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Help with Calories while Lifting for Weight Loss
Heavy lifting ladies, please help. I lost about 25lbs or so on a deficit eating at 1500 calories using MFP settings and doing Ice Cream Fitness 5x5. Loss was set at 2lbs p week. I had sx and took 6 months to recover and maintained that loss. I've been back lifting and wanting to lose but instead I've been gaining. I weigh…
Deficit, Heavy lifting and Gaining Weight? Why?
I lost 27lbs (from 205lbs to 178lbs) before having a Mommy Makeover sx. For the 27lb loss ( which took 2.5 months), I was eating 1500 calories per day (per MFP) and doing Ice Cream 5x5 (weight lifting program) @ 3 times per week with a 20 min cardio thrown in 1x per week. Started back again on MFP 2.5 weeks ago at 177.4lbs…