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NYT Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesity.html?smid=pl-share This article in yesterday's New York Times has a link to a calculator created by mathematicians with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to determine your caloric intake for weight loss. I just…
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Help Determining Activity Level
Hello, I'm new to eating more and, like others, I'm a little surprised by how much that calculation says I should eat every day. Can someone please help me figure out my level of activity? I walk five days a week for 30 minutes at 3.5 mph and do a strength training video with weights for 20-30 minutes three days a week. I…
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One Pound or Half a Pound Per Week?
For those of you trying to decide where to set your weight loss rate, I wanted to share the personal experience I've had between losing 1 pound per week and 1/2 pound per week and why I'm sticking with the 1/2 pound rate. I'm 5'5" with a curvy figure. After my first big diet, for which I keep myself under 1200…
