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Gym plan critique
Mrs. S has a desire to lose in the region of 15 to 25lbs of fat and has gone a week and a half being amazingly dedicated to eating better (not accurate counting yet but definitely making a concerted effort to reduce calories) and exercising, but I'm after some advice/criticism as to the exercise plan we are doing: -…
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Low liquid intake
What's the impact of long term low liquid intake on weight loss and general health. For example, if someone regularly drinks 1 glass of water a day. Obviously some liquids come from foods buy certainly nowhere near the arbitrarily recommended 8 glasses a day. Also, if someone had a step change to a "reasonable" amount, how…
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The hunger monster
I usually eat pretty well and am always around my target weight. At the moment my hunger levels are crazy. Yesterday I had massive bowl of cheerios, McDonald's lunch, family size dairy milk, banana, proper dinner, then more cheerios. I don't count calories any more but it must be 3000+ and I'm feeling the same today. My…
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Importance of breakfast
I've always read that eating breakfast is important for 2 reasons: 1 - you will eat less calories throughout the day 2 - your metabolism burns more calories throughout the day The problem is that my lunch and dinner calories are reasonably constant whether I eat breakfast or not. So is it worth eating a breakfast for…
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Weights - Frequency problems
I've just got back to doing some dumbell exercises after a few lazy months. The program says it should be done every other day. I'm still incredibly tight in some muscle groups so not sure whether I should rest for longer or do my best and work through the pain. After 2 days rest u still can't walk down stairs as my quads…
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Advice for not shifting any weight/fat
Posting on behalf of my girlfriend who is struggling to meet goals despite putting in a lot of effort. She is 5ft2, 125lbs, 30 years old so would probably come in as the top end of a healthy weight for her height, bit she is very concerned that she is starting to get bigger thighs (2 years ago she was 2 dress sizes…
