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Lifting weights + calorie deficit?
Hey guys. I have a lot of body-building friends (well, more than one would expect from a once-overweight computer nerd) who lift weights daily. They tell me that when they're really lifting to gain muscle mass, they tend to eat 3-4000 calories a day. I have lost (since joining MFP) about 77 lbs, and am currently on a diet…
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Some exercise questions...!
Okay, so I've been plugging along at this whole MFP thing since mid-April, and to date I've lost about 45 lbs. :) I don't know if this is in the right forum though, so feel free to move it if it isn't. Now, I know it gets harder as you get closer to your goal weight so I'm trying to not mess this up. I'm really most…
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I know this is annoying but...
I know this gets asked all the time, but MFP doesn't seem to have a sticky feature for the message board. Anyway, just using some round numbers, say I burn 2500 calories a day according to my BMR, and I have a diet target of 1500 calories per day, with 1000 calories per week of exercise thrown in. I know the consensus is…
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Hi everyone, thanks for this site
I just started a little over a week ago; I already lost about 7 lbs. :) While I don't expect that to happen every week (or really again), it was a nice boost. Meal tracking on this site has been a pretty new experience but I'm glad to see it's apparently pretty accurate. I do have a couple of questions that may help me…
