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I’m on a diet break..
35 year old female, 5’ 6. 140 pounds. I’ve been in a caloric deficit since August and have lost 15 pounds. I’ve been eating around 1750 cals a day. I lift weights4x a week and walk 10k on the days I don’t lift. My weight loss has been slow but very sustainable. However, I’ve been hovering around the same weight for the…
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Oats don't fill me up at all
Aren't they supposed to be slow energy releasing carbs? That satiate? They do nothing for me but taste good. I'm famished under 2 hours later. That's will a banana mashed in, raisins, skimmed milk and a tsp peanut butter. Come to think of it, the only thing that fills me at breakfast time is toast(s) and eggs. Anyone else…
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Is 3% body fat loss in 3 months attainable and healthy?
So I’m using kettlebells 3-4x a week in a bid to lose fat and not focus on scale weight. I am already in a normal BMI and my fat currently sits at 27%. I am female fyi. I wanted to know if going down to 24% body fat from 27% body fat is a good rate of loss in 3 months..? Thanks!
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Lifting weights while fasting in Ramadan (20 hour fast)
So I am currently fasting for Ramadan from 1.25am-9.25 pm. The only time I am able to visit the gym is around 11am. I can’t drink water while I am fasting. I feel fine while working out and do this 3 days a week on Mon, Weds and Sat. I am not working anyway near as intensely as I normally do and I stick on 10 min of the…
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A good coach in the UK..female only
As the title suggests, I am looking for a good coach who can help me set my macros and just generally help me out to lose weight. I’m making so many blunders and it’s disheartening by to see the scale weight go down despite sticking to plan. I must be doing something wrong! Can anyone recommend a good one that won’t break…
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6 months of recomp
So I’ve intentionally not looked at the scales since October (6 months) due to to my very unhealthy relationship with it. I decided to hop my calories gradually until I hit around 2200 calories and then reassess from there. I’ve reduced cardio massively and have hittge weights hard, 3x full body workouts using dumbellea,…
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Spent so much time being sad and hungry on 1700 calories
And going around in circles, seeing very little progress for a year. I slowly started increasing my calories while lifting progressively heavier at the gym and am now at 2100 calories and look better and more firm than I did before. I was so scared to increase my calories, thinking I would return to my previous obese self…
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I ate an additional 1500 calories yesterday
My aim is to raise my metabolism through a reverse diet but I went crazy with pizza last night. This barely happens so I’m not too worried. Shall I throw in some extra cardio this week to help balance out the numbers? Or draw a line underneath it and continue what I was doing before? 2000 calories a day and 4 weights…
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So I got my body fat measured today
By a Dr with calipers. He told me my bf% was 23. I was under the impression that it was around 28% but before I do a victory dance, how accurate are callipers in measuring body fat? Most of my fat is deposited around my tummy and he didn't use the calipers on there. It was on bicep, triceps, upper back and hips. My aim has…
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Week 2 reverse dieting
1.6 pounds down. I am finally starting to see the scale move in the right direction in months! For the past 2 weeks, I have increased my calories from 1750, to 1900. I am now increasing to 2000 for the next two weeks and see where that takes me. Even if I gain, I’ve had a stern word with myself to trust the process and…
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Macros for fat while reverse dieting...
So I'm into my second week of reverse dieting and have increased my calories from 1750 (been on this amount for a year) to 1900 and will do this for two weeks before tweaking it further. Macros are 140p/190c/66f Aim is to lose increase lean body mass and speed up metabolism. I have started to train 4x a week. 2 upper body…
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Excuse my ignorance but...
If my heart rate is elevated to around 60-90% of my max heart rate while I'm lifting weights (normally supersets) doesn't this classify as cardio too? I stick 10 min of high incline walking or stepped on the end of my weight workouts just to get some cardio in but am wondering if I'm not already doing thatwitg the weights.…
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Advice on how to stop being a slave to the scale
I'm not overweight but I seem to have this magical number in my head that isn't compatible with my goals. I'm attempting recomp starting today. I have trained hard with weights and hiit these past 3 days, while increasing my calories by 150 a day. Naturally, this will reflect an increase on the scale number and I k ow this…
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Reverse dieting..am I doing it right?
I've been losing on 1750 calories for a while and then hit a standstill. Upon researching why, I stumbled across reverse dieting and it seems like it's something that will help get me out of this rut I am in. I've been dieting for 6 years now and I'm fed up of not getting the desired results and I'm pretty sure my…
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Large deficit leading to overeating. How to set calories?
