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confused about this fitness myth
Okay, so you can't gain muscle when you're eating at a deficit but in my, and a lot of people i know's experience, while eating at a deficit, but very high protein, I became a smaller size yet stayed at the same or gained weight. So the only thing that made sense to me was I lost fat to reduce the size but I gained some…
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Calories burned swimming??
So since forever i've been told swimming is the best exercise ever cause it uses your whole body and you burn so many calories. I love to swim and I swim a lot but I was always kinda estimating calories burned from MFP and stuff and I figure I swim at a moderate level so I usually put light to balance out the extra…
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Do you guys notice a difference??
Okay, I didn't post the side picture because you can see my butt (tehe) and from there I see a difference in my stomach a little bit. However, in the front pictures, I can't seem to see any difference which is discouraging. This is after 4 stages of NROL and doing a 40/30/30 split (carbs, fat, protein) and staying within…
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Eating amount of sugar and carbs?
So my question is, a lot of people it seems say they just treat their sugar intake as carbs since it is a form of carbs. Here's the thing, I often am close to or over on sugar but way under on carbs. Like today I have exactly 0 sugar left, so I haven't eaten over it yet, but I will, but I have 126 g of carbs left. So is…
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embracing bigger boobs??
So I'm not technically overweight, and haven't been since I was like 10, but I had gained a lot of weight recently because of hypothyroid, and because of that weight gain, and also just my body, I have DD boobs. And they appear really big on me people often refer to them as massive haha. I know a lot of people view big…
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Crossfit, is it worth it?
So I'm considering starting crossfit when I get back to school in the fall, i can get a student discount after the 6 startup classes but it's still pretty expensive. I was wondering, is it worth it. Currently i'm doing a mix of days of cardio (swimming and elliptical and biking (real biking outside, but usually I swim) and…
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Urgent! do you think this would taste good?
So I want to make this pumpkin "cake" to eat as an easy breakfast treat since we're going on a 3 day road trip. All it is is a box of betty crocker gluten free cake mix and a can of pumpkin puree, now the thing is it only has 2 grams of protein per serving, so I was thinking, what if I add a scoop or 2 of vanilla whey. The…
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Can someone explain the numbers to me?
Okay, so I was diagnosed with hashi's about a year and 1/2 ago now. When I was diagnosed my TSH was 7 or something like that The thing is I was just told I have this thing and nobody really explained anything to me. You all talk about T3 T4 TSH all this stuff, can you explain what these things exactly are, how they're…
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So who likes Boba/Bubble Tea/Pearl Milk Tea??
If you do, you know this can easily break day at 300 calories a cup and your wallet too at like $5 a cup. Well, I found this Dede instant boba milk tea packets, just add cold or hot water, 150 calories 25 cals from fat, and it makes like a full big glass. If you aren't overly fond of just the plain milk tea flavor they…
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Give me protein shake recipes with these ingredients
Okay, so here's what I got: (it would be much appreciated if this could be made in a BLENDER BOTTLE not a blender) Give me recipes using any combination of these items (and only these items, give sugestions for other things if you want) Vanilla Whey Protein: 26 g protein (really does not taste good by itself) things to…
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protein shake!
I need some more ideas, I have a blender bottle, and these ingredients, what can I make? or if I buy just like 1 more thing or something, show me what you got! Vanilla Whey Protein: 26 g protein (really does not taste good by itself) things to add: Peanut butter unsweetened cocoa powder unsweetened almond milk coconut milk…
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Calories burned from lifting?
When I lift I usually don't wear my HRM, just when I do cardio. However, I work up a major sweat in lifting and my heart rate goes way up so clearly I am burning calories. I've heard that the reason people don't log lifting (like if they do it doesn't put any calories) it's because it's very hard to estimate because it…
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Cardio Days instead of 15 min interval training
So Im at stage 3 (almost done with it) and at the end of workout B it has 15 min interval training. Now i was wondering, I haven't been doing this, but I do separate cardio days (3 days for cardio 3 days for lifting 1 day rest) when i do interval training for 30-45 mins, so is this okay instead of the 15 min interval…
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Anyone have Hashimoto's and other autoimmune disorders?
I have Hashi's, Celiacs, and newly diagnosed Pernicious Anemia anyone else have multiple and how do you deal with it all?
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Anyone know a Boba (aka bubble tea) place??
So I live in LA during the school year and there is boba everywhere and I love it, I know it's not good for you but I work it into my calories. Does anyone know a boba (aka bubble tea as that's what people on the east coast seem to call it) near Hilton Head, SC and/or Savannah, GA? I live kinda inbetween these places
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Cardio days?
