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Log for my last 10-15lbs. Low carb diet
Hello, I'll be maintaining this log for tracking purposes. Goal - Lose 10-15lb in 8 weeks until 3 September 2016, then vacation in October. 86kg to 79kg Current weight- 190.6, according to home machine 17.9% BF (for trend setting) Method 4 days of high fat, 1 day of carb superimposition and 2 days of maintenance cals…
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Just wanted to confirm few things.
How true is all this I got it from a poster- not belittling the effort of the poster for posting but just wanted to confirm Ketogenic diets aren't optimal for trying to put on muscle mass. There are signaling processes that aren't activated properly when trying to be anabolic. One of them is mTOR. Carbs help with protein…
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Low carb high fat, low fat high carb- what about high fat high carb?
Lol, Just wondering anyone ever try this out? Let's say a person is in deficit but most calories come from carbs or fats. What is the possible outcome of this? Also does MFP deduct fiber from Carbs and then display daily carb intake at the bottom or not? For example- My daily carb intake for today is being shown at 63g…
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What exactly happens from deficit to maintenance
Hello, I've been in deficit since Jan 9 and so far I've dropped 40 lbs. For last 21 days I've been on hypo caloric days 1500 cals a day and I'd like to get back to reasonable calories 1800-1900 so my workout gets back to normal but I was suggested that I should take couple weeks of staying at maintenance break. I haven't…
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How do I safely get out of Ketosis?
Hello, I'd be increasing my calories now- only got last 10 lbs to drop before I'd be labelled "ripped" but I was doing ketogenic diet for past 17 days and I was on hyper low calories as well 1500. Now I'm thinking of bumping them up by 100 a day to 1600 which I can do by adding another tbsp of peanut butter. How do I go by…
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People planning to go on Keto-vegetarian -check this out
Hello, This dude is a lifesaver. I had a real hard time making list of foods I could eat while maintaining lower carb intake below 50 grams a day. Took numerous hours to sort foods out/google/mfp/usda. This excel sheet-has a simple filter calculator that does all for you.…
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21 day rapid weight loss- Diary is open- suggestions?
Hello, Recently made a thread about fat loss but I can't go through with it because I'm a vegetarian and it'll be extremely hard for me to follow it. So I decided to just lower my calories for 21 days. Since Jan 9,2016 I've dropped around 28 lbs and just recently realized that I've run out of time for a challenge and I got…
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"Clean" diet is debatable -what about "healthy"
Still learning. Recently learned that "clean" doesn't necessarily mean magic weight loss and "bad" isn't bad if taken in moderation. So are there any food that can literally cause damage to our health? or any food that actually support well-being of our bodies? Or regardless of what we eat- as long as they meet Macro…
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Does metabolism get used to eating same food over n over?
As stupid as it sounds reading this but is there a remote possibility that it could be true? So in 3 weeks I've lost no weight -I posted the thread and get good responses but none of them apply. However, I'm just wondering is there a scenario in which body gets used to eating the same food? I mean I'm maintaining a deficit…
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Did I hit a plateau ?
Hello all, It's been 3 weeks and I dropped a negligible 0.3 lbs - I've been losing consistently since Jan 9 -1.5lbs a week and I have had been adjust calories accordingly as well but last 3 weeks nada, zilch , nothing at all. Measurements have been same as well. Didn't change anything -all food related factors are exactly…
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Never ending hatred towards Carbs in fitness community? China Study
Hello, I just don't get it- if calories are king -where is there a never ending hatred towards carbs ? I mean I understand about good carbs and bad carbs -but fats have similar categories as well- good and bad yet Carbs get a bad rep? Even new threads where people don't lose weight for two weeks- some of the posted advice…
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Fat, sick nearly dead
I've noticed how detox and all similar diets are hated with passion. Did you guys see this movie? What do you guys think of it? I feel like most of the problems were gone away because they lost weight and diet want culprit instead obesity.
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Unsweetened Almond milk vs 2% milk
Hello, Silk - Pure Almond - Unsweetened Original, 12 fluid ounce Cals - 44 Carbs -1 Fat-4 Protein-1 Sodium-237 Sugar 0 Sealtest - Milk 2% (Canadian), 12 fluid ounce 185 17 7 13 156 16 So on paper isn't 2% milk better ? both are 12oz one has intense amount of cals and other one doesn't I just wanted to try Almond milk and…
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How do you keep strength levels up during deficit?
Hello, I was/still am on Wendler but not following it to the dot right now because I am unable to. For example when I was new in deficit I did 295lb squt 2x and now 275 lb 1 x struggles. I know it's said that we need to keep the training same but how ?are there some magic pills i'm unaware of? I'm not even eating very low…
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Any Vegans on Low carb diet? For Keto diet?
Hello, So as the title suggests? I'm not vegan per se because I drink milk sometimes and goat cheese but no meat/fish/eggs. So most veggies, legumes, lentils have high carbs and low protein ratio. My weight loss is going perfect -no complaints but I'd like to try a low carb diet. (Apparently Ketosis causes and accelerates…
