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Where does the calorie adjustment - "MFP Calories Burned" number come from?
Hi all, can you help me clear up some confusion? My daily calorie goal is set to 1100. I have connected my MS Band 2 to my account. I click on the Calorie Adjustment in my daily diary, then I click on it again, and I'm taken to a breakdown: Microsoft Health Calories Burned (Full Day Projection based on xxx calories burned…
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Correct Setup?
Hi there, Recently swapped my Fitbit charge HR for a MS Band 2, and I'm confused about something. With the FitBit, all calorie burn is uploaded to MFP as a single metric. If I set the FitBit to exercise mode, it looks at all calories burned within that period, but it doesn't count them as extra when uploaded to MFP. The…
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2cm increase in a week? :(
Hi all, Can someone please help me understand this? I've been dieting a looong time, and weight lifting 3 times a week for going on 3 years now. In the past 6 weeks or so I've shifted from cutting to bulking. The first few weeks were a little erratic as I figured out the right number of calories and macronutrient balance,…
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Help Me Solve My Fat Loss Plateau Puzzle
Hi all, Really hoping there are some fitness coach/nutritionist type people out there who can lend me their expertise. I am currently in a fat loss plateau that is really puzzling me. I am a 34 year old man, 5'4", 125lb. I have lost nearly 60lb in about 4 years being in a pretty constant calorie deficit. But I want to…
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Switching from diet to maintenance
I have a question: I plan to end my diet on September 1st and follow the advice outlined in this guide: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/endomorph-bodybuilding-workout-diet-results So I'll start eating my maintenance calories, ignore the weight gain for 2 weeks, and then after 4 more weeks adjust as needed.…
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Deadlift reps
Hi all, Just wanted some opinions. I do my lifting in the upstairs spare room, and it's got to the point with dead lifts where the weight is too much for the floor, and I'm causing damage the the ceiling below. Instead of increasing weight, could I just increase reps? How much should I increase by in order to get he same…
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Losing Weight but measurements going up
Hi all, I'd like some opinions, if you don't mind? 33 years old, male, 5'4, 135lb, 17-20% body fat - trying to get down to 12%. For a while now I've been sort of stuck around the same weight, and the same body fat percentage - really struggling to lose any more. But then, losing has been insanely slow for me - just under…
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Fitocracy macros
Hey all, I've been looking at the new Fitocracy Macros app on the apple App Store and I'm just wondering if anyone else has checked it out? It gives me significantly different macro suggestions than MFP does, and I'd like to know if anyone agrees with their suggestions, which are: Training days: protein 143g, carbs 225g,…
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Metabolism Reboot
So, I think it's time I rebooted my metabolism. I've been dieting at between 1200-1700 calories for years, and seen very slow weight loss as a result. I'd like to start over, so for the next 6 weeks (I read it takes that long) I'm going to eat at my maintenance level (the calculators tell me 2000). So I'm wondering if I…
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Just starting out
hey all, just discovered stronglifts at the weekend and have started the program this week. I'm just wondering how people are finding it, and how successful it has been for you. is the transformation really as fast as Mehdi claims? I'm also doing this at home in my spare room, so don't have any safety equipment or a spot.…
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General Advice, please
Hi all, I need some general advice, as I think there are some fundamentals about weight loss that I just don't know. I'm male, 31, 5'4 and currently 162 pounds. My daily calorie target is 1200. Until this week I have been losing weight consistently at around 2lb per week doing 20 mins of walking/running on the treadmill…
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Advice on single ingredient foods?
Hi guys, so many of you have been so helpful to me already, I'm hoping I can get some advice about what to eat now too. I've always been a fussy eater. Until I met my wife in 2004 I'd never eaten any vegetables and only the occasional banana. Now I eat a fair amount of veg, though not as often as I should. I still don't…
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What am I doing wrong?
Hey all, need some advice, as I'm going a bit mad. Last year I weighed 12 1/2 stone. I started going to the gym - just running on the treadmill, 3 times a week. After about 3 or 4 months I was down to 11 stone 11 pounds, and pretty happy with myself. Then Christmas hit and my back got bad, so I took a break for a couple of…
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Daily Calorie Goal
Hi everyone, been a member of the site for a few years but only just started tracking things again. Just wanted an answer to a quick question is all. The daily calorie goal - is it right that I should try and consume my target every day, or my body may go into starvation mode? I remember last time I was counting calories I…
