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Cutting or Bulking help
Hi everyone, I need some help deciding what to do. So I have been trying to cut for the past 2 months for vacation and now that I’m back I don’t know what to do, I have lowered my body fat slightly but I have still got quite a bit of body fat (especially my lower belly) I currently weigh 11 and a half stone and I’m around…
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Vegetables/Fruits
Hi everyone, so I’m currently hitting my macros, calories intake protein etc.. but I’m not eating many vegetables or fruit for that matter, is that going to effect me at all? I’m currently cutting trying to lower my body fat %, do I need to eat a lot of vegetables and fruit?
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Really need advice
Hi everyone, so I’ve got a holiday coming up in June and i’d Like to lose some body fat for it, I’m not aiming to be like Zac Efron in baywatch lol, but i’d like to look somewhat toned, I’m currently 5 ft 11, 168 lbs and I’m not 100% sure what my BF % is but by judging i’d Guess around 20%, so how should I get started and…
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Protein shakes?
I’m currently trying to cut and I’m struggling with trying to meet my required protein intake, how much protein whey powder do you recommend using per shake? And how many shakes should I have per day?
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Really need advice
Hi everyone, so I’ve got a holiday coming up in June and i’d Like to lose some body fat for it, I’m not aiming to be like Zac Efron in baywatch lol, but i’d like to look somewhat toned, I’m currently 5 ft 11, 168 lbs and I’m not 100% sure what my BF % is but by judging i’d Guess around 20%, so how should I get started and…
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A little help about BF% for my holiday :)
Hi everyone, so I’m going to Florida in 2 months time and I’m hoping to lower my BF % a little for the holiday, I would guess I’m around 20% right now, you can notice it more in my lower belly, do you think it’s possible to lower nun BF % in 2 months time so that most of the lower belly fat is gone? Oh and I’m 158 lbs and…
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Skipping lunch
I'm never hungry at lunch time so I often skip it, would it be ok to skip lunch and eat back the calories at night? For example I may need 20-30 more grams of protein so could I make like a chicken sandwich at night with a yogurt or something?
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Don't eat vegetables
Hi, I've started resistance training now to build muscle and I'm meeting my protein intake as well and not going over my calories, I do eat baked beans nearly everyday which is considered a vegetable, but apart from that I hate any other vegetable, will I still be able to build muscle doing this?
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Thank you!!!!
Hi everyone, since i started here I had quite a bit of fat that I wanted to lose and I messaged a few of you for help and advice, I can't give out any shoutouts because MFP deleted messages and I forgot your usernames.. But thank you! If you look at my older pics you'll see how i used to look and my new profile pic was…
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Building muscle
Hi, now that I have lost a lot of weight I want to start gaining muscle, how much calories and protein should I eat? I work out 3 days a week and I'm 19 year old male, 5 ft 10 and 140 lbs.
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Working out while on a deficit?
Was wondering what the point of doing resistance training while eating at maintenance or even at a deficit? Like push ups, planks, bicep curls, squats etc
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Protein
Does it matter what you eat? Say I need 100g of protein, does it matter what type of food it is? Or just as long as I reach my protein goal? I'm curios, because I see people saying it should be 'lean' chicken fish etc..
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Hi, what do you think?
Hi all, not sure if this is a success story lol.. so a few years ago I put on a lot of weigh, I was about 13 stone but now I'm just under 10, I was on here a few months ago and posted a picture of my stomach before summer, I've just uploaded a new picture today and was wondering if down one could let me know if they think…
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Lowering BF
Hey! Will eating at a calories deficit and eating enough protein plus exercising with my resistance band help me lose fat? I also do body weight exercises such as push ups and squats
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How to lose body fat and not muscle??
I know I need to eat a good amount of protein while having a calories deficit to lose body fat, but how much protein do I need? I'm currently eating 1800 calories, I'm 18 male 5 ft 8 and 147 lbs. Some people say it's 1g of protein per 1lbs of my weight and some say 1g of protein per lean muscle mass.. And MFP says I only…
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Protein????
Hey guys i appreciate you taking the time to read. So today I've had 1 yogurt, brown bread and 2 boiled eggs, glass of milk, 40g of grated cheddar, tin of baked beans and 10 chicken goujons, I have 400 calories left tonight and so far I'm at 100g of protein, I'm just wondering does it matter where I get my protein from?…
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How much Protein do I need to lose body fat?
