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So I've been burning a lot more calories than I expected
Since I haven't had anything to base my calorie burning I've been doing mostly cardio videos that give you a baseline of what the calories burned are if you follow it accordingly. Example is a 200 in 20 minute one I've been doing, pretty mild, bump doing more vigorous versions of it with a few minutes extra (say 5) So I…
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Is 1200 really the minimum?
I simply am just looking for clarification. I've read that anything below that can send your body into starvation mode, hindering your weight loss, obviously I don't want that. Multiple calculators have told me that with my current lifestyle, not including my workouts, I need 2600+ calories to maintain weight. However,…
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I never understood lifestyles for calculators
Say I live a sedentary lifestyle, in general my days are pretty lazy. Except I work out fairly intense at night. How does that work? Am I considered to have an active+ lifestyle? Sedentary/rarel or never workout = 2300 tdee Active/workout 4 or more times a week = 2800 - 3000+ But if my works out consist of only burning…
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How do smoothie places make such bland drinks?
Pretty much any place that sells smoothies (at least in my experience,) looking at you too, Jamba, they're barely that flavorful and if you ask for a low cal you're basically asking for an ice-packed slush full of sour and bitterness. The normal ones can easily get 400+ cals. They're essentially putting ice cream in these…
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How to prevent going overboard?
I find I'm starting to go crazy with exercise in desperation to get rid of the extra fat around my hips and stomach. I've been doing cardio HIIT 5 days a week (this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhdXXqcoco0) and pushing myself with it. I skip the cooldown then I continue doing general cardio, jogging in place, mountain…
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How does maintaining weight work after diet?
As this is my first time really dieting: I'm wondering how it works once you reach a goal? Does it go back to eat "xxxx" calories to maintain weight, like if I was satisfied with my weight I could be eating around 2400 calories and not gain weight, but not lose any, does that change to you have to stay on a very strict…
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How committed should I be?
As of now, my diet goals are..iffy. The calculator does not work so well for as I'm not necessarily trying to lose weight. It's just ever since losing a significant amount I'm still left-over with a thin layer to where I have a small "pouch" on my stomach (from the look and feel of it, it's mostly skin), and small…
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Best sweetner & is replacing sugar bad?
I try to cut back on sugars as much as possible. Sweet stuff is my weak spot. Everything else I can avoid pretty easily (greasy foods and such) but I always get those cravings where I want to eat an entire chocolate bundt cake. Obviously I don't cut out sugars entirely, but I've gotten into the habit of replacing a lot of…
