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intermediate fasting
has anyone anyone had any success with intermediate fasting? and if so what was your eating schedule ?
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calorie intake
I know this comes up alot, but I calculated my bmr which is supposedly 2000, and then added in my activity level which brought the number too 2700 calories to maintain. I am 5 foot 11 and wiegh about 205 lbs. based on these numbers should I assume then I can eat up to 2000 calories a day and still loose wieght ? to me that…
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realistic healthy goals?
I am 5 ft 11 inches, and I just recently made it under 200lbs for the first time in several years. my original goal weight was about 175 lbs (which was my wieght 5 years ago when I worked construction) however everyone keeps telling me I shouldn't loose that much ?? I very clearly have alot more fat too loose but is…
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accuracy of scales that measure fat/muscle and water percentage
so last night I stepped on the scale and it read 202lbs with 23% body fat and 55% water. I then had dinner that night breakfast the next morning worked out and weighed myself again just to see if I could see a diffrence on the scale In water % after a workout. what I got was 209lbs 24.5 % fat and still 55% water. there's…
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Gaining muscle while trying to loose weight.
I am 6 feet tall and weigh about 205 lbs. my goal is to get down to around 180 lbs. I am currently eating at a caloric deficit in order to reach that goal. I would like to however gain some muscle mass in the process. I've read numerous articles and journals and they all seem to say diffrent things on whether it's actually…
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returning to diet after long break
I worked hard for 8 months and lost about 20 pounds, however after visiting family back home my diet crumbled and it's been about 3 months now and I've gained about 6 pounds back. with the holidays coming up I know it's really important that I get back on it. but I'm finding it's harder to start again then it was the first…
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Water retention
I have a scale that calculates your body mass your muscle mass and the % of water, idk how accurate it is but one thing I have noticed is that as I loose weight the % of water I retain has gotten higher, I strayed at around 50% and 28 pounds later I'm allways up near 55% has anyone else experienced this?
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Antibiotics causing wieght gain ?
So I have been on a 10 day course of antibiotics and during this time I have actually gained back a couple pounds after steadily loosing about a 1 pound or 2 week. The only diffrence being the antibiotics, is this normal ?
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700 calories left
So I have 700 calories left for dinner and my whole family is getting Chinese, I would like sesame chicken and fried rice. Does anyone one know roughly how many calories that would be? Portions aren't huge but pretty good sized
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weekend overeating
So I went camping this past weekend with the family and of course didn't track my calorie intake. I just figured I would be "extra good" during the week which I was but when I did my weigh in this morning I had not lost any wieght since last week despite averaging a 2 pound loss per week for the last month. My question is,…
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Weight loss Plateau
I started my weight loss at about 235 and seem to have hit a wall at 220, my goal is to get back down to around 180 "I'm a 6 foot male" I knew my wieght loss would slow down eventually but I was expecting it to happen closer to the 200 mark. I'm eating between 1500 and 1700 calories a day and working out about 3 times a…
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Daily calorie intake
I am a 6 foot tall male weighing in at about 225, I want to loose between a pound or 2 a week. I'm currently eating around 1700 calories a day. Is there anyone similar to my size who is eating about the same as me ? And if so what have your results been like ?
