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Do crunches burn calories?
Hi, I'm new here. I just started my fitness program this month, so I'm new to this (lost 4 pounds so far!). Daily I do 40 minutes of cardio plus 100 abdominal exercises (crunches, reverse crunches, leg lifts, etc) I notice on MFP there is no assignment of calories burned for ab strengthening exercises. Is that because it…
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Lost 8.5 pounds, measurements and pants size same?
So I've lost 8.5 pounds in two months, according to the scale. I have about 15-20 more pounds to lose to be my goal weight, and I do a combo of cardio and weight lifting. I feel and look like I am thinner-- my gut is tighter, my arms and thighs have nice definition now from strength training. BUT-- my measurements haven't…
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Fitbit or HRM?
I would like to find out how many calories I burn in a day. I specifically would like to gauge my workouts, but overall calories burned per day as well. I don't have tons of spare money to spend on this stuff, so I was wondering if I should get a Fitbit or a Polar HRM. Ideally, would I get both? Is there a device that…
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Does this diet plan seem workable?
OK, so I am trying to figure out this whole BMR/TDEE/BF% alphabet soup of craziness. I am getting a lot of conflicting advice, and MFP is confusing me too. I am 5'0", 40 years old, 140 lbs. BF % roughly 32% (calipers are in the mail as we speak). I want to lose 20 pound of fat. MFP says I should be eating 1200. I have used…
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Why am I not losing weight?
I've been on MFP for about 5 weeks now. In the first three weeks, I lost 5 lbs, which is crazy. I was so excited! Since then, I haven't lost any! I am working out 6 days a week, 20 minutes of cardio, plus 20 minutes of workout with a DVD, mostly squats and lunges. Then I do 10-15 minutes weights, alternating upper and…
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Joint pain and and heavy lifting
I've been working out hard core for about a month. I do cardio for 45 minutes 6 days a week, including elliptical, squats/lunges with and without weights, etc. I also do an upper arm circuit every other day. However, everyone here keeps saying "lift heavy." How heavy is heavy? I am currently using 5 lb weights in each hand…
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Discrepancies between body fat % calculators?
I went on Fit2Fat Radio to check out the body fat calculators. I did all three body fat calculators and there was a discrepancy of about 10 percentage points between the military body fat ratio and the Covert Bailey. Just to make matters more confusing, the one at http://www.freedieting.com/tools/body_fat_calculator.htm is…
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Lifted yesterday, super sore today... should I do it again t
I started doing compound lifting and squats for the first time yesterday (100 squats and compound lifts), so today I am super sore. I could barely do my daily cardio, feeling quite exhausted. If I am still this sore tomorrow, should I do the squats again, or should I wait until I am not so sore? I will push myself to do it…
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Best transverse abdominis exercises?
Since I had my son 2.5 years ago, I have that round belly that won't go away despite doing tons of crunches. I have recently read that this is due to a weak TvA muscle, which crunches won't help, and which might even hinder having a tighter, flatter stomach. So what's the best way to strengthen that muscle? Mostly just…
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Started work out program this month: advice?
I'm the mom of a 2 year old and I work full time, and thus I have degenerated into a middle age spread. I need to lose 25 pounds to get to an ideal weight. Got an elliptical and have been running 30 minutes a day 6 days a week for the last 3 weeks, and am eating 1500-1600 calories. I have lost five pounds so far. Recently,…
