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Lowered calories and started to gain weight not lose
Hi everyone! I just wanted to share a quick update and see if anyone else has experienced something similar. For the past two months, I’ve been following a 1700-calorie diet while focusing on nervous system regulation. During that time, I wasn’t exercising much but maintained my weight around 147 lbs, even with occasional…
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Maintenance for recovery…how long?
Hi everyone, I wanted to reach out to this amazing community because I’ve posted here before, and your responses have always meant a lot to me. Over the past six months, I’ve been consistently training—five days a week of cardio (45 minutes) and five days of weight training (about 60–90 minutes), with two rest days. I had…
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Need some guidance
hi everyone, I need some guidance. I have lost 11 pounds in six months on a 1650 cal diet. I was training five days a week pretty high volume and I was doing cardio five days a week for 45 minutes. My heart rate is usually between one 130-145 bpm. I’m 38 years old and during this time I also changed my body composition I…
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Calorie deficit and nervous system/ blood sugar issues
hi, I have been on a calories deficit for awhile now. I am weight training 5 times a week and doing cardio 5 days a week and I have two rest days. For 22 weeks I was losing .3 a week and I have close to 30 to lose. I felt my progress was very slow for the work I was putting in so I dropped my calories a bit more and…
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Very frustrated
hi I recently started with a new coach. I have been lifting weights five days a week for years doing cardio three days a week as well. I had an issue losing weight and I decided to go into a build phase for about four months. I was eating 2250 cal and weight training five days a week with no cardio. After four months I…
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Starting diet phase tomorrow
Hi everyone, tomorrow I’m starting my diet phase and I was curious to know what you all feel about consistent calorie counting example eating 1500 cal every single day of the week or zigzag calorie counting? Example eating 1500 cal one day 1800 cal another day, 2000 cal another day all to equal the same amount of calories…
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Reverse dieting weight gain
I started reverse dieting and it has been going well. I got my period two days ago and today was my weigh in and I am at 3 pounds. I know its water weight from menstruation. My goal is to increase calories until I hit 2200 and maintain there even though my scale went up this week. Should I still increase another hundred…
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Coaching issues
Hi, 6 weeks ago I started with a new coach. He is pretty famous in the bodybuilding world. I know him personally from the gym as well. He put me on a meal plan. On this meal plan he started giving me rice and potatoes several times a day and it stated affecting me. I was getting very constipated and my GI trac has felt…
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Starving
Hi everyone, I was just talking to one of the trainers in my gym and she was telling me that when a person is in a caloric deficit, they should be hungry and starving. That’s how they know your metabolism is working hard. I totally disagree with that. I think of a person is on a diet and they are constantly starving.…
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Lowered calories and weight increases
I took everyone’s advice and decided to lower my calories a bit. I was currently eating 1550 and lowered my calories to 1450. In addition to that I added one more day of cardio which was a 30 minute incline walk on the treadmill since I lowered my calories I have gained 1 pound a day, my body has felt completely anxious, I…
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Reverse dieting
Hi, I have been in a caloric deficit for a long time and o think it’s time I reverse diet to maintenance for a bit. How long should I stay in a reverse before I go back into a deficit again? Also, how do I know what my maintenance is? First time doing this…
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Calorie question
Hi everyone, I have a calorie question. I have been eating 1600 cal for quite some time now and I’ve been losing weight but at this point it’s pretty slow. A few years ago my perfect number or I lost weight and got to my goal was 1650, I know that really isn’t such a big difference but that’s the number I was at. my…
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Stepped on the scale….
Good morning, I have been trying to lose weight for quite some time now and I used to use the scale to measure my progress, but it started messing with my head. So I started using a tape measure to measure my progress which works for me. The last time I stepped on the scale was the end of March and I decided to step on it…
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My fitness pal calories and starvation mode maybe?
Hi, last year I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Prior to that I put on 30 pounds out of no where (I though malabsorption). Anyway, after I went gluten free I still had a hard time losing weight. I was eating 1650 calories and exercising intensely. I’m now wondering if everything f was just to much stress for my body. I…
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Exercise calories
Hi, I am a bit confused. I walk 10,000 steps daily not including exercise. I did 45 mins of the peloton and I believe my TDEE is around 2200 calories. I ate 1800 calories…am I to much in a defecit? Tomorrow I won’t be doing cardio on weight training or an hour. I need a bit of guidance. Thanks on advance. Ps I was eating…
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Bell pepper issue…help!!!
