intangiblemango Member

I'm going to the the annoying "I'm not what you asked for, but..." person! At 5'6" 125 lbs I maintain on around 2800 kcal with a combo of powerlifting training and triathlon training, so usually 1-2 workouts a day, and then being somewhat active the rest of the time (ie not sitting on my *kitten*, I walk to the grocery…

Anyone who tells you women can't gain muscle is full of *kitten*. What people are trying to tell you is that you will not accidentally turn into a bodybuilder. I'm due for some updated pictures but my butt Jan 2015 vs April 2016 - https://www.instagram.com/p/BFvWYDsG2t9/

People are welcome to add me if they like. Maintaining as a very active person.

My maintenance calories were much higher than anticipated-- was expecting around 2000 and maintain at around 2800 (at 5'6" 125 lbs). HOWEVER, that is only because I am much more active than I have ever been. I was also within the healthy BMI range at my heaviest.

It sounds like you have a good plan to me. You have to fuel your body if you are running a lot of miles per week or you're going to be miserable! I think a lot of people who are not active really underestimate how many calories you can murder as an athlete. Eating like you are sedentary is just not appropriate for someone…

I love my Fitbit Charge HR. I have a Polar FT4 as well with a chest strap and they are pretty close for heart rate, although obviously the chest strap is going to be more accurate. For me, it confirmed that what I thought was my TDEE wasn't crazy (much higher than MFP predicts) and it's helped me get way better sleep. I…

I'm open (and in maintenance). Feel free to add me (especially others with open diaries).

If you look at the actual NIH report, they are not reeeeally saying that 7000 calories is a pound. They are saying that the 3500 calorie rule is regularly misapplied and people keep eating the same number of calories, but their weight loss slows... which is why we re-adjust our calories as we lose! And since one of the…

This happened to me also. I don't think I had a specific system for adding more calories, but I ended up getting to eat several hundred calories more than what MFP thought I should be eating.

I mean, there are two options: one is to pick a training plan. Popular beginner programs include Strong Lifts, Starting Strength, and Strong Curves. You would want to watch a lot of youtube videos and do a lot of reading to make sure your form doesn't suck. The other option (and this is what I did) is to track down a…

I honestly just don't worry about it. I keep an eye on what I am eating and an eye on the scale. Nothing's creeping up on me. Calorie counting is an amazing tool but it's not perfect. You don't know that you need literally exactly 2018 calories to maintain your weight. Sometimes you'll be over and sometimes you'll be…

YES! Working out is not exclusively there to keep your calorie deficit as huge as possible-- otherwise you would quit the day you reach your goal weight. I assume most you aren't on here to try to eat as few calories as possible...

I am trying to fill my box gap with muscle. :)

You definitely can gain muscle at a deficit, especially if you are starting from no exercise whatsoever. It's just very limiting and you can't go especially far without fueling yourself more. With that said, most strength gains at a deficit will be neuromuscular adaptations.

Even lifting heavy will not cause you to bulk up, at least not accidentally. It is VERY challenging for women to get bulky with weights-- you would catch yourself looong before it became an issue. I have only lost inches since I started lifting (from about a 26 inch waist to about a 24 inch waist). And yes, as someone who…

I would recommend adding some friends who have open food diaries and creeping on them. :)

The computer version has potassium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron, and calcium also. You can change which nutrients you track (you can look at my food diary as an example of what this looks like if you like; it's open) or you can go to "reports" and select one to look at a graph of how those micros have looked for the last 7,…

5'6", maintaining at an athletic 130.

I did a triathlon yesterday, so I would probably still be doing running/swimming/biking for cardio. But before I lifted weights, I was doing this body weight fitness routine for strength training: https://fitloop.co/routines/bwf-recommended-beginner-routine. I bought a little power tower for dips and pull ups and stuff. So…

"I already demonstrated that an average high women has all her needs met on 900 calories a day, which of course is a starvation diet." You calculated calories assuming she is eating LITERALLY ZERO CARBS. That means she is not eating things like vegetables or fruit, for one. If she is not doing that, she is not meeting her…

I did Insanity barefoot...

If you are not getting enough vitamin A, the chances are that you are not eating very many vegetables. I would really make an effort to try to eat 5 servings of fruit and veggies per day and that will probably take care of that one on its own. Orange foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, cantaloupe, and mango are…

20 lbs loss took me from being properly fitted in a 28G to being properly fitted in a 28DDD/28E.

Just to clarify-- the fit test is an actual workout. It's not a lazy day by any stretch.

I find it bizarre that y'all think this is trolling. I dislike my tummy chub more than I miss my butt, but I definitely miss my butt, and it's frustrating to fail at building it up again with exercise despite claims that it is possible. I am much less curvy now than when I started (going from a normal BMI on the high end…

If I am understanding your question correctly-- MFP shows calcium by % of your RDA, not by milligrams.

Personally, I would trust a dietician over MFP since MFP only gives generic information, BUT you might find it easier to start at a higher number and slowly cut back rather than going straight from what you are eating now down to 1600 calories.

I don't know if you will find this helpful or not, but as a fellow chocoholic, you are more than welcome to look through my food diary and see what I eat (as a warning, my last few days have not been that impressive). Some things I use for cravings: Orchard Valley makes little single-serve 150 calorie dark chocolate…

I cannot physically run long enough to burn the same number of calories I burn in an Insanity workout, so that would be my recommendation. Obviously, the way you eat will determine weight loss, though. People who do Insanity and don't eat in a way that is conducive to weight loss will not lose weight doing it.

Do you use reddit? Even if you don't, http://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/ might be a good resource.