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Stubborn fat
Does anyone else here have just a little extra lower belly fat that just won’t go away? I would like to say I’m around 12% body fat and I can see my top two packs but I’m still not able to see the bottom one because that stubborn fat. Does anyone have any similar issues that they have worked through? I’m assuming it’s just…
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Recommended strength routine
I recently finished up my collegiate career and as expected my caloric intake has been reduced. My original calorie maintenance was around 2600 now it is 2310. I am doing strength training while eating at a slight deficit. My question is, what plan is there that allows one to gain muscle and strength while losing fat. I…
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Metabolism
I am 21 years old and I haven't been hungry for about two weeks. I have also added on a noticeable amount of fat in those two weeks. I've played football and during practice I'm sweating a considerable amount so I feel like there is a piece of the pie missing. Any experts know what could be the source of this because I…
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Metabolic help
In need of someone that can really give me an idea of what's going on. A few months ago I decided to really cut back on junk and eat really clean. I worked out a lot and lost over 13 pounds but now I eat a little bit more 2800 cal worked out a little bit less heart rate wise, (still heavily active) gained back all of the…
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Workouts for lazy people
Today is probably one of those days where I might see the sun one time. I was wondering if there's a sweat dripping exercise that knocks out calories more than Stallone. I hear burpees and jump rope are excellent fat/calorie burners
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I gained quicker than I lost
I spent three months trying to lose weight, I ended up losing around 15 pounds and within the past month or so I gained it all back. I was at lose 1 pound per week when I hit my goal. Then I set it to maintain and I was hitting my calorie mark every day. Even though I may not have been eating the best foods over these past…
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Fitbit calorie counter is trustworthy?
I wear a Fitbit and I admit I rely on the calories burned amount a little too heavily for the day. How close to real amount of calories burnt is this?
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Avocado smoothie
I just tried my first avocado smoothie today and it was unbelievable. I put apple banana one half of an avocado cinnamon and peanut butter powder with some vanilla protein milk and it was killer. What are some of the recipes you guys use With avocado
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Lightly active, active, very active
How do you know which setting to fit best to? What determines someone is active? I workout 4+ times a week and try to walk more than 10,500 steps a day.
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All things fun are unhealthy :(
It's pretty rhetorical but why is everything that tastes so dang good so bad for you?
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What makes you fat excess carbs or excess fat?
I know their are factors that play into weight/fat gain. But I'm pretty clueless as to what happens if you have a surplus of carbs and fats what does more harm. I wish I knew how to ask this question better but hopefully you guys can provide some insight to this confusion for me.
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Chicken dry in crockpot
Yesterday I wanted to throw together all of the "healthy stuff" leftovers I had in my fridge before going back to my university so I put broccoli, carrots, barley, couscous, tomatoes, a whole bunch of water(almost overflowing), some seasoning, and 3 1/2 pounds of chicken. When it was all cooked in the crockpot the chicken…
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Fruit sugar is good sugar?
I know high amounts of sugar consumption is bad but what about high amount of Apple/banana sugar etc? What should be the maximum sugar intake for a 2600 cal diet (athlete)
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Apps for good recipes?
I spent a few hours the other day looking on the Internet for the highest rated free app I look for versatility videos extensive recipe list easy and simple to follow instructions for newbie cook (like myself) basically I want a free app that could tell a 6 year old how to make something.
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Best app for cooking?
I spent a few hours the other day looking on the Internet for the highest rated free app I look for versatility videos extensive recipe list easy and simple to follow instructions for newbie cook (like myself) basically I want a free app that could tell a 6 year old how to make something.
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High fiber benefits?
I'm a 20 year old athlete with great physique and am trying to find things that have a great source of fiber for relatively low calories/carb amounts. I found cranberries to be a great source of fiber. Also fiber 1 cereal is great but it has an awful lot of carbs per serving. If there is such thing as a low calorie fiber…
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Eat fat and still lose fat?
Most people starting out a diet think that in order to lose fat you have to completely cut out fat or carbs. That is not the case. The most important thing is simply hit your macros in a controlled way. As long as you are disciplined with your eating habits you can eat 3 slices of cake a day if you really wanted to as long…
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Staying on your nutrition path!!
A really important thing that is helping me stay well within my calorie window is planning my eating ahead by a day or two. That means when I finish eating all of my calories for the day I start logging in my routine meals for tomorrow. (I.E. Protein shake, chicken breast cottage cheese etc) that way I'm not eating as I…
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What I learned so far with fat loss
I started really cracking down on my nutrition in the middle of December I believe I was estimated at about 195 pounds and 15% body fat (purely based on pictures online) now I got it checked professionally 2 months later and I am around 178.8 pounds and 7% body fat. My secret wasn't in the exercise that I was doing it was…
