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Does anyone else really HATE to exercise?
I, for one, have never been athletic. When I played basketball in middle school, I'd duck whenever someone passed the ball to me. I hated running, but I'd walk and chat with my friend when I was forced to run cross-country by my teacher. You see where I'm going with this. I have no problem doing something I LOVE, like…
Strength training--does it burn calories?
I'd think it did, but when I added it to my exercise diary, MFP doesn't add those calories burned to my daily goals. Anyone know why? Does it just not burn enough?
What does caloric deficit really mean?
I'm trying to calculate how much I should be eating/burning. I keep seeing/hearing that I should be ending my days with a deficit, by which I thought people meant I should be burning off more than I eat per day. Is that right? So, according to MFP, I have to eat 1300 calories a day to lose a pound a week. But then when I…

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