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Calorie counting and OCD
I've always been a fan of instinctive eating. I lost most of my weight that way. Only when I reached a plateau I decided to check out this website to accurately count my macronutrients. I've been counting my calories on this site on and off and it works but I feel I am developing OCD with counting calories. Do you mostly…
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Family saying I am getting too skinny when I am not?
Does anyone know why families fail to show support when it comes to fitness/losing weight/health? I think it's because they are overweight themselves but because they don't do anything about it they have to put others down for actually taking action...
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Bad foods 'in moderation' IIFYM
"You can have anything as long as it's in moderation" "You can eat anything as long as you meet your micronutrient and macronutrient goals" Seriously? Imagine sitting in front of the TV watching your favorite program and you are allowed to have 12 pieces of potato chips and 3 cookies.... You eat the food and tell yourself…
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Diet and surgery recovery (Gynecomastia)
I'm going under the knife tomorrow to remove some glandular tissue. Heavy weightlifting wont be done for 5-6 weeks. But since I am in the middle of a cut, is it safe to keep going with my diet or should I increase calories to maintenance for the first few days?
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Do you plan meals for the week?
I find that if I plan my meals for the week I stick to it better. Just now I entered all my meals in from Saturday (today) to next Saturday when I will have a nice cheat meal. That's something to look forward to IMO.
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Hunger while dieting and suppressing hunger
I'm currently consuming about 2000 to 2050 calories on a daily basis (40c/40p/20f) and have been eating like this since last week. At 6'6 240 pounds (wanting to lose another 22 lbs) this is not much food but it is what it is. I am having a hard time suppressing my hunger. I was on a low-moderate carb and high fat diet…
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Building muscle on a keto diet
Have any of you booked any success in the gym on a keto diet? I've been lifting on a calorie deficit for about 6 months now and lost fat and built muscle at the same time. The thing is that about a month ago I haven't been losing any visible fat, but I lost pounds of weight on the scale. I am thinking about going on a keto…
