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What's the reasoning behind eating AT LEAST your BMR?
Just something I was thinking about, as I see people repeatedly say that you shouldn't eat below your BMR. The only explanation I've seen is along the lines of, "Because that's what your body needs to do its most basic functions," but that doesn't really make sense considering the whole point of a caloric deficit is to eat…
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Started Stronglifts 5x5 too heavy?
So I just started Stronglifts 5x5 last Wednesday. Instead of starting off with the prescribed 45 pound empty bar, I thought I would be a badass (not really) and start off with a higher weight (115 lb squat, 115 lb bench). Anyways, lifting these weights isn't a problem, but the pain I'm starting to develop in my left hip…
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Weigh fruits before or after peeling/preparing?
I've not been losing weight for the last three weeks after pigging out from Thanksgiving to New Year's, so I want to crack down on my logging and make sure I'm being as accurate as possible. My question is simple: should you weight your fruits before or after preparing them? For example, I've been weighing my apples whole,…
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Questions about HRMs, target heart rate, and calories burned
So I got a heart rate monitor for Christmas (well, technically I got it for my mom, but she didn't want to use it because it's "too complicated") and I used it for the first time while biking through the snow today. My HRM has an alarm that goes off if you below or above your target heart rate zone (I'm sure this is a…