I'm 5 ft 8 18 years old and 147 lbs, i read that 70% grams of protein per 1 lbs would be enough protein to keep muscle while at a calories deficit (not build muscle) and I am doing weight resistance training, so how much grams of protein do you think I need to lose fat?
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Good resistance band workouts?
Hey everyone, so I want to start losing body fat, I don't necessarily care about gain info muslce I just want to lose body fat.. I don't have access to a gym but i have resistance bands, I do push ups, planks sit ups, what resistance band exercises do you suggest I do? And I'm 18 male 5 ft 8 147 lbs
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Having my cheat meal tonight!
So I'm trying not to eat a lot today since I'm having a big dinner, cheese pizza with stuff crust cheese, Mmm :) Since I know I'm probably going to go over my calories, do you recommend me going for a 30 min run now or after I eat?
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Resistance training using your own body
I've started trying to gain muscle now that I'm close to my weight goal, I don't live near a gym or have weights, so I started doing a resistance workout on nerdfitness, it involves push ups, squats, lifting 2 gallons of milk, lunges and planks, will I gain muscle doing this? I still do push ups sit ups as well after this…
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Question about dinner tomorrow
Hi! Was just wanting to as you all something. Tomorrow for dinner I'm going to be having Old El Paso Quesidillas, 4 of them with nothing else, 1 quesidilla contains tortilla wrap, cheese, chicken, spicy sauce. I know it's going to be at least 1300 calories, so tomorrow I'm going to be doing extra cardio, my body resistance…
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What do you eat for protein?
Somedays I struggle to meet my protein intake, I don't fish/tuna or cottage cheese.. Today I managed to meet my protein intake, I had yogurt, egg sandwich baked beans, cheese, glass of milk and chicken goujons. I had 12 chicken goujons in batter which doesn't sound healthy but they were 50g of protein and 410 cals which…
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Resistance training
Ok I've been told that all I need to do now is tone my body and build muscle, I don't live anywhere near I gym and quite honestly don't won't to go to one, but I've heard to can lift your body weight, if so would this be an ok 30 min workout to do? If so how much times a week should I do it? Or do you recommend any…
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Quest bar? 20g or protein!!?
So i seen you can buy quest bars online and the info for it is 20g of protein, 19 of fibre only 5g active carbs, 170 calories, 6g of fat. 20g of protein seems insane for 1 bar! They do cost £3.99 a bar though.. Anyone else eat these? And how much should I eat a day?
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Burning belly fat?
So i go on holiday in July and I'm currently 5 ft 8, 147 lbs and 18 male, im at a healthy weight, but I still have fat that I need to lose, especially belly fat and face fat. Will a calories deficit and at least 30 minutes of exercise 3 days a week burn this fat? I know I'm not going to have a six pack, but I just want to…
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Healthy food
A lot of people say to burn fat you must eat healthy, veggies fruit fish chicken etc.. But some others say you can eat what you want and burn fat as long as you have a calories deficit, so who is correct?
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Could someone help me out?
I've been lurking the forum for a while now just to read the posts, I keep track of my calories with pen and paper :) I've been losing weight and have lost around 20 lbs since November but I've never been 100% how much calories I am burning per day, I'm not very good with calculating stuff like this so id appreciate of…
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Need help!
Hey! I need help with this question, so I'm 18 male 147 lbs 5 ft 8 and my BMR is 1723, I take it that means that's how much calories I would burn lying in a coma or something? Today I feel sick so I've been lying in bed all day and I read that lying in bed can burn around 70 calories per hour, is that adding on to my BMR?…
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Who gives you motivation?
This may not apply to all of you but if it does, what famous person or person gets you motivated to lose weight? For me, I've always wanted a smile like Frankie Muniz and I'm aiming at losing weight around my face, I've lost weight on my stomach but my face still looks bloated, this is the kind of smile I am aiming for :)
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Do you need to exercise?
I have a question, if you sat in bed for 24 hours and ate 1500 calories and didn't move and your BMR burns 2000 calories would you lose weight? I obviously don't do this but I was just curious.. It seems to good to be true lol
