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Mineral Water vs Regular Water or other
Any thoughts? I have 'assumed' that drinking mineral water is on an even playing field as regular bottled water as far as being good for us. I am a Topo Chico nut and drink a lot of it. There are 15 mg of sodium and 2% calcium in a 12 oz bottle. In researching it today, there may be additional benefits to drinking mineral…
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Is there more calorie burn after surgery?
I had my hip replaced and have only been doing my therapy walking and exercises. I find I am sweating heavily, and it is a lot of work since rehabbing and physical therapy post surgery is just hard work. But am I burning more calories or is it just the same as usual? I am not counting these as exercise since it feels so…
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Gross vs Net Cal intake
I asked this earlier and was told by a few that as a male, I should at a MINIMUM consume 1,500 cal per day, which takes into account -500 per day for a 1 pound loss per week. Just to be sure, is this the total consumption during each day or the adjusted after accounting for working out. So if I burn 300 calories on the…
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I don't recommend this.
Hip replacement is not a good way to lose weight. lol. I am just staying away from the scale till I am recovered. I weighed for fun today and is said what I actually felt, that I have 10 pounds of water retained and I think most of it is in my swelled up right leg. Just need to try and keep the calories in in check. I…
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My Workout
It's pretty simple with 9 sets of exercises. This is an every other day workout and every day I do 60 minutes of tread milling. How would you recommend I do these 9 sets of exercises in respect to number of sets and number of reps each? For many years I have done 3 sets of between 8-12 reps, then read about the 5x5 and…
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5x5
It seems odd to have (say bench press or curls) so easy a first set to get to the fifth set that is supposed to be hard to get 5. I am just looking for reinforcement here that this is what you do to, just whip out the first set with plenty of strength left over. I am in week three and have been doing up to 8 reps on the…
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Hip Replacement Surgery
Who has gotten one, what was your experience with recovery and getting to be able to work out again? How old were you? Which hip was it? I am 54, and put weight on just because the progression of my hip finally getting to bone on bone just became tiring to do things. Surgery is May 23rd, but I started my new program on…
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Interpretation
I am in week 4 and just wanted to check in about something. Other then a calculated type of fasting, I think that 1,200 calories is the minimum we want to consume per day right? (or maybe this is based on our weight and height, of which I am a male 5'10" and 54 yo). Obviously, the maximum intake to still lose weight of any…
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Fried egg vs Scrambled egg
why does the fried egg always come up with more calories over the scrambled, it both are the exact same size and ounces?
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PEEING
I weighed on a digital scale, went to pee, and for fun stepped back on the scale and could not believe that I pee'd 1 POUND!!! No wonder I have read in these forums so many times how variable weight can be. Heck, a pound or more can rest on relief of a #1, #2 or both!
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MFP automatic changing of calories to consume
How often does MFP change the calories to consume in a day, I guess maybe the question would be at how many pounds up or down does MFP make a change? This is done automatically right? Or do we need to make the change ourselves? Thank you!
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Conundrum
Just finished Week 3. For Week 1, I lost 6.4 pounds but my actual net consumed calories for the week was -1953. Since my daily total is 500 less then maintain weight for a 1#/week loss, dividing 1# by 3500 calories deficit for the week gives me a factor of .000286 to multiply time the total caloric over or under for the…
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BarBQ Beef Ribs
I have had the big beef ribs before, but this restaurant today had small racks of beef ribs. Any guess on how many ounces of meat "might" be on each rib, and what the calorie count per rib might be?
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when you change your routine
I recently started back lifting weights. I started slow to reach a baseline and now have more strenuous workouts. If I say this correctly, strenuous lifting breaks down muscle that is built back up on the off day, or in general something like that. I read that muscle repair can result in more water retention i.e., an…
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Meat Cheat meal vs Pasta & Desert Cheat meal
I have now had 2 pretty big cheat dinners since April 25th (start date) that blew the days calories big time. But I have each day been consistent about my cardio and weight lifting (light lifting I guess but pretty heavy for this 54 yo). My first cheat dinner was lamb chops, last nights cheat dinner was 1.4# prime grilled…
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Lamb Chops
I bought some, used the package weight, then calculated the ounces per piece. However these chops had a LOT of untrimmed fat on them. I mostly ate just the meaty portion. I had subtracted the bone (one ounce for each one), and ate three chops (actually not a lot of meat on each). I am wondering if I actually had less…
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Confused on the mini fasting thing
So I am reading more about partial fasting being an okay thing to do, but this goes contrary too the thinking that the body wants to store fat if we fast. I guess I can see where people would get to a point where it was hard to eat less and exercise more, so "I'll just fast" works better then trying to manage caloric…
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Sleep & Lack Of
The last two nights in a row were abnormal in that I stayed up a lot later then normal, except almost got as much sleep by sleeping in. This morning and yesterday morning were my first two weight gains. While minimum gains, they broke a losing trend, so obviously the two late nights must have had an effect on my weight. Is…
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Lepti Burn question
Please don't close this thread, it is not a product endorsement. Does anyone know of or have any experience in taking "BioTrust LeptiBurn" supplements? Any positive or negative comments or opinions? I really trust the people in this forum..... Last year, on my 12 week weight loss plan, I hit a plateau and read about leapt,…
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TDEE Site
I read someone earlier saying to google TDEE and I did, and wow, what a better easier site and process. I had previously said I was a "light exerciser" but actually I have been doing at least the treadmill every day for 30 min to an hour, every other day treadmill and lifting. If I click on "moderate exerciser" which might…
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Heart Stress Test for Hip Replacement Surgery Clearance
I just took one. I wish they had a calorie burn counter on the monitor. 3 minutes at a 10% incline on the treadmill, steeper for another 3, steeper for another 3, steeper for another 3, then steeper at a jogging pace till you get your heart rate up to 166. 13 minutes total. Any idea how many calories that qualifies for?
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How long till it shows?
Is there a general rule of thumb as to how long it takes for the weight loss to start showing up on us? As in, facial jowls losing fat, the sagging skin under the jaw, mostly those areas. I am in my first week and in having done this before, and doing it the right way, I know that usually the first week is big poundage…
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Which is better?
I like to lift weights. I am starting my weight loss program. I play tennis, will be doing the treadmill for my cardio. Obviously lifting would burn some calories. However, I am also looking forward to having my lifting show some from the efforts. Is it better to lose weight to my weight loss goal first, then start…
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Water weight from fried foods and bread
I started my diet on January 1 at 217 pounds. I was consistently losing weight up till last Thursday when I was craving bread and fried seafood and decided to see what a lunch and dinner combined with these two food groups would do to my weight. On Thursday morning I weighed 186.8. My prior seven days weights were 186,…
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limiting water intake
My final weigh in, measurements and pics for the Gold's 12 week challenge is Wednesday. My trainer (on Saturday) recommended that I start limiting my water intake and stick to protein as much as possible. He DID say that this would not do very much for my weight, and obviously to limit sodium as much as possible. Well, I…
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POPCORN
"oil-popped popcorn has only 55 calories per cup". Does this mean that you pour one cup of unpopped popcorn kernels into oil, pop it, then eating all the popped popcorn is 55 calories? Or do you pop popcorn, then portion out a cup of popped popcorn for 55 calories?
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Pharmacy Blood Pressure and Body Fat % Machines
So how accurate are the machines in the pharmacy where you sit down and press the palms of your hands on top of 3 metal strips that measures your body fat %?
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acceleration of body fat %
does body fat % go down faster when you get closer to losing the amout of weight to get to your normal statistical weight? if so, why?
