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Question on calories burned during running
So today I ran about 7 miles on the treadmill, which my treadmill reported as about 800 calories burned. But on MyFitnessPal, the tool that measures your exercise during the day says that I only burned 118 calories (I run with my phone attached to me.) I'm confused how this can be. Is the treadmill wrong? 118 seems to be a…
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Advice on protein
I'm currently in college and as a result I never have time to make full meals. I snack a lot and have noticed that I consume way too many carbs and not enough protein-- something that I am attributing to my sudden weight gain over the past year. I was wondering if someone could educate me on the effects and reasons behind…
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Can you gain weight from squatting?
I have been squatting for about a year now and have progressed from the 2 pound dumbells up to 30 pounds. I do 3 sets of 25, so about 75 squats everyday. Over the past year I've gained about 13 pounds and it's really starting to stress me out. Does anyone think that muscle could be a part of the weight gain?
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Confused about calories
I've read on here before that in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. Does this mean people are burning between 1000 and 2000 calories at the gym? I feel like it would take me hours to do that, so I'm confused if you also burn a substantial amount of calories throughout the day without…
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Peanut butter lovers, help me out!
I have a very strong addiction to peanut butter. To the point that I literally will stick a spoon into a jar and just eat plain peanut butter as a snack. However, I'm constantly going over on my fat goals for the day due to this obsession of mine. So I was wondering if anyone had any healthy substitutes for peanut butter…
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HEALTHY pre-workout or energy drinks
Does anyone know of any healthy pre-workout or energy drinks? Specifically, one that doesn't have too much caffeine or artificial sweeteners. I have been using Zipfizz as a pre workout and energy drink for the past two years and have loved it... Good energy coming from mostly b-12 vitamins and very little caffeine.…
