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Fitness watches and maintaining
I have an activity tracker (Polar A300) that puts my TDEE at roughly 1600 a day on a typical sedentary day. It uses an algorithm based on my age, height, weight, gender, and its own data of how active I am that day. I'm maintaining my weight now and am wondering what is a good amount (preferably in percentage form) to…
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Question about strength training/ New Rules of Lifting for Women
I'm completely new to strength training and have just downloaded "The New Rules of Lifting for Women". I started reading it last night and I'm hoping to start it in the next couple of months, but I'm thinking that I might benefit from building some strength via calisthenics first? I bought a pull up bar and I physically…
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building muscle on a deficit / calorie cycling
I've been researching this and looking into it but can't really find a consensus on it and I'm not clued up enough to distinguish the reputable resources from the not-so-reputable resources. A lot of people on here practice what they preach and do really well, so I figured this was the right place to ask. I eat at a…
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Help :(
Day 10 on keto. Yesterday and today I had about 30g of carbs, every day prior to that was <20g. I've eaten more than I usually would these last two days (in general, including kcals, not just carbs) because I've been pretty active (my mam is ill at the minute so I'm essentially running a house and walking dogs 5 miles a…
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Day 9 on keto - just knocked myself out of it
Pretty sure I've knocked myself out of ketosis, I've been eating <20g of carbs a day but this morning I ate like 19g in one sitting (fyi, and sorry for the tmi, but it's "that time of the month"). I don't have a breath analyser (yet), but my heart was going insane off the carbs afterwards, and I feel different. I've…
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Question for nutrition/ fitness geeks :P
Is it possible to gain muscle and lose fat (simultaneously) while eating my TDEE to maintain my weight with the right combo of strength training and maybe a bit of HIIT, or will I have to eat at a surplus while building muscle, and then eat at a small deficit to lose some fat afterwards?
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Net carbs
I've just found these protein bars called Quest bars on Amazon. I've heard of them before but never been interested in that kind of thing (of course, until now, because I noticed they're about 3g net carbs per bar). I'm considering getting a pack of twelve once a month or so. I've checked which sugar alcohols are in them…
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How long does it take for your body to enter ketosis?
I've only been doing this for two days, so obviously I don't expect to be there yet, I'm just curious as to how long it takes your average person. I have strips to test for it but I've not bothered using them as I don't see the point yet (maybe in a few days time?). For reference, I'm eating about 20-30 (upper limit) grams…
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New and confused
I'm maintaining my weight and have recently decided to try low carb to lower my body fat percentage. Can anyone tell me if 30-40-30 (protein-carbs-fat) is an okay place to start? I'm hoping to try keto for a month or so after I've comfortably settled into my current macros, but I'm worried about how I'll cope (I have no…
