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Where Fat Goes When You Diet / Exercise
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-where-body-fat-ends-up-when-you-lose-weight Despite society’s obsession with weight loss, a new study reveals that, surprisingly, most health professionals don’t actually know what happens to fat when we “lose it”. The research conducted by a team at UNSW Science in Sydney calculated…
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Calorie tracking (online) is getting tiresome...
I'm in a good groove, and for the most part I know that I'm staying in my goal calories every day (and +/- my misses are not something I care about). I have to say that it's easier to eat right, exercise and get good sleep than to login every day and lookup complicated meals that I either make at home or request at a…
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Former Athletes that Got Fat...
I was very athletic from High School through 30 - lifting, running, tennis... 12 inch drop from chest to waist and never had to worry about counting calories - sometimes I had to remind myself to eat even more protein. I've always had a slow metabolism - which to me allowed me to go longer and harder. After 30, I was…
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Fitbit / Bodyfat Calculators
I realize that anything short of calipers or submersion is not going to get you the best measure of your lean v fat body weight - but how accurate are these calculators in the scales / handheld? When I first started my diet, the 'estimation' of my 6' frame (without a calc) was 148 lean. When I stepped on the scale, it…
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$#!][/ Plateaus!!!
I hate plateaus. I know that my body is making adjustments to my increased physical activity and reduced caloric intake. I know that my body can retain water in all sorts of places. I know that what matters is what I put in my body, how I feel and what activity I am doing. From an external perspective, I'm all good - no…
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Taking back my body
About 5 years ago I started having increased anxiety and depression - seemingly caused by stress - but a doctor wanted to check my hormones and I was in the high 90s (which is really, really low). At the time I was 6'0 and weighed about 225. I had been running and finished a couple half and one full marathons - so while I…
