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Exercising, Hunger, and Self-Worth
I have been mad exercising of late. Yesterday I biked 8 miles and did 1 hr of step aerobics and zumba (combined class). Today I biked 14 miles and am going to Zumba. I have been eating a lot to accommodate this exercise because when I am hungry and don't have immediate food, I will binge. I've already ate 1200 (healthy)…
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GUYS! I AM SO CONFUSED! 80% TDEE or eat my exercise cals?
Numbers: BMR: Around 1600 TDEE: Lightly active=2250 Moderately active=2540 Harris-Benedict is about 100 cal less than my TDEE estimates. I've been doing cardio 4-5x/wk (I bike outside 10mi/day 3-4 days/wk and do zumba 2x/wk), I lift weights 2-3x/wk. About 5-6 hrs a week total. I set MFP to lose 1lb/wk and it spit out the…
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2nd week and gained 1lb. NOT COOL, BODY!
Logged my cals for 2 weeks. Was wayyy over 1 day (+1000 cal) but under most days with eating my exercise calories (because dammit I'm hungry). I worked out 5 days/wk with cardio, 2-3x/wk weights. Ate 90% crazy healthy foods. I went to the gym yesterday evening and weighed myself and I gained 1 lb. Granted, I was bloated.…
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Hungry and Tired and Really Want to Overeat
I went to the gym last night to life and biked 11 miles in 30mph winds. Then I got up this morning and biked 5.5 mi to school in the wind again (it never blows the right way!) and will bike home, too. I AM SO TIRED. I've biked 52 mi this week (with a heavy bag) already and lifted 3 times. I am fricken tired. I am going to…
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Overeducated Foodie Types Want to Befriend Me?
Hey all, I am graduate student with an obnoxious obsession with grammar, punctuation, and whole foods that taste good. I have some friends on here who are great, but I would love some peers, too. I am looking to lose weight, but more than anything, I want to be healthy long-term. I refuse to deprive myself of real food,…
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Eating Quality Food as Opposed to "Low Cal" Food
I really don't mean to judge and mean this with no ill-will toward anyone who may eat this way (which of course means I am about to say something sort of offensive...sorry): When I look at people's food logs, it always makes me so frustrated and/or sad because it seems that the only way to keep calorie counts down is to…
