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Using IIFYM's plans (Zone) on mfp
I did my TDEE with IIFYM's site and found the plan that comes closest to recommending 1g of protein per lb of body weight and has percentages that I can put in my mfp custom goals is the Zone Diet (so did Atkins but I don't agree with 5% Carbs). IIFYM suggests x grams per lb of body weight but I can't do that on mfp so I…
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Happy 1 year birthday to me, sort of.
I signed up with MFP on April 22, 2013 so I've been a member for one year as of today. I stopped logging, posting, exercising and all that good stuff from August 2013 until the end of January 2014 so about 5 months were spent backsliding. I'm basically a skinny-fat older guy. disclaimer: I felt obliged to put "older" in…
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Partially successful Jello experiment
I made this ocean-themed dessert today. Ingredients are Berry Blue Jello for the Ocean, Cool Whip for wave foam, Trolli Sour Brite Gummi Octopus and Gold Emblem (CVS) Assorted Gummi Fish for ocean life. I had to use 1½ boxes of Jello since my dessert cups are fairly large. It didn't come out as well as I'd hoped since it…
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Don't care if I lose or gain weight, so what now?
I'm 53, 5'9" and 156 lbs. and I really don't care what I weigh; I just want what I do weigh to be beachgod material. I picked 150 lbs. as a goal weight because I was in pretty good shape at that weight a long time ago but truthfully the number really is insignificant to me. I have no idea what my TDEE is or anything like…
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Using a fad diet product to lose?
Suckers!:laugh: Some of these scam artists are finally getting hit where it hurts most, the wallet. I hope the FTC keeps up the good work and gets more of this garbage off the market. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sensa-loccitane-leanspa-hcg-diet-direct-fined-by-ftc-for-false-advertising/ NSS quote but apparently a lot of…
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Going heavy (mainly squats) post-sciatica
Background: I was diagnosed with and treated/rehabbed for sciatica a few years ago and was advised by my physical therapist to avoid acitvities which put a lot of downward pressure on my back including squats and standing calf raise machines. I have tried doing squats since then and guess what? The PT was right; I should…
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Goal weight hit, now what.
I reached my arbitrary goal weight today but my body fat % is still in the high teens per my scale and I don't look how I want to per my mirror. I have made noticeable changes but I don't know what to do from here. I'm 52 years old, 5'9" and as of this morning 155 lbs, 19% body fat and 23% BMI. Various websites put me at…
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He blinded me with broscience?
Quick intro to me: I'm 52 and skinny/fat; fairly normal build but have a gut and moobs. I signed up here last week and my settings have my caloric goal at 1,500/day. I'm actually fine with how much I weigh, I just don't like the way it looks (re: moobs & gut). This isn't my first time to work out and watch what I eat but I…
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New guy in town.
Hello from sunny Florida! I live across the street from the beach and thought it'd be funny to take a shot of myself tanning this past January and send it to friends and family up North. I had so much gut and moobs in the photo that I looked like a short-haired, chubby, topless woman on a beach towel. I was mortified (it…
