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Allen (OP): It seems to me that at 6'2“ and 180lbs, you are on the money in terms of a good weight for your height. In terms of your goals, I would suggest that you thinkmore in terms of trying to reduce your body fat rather than your weight. MFP has an excellent community forum/group 'Eat, Train, Progress' which offers…
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I think the key to MFP's success to date has comprised (i) extensive user-driven food databases with calorific and nutritional values; (ii) a solid (albeit not perfect) algorithm to calculate calorie consumption; and (iii) cross-platform integration with an extensive range of third-party fitness apps and trackers — eg…
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An immensely informative post on the fundamentals of understanding nutritional targets and how to set them. No doubt most MFP subscribers / users with desk jobs would consider themselves as 'sedentary' in terms of their NEAT profiles, but it sems to me that 'Lightly Active' is more likely to be an appropriate starting…
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You have already stated in this thread that you have decided to stay away from Aspertame as an artificial sweetner based on the the replies by other posters. The controversersy about Aspertame really kicked off in 2006 in the wake of an Italian study as to whether Aspertame was a carcinogen and induced the growth of…
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Hi -- I am a newbie here, but was moved by your post, and decided to read the other varied and very sensible (although somewhat harsh on occasion) comments before replying. I am no expert, but, in a spirit of positive support, I would suggest you the following in broad terms: (1) Know your body type and what is 'normal'…
