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Eat a cheeseburger or two... Seriously though, I would be concerned that you may have an ED. You need to talk to your doctor. And unless you are still growing, the only way you are going to get taller would be by slipping on some really high heels.
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The body part split that you have listed is not an optimal strategy for a beginner. You need to find a good structured program like the ones some others have listed. Can your program work? Sure. Is it optimal for your goals and experience? Not at all. You are lacking some body parts, like the back all together. Since you…
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If in fact you are gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time, which is possible if you are new to weight training, it will only last for a very short time. Then you will be like the rest of us and only be able to lose fat or gain muscle but not at the same time. You'll have to chose one goal or the other. If you are…
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If you were losing at 1200 then that is not your maintenance point. Any number that MFP, or any other calculator gives you, is going to be an estimate based off of the information you provide, but again it is just an estimate. You will have to add a hundred or so calories and track meticulously for a couple of weeks. If…
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LOL! I'm typing this while eating 4 whole eggs fried with cheddar and salsa on top. Yumm...
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That's not his "opinion".
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23 pounds in 11 weeks is 2 pounds a week so, depending on how much you have to lose, I'd say you are doing everything right. If you lose more than this in a week you risk some of it being lean muscle tissue which you want to avoid at all cost.
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To answer your question without being so technical, no, you probably aren't going to burn that "exact" 1200 calories while hiking if you were to eat say a 1200 calorie meal before. But if you burn 1200 calories during your hike and eat an extra 1200 calories afterwards it doesn't matter where it came from, you still burned…
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Garmin Vivosmart with heart rate strap. Syncs with MFP and the strap is more accurate than the wrist based heart rate monitors.
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You need to start weighing your food. If you are not losing weight then you are eating more than you think, which means you are not in a calorie deficit. If you were in fact eating less than 1200 calories you would absolutely be losing weight. If you don't weigh everything you really have no idea how many calories you are…
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The only thing you need to "change up" is being in a deficit. If you are maintaining then you are not in a deficit. Make sure you are and you will start to lose again.
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Enough for what? Are you using cardio to help create you deficit? If not then you don't have to do any cardio. As long as you are in a deficit you will lose weight. If you are concerned about losing lean muscle then a good weight lifting program is far more important then cardio.
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When trying to lose weight one of the worst things you can do is start labeling foods "good" or "bad". There is no food or food additive that will in and of itself "cause" you not to lose weight. Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit alone no matter what you eat. Unless you have a specific food allergy focus on your…
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Nothing "promotes" weightloss except a calorie deficit. Green tea has a bit of caffeine which will give you a little extra energy, which in turn can help you be more active, but it does not have any mystical powers that burn fat off your body.
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No, you didn't "damage" your metabolism. And weight loss is absolutely about calories in and calories out. If you are not losing weight you are simply not in a deficit. You are either eating more than you think or not burning as much as you think or a combination of the two. Do you weigh your food? How do you figure your…
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It's not uncommon in a calorie deficit and doing intense workouts to get headaches. Some people get headaches just from a calorie deficit alone. With your blood pressure issues it would be good to talk to your doctor. Also 3-4 liters of water a day isn't really a lot. I drink 5 or 6 a day and can easily drink 1 or 2 during…
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Save your money and eat at what you believe to be your maintenance for a couple of weeks. If you actually maintain this will give your more info and be more useful in the long run than your RMR. As far as your Vo2 max, unless you have a very specific reason for needing it, it's just a number that's not really useful for…
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Garmin Vivosmart with a chest strap.
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Yes it is normal. You will have weight fluctuations from day to day and even daily. If you just started eating at a deficit, all of the weight you have lost will have been water weight, which is normal, and will cause wild fluctuations sometimes for the first couple of weeks. Remember though, as you start to lose fat,…
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You are absolutely correct when you say "knowledge is power." That is exactly why everyone that has responded to the OP has tried to inform her that shakeology is just an inferior protein powder that is highly overpriced. I can buy about four of five two pound tubs of the protein powder that I use, whose ingredients are…
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The calorie burn estimates for MFP and Map My Run are notoriously high. The only way to know for sure would be to use a "good" heart rate monitor. Also, earlier you said you walk a lot everyday. If this is your normal, and something you have done for a while, you will burn less calories because your body has become more…
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Not really sure what you mean by "how does it make you feel"? Are you supposed to feel bad for drinking it or adding it? If I eat it or drink it I add it, why would you not add it?. You're only "trying" to lie to yourself if you don't.
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Just because you refuse to believe something doesn't make it true for you. If you are not losing you are not in a deficit. Period. It doesn't matter what the actual numbers are, the point is if you are maintaining your weight then you are eating at maintenance.
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But how long did it take you to get fat? Pretty sure you didn't wake up one morning, look in the mirror and say "HOLY $*!^! I gained 100 pounds overnight!" Just because some calculator says that's how much you will lose doesn't mean that's all you CAN lose. Oh and an even better, and easier, plan would be to keep whining…
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I'm also wondering do you log your food and keep track of what you eat? It's not much different than losing weight and having to know how many calories you are consuming. When trying to gain weight a lot of people under estimate how many calories they are consuming, thinking they are eating more than they actually are. Do…
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Whoever told you that apparently doesn't know much about body composition. In my experience most doctors know medicine but not much in the way of nutrition, exercise, and body comp.
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Weight loss is not linear. Some weeks you will lose more some weeks you will lose less. A half to one pound a week is ideal. How much weight do you have to lose?
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Just curious how you determined your BF%? 2% BF is not really possible. Body builders go on stage around 5% to 6% and can only maintain that level of leanness for a very short period of time. For males, the essential amount of fat your body must carry to survive is around 5%. That is the fat around your organs, that you…
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Are you trying to gain muscle or just gain weight/mass? If you have everything set up correctly, weight lifting, diet, sleep, etc., you are only going to be able to gain around a half a pound a week of muscle so anything more than that is going to be fat gain.
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But the sad part is you shouldn't be losing ANY muscle when losing fat, and eating a very low calorie diet will cause lean body mass loss. Building muscle is one of the absolute hardest things you can try to make your body do so why would you be okay with losing any muscle at all?
