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Rest days are important but...
They say rest days are a must, to rebuild your muscles and let them recover, and so you don't get exercise fatigue or whatnot. But what if you're so motivated and into the routine that you feel like working out on a day that you're supposed to rest? For example a day where you'd get a 7-day streak of working out. Is it…
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Can still lose good amount of body fat but body can't get smaller?
What do you do when your body fat percentage is still reduceable (16.3% here) and male. But it seems as if doing more cardio will just make your frame smaller, same with going on a diet. And you already think you're skinny enough, but you can still get rid of more body fat. What should you do in this case?
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What kind of bad habit is this? On and off goals.
I have this habit where I will get really motivated to achieve a certain weight or physique, and I will work so hard to achieve it, working out consistently and setting strict rules for myself in diet and everything. But that usually lasts just a while, after which I become completely unmotivated like I don't even care…
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Looking like you can't get any skinnier but BMI says otherwise?
What do you do when you are at the point when you look really skinny already, and people have been asking if you've been eating, etc. But you calculate your BMI and it's still borderline at healthy and overweight, and you still have some fat in those stubborn areas. But nonetheless, people keep asking you to 'stop losing'…
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I haven't gotten back into an exercise routine in months.
I feel guilty. It's been three months or so that I haven't gone to the gym, paying monthly membership fees for no reason. I got a bit complacent with my weight, thinking, oh, I've already achieved the weight loss I wanted. But I am forgetting all the mental benefits that come with exercise, not to mention, I still could…
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Maintenance vs. Calorie deficit
So you have to be in a calorie deficit to lose fat, but you also lose muscle from it, right? But if you are doing maintenance calories, and work on lifting, etc. you will lose just fat without losing muscle? Just wanted to make sure.
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Question about sleep.
I know sleep isn't exactly a topic relating to weight loss, even though lack of sleep can affect weight loss. But this question is about overall sleep in regards to health. They say you need about 6 to 8 hours of sleep per night. What if you're busy with stuff and only get about 3 to 4 hours at a time? Does it still make…
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Signs of anorexia...?
Hi. I've been on a weight loss routine for a long time now, which includes taking part in dieting and exercise. But nowadays, I feel like my dieting may have gone a little far, in the way that after I eat something, I get this guilt like 'oh I just ate this! I'm going to get fat!' And that happens for all kinds of foods,…
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Stuck and not sure what to do anymore
Hi, I started my weight loss journey about a year ago, and have since lost about 50 pounds. Thing is, my goal weight based on the BMI calculator is 145, for a 5'8 male. I am currently at 160. The issue here is that I've been down to 155-ish, and when I became that weight, people were telling me that I'm 'too skinny,' and…
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How do you get the 'slim, toned look?'
How do you get the slim, toned look, and not the 'bigger, muscular' look? I don't like to use the word, 'bulky' because apparently some people don't like being called that, even though it isn't unhealthy to be bulky/muscular. It's rather healthy. But, if you want the slim, little fat, toned look where if you take your…
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Getting back in the game...for the ___th time.
I started my weight loss journey around last year, late July, August timeframe, at 210 lbs. After a year of on and off discipline, procrastination here and there, and all-out constant days of ignoring my goals, I've managed to lose around 55 pounds. I am now currently at the weight of 155 lbs. Over the period of my weight…
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People keep telling me to 'eat again.'
Hi, I'm about 10 to 15 pounds away from my goal weight of 145 lbs. I started at 210 and am down to 155 lbs now. But, I've recently been getting a lot of annoying comments such as 'You need to stop losing weight,' and 'You have to start eating again.' I have been eating! The thing is, I just haven't been eating a lot. I…
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What if 'face' can't lose anymore weight, but body can?
What if it looks like your face can't lose anymore weight, and is at its 'slimmest and fittest,' but you still have a belly pudge and fat on your chest and sides, etc. Will exercise and diet burn continue to somehow get rid of fat on the face that you didn't know was there? or will it now get rid of the fat elsewhere that…
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Losing weight but belly flab is still there (especially sitting down)
I've been on a weight loss program for a while now and have lost around 50 pounds, but I'm still about 10 pounds away from my goal weight. The thing is, I've lost so much fat on my face and elsewhere but the belly fat remains, and it shows especially when sitting down, rolls of belly fat that I could just squeeze. How do I…
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I ate so much...
I've been on a diet watching my calories and all but tonight I ate so much! I had like two huge bowls of rice and chicken full of oilyness and butteryness. What should I do!!#
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Weight lifting intensity, going from a high intensity to low question
What would happen if let's say, you have a specific machine, for example a leg machine where you can do about 300 pounds on, but another machine that you can only do 140 pounds per say. Would it affect the gains you make from doing the 140 pounds one if you're doing the 300 on the other one? Even though you still have to…
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Do you have to be 'into it' to burn fat and lose weight?
This question is a bit confusing, but basically, when you exercise, do you have to 'be into it,' meaning (and as stupid as it might sound)... can you exercise while being bored but at the same time being effective and burning fat? I ask this because sometimes I'll be exercising, listening to music, but I'm just not into…
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Ideas for some rewards for weight loss?
What are some good ideas for rewards you can get yourself for losing weight? Ideas please!
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Lol someone told me - Running makes you old...
I just found it silly that someone actually said that running isn't good because it makes you look older. He's obese by the way. So obviously that's why he said that. But then I looked it up just for fun, and maybe a few articles say the same thing. But then a ton others say the opposite, that running or exercising makes…
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How much weight does...
They say you're supposed to weigh yourself following a set of rules to get an accurate number on the scale. So how much weight do these things add to the scale? Food, sweat, excess pee/____, sodium, and the others. For example, would a 200 pound person who didn't get rid of any of the above before they weighed themselves…
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Signs of anorexia...?
Hi. I've been on a weight loss routine for a long time now, which includes taking part in dieting and exercise. But nowadays, I feel like my dieting may have gone a little far, in the way that after I eat something, I get this guilt like 'oh I just ate this! I'm going to get fat!' And that happens for all kinds of foods,…
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Signs of anorexia...?
Duplicate thread! No idea!
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So protein builds muscle, but eat before or after?
They say protein builds muscle, and that after a strength training workout, in order to retain the muscle you build during that workout, you have to eat protein. But, what if you eat protein BEFORE the strength training workout to build muscle? Will you still retain that muscle you build? Or does it always have to be…
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How long does it take to...get rid of that *stubborn* fat?
I'm not sure what counts as stubborn fat, but I'm talking about the still visible layers of belly fat, although not as much as before, that you still have even after you've lost a considerable amount of weight. How long does it take and what are the necessary steps to completely get rid of those, and make sure that your…
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Anti-support... ("Stop losing weight!", Don't lose more weight!")
Hi, I've already lost nearly 60 pounds in my weight loss. I started off at 210 and I'm at 160 now. The problem here though, is that I've been getting compliments from people like 'you look good,' etc. But along with the compliments come comments from some people, especially family members, saying things like "You shouldn't…
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When do people notice your weight loss?
I've gone from 210 lbs to 183 lbs and so far, 80% of people I know haven't noticed. The ones who did only say 'your belly got flat!' But just my belly? Honestly, I care a lot about my face getting slim, but no one seems to mention it. What's that NUMBER when people start noticing, because for me, apparently it's not 30 lbs.
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Am I impatient or do I need to do something else?
Hi, I started working out some months ago, and I've gone from 210 lbs to now 176 lbs. I'm 5'8, and I've noticed that I've lost a lot of fat, meaning my body has gotten smaller. My one concern though, is that at 176 lbs, I still have a lot of belly and hip fat, and there's still a good amount of fat under my arms, that when…
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How to deal with your father acting like you losing weight is a bad thing?
So I have an issue. I've already lost over 30 pounds, and a lot of my family has reacted in a positive way, told me how good it is, etc. But my dad doesn't seem to like the fact that I'm losing weight. I know it's not that he doesn't care, because he does care about my wellbeing, but I can sense that he doesn't want me to…
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What's wrong with me? On and off...
I don't know what's wrong with me. I started my weight loss journey when I was around 210 pounds, overweight and full of body fat. I told myself it was time to lose weight, and so I did. I lost around 50 pounds since I started. But, for the past few months, I've been on and off, meaning that my motivation wanes a lot. I…
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Lost over 50 pounds...but (too skinny? really?)
Hi, I'm 5'7" and I started off trying to lose weight when I was around 210 lbs. Now that I've lost about 50 pounds successfully - I'm at 160 lbs now, people are telling me I look good and so on, but some family are telling me that I'm getting 'way too skinny,' and not to continue trying to lose weight. I had planned in my…
