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Will I still gain muscle if I exercise, but still have a poor diet?
So my diet is pretty poor (I don't know how to cook), so I'm only able to buy fast-food, or prepared food from the local supermarket. I don't track my calories or anything like that, so I have no idea how much I eat. But I weigh about 150, so I have a decent figure, but I just lack the muscle tone to accommodate it. I've…
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How do I get my muscles toned without getting "big"?
Hey everyone. I would like to start off by saying I used to exercise years ago, but stopped. Recently I developed the motivation to start again, so I went out and bought some dumbbells so I can exercise at home to get me started. So my personal goal is to get toned. My arms are pretty scrawny and I don't really have any…
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How to determine calories in my food?
The food that I purchase from the Supermarket doesn't tell me how many calories there are in these meals. I was hoping somebody could provide a rough estimate as to how many calories are contained in each individual dish. Please help me figure it out. Insight would be greatly appreciated. I'm tired of guessing calories.…
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Not sure how much my daily calorie intake should be?
I used this calculator to determine my calorie intake, and I'm not sure if I understand it completely. http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/fitness/bmr_meal_calculator.php According to the calculator, my calorie maintenance level is around 2469. And in order to lose 1lb a week, it says I'll have to eat 1969 calories daily.…
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How active am I considered?
I recently started my diet, and I also started doing cardio. (running on the treadmill) My plan is to run 5 days a week minimum, 30 min a day, 250 calories burned each run. I just finished my second day. How active am I considered? Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman) Active:…
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How to determine calories in my food?
We recently started buying healthy food from our local supermarket that comes prepared in plastic containers. Problem is, there aren't any labels on the food so there is no way of knowing how many calories are inside. So what do I do in this situation? How can I find out the calorie content without any labels? I've been…
