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Plateau? No.
I've seen many a thread started on this forum by people who are concerned by their "plateau" of 2-4 weeks in duration. The evidence for this "plateau" is that their weight is the same now as it was 2-4 weeks ago. Although it is certainly possible that their weight loss as stalled, meaning they are at maintenance, there is…
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Calorie Goal Community Survey
Hey everyone. Just wanted to do a quick survey of the active community to see what people are setting for themselves as a goal. Fill it out like a form in the following format and lets see what people are having as their goals. At the end say whether or not you invite criticism. Gender: Male Age: 35 Height: 6'0'' Starting…
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Thoughts on Measuring Caloric Burn
I had someone message me to give an opinion on measuring calorie burn. I told them that what I was going to say was my opinion and that I might be wrong and they should look at other sources as well. After writing them an answer I thought maybe I should just post it on the forum and let people pick it apart for…
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Super Serious Question
Would farting make you lighter or heavier?
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Why Insanity?
So this might be an inappropriate question that won't get me any friends on here but I've always been blunt and unable to stand curiosity for long and I've been curious about this for a while so here it goes. If I offend anyone I apologize as it is not my intent at all. The workout I see people mention most often when they…
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At what percent bodyfat did you start your bulk?
Hi all- So I am currently working hard to cut the fat from my body that I unfortunately let build up over the last three years. I've dropped from an estimated 27% bf to an estimated 18% bf and am starting to look much better. I eventually want to switch to a bulk because, although not scrawny, I could stand to have a bit…
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~120 days of progress
I have been counting calories and exercising now for about 120 days. I am about 1/2 way to my goal of stripping the fat to about 12% bodyfat before moving on to maintenance or surplus and a little body building to bulk out a bit (I'm a little scrawny). I am quite pleased with my progress thusfar and a little past the…
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Transitioning to maintenance and a bulk
Hey All- So I think I probably have another 3 months or so for my weight loss before I am going to want to transition into maintenance or likely a slight surplus to put on some muscle (with heavy lifting). I have another estimated 15 pounds of fat to lose so it may take longer than 3 months if my weight loss slows. I am…
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Help! How do I count this?
Given that due to the laws of special relativity we know that there is a mass-energy equivalence whereby an objects rest mass will increase upon velocity relative to the speed of light where energy is an objects momentum times the speed of light and therefore the relativistic mass of an object is dependent upon its…
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Lack of weight loss
Hi Everyone- I recently started a diet and exercise routine with the intention of losing unwanted bodyfat. I understand that it is more important to consider your body fat percentage and overall cardiovascular and muscular strength and fitness than it is to focus to much on weight but the fact is weight is the easiest…
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90 days, work in progress
Started at 188 down to about 174 now, aiming for around 155 before starting a bulk so about half-way in terms of weight loss. Have dropped from around 27% bodyfat to around 20%. Took some progress shots and think I can see some difference now which is gratifying. Image quality and lighting not the best. Day 0 Day 90 If…
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A simple thought on how to set a calorie goal
Had a thought I wanted to share about how to set a calorie goal. I am not saying this is "the way" to do it its just a thought I had and wanted to get people's impressions or opinion. Step 1: Decide what your idealized weight would be. I know "ideal" is vague and its almost impossible to know what this is but if you…
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Weight loss doesn't look linear? Try a moving average
My weight loss plotted on MFP looks like a total rollercoaster ride and I can understand why people look at graphs like that and state that weight loss isn't linear. Moved the data to excel and plotted with a moving average (interval of 7) to smooth it out and perform a subsequent linear fit to yield this. With an r-square…
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Giving your body no choice but to burn fat daily
Eat at a modest caloric deficit while being mindful that you are getting sufficient nutrition to satisfy your micro requirements. This will give your body no choice but to burn fat without negatively impacting your health.
