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Where to measure waist and hips (for men)?
I know this has come up before, but searching the forum hasn't completely answered my questions, so I hope old hands can bear this appearing again. Older posts say to measure waist measurement around the navel (belly button) for men (situation seems to be a bit different for women, but that's not relevant to me right now!)…
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What the number on the scale really means
..when it goes up and down a bit. This article http://greatist.com/health/understanding-scale-bloat-and-weight-loss seems helpful about temporary weight gain and loss. It says that maybe your weight can vary +4% to -2% due to changes in water retention and glycogen.
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Resetting daily calorie goal as you lose weight
I've read that MFP gives you the chance to reset your goals every 10lbs lost. That includes the daily calorie goal you need to make to lose/gain your planned amount of weight. I've managed to reset my daily calorie goal more often than that (by messing around with the weight goal to see what happens, then changing it…
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How far to go below your maintenance calories (safely)?
Hi, I've been reading through because I'm interested in how much of a calorie undershoot is too much. Advice from this "faq" post.. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo ...seems to boil down to: Don't allow your calorie intake to drop more than 1,000…