So, I'm doing New Rules of Lifting for women and Im at stage 3 (almost done with it) and at the end of 1 of the 2 alternating workouts it has 15 min interval training. Now i was wondering, I haven't been doing this, but I do separate cardio days when i do interval training for 30-45 mins, so is this okay instead of the 15…
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New Rules of Lifting for Women Stage 3 Question
so I just started stage 3, and I just took a picture of the workout sets because I was in a hurry, and so there are 3 sets for each thing, so what i'm wondering is most of the things are like one sided, so you do your left side and then your right side, so for 2 sets you just do 1 side then the other, but for 3 I was…
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feeling flabby again
So I'm defintely not bigger, like I fit in my clothes, I think I'm actually a little smaller size wise because my "skinny shorts" fit better than when I first fit into them. However, I feel flabby-er, I haven't been able to go to the gym as much and I used to do cardio and weights and go to the gym maybe 5 times a week,…
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New Rules of Lifting for Women vs for Abs?
Okay, so I saw all the rave reviews about new rules of lifting for women and i bought the book and I've done stage 1, I wasn't following it correctly, and did stage 1 too long, so I'll move on to stage 2 and move through for the correct amount of time But like i have pretty muscular arms and shoulders and legs, I mostly…
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New Rules of Lifting For Women Question
Hi, so I've been doing New Rules of Lifting for a while now, but i'm kinda confused, I thought that each workout was by week, but then i just looked at it and it's like workouts 1 and 2 15 reps, workouts 3 and 4 12 reps, and down to workouts 7 and 8. So i've been doing this by week, so 2-3 times a week first two weeks…
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taking levothyroxine later in the day?
So, on weekdays at school i either wake up at 8 or 9:30 and I take it right when I wake up, but on weekends often I will sleep till between 11 am and 1 pm, I still take it right when I wake up, but is this bad becuase it's so late in the day (especially for like saturday cause I took it at 8 am the day before and then not…
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After eating a salad......
Last night around 11 o clock i was really hungry and i had bought this ready made cobb salad (chicken, lettuce, avocado with lemon juice on it, tomatos, and chopped egg) it was from lunch, and i was saving it for the next day, but I was so hungry I just ate it (no dressing) and then my throat felt a little weird and I went…
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inner thighs??
So I know you can't spot reduce, you reduce everywhere and it comes off where it wants to. However, I am now at a healthy weight, fairly happy with all of my body, except for my inner thighs, they haven't seemed to change at all so now in a way they almost look even worse in comparison to everything else that has gotten…
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picture NSV
2 things, 1 directly to do with weight, one not, first, I think I look good smiling in pictures now, I used to think it made my face look so round and it was already so round that it was terrible, and I would try to like suck my cheeks in and make funny faces, now I can see a sharp chin and cheek bones and I think I look…
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gluten free, grocery shopping, what to get??
I'm going to TARGET not a real like supermarket, I'm a college student (no oven, i have a microwave, fridge, and freezer) I'm gluten free, looking for quick meals and snacks that are high protein and good, what should I get?
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protein shakes
So I know it's better to eat real food instead of protein shakes, but how bad is it really to replace meals with shakes? I have one for breakfast mixed with coffee, and then I have one after working out, but sometimes (especially on weekends) i'll have 1 or even 2 more to replace meals and just to meet calories and…
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what do you do when you're sick
I have a cold and fear it might be bronchitis, so I skipped the work out today, took a 2 hour nap (and got probably around 8 hours of sleep for the night), had 280% of my vitamin C for the day, 3 cups of hot tea (1 with lemon), lots of water, cough drops, took dayquil, am taking nyquil to sleep well, also wore a sweater…
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No Scale Victories, share yours!
So since I've been at school it's hard to find a good time to weigh cause I only like to do it before i've eaten, but the scale i have doesn't seem to be very good so I should use the gym scale but i'm self concious, so I've been going off of NSV's now mostly because i'm also now lifting (NROL women) so I might be gaining…
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Motivation from Tragedy
Last night I found out that a long time family friend (age 20, junior in college) died, they're not entirely sure how, but it seems like it was carbon monoxide posioning in his hotel room at a ski resort. He was probably the healthiest person I know, he was a "mountain man" always hiking, skiing, he was a track star, in…
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body feels softer since I started lifting?
I lowered cardio (but didn't stop compltely) and started lifting (new rules of lifting for women) and I also do other ab exercises and sometimes other machines and stuff in addition because the workouts are pretty short, I'm starting at stage 1 like you're supposed to. But weirdly, I'm sore after working out, and I use…