Hi there My stats: Female 5' 7 33 years old 147 pounds 5' 7 BMR 1400 My main objective is to get my body fat down further and gain a little muscle. I've been eating 1750 calories for a year now and get incredibly hungry on this amount, which leads to overeating from time to time. Nothing too drastic though. I workout 4…
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Finding time to study, raise children and workout
I will be starting a PhD in October and am nervous about being able to balance my studies/home life (2 children under 5) and working out. I can't compromise any one of these things so am curious how others balance life without neglecting working out Any advice?
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Ice cream pre workout
So I know it's not conventionally idea to have ice cream as a pre workout but I've noticed that when I consume an ice cream cone (181 calories) around 3pm, I have a crap tonne of energy and increased productivity and motivation to workout hard, for 2-3 hours afterwards. I don't get this rush from any other food, having…
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Retaining fat during Ramadan on a deficit
So I typically lose 1-2 pounds a week if I consume 1700 calories a week, working out 4x a week. During Ramadan, I've been consuming 1500 calories a day while maintained my workouts, which are focused around lifting and cardio. I'm keeping my protein at around 80-100g whereas I normally consume around 120g. However, I'm…
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How often should I refeed?
Should I be re-feeding even if I'm not eating low carb? I'm averaging 190c/60f/130 protein a day. I'm around goal weight (140 pounds, 5' 7 female) and am working on losing body fat while retaining muscle. Currently losing on 1750 cals. How often should I schedule in a refeed and am I meant to go over in calories during a…
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I gained 3 pounds on holiday
Not sure how. I finally got down to my goal weight after 2 years, to go on holiday for a week and gain those pesky pounds back. I have no idea how as I ate whole foods only and didn't go overboard. I also did a tonne of walking daily burning 800 calories a day for a week (steady state cardio measured by a hrm). I've gone…
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How many grams of carbs is considered 'low carb'?
I typically consume 170g and was curious about the amount of carbs that would be considered 'low'
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How to track on holiday?
I'm doing so well on the way to losing those last 10 pesky pounds and am going to Morocco on Tuesday. I want to track while I'm there so I maintain at least and defo ateky not gain. I will be taking the girls for daily walks in double pushchair along the promenade (10km) and yes, that's my idea of fun...not being active…
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Just tried my fist quest bar
Double chocolate chunk and it was disgusting yuk yuk yuk. It's rated by many as one of the best flavours and I love choc but this was just no. Urgh
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Ladies..totm weigh ins. Is yours affected?
I stuck to plan religiously eating at a deficit, clocked a lot of intense excercise calories and should've lost at least a pound this week. Instead, I'm up .5. I'm not beating myself up about it because I know I did everything right and can tell that my body looks better than last week too. I'm curious, does your weight…
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Is there much benefit to eat higher carb on
Workout days with lower fat, and higher fat on non workout days with lower carb? With protein being same on both days. So (50c/30p/20f on workout days and 30c/30p/40f on rest days
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Hungry before bed on 2000 cals
To lose 0.5 pounds a week, I've not hit my target of 2000 cal this past week as I'm hungry every night a couple of hours after dinner. I'm working out hard 4-5x a week. I'm eating filling, healthy unprocessed meals for the most part. This is annoying! Imnkiftjng heavy 4-x a week and then doing intense cardio 2x a week.…
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Strong Curves or New Rules of Lifting For Women?
Which one should I get? I don't have access to a gym but have dumbells up to 22 KB per hand, a barbel with 50kg, and kettlebells up to 20kg.
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Unsure what to set my activity level at...
I workout 5x a week for an hour each time. 3 days of lifting and 2 of steady state cardio mixed with hiit. Aside from this, I do general day to day duties as a sahm so cooking, cleaning etc. I'm looking to lose 10 pounds of fat at a rate of 0.5-1 pound a week. I'm not overweight, more skinny fat
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Ok, so after one month of lifting heavy
3-4x a week, throwing in cardio and eating at a slight deficit, my weight has gone up by 1.4 pounds and up by 0.4% body fat. Trying not to be too upset about it but surely a month is enough time for body to adjust, no? I had a couple of days eating out this week and logged as accurately as I could but could've…
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To gain lean muscle..
Does meal frequency and timing really matter?
