying…
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Is 120 pounds not underweight for someone who is 5'7"? Do you think you really need to lose 40 pounds? Not, is it doable - because anything is doable - but is it necessary? I hate to see people on here struggling to lose the last ten pounds when they are already perfectly healthy and happy with their bodies, just so they…
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You will DEFINITELY have to eat more if you are doing both strength and cardio. Just fyi. You'll need to eat all that back. You have the right idea. Do a modified push-up. If one modification doesn't work, do another. Do squats and lunges and crunches until you're strong enough to tackle harder exercises. Do balancing…
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Can I ask why you want to be 115 pounds? It seems to me that at your height and weight you're healthy and probably rather thin. If you were to increase your calories a little bit to support your exercise and go into maintenance, you can continue to improve your level of fitness, maybe put on a little muscle, burn a little…
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Have you run your own numbers or are you using MFP's calculator? At 23 years old, female, 5'9" and 150lbs, your BMR is... 1523. So personally, I don't think you should go UNDER 1500 rather than over. That's what your body needs to keep your organs functioning and I don't think it's sustainable to eat below that. My…
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My campus is "currently working" on getting complete and accurate nutrition facts. I refuse to just avoid the places I can't get accurate information for because I live on campus and don't have a car so my choices are limited by campus dining as it is. When I get home I imagine I will be doing a LOT more of my own cooking…
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If every serving of pasta made me gain a pound I would be the heaviest person on this website, hands down. There's no reason you can't work it into a healthy diet. I will defer to others in that they are probably right about your overall diet balancing. If you need more protein and love your pasta, switch to whole wheat…
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I think my favorite part of this post is "here and other adult dating websites."
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I find if I mix my protein shake before my workout (maybe an hour before drinking it?) then the protein powder has dissolved better to be completely smooth and won't be gritty or weird. Also I don't usually have the effort left in my arms to shake it up after the workout is over :p
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If you look in the database there are items in there that don't have asterisks(*) next to them. Those are the USDA ones and generally considered the most accurate around here. Usually there's a "raw" option, so if you are weighing raw, use that. (Something like "Chicken, breast - raw")
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Glad someone said this, because that's what I came in here to say. There are a lot of people, especially on the "gaining weight" section of the forums, who are recovering from eating disorders and may find this offensive. Though, OP, it's clear you didn't mean to upset anyone and congratulations on getting clean!
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Ooh. I got my usual coffee - a medium french vanilla iced coffee with skim milk and one sweet n low. As well as two hard-boiled eggs and a banana. I'm working in the library today so I sorta had to sneak food in!
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Can you try to separate a fresh box into portions? For example if a box of pasta comes with six servings, bag it into individual sixths that are the same size? And that will give you a volumetric measurement to work with in the future.
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I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling so much. I agree with the others that just developing the logging habit makes a huge difference. It's okay if you don't know the measurements of things. I tried to get my boyfriend to join MFP a while ago, but seeing the calorie and nutrition numbers just made him nervous and…
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Yeah they're just general practitioners, and if body fat isn't a big issue it's more expensive and difficult to do. Though skinfold calipers are cheap and relatively accurate... I get my body fat tested more often than I step on the scale, but I get it done with calipers for free on campus. I have been wondering if I'll be…
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You may not NEED all that much protein, but it is possible. I too have a goal of 1g per pound of total body weight (135g), though I normally end up in that 110-120g range. I think it's the little things that really get your protein number up there. You know to have eggs/egg whites, lean meats, greek yogurt, skim milk, etc.…
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That last one looks great to me. You get the attachments, the benches, the freeweights. May not be the highest of quality - I honestly do not know how I would judge that - but I would buy it.
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I work out 3 times a week. There is always a rest day between my workouts, because I'm doing full-body lifting workouts courtesy of NROL. If it's a new and particularly challenging session, sometimes I'll take an extra day between them, or if I'm not feeling well or something. I always stretch at the beginning and the end…
