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Lightly active or active?
Okay, I'm starting a new job tomorrow as a warehouse associate. It seems that I'll be loading packages on and off trucks all day. I'll be working 10 hour days 4 days a week so would that be lightly active or active? And since I'll be getting three days off each week, would I use a "sedentary calorie goal" for those days?…
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Being the "fat friend"
Okay, I'm seeing my friends from college this weekend for a pool party. I love them dearly, I do but every time I see them it's made very clear that I'm the fattest one there. Even after losing 50 pounds, I'm still bigger than they are. I bought a new swimsuit, one of those "swimdresses" because I feel uncomfortable in any…
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Mini Success = I still lost after eating all that?!?!?
Okay, last weekend I hopped a train for the first time (that was fun!) and visited my bf. I also went to a friend's bridal shower that weekend as well. So Friday night I had three slices of pizza and a blueberry shortcake that I'm sure caused me to go over a bit. On Saturday I went to the bridal shower and I'm pretty sure…
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Strength Training on MFP
When you do cardio the website tells you how many calories you have burned and such. But when I enter my strength training, like using weights and machines at the gym, it doesn't tell me that I burned any calories or anything. Do you know why this is?
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Walking with weights?
I walk 1.5 miles a day up and down hills around my neighborhood with 5lbs worth of weights strapped to my wrists for additional workout. So how do I calculate this? Should I just keep marking it as "walking" and nothing else or should I mark weights at a low intensity? Just want to make sure I'm doing this right.
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How much should I eat?
Okay, it gave me about 1500 as my starting calorie intake. Am I supposed to consume all of that? And if I exercise, do I need to eat all of those additional calories or am I okay as long as I get my 1500? If I need to get to 1500, I need to eat 300 more calories with or after dinner. Hmmmm....