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How To: Calculate Lean Body Mass, see if weightloss is fat
Hey MFP. I've gotten a lot of great advice since joining the forum here a month ago and would like to try to pay it forward a bit. I'd say I'm a novice/beginner level in terms of weight loss and nutrition but I am an experienced geek when it comes to data collection and analysis. I've seen one topic come up repeatedly in…
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DOMS: Push through, wait till not bad or wait till gone
Hey All- So recently changed my lifting routinue from a circuit-training style with high volume minimal rest and lower weight to a more heavy-lift style of multiple sets of the same movement with rest between sets and lower volume with higher weight. Still doing it as a full-body routinue and the switch from minimal rest…
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Simple guide to weight loss and muscle building
Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things. Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients. Everything else is appears to be unnecessary…
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70 days, good progress but not pic worthy
Day 70 of returning to monitoring my food intake, eating at a deficit and doing regular exercise. Am sticking with it and am losing fat by both of my measures (tape measure and bodyfat caliper). From tape measure dropped from 27.6% bodyfat to 22.5% and from calipers dropped from 27.4% to 19.9%. Also been taking before…
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Attempting to Calculate my TDEE, Math heavy
So I have been logging my weight and my calories burned for close to 10 weeks now. I don't think this is truly enough data to get a good handle on my weight loss per week nor my TDEE but I thought I'd give it a try anyways just to see what it looked like. So first my weight loss by day. I try to measure my weight everyday…
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Trusting fast food nutrition information
Lately I have been being a bit lazy and not cooking my meals at home for the week. As such I have been going to subway near my work and getting a foot long there for my lunch. If you look at subways nutrition info it is for a sandwich on wheat bread with all the veggies and no cheese and that is what I order. I have…
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Understanding Aerobic vs Anaerobic exercise
Hi all. I'm trying to understand the benefits of being in an aerobic heart rate range during exercise and what the drawbacks, if any, are to going above that range. My understanding is the aerobic range is 60-85% of your maximum heart rate which for a male can be calculated as 220 minus age (35 for me) so 185 for MHR. So…
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Finding it difficult to believe Exercise Burn calculations
Hey all. I'm currently on a diet aiming to lose 1 - 1.5 pound a week under a bit of a time crunch. I fully realize this is counter to the idea of small incremental changes and focusing on building better habits for long term success in health and fitness but there it is just going to put that out there I have a timing I'd…
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7 weeks, no significant weight loss
Week 7 of my diet and exercise. I have been very consistent throughout missing only two workouts out of about 50 and routinely hitting or coming just under my calorie goals on average. Was aiming for 1.5 pound loss per week but after 7 weeks haven't seen any significant reduction in weight. Noobie muscle gain or water…
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1200 calorie diet?
Been on the forum for about 3 weeks now and have noticed that it seems like a very large percentage (too large imo) of people on here are doing 1200 calorie diets. Is it just me or is a 1200 calorie diet basically what MFP just spits back at you if you fill out the information in such a way that you are overshooting a…
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Giving in to Cravings
Last night after 6 weeks of eating "clean" with basically just lean protein, veg and fruit and some lentils and protein shakes I finally gave into a craving. I went to my local Pho place and had a medium sized bowl of Beef Pho. In the morning weight myself I had gained about 3 pounds. My thought today. Damn, I should do…
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Eating before bed
Hey all. A post by a fellow MFPer got me thinking about eating before bed. I tend to do so personally because that's how my schedule naturally ends up. In thinking about it it seems to me like it is a good idea to eat right before bed (dependent on your goals). I'm hoping to get opinions or to be corrected if I say…
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TDEE Doubts
Lots of calculators lots of different numbers for TDEE. Goal is 1.5 pound fat loss per week while maintaining muscle over a 6 month period to attain bodyfat % goal. My general stats are 6' tall 35 y/o male, 25% bodyfat 186 pounds. Estimated lean mass at 135 pounds. Lifestyle is deskjob and no activity other than 45 min…
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Backpacking seems to contradict net above BMR
So I have been on MFP for a couple of weeks now as both a calculator and a motivation tool through the forums. I have heard lots of folk wisdom and lots of info presumably based off of nutritional or fitness studies. The general wisdom that seems to most pervade on these forums is net calorically between your BMR and TDEE…
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No Weight loss after 6 weeks?
So I care much more about losing fat than losing weight but yet given my diet and exercise routine where I am regularly at a 750 cal daily deficit (conservatively estimated) I would have expected to have lost some weight over a period of a month and a half and yet my weight, although fluctuating, has averaged pretty much…
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Weight fluctuating but not changing
Hey All- So I have been dieting and exercising 6 day /week (alternating weight lifting and aerobic cardio) for about 6 weeks now. I started at 188 pounds and am aiming to get down to about 155 in terms of fat loss (if I weight 160 with 5 more pounds of muscle all the better, the real goal is 12% bodyfat). I've measured my…