Hi, I have been logging and tracking everything for so long and I just looked at my nutrition and I’m eating thousands of carbs every day. I didn’t understand. I just checked and I noticed that one bell pepper is 510 grams of carbs. Does that make sense? I buy a regular pepper and cook it. I had two peppers tonight and I’m…
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Celiac and losing weight
Hi, I was diagnosed with celiac this past September. I put on 30 pounds out of no where before diagnosis. I have always been in fitness and always tracked my calories. I have been gluten free for 7 months and I have been gf except for an occasional accidental glutening but it’s taking along time for me to lose weight.…
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Please help
Hi,. I’m in a very bad place right now. I have been dealing with constipation and stomach issues for a long time. I gained a decent amount of weight from it as well. I started to exercise and track my calories 4.5 months ago and I lost about 8 pounds in total…my inches barely moved and I’m at a loss here. I checked my…
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In need of guidance and advice…cheat meal
Hi everyone, I’m in the need of some help and guidance. Since the beginning of COVID I developed a lot of GI issues. I went through many tests and we weren’t able to pin point what was wrong until now. Finally I am on the right track to fixing myself. Because of these GI issues I put on 30 pounds. It was so hard and…
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Scale issues
Hi, Since covid I put in 25 pounds because a digestive issue plus high stress due to the pandemic. 3 weeks ago I said to myself it's time to get up and mo w forward. I started dieting and exercising the same way I always used to but the scale is barely budging. I never went by the scale before but I just wanted to see some…
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Libra weight loss app
Hi, I recently started using the libra app and im curious do I go by my trend weight? Because I'm less then what the trend says...
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Heartburn and exercise
Hi! Does anyone get heartburn during exercise and if so what do you do for it? I have been recently been getting it whe I work out and it's been reuning my day. Sometimes I don't want to exercise because burns. Amy idead would be appreciated.
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Need some help and support
Hi, Since last year I have been going through some digestive issues. I'm at the tale end of it right now....Therr is a light at the end of the tunnel and I see it. Unfortunately I have put on some weight since last year (about 30 pounds). I started the gym and dieting consistently (tracking everything) for a month. I…
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Macros or caloriee
Is it better to track macros or calories?
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Having to increase calories, gain weight to get my body back to normal :(
Hi everyone! Here is my situation...i have always been into health and fitness. Ive maintained for years at 15% body fat and that has worked for me. 1.5 ago I went through a very bad divorce and custody battle. It literally took everything out of me! Last may everything took a toll me. I a ain't able to.life weights…
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Scooby calculator
Hi, has anyone ever used the scooby calculator to measure their tdee? If so...when it says exercise, its states 1-3 hours or extreme cardio exercise per week, 3-5 hours of extreme cardio exercise per week, 5-6 hours of extreme cardio per week and then 7-21 hours of extreme cardio per week...i do cardio 3 days a week and…
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10 thousand steps
Hi everyone... I have to stop doing cardio for a bit...my system is a bit out of whack. Im currently doing g 3 days a weel of weights and 3 days a week of cardio. Now that om dropping the cardio i am going to add three more days of weight training, so that will be a total of 6 days a week. Unfortunately my thyroid and…
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digestive issues
Hi, I am having some digestive issues. Its very difficult for me to go to the bathroom. I am not able to lose weight eating the calories I was eating before doing the same activity I have been doing. Anyone have anything like this? If so what helpped?
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Birthday weekend
Hi, Yesterday was my birthday and I took the day off of dieting and tracking which im totally fine with. But today my friends surprised me with an amazing party/brunch. It was so nice but I definitely over did it. So thats 2 days celbrating! I usually take a diet break every 5-6 weeks where om off track for the entire day…
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need help with calories in mfp
Hi, i need help setting my calories for weight loss...i am 5"5, I weigh 135 and id like to lose .5 a pound a week...i.am currently heavey weight training for and hour 3 days a week and im doing 30 minutes of cardio 3 days a week.. I make sure to hit 10,000 steps a day... I need help because I was weight training 3 days a…
