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Am I eating enough?
I'm 4'11" and weigh about 114 pounds. I follow a weight lifting plan that has me working out 5 times a week, and I eat around 1440 calories a day. Lately, I've been feeling hungry all the time. I want to increase my intake, but I feel like I won't be making a large enough deficit to lose 0.5 pounds a week. It's been…
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Am I supposed to increase calories when lifting?
I started Stronglifts today, and I've been eating 1650 calories at TDEE-10%. But that's with my settings at "lightly active." If I do Stronglifts 3x a week and something light on rest days, would that still be considered lightly active or moderately active? Do I need to increase my caloric intake to support my new lifting…
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Help me start lifting?
I'm finally joining a gym today, and I cannot be more excited to start strength training. The only thing is...I'm absolutely terrified. I feel like I'm going to walk in there and completely embarrass myself. I've been looking up form videos so that I have a slight idea of what I'm doing, but I'm afraid of not knowing how…
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How do you eat what you want and lose weight??
I've seen a lot of members that eat what they enjoy (chips, cake, ice cream, etc.) and continue losing weight. I know it's all about moderation, but how does this actually work? I feel like if I used 200 calories on cookies versus 200 calories on yogurt, I'd end up getting hungry later. Because of that, my diet is really…
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Strength training at home with dumbbells?
I've seen a lot of women achieve really nice results with strength training, and I'd like to somehow get into it too. However, I won't be able to go to the gym until the school year is over. Is it possible for me to begin strength training at home? I have sets of dumbbells that are 10, 12, 15, 20, and 25 pounds. Will this…
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Questions about lifting for women and IIFYM diet?
I'm 4'11" and 113 pounds, and I eat 1650 calories a day using TDEE-10%. My main goal is to reduce my stomach fat. I know it's impossible to spot reduce, but I'd like to find out the optimum way to keep/gain lean muscle. I've been using Jillian Michael's videos so far, and I started Ripped in 30 this month. However, I…
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Cheat day?
Saturday is when I'm going to celebrate Lunar New Year which means I'll be visiting my family, and there will A LOT of great food that is usually only eaten during the celebration. However, since it is also the first of February, I had planned to start Ripped in 30. I'm worried that I'll end up having a "cheat day/meal"…
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Trying to drop 13 pounds (and inches)?
I'm 4'11" and 113 pounds. My goal weight is 100 pounds, but I'm generally more concerned about losing inches than pounds since I have a lot of stomach fat I'm trying to lose. I'm using TDEE-10% which puts me at 1650 calories a day, and I've been doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred (for the the second time) 6 days a week.…
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Eating carbs at night for morning workouts?
I prefer working out in the morning at around 5AM. Because of school, I don't have time to eat before I workout. Is it possible for me to eat carbs at night, so I can have energy for my morning workouts? Will this cause any unwanted weight problems? Also, if I can eat carbs at night, what types of food should I eat? For…
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Calculating calories for fermented food?
My mom made some pickled carrots and daikon radish mixed with 1 cup of sugar, 2.5 cups of vinegar, 2 cups of water, and salt. If I were to eat 1 cup of the pickled carrots and daikon, how would I calculate the calorie amount since I'm not technically eating/drinking a whole cup of the liquid mixture (which would be around…
