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My results after 2 weeks of eating clean
Hello, 49 year old male, 5'5", current weight 195.2 I'm looking to create muscle and reduce my bodyfat. I've been lifting weights 5 days a week for about 11 weeks now, I took 2 weeks off in between to rest and recover. I think I only missed 3 days over all. I was eating well during the week but trashing it all on the…
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Which calorie numbers do I follow on rest days?
Hello, Just calc'd my bmi, its 32.4 If I do nothing my min is 1776 calories but if I workout 3-5 days a week i'm to eat 2511 Years ago when I tried weight lifted for a little while my coach had me load up on calories on weight lifting days and lessen on rest days. I don't recall the exact numbers and alots changed since…
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If I'm short on calories should I let them go or eat to them
Part of me says let them go so in 5 weeks I'll be less but another part of me remembers a trainer telling me if you don't eat to your calories your body will think its starving and start holding on to resources and I'll not see any weight reduction. Is it true the more I exercise the higher my metabolism will go? As I was…
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recording weight lifting in MFP
So I noticed when adding weight routines to MFP you cannot change the rep's or weight after you've selected a lifting type. For example bar bell flat press I have to put 4 sets of 10 reps of 100 pounds, not 4x12,10,8,8 with ascending weight. My guess is that it doesn't matter that much? This site isn't geared towards…
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#'s check please
Hello 45 year old male, 5'5", current weight is 187.8 and am looking to lose weight. Current goal is 1650 calories 25% carbs 30% fat 45% protein 1 hour cardio per day + 1 hour weight lifting three times per week 2 hours cardio all other days Years ago I was working with a trainer who gave me those #'s and on weight days I…
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I'm looking for a spin bike that coasts
Anyone know of any? Thanks
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The Power Of Habit, have you read it?
I'm thinking of reading it.
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Packers or Giants?
Packers
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How do you count calories when the calories are so messed up
While I enjoy this site and its UI is easier than others I find the calorie counts vary wildly on a lot of items. Take a NY strip steak, you can find 15 variations on this in the database all of them vastly different. In a lot of cases I've compiled my own food items where I have looked at a couple of other sources but I'm…
