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TDEE help with built in cheat day
I know how to calculate TDEE - 20%, however my dilemma is every Saturday night I have a cheat meal. These can range from 1,000 - 3,000 calories. I do not want to give up my cheat meals. I still lose weight most weeks so I am satisfied. Is there a way to figure out how many calories a day I should be eating with a cheat…
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Squats all the way down?
I've been doing "deep squats" at the gym where I go all the way down until my butt almost hits the ground. I had an anesthesiologist come up to me at the gym yesterday and tell me never to go down farther than 90 degrees because of risk of injury and nothing more is done after 90 degrees anyways. Is there any truth to…
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Reshaping Tanya lost 134 pounds but..
She posts stuff like this: https://www.facebook.com/ReshapingTanya/posts/600872816608413 "I have a plan I'm thinking of trying. I call it 12-10-8. 12= keep calories at 1200. 10= burn at least 1,000 calories per day. 8= do this 8days in a row then I get 1day off exercise. Goal to do this twice then reevaluate. I wouldn't…
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5'3 mom of 2, lost all the baby weight pics
I finally have my body back and it feels so nice! I went from 165 pounds at my heaviest pregnant to 123 pounds now. My ultimate goal is so add muscle and be ripped. I've been strength training and weight lifting for two months now. I love it!
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alternative to Nutella? need spreading recs
I've cleaned up most of my diet. My only downfall is spreading a thin layer of Nutella on whole grain bread everyday for a snack. I know it's not nutritious and full of sugar so I want to cut it out. Anybody have any healthy recs for spreading?
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2 months into my weightlifