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HIIT
What category would you put HIIT under for exercises?
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Macros and calories
Do you worry more about macros or calories? If I eat my daily calorie intake I usually go over on one of my macros. So should I concentrate more on macros or my calories?
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Rest Days
Are rest days beneficial/necessary for your body or does it matter if you workout 7 days a week?
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Best food choice at Mexican restaurant
What would be the best item to get at a local Mexican restaurant that does not have the nutrition facts listed or a website? Fajitas?? Taco salad??
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Banking calories
I've seen people talking in here about banking calories. Does that actually work? If you know you have a meal coming up, like Easter dinner for example, that you know will go above your daily goal, can you eat less calories during the week leading up to it?
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Toning verses losing weight
If I'm wanting to tone certain areas/ lose inches but not necessarily lose weight do I still need to lower my calorie intake or just work on the working out part?
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Potlucks and eating at other people's houses
Any tips or advice on how to eat at potlucks and family/friend gatherings? Do you log the meals by guessing or not log at all? And just try to find the best options at potlucks? And at family gatherings when someone makes the meal for you do you just eat small portions?
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Sugar
What does everyone have their sugar set at? Most of mine is from fruit and a little from yogurt etc.
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Macro Percentages
What does everyone use for their C/P/F percentages? If I do 50/30/20 I'm not sure that would allow me enough fat in my day. Or is it ok to go above on my fats some days if I'm under on my carbs and I'm at or below my calories?
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Confused...
I'm confused on how to figure out how many calories you should eat in a day. Once you use a calculator how do you know whether to eat back some of the exercise calories or if they already accounted for that. Any help would be appreciated! Sorry if this is dumb, I'm new to this
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Smoothie recipes
Does anyone have any smoothie recipes that don't have bananas in it but are still thick and creamy?
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Foods that are high in iron and potassium?
I have trouble reaching my daily goal for iron and potassium...need examples of foods that are high in either iron or potassium.
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Low fat snacks
I am needing some ideas for low fat snacks that also have protein
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TDEE
So I calculated my TDEE, is that number including the calories I would burn or can I still eat back half of my burned calories?
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Maintenance question:
I eat all throughout the day and stay full, never really hungry but I am almost always below my daily calorie goal. What do you do when you are not hitting your calorie goal but are feeling satisfied? Another issue is if I eat more to meet my calorie goal I go over on my sodium, or fat, etc. I've only been tracking my food…
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Supplements
Multi vitamins? I don't know what brand to buy, would like something as natural as possible. Or if eating a healthy diet, is a multi vitamin necessary? I hardly ever hit my iron or potassium goal but do fairly good with the others listed.
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Favorite apps for fitness and nutrition
What are your favorite apps to use to help with your fitness and nutrition journey besides MFP? I just discovered Happy Scale last night and wondering what else I'm missing out on!
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Salad dressings
What is the best brand/type of salad dressing to use? My favorite is ranch but know that's hard to find types that are healthy.
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Sodium
Am I the only one that has trouble staying below the daily recommendation for sodium? That's the only thing I'm struggling with and seems impossible. Some days I only go over a couple hundred, but a couple days it's been over a thousand over.
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Healthy casserole ideas?
I'm wanting healthy Casserole ideas! Please help!
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Back pain/hip pain
Anyone else have back/hip pain that prevents them from running or having high impact workouts? What workouts have you discovered that you are able do? Preferably workouts on YouTube. Right now I've been doing workouts from blogilates and the balanced life with Robin Long. Would love to get more of a variety
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Do you track exercise on app?
Do you enter in your exercises and eat based off of what they tell you you have left in calories and what they've added to your macro count or do you leave it off and only eat what is originally there. I'm wanting to maintain/maybe lose a pound or two and tone.
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Has anyone used the premium?
Can anyone tell me their thoughts on the premium for my fitness pal and how much it costs per month? Is it worth it?
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How to know what your macro percentages should be
I've seen different websites suggest different percentages for macros, I've seen 40% carbs, 30% fat, 30% protein and 50, 30, 20...how do you know which is right for your body?
