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Improving my body cosmetically (body hair and skin)
This is a bit off topic, but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction on this: I'm finally whipping my body into shape, and I really like how it's coming along. I'm getting a chest and abs now --yay! But I still need something to look really good for a partner. In particular, I have a fair amount of body hair…
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Cutting aggressively -- How low can I go without losing muscle?
I'm a 49-year-old male, 5'10", currently 168 pounds. I lift weights four times a week. I walk at least 30 mins a day, and I do cardio 1-2 times a week. But I have an office job, so apart from that exercise my lifestyle is pretty sedentary. I'm aggressively cutting to lose the last 10-12 pounds of fat I need to drop to get…
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Hit my goal: From 265 lbs to 174 lbs
I made it! 48-yr-old male, 5'10". 174 pounds as of yesterday. I had set my goal at 175 lbs, off a peak of 265. So, 90 lbs lost. I didn't start tracking my weight regularly until I was down to 250, but it took me 237 days to go from 250 to 174. That's about 2.24 lbs/week, but it slowed down substantially toward the end. I'm…
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Almost at target weight - But appetite is more voracious now
48-yr-old male, 5'10". I've gone from 265 lbs to a muscular 180 lbs. Yay! Now... My goal is 175 lbs, but the last five pounds seems to be the hardest. Part of the problem is that I'm much hungrier than I was when I started dieting. It used to be that I'd have no problem staying under 2000 cals/day; now it's a real…
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MFP's calorie estimate for a weightlifting session -- This seems low
I'm 5'10", 190 lbs, with a fair amount of muscle. I lifted for 60 mins today. According to MFP's "Strength training" entry in the Cardiovascular section the exercise page, it estimates that I burned 264 calories. Really? That seems low given the amount of exercise I did. It was front and side shoulders day. Here's what I…
