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If you have abdominal separation (which it sounds like you do) things like crunches and planks can make it worse. Does your physio know that you have the separation?
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Honestly, seems pretty low. I am active, but also only 5'0" and female and maintain on a little more. You are at the very lower end of the healthy weight range for your height, dangerously close to underweight. You may want to consider building some muscle mass.
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Has abdominal separation (diastasis recti) been ruled out?
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I can almost guarantee that you burn more than 1200 calories a day just being alive. Unless you are very small and very sedentary. Your body burns calories keeping your heart beating, regulating you temperature, keeping your organs functioning, moving around in general, even digesting food. The majority of your calories…
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I'm 5'0". I started at 140 lbs and have lost almost 30 lbs now. My happy spot is between 105-110. I am quite active, and I lose on about 1680 calories a day, but I need to be tight with my logging. Once I start getting sloppy, I stop losing. It took me a year, but I have gone from a Canadian size 8-10 to a size 2.
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You want about a month's data to calculate TDEE. One week is not enough to know what is fat loss and what is normal fluctuations. I am 5'0" and 111 lbs, and my maintenance is about 2100 calories. I exercise about 9 hrs/week on average, combo of lifting, rock climbing, and roller derby.
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What approx. BF% are you now?
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Libra is an app only, trendweight is a website only. So, pick where you want to use it, and go with that one :P
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Can you open your diary? If you have a smart phone, it may be linked without you knowing it.
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If you are never sure, get a piece of thin elastic (not like rubber band, but like to sewing). Tie it around your approx. waist, a little tight so that you have to stretch it. The elastic will settle at the narrowest part of your waist. As for where to measure...wherever you want as mentioned before. I do natural waist and…
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I get plenty of protein and fat for my body to function, enough carbs to give me energy. I lift 2-3 times a week, have roller derby practice 5-8 hrs a week plus games, and go rock climbing twice a week. You better believe I am going to have my wine on the weekend if I want :P Sure food is fuel, but it is also enjoyable.…
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Return to lifting take 735....(ish) Squat - 3x5 at 105 lbs. Meh. Form was wobbly at first but I think it was just from being out of practice, not too heavy. Definitely got better by the end. Pull ups - 5,3,3!!!! I have never gotten 5 before! I guess climbing has helped here even if I haven't been making it to the gym.…
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I'll join you. I keep saying I am going back, do one session, then nothing for a week or two...repeat. I'm back tonight though.
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Your therapist should be working with you on a meal plan. There are too many variables involved for blanket advice over the internet. Generally though, when trying to increase calories, things like full fat dairy, nuts, avocado, healthy oils, etc. are recommended. As you increase your intake though, you will likely see a…
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Stronglifts 5x5 is also a very popular program. I started with that a year ago and really liked my progress.
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Looks like your account is several years old. Chances are you starting weight is outdated. Go to Check-in, then Edit Previous Entries and change your starting weight there.
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There are 4 calories per g of sugar, so if you want no more than 10% of your calories to come from added sugar, that would be 34g. MFP does not differentiate sources of sugar though, so you would be on your own for that. Protein - 4 calories/g Fat - 9 calories/g Carbs - 4 calories/g…
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S1 Lifers are good. I wear a hockey helmet because I am really short and got enough hits to the face to determine I wanted a face shield :P
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Umm, I feel down a stair at my parent's house after Thanksgiving dinner and severely sprained my ankle, and that kept my off skates for 3 month :P I know a couple people who have injured themselves, but it is not super common. No more than any other contact sports. Mostly bumps and bruises. Get the best gear you can…
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Because MFP tends to overestimate calorie burns. If you have an accurate way of measuring calorie burn, feel free to eat them all back. But if you are using MFP estimates, start by eating back 50-75% to compensate for overestimation.
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I doubt you are burning 1000 calories a day with 45 minutes on the elliptical and 45 minutes jogging. Start with eating back half of your exercise calories and see how that goes..
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Do it! I've been playing for about 2.5 years now. I was a slow progress-er, but just found out I made our charter team this week :smiley: I couldn't skate at all when I took our 101 boot camp. Definitely keep up with SL. I started lift a year ago, and that is when my teammates noticed I really started improving. Derby is…
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There is nothing wrong with eating carbs. The only thing with carbs is they are calorie dense, so you have to be fairly accurate when logging as small inaccuracies can add up. If I log 100g of broccoli and actually eat 150g, not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things. If I log 100g of mashed potatoes and eat 150g, much…
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When I started I did SL T,Th, Sat and had derby practice Sun, Mon, Wed. No big issues. The thing with Mehdi is that he is all about the massive gainz. He assumes all his readers are young males who only want to get as strong/big as possible in the shortest period of time. Sure, cardio on your rest days may slow your…
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Back to normal, hopefully! Monday - derby, Tues - lift, Wed - derby, Thurs - climb, Fri - Lift, Sat - climb with kid. Tuesday's workout. Oy. Been out of this way too long. But, I tried a new location, and this gym has a glute-ham raise machine! Looking forward to trying that out. Squat - 3x5 at 105 lbs. Form felt solid.…
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Get below 110 lbs. Get back to "normal" - 2-3x week derby, 2x week lifting, 1x week climbing, bring the kid climbing 1x week. Reset the habit.
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Get below 110 lbs and maintain at 105-110 lbs. Keep lifting. Go twice a week most weeks. Survive A-team bouts :P Be a primary jammer for our B team. Climb 5.10s Do an outdoor climb in the summer or fall.
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1) Kind of. I've done better than I ever have before, but the last 3 months or so have been inconsistent at best. 2) Yep :) 3) Oh yeah. Hit 1.5x 4) pretty much. My scale puts me between 25-26% and seems close according to measurements and picture comparisons. 5) Yep :) Did a couple times, and surpassed my expectations by…
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Check out this picture for bar position. You can see how it is kind is wedged in position. http://www.fireservicewarrior.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Squat1.jpg
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Yes, squeeze your back and pull your shoulder blades together. You should not really be holding the weight with your arms, just steadying it. And you will lean forward if you low bar squat. That is what you are supposed to do. It is the only way to keep the weight over your mid foot.