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Does constipation/digestion issues cause you to weigh more?
I've always had issues with digestion and constipation since I was younger but this week and last it's been pretty bad. I can go 2-3 days without a bowel movement and if I have one it's very small and very hard to get out. I drink lots of water, eat healthy, exercise, and have even been taking colon cleanse. No…
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Am I sedentary, lightly active, or moderately active?
I'm still a student and during the school year I would spend most of my day sitting and doing my work, but 4-6 days out of the week, I would either do workout videos, go on hour long power walks, or go to the gym and lift weights, do a half an hour of cardio, and finish with strength training. Now that summer is here I…
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Are analog scales accurate? What scale should I go by?
I'm confused about my weight. At the gym there's a physician's scale, which is supposedly the most accurate. I weighed myself yesterday there at the gym and I was 123. I figured I was probably a little less (about a pound maybe) since I had already eaten a full three meals that day plus water. I'm visiting relatives today…
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How did I gain 2 lbs in less than a week?
I weighed myself at about noon on Sunday and was 121 pounds exactly. I kinda over ate the next couple days because I went to a party and a potluck and had about 2500 calories (healthy stuff though...I steered clear of the bad stuff) two days in a row but then I went right back to eating how I normally do with lots of…
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Calorie difference between cooked and uncooked meat?
Ok, so I bought a package of uncooked chicken breakfast sausage from Trader Joe's. On the package it says there are 130 calories per 3 links. I had three links as part of my breakfast this morning, assuming it was 130 calories. But now that I think about it, cooked meat is usually more calories than uncooked, correct? And…
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What counts as "vigorous effort"?
I did 90 minutes of exercise today...it was kind of a mash up of cardio and calisthenics that I did to some fitness videos on Youtube. Every part of my body is sore now and I was sweating like crazy and gasping by the end of the work out and my heart was going a mile fast. But I'm not sure how to determine if it was…
