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Yesterday I was *ravenous* and today I'm down 1.8 lbs. ?'s
I've been trying so hard to make sure I have enough calories left for dinner I've been ending up with 500 or more (sometimes as much as 800) cal. left by 6:30 p.m. I know it isn't good to take in so many cal. in the evening when you don't need them and I've been so hungry during the day I've chewed my way through a…
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Question about # cal. burned in strength training. . .
My strength training is pretty rigorous and I was surprised to discover that, according to this site, I wasn't burning more than maybe 180 cal. in 50-60 min. of strength. So I got a HRM to verify and according to it I'm burning about 350 cal. each session. Does that sound impossibly high to you? I wonder how accurate this…
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Why don't I get exercise calories for strength training?
Or am I just not understanding how to post my exercies reports properly? I work out 5-6 days a week and alternate cardio days with strength days, typically getting 3 days of strength in and 2 of cardio. It takes me between an hour and 1:20 to do all my strength and it definitely gets my heart rate up, so why no extra…
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Doing this for my daughter's sake
My 12-YO is battling hypothyroidism and PCOS, with its accompanying insulin resistance and tendency toward elevated triglycerides. She has been overweight since birth and in spite of eating healthier than probably every other kid her age in the country and involvement in taekwondo she keeps packing on the pounds. She needs…
