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how skinny is sexy?
So today's society confuses me. There are girls who are super skinny that men find attractive, but then there are women who are curvy and a little 'chubby' that is attractive. So what would the ideal sexy weight be for a woman of 5'6"? The reason I ask is because I want my husband to be happy with me and he doesn't seem…
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What's water retention and what's fat gain?
Trying to gain weight from a bmi of 15 and over the last 3 weeks I gained 8 lbs, I see love handles and my thighs are bigger and my arms are bigger and my stomach is bigger. Been eating between 3500 and 5000 calories daily, is this water retention or real weight gain? Could fat have layered up so quickly?
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to whom does 3000 calories apply to?
I read the eatopia blog about how someone who is recovering from anorexia and is a female younger than 25 should consume 3000 calories at minimum... does anyone know if this is true? I am 95 lbs 5'6 and trying to gain but I'm not sure how to gain with how many calories... i want to at least get to 120 how long would this…
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ate between 3000 and 3500 calorie, real weight gain?
Hi so I weighed myself tuesday morning and I was 93 lbs (I am 5'6 and trying to gain) and the last 3 days I ate between 3000 and 3500 calories and I just got off the scale at 100 lbs, is that real weight? 7 lbs after 3 days of huge intakes?
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my weight loss evolution. .. which was better?
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does banking calories have an expiration date?
So I have been doing the whole bank calories through weekdays and on weekends eat what has been banked. Well I ate my banked calories the following Tuesday instead of the weekend. Would that make me gain?
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What would you eat to gain?
What are some foods to eat to gain? What restaurants are good to eat at too and what off of their menu? :)
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Maintaining while gaining?
Hi so I am trying the whole banking calories method and it makes me wonder if It is water weight or actual weight gain? I drink about 20 bottles a day of water but I do eat a lot of sodium, I've saved up maintenance calories but the scale each week goes up. Pound? But then lowers but I have not seen yet my weight when I…
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Fluids and actual weight?
Hi so I drink a lot of fluids mainly water or mios , I would say about 20 bottles a day, and I eat a lot of sodium. I have been trying to maintain but I can't tell if I am because I have been drinking more because I feel thirsty all the time. Over the last month I have dropped a pound and now am 4 lbs over what I was when…
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Is walking an exercise?
I walk dally on the treadmill at 3.1 mph at 10% incline for an hour to an hour and a half. Would this make me sedentary, lightly active or moderately active? The reason I even bother to mention moderately active is because my friends keep telling me it is when I believe it's not like running or the gym lol
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Weight gain or water retention?
Hello so I have recently started to try to maintain my weight instead of losing, but I'm using the "banking my calories" system and saving those maintamence calories for the weekend, last Thursday I weighed 4 lbs less, is it possible that I could have gained 4 lbs just by having two milkshakes over the weekend using those…
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Does banking calories include exercise?
So I am trying to save my calories for the weekend, and I eat back the calories I burn, for instance I eat 1500 but I burned 300. My sedentary tdee is 1460, so here's the math I guess lol Weekdays eat 1500- 300 work out burned calories = 1200 1460-1200=260 260x7= 1820 extra calories for the weekend Am I doing this right or…
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How many calories do I really burn on treadmill?
Hi so I love my treadmill but I am not sure of how many calories I burn on it! Any help? I am 5'6" & 96lbs. I walk on the treadmill at 3.1 mph with 10% incline. Apparently an hour of this burns 220 calories, would that be right or am I burning even less? Thanks so much guys :)
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dirtbiking on trails, is this considered active?
Hey y'all, I was wondering if anyone considers riding trails on dirtbike is considered active? And if so would it be lightly active or moderate or what? Haha thanks :)
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Calories and double dipping? When does this happen?
Hi all :) so I posted another post nd I have been doing a lot of research on tdee and net calories I saw. Lot of double dipping remarks and I m wondering if why I m doing is double dippin? I am trying to maintain so I placed my tdee to be sedentary nd my net calories to be sedentary. They both equal out to be 1462 calories…
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maintaining using tdee or net? i need guidance lol
hello so I have done some research... both my tdee and caloric needs are 1460, I burn about 300 calories walking on the treadmill, so I consume 1500 then subtract the 300 every day making it 1200 calories after the work out. Should I eat 250ish calories more to maintain? or does this mean I am "double dipping" my calories?…
