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Does low carb make you lose faster?
Newb question. If newb questions annoy you, you may want to leave now or risk being annoyed. Anyway, I can't do low carb because as soon as I go off of it I stuff my face with the carbs I've been missing for so long. But I did seem to lose faster on it for some reason. For 4 months of my weight loss journey I was strictly…
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Should I add anything to my routine?
Goal: lose weight and preserve muscle (or gain if possible haha) M,W,F: bench press, shoulder press, bent over barbell row, bicep curls T, TH,Sa: Squat, deadlift Each of the above is done 5 sets of 5 reps with weights that are just high enough where I struggle to get that last rep of each set done. Anything I should add? I…
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The Biggest Loser show seems to contradict what were taught
1) We are taught that eating too few of calories will result in "starvation" mode and our body will hold onto weight. On the show, contestants afterwards spoke about eating 800 to 1100 calories per day and yet they consistently would lose 5 to 20 pounds per week. Obviously they exercised endlessly. But no "starvation"…
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Quick easy ways to get protein in?
I struggle getting my protein in and I'm not a good cook. Anyone have some quick, easy ways to get protein in?
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Weight loss is not linear; Is fat loss?
Just curious. Weight loss I presume is not linear due to the body holding water, etc. However, thermodynamics dictates that if you burn more energy than you consume you should constantly be using your fat stores to sustain. Correct? Therefore, even though the scale is not linear, fat loss should be, right?
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What is your macro %?
Curious to see where each of us has ours set. I'm constantly changing mine trying to find the perfect number, but its currently set at 40% protein, 40% carb, 20% fat.
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Whats a good TDEE for my height and weight?
What calculator does everyone use? I've used 3 different ones via google searches and have yielded 3 different numbers. Including MFP's number seems high as well. I am 5 foot 11 inches and 365 pounds. MFP gives me 3750, another gives me 2900 and another 3400. Thoughts?
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I thought the "eat more food" people were crazy
Because it just doesn't make sense to me. However, I've been eating more the last 4 days and have been losing each day. Maybe my body is simply releasing water now, or maybe it's just a coincidence. But I'm going to keep doing it as long as the weight is coming off.
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Calories in chicken parm?
I'm so bad at this. Wife made 5 oz chicken breasts, coated them in egg, then flour, then baked them soaked in tomato sauce topped with mozzarella cheese. Any guess as to what one of the 5oz pieces would come out to? The MFP database and google all range with answers from 200 calories to 600.
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Too much sugar and you won't lose weight even in defecit?
Jeez, it's really tough to learn when every time I turn around people say different things that seem to contradict what others said just moments ago. I eat a couple bananas a day. Someone told me I shouldn't do that because of the sugar. They said that even if I'm in a calorie defecit (which I am every day), I'll still NOT…
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Opening my diary and looking for advice
Just curious what ways I can improve going forward. I weigh almost everything as long as I'm home at the time. Just please make it constructive! Thanks.
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If its just CICO, why "clean" food and no white carbs?
NOT trying to start a fight. Please don't. I honestly just don't know the answer - I'm new to a lot of this. I am doing CICO. However, i'm a little confused why were told to eat "clean" foods and no white rice, white bread etc and use whole grain if it's just CICO. If it's just CICO, shouldn't it not matter whether its…
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How many reps and sets?
Im doing squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press, arms and shoulders. Any advice on how many reps and sets?
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Binged and lost weight - coincidence or reason?
I'm very new to all this and a little clueless. Been eating an average of 1500 calories a day for the last few weeks. Have dropped about 3 pounds in that time. Last night we had party food and I ate nachos, salsa, pizza, cake etc and finished the day a little under maintenance. Today I wake up 2 pounds lighter. That's…
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Question about Intermittent Fasting and where excess cals
I'm very new to this, so this may be a stupid question, but its one I don't know the answer to and everyone has to learn at some point. So on IF, you would eat 8 hours per day and fast for 16 - correct? 1pm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8pm TDEE: 896 Calories Eaten: 1800 Difference: +904 calories Would your body, because it has no…
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Do you believe in strictly Calories In - Calories Out?
A couple questions. I used the search function but some of the info may be outdated - not sure. #1) Do YOU believe in strictly calories in - calories out? As in, you could eat all of your calories in pure table sugar, and although its incredibly unhealthy, you would lose weight if you're in a caloric defecit? If so, is…
