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Building muscle and losing weight at the same time?
I know this is pretty hard to do since one requires a surplus in calories and the other requires a deficit, but is it possible to do if overweight? My BMI is 27.6 and I'm 5'7 176 lbs. I've been eating at a deficit for about 5 months and have been eating between 1300 and 1600 calories a day, jogging 3 days a week, and doing…
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How active do you think I am?
I've lost 8-10 pounds since joining MFP and I'm updating my calorie goal. I'm on summer break now and I mainly just lay around in bed besides getting up to do things like chores and eating/bathroom and then I do an hour long workout at night before bed. Before, I was in uni and walked across campus and a mile to and from…
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Do calories make you feel full or is it volume?
I drink a bottle of water to hold myself over between meals so I don't cheat, but after 30 mins of so, I'm hungry again and when I started my weight loss journey, I'd eat nothing but fruits and veggies and was still hungry after them, too. So, which is it? The calories, or the amount of food?
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How much of a defecit is too much?
My calorie goal is 1810 and I usually eat all but 100-200 of them. I've got my goal to lose 2lbs per week and I've heard that this is pretty aggressive. I imagine that not eating all 1810 is even more aggressive. Will doing this have long term effects?
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Net calories more than my remaining calories
My calorie goal is 1810 and so far I've eaten 1572 and burned 179 through exercise. My net is 1393... I've heard that I have to eat my net calories back, but if I eat more than my goal, wouldn't that be counter productive to me losing weight? Maybe I just don't understand what net calories are
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Why would I not lose weight?
I'm new to dieting and working out and I've been looking in the forums to learn up and avoid making mistakes. I've been on MFP for 4 days now and so far, I've eaten under my calorie goal each day and burned more calories than my exercise daily goal. My daily calorie goal is 1810 and my exercise goal is 228, but I've been…
