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Can't figure out my daily needs?
I've read recently that you're not supposed to eat back the calories that you burn during exercise. I exercise 6 days a week, ranging from running, to HIIT workouts, to weight lifting. My goal is to lose 10 pounds. So would I set my activity level on here to "Active" and then NOT add in the calories burned from exercise?…
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Have you ever felt left out because of your healthy lifestyle?
Have you turned down invites because you want to get your sleep? Turned down drinking with friends because that's extra calories & slows down your metabolism? Said "No" to going out to eat because you wouldn't be able to stay within your calorie &/or macro range? Stayed in because you have a 5k in the morning instead of…
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Nutrition class vs. MFP
Currently taking a health and fitness class at school. Did a project where we monitored our eating, multipled carb grams intake by 4, protein grams by 4, and fat grams by 9, then added those numbers to get total calories consumed in a day. Is this method better/more accurate for weight loss than MFP? I just want to make…
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Lost most of my weight, should I switch to maintain?
I didn't have much weight to lose in the first place, to be honest. I wanted to see if I could get back to my high school weight (120ish) & right now I'm around 128 (11 lbs down from my highest weight at 139). I feel as though I have hit a wall though - the weight isn't really coming off anymore even though I've haven't…
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What are your thoughts on "cheat," "treat," or "off" days?
I try to count every day, but we all know life doesn't go as smoothly as we want it to, things come up, and you fall off track. In the past I used to give myself an "off" day from counting every Sunday, but then I'd think, "Oh my gosh, I can finally eat!" so I'd overeat/binge. Then that habit would carry over into Monday,…
