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What does the MFP calorie calculator tell you for calories if you drop down to the next level of activity (a less active level)?
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Sweet potatos are great for filling you up without too many calories. Only 140 calories in a medium sweet potato. They taste great without butter or any toppings. Okinawan sweet potatos (purple inside) are also great. Bake them in the oven for best results, eat the skin too.
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Actually I think your analogy is worse. That'd be like wearing a mask while running vs not wearing a mask while running. That's not analogous to being fitter vs not fitter. Let's try this a different way. Think about riding a bicycle with normally inflated tires, vs riding a bicycle with underinflated tires. You'll have to…
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They're pricey but if you can afford them, get a set of adjustable dumbbells. They don't take up much space and go up to sizes that will likely exceed your needs. Bowflex has a 52.5 lb. set, and Powerblocks has a 50lb set (they have smaller and bigger ones too). Bowflex is faster and easier to change the weights; the…
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The analogy I like to use is two automobiles, one that badly needs a tune up and one that is operating in top condition. The car that needs a tune up will need to work harder to drive down the road than the properly tuned vehicle. As a result it will have worse gas mileage (higher calorie expenditure) than a properly tuned…
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I like the P90X program, but in my view it is an advanced program. If you're a beginner or even an intermediate trainee you might be better off doing something else first and working your way up to P90X. Yes there are a lot of people who have jumped right into it and survived, but that approach is not optimal imo. If you…
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Another option would be to continue with 3 full body workouts per week and then add a 4th workout that is different, so perhaps a conditioning workout, or yoga, or whatever interests you. Also, you can find 4 day workouts in the Turbulence Training library of workouts (membership required).
