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IIFYM diet. Am I doing this right???? Please help!
I'm a 172lbs, 20 year old female. About two weeks ago I started following an IIFYM diet and I just wanted to make sure I'm doing this correctly. Based on my acitvity, weight, ect.. I shoud be eating 1770 calories and the breakdown of my macros based on the IIFYM calculator; 111g protein, 217 carbs and 50g fat. I've done my…
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Am I on the right path...?
I'm a 172lbs, 20 year old female. About two weeks ago I started following an IIFYM diet and I just wanted to make sure I'm doing this correctly. Based on my acitvity, weight, ect.. I shoud be eating 1770 calories and the breakdown of my macros based on the IIFYM calculator; 111g protein, 217 carbs and 50g fat. I've done my…
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Doing everything but not losing fat?!!!
I'm a 20 year old female, 5"3 and around 172 pounds. I'm a full time university student and just recby got a parttime job and will try volunteering in Nov. As you an see I'm a busy girl lol. After a year break is tarted going to the gym consistinely since March 18th. I do bodypump 2x a week, bodystep 1x, BODYCOMBAT 1x and…
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Am I sedentary or lightly active?
I'm a 19 year old female and last week I found out about "eat more to weigh less" and I've started my metabolism reset and I set my activity on lightly active on the scooby site but now I'm not sure if it's correct. The thing is now that I'm back in university I don't have much time to exercise. Like maybe I can squeeze in…
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Am I sedentary or lightly active? Confused.
I'm a 19 year old female and last week I found out about EMTWL and I've started my metabolism reset and I set my activity on lightly active on the scooby site but now I'm not sure if it's correct. The thing is now that I'm back in university I don't have much time to exercise. Like maybe I can squeeze in once, twice or…
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Am I on the right track? **NEWBIE ALERT**
I'm a newbie ( 19 year old female) and I'm still a bit hesitant about the whole concept of eating more to weigh less. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it and I've been reading all these forums for the past two days, but I'm convinced. Basically my BMR is 1536 and my TDEE is 2104 cal ( low activity and -15% would be…
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Am I doing this right? (Eat more to weigh less)
I'm a newbie ( 19 year old female) and I'm still a bit hesitant about the whole concept of eating more to weigh less. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it and I've been reading all these forums for the past two days, but I'm convinced. Basically my BMR is 1530 and my TDEE is 2104 cal ( low activity and -15% would be…
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Do I reset my metabolism or just start the cut?
I'm a 19 year old female and I've struggled with my weight for the past 2-4 years. I was always told "eat less weight less" so I never really saw results over the years. Thankfully with others help on myfitnesspal just yesterday I was told about finding my BMR and TDEE and that set me to the right path. In the past I…
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Do I just gradually increase my consumption?
I'm a 19 year old female and I've struggled with my weight for the past 2-4 years. I was always told "eat less weight less" so I never really saw results over the years. Thankfully with others help on myfitnesspal just yesterday I was told about finding my BMR and TDEE and that set me to the right path. In the past I…
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Is it necessary to reach at least 1200 calories a day?
Recently I read that if one consumes less than 1200 calories a day then our bodies go into starvation mode. The thing is I'm forcing myself to reach 1200 cal. When I first started using fitnesspal I was eating about 900-1100 calories a day and I was full and ok with that. I exercise about 3-5 times a week burning 500-600…
