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Weigh meat before or after cooking?
I'm trying to count my calories so I need to know how many calories to figure per ounce or gram of any particular food such as grilled ground chuck for hamburgers. What I need to know is should I use the weight for my calculations before I cook it or after? A half pound of ground chuck raw cooks down to quite a bit less…
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Should I subtract the calories I burn exercising
I have heard that you should eat at least 1200 calories per day. If I burn 700 calories exercising, should I then eat a minimum of 1900 calories? My maximum calorie intake according to MFP is 1660 so I don't want to go over that unless it's not enough to be adequately nourished.
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Bananas are to be avoided? Please explain
I've only recently began to take control of my eating habits and I began exercising. I'm trying to lose weight and have lost 12lbs in 2 weeks. But I realize I won't maintain that loss rate. I'm trying to eat healthy so when I read where some people claim you shouldn't eat bananas I became concerned. I love bananas and eat…
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Artificial sweeteners are bad? Diet drinks to be shunned?
I have heard that you not supposed to use artificial sweeteners such as nutra sweet. Also that zero calorie diet drinks are not good. According to what I heard these products will keep a person from losing weight. How is that when they are zero calories? I appreciate any info to help me understand this.
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Eating an orange and banana exceed allowable sugar intake?
If I eat an orange and a banana it will exceed the allowable sugar intake for the day according to what myfitnesspal.com says should be my goal for daily sugar consumption. I thought fruit was good for you but is eating an orange and a banana in one day too much sugar? I'm new to all this so please help me to understand…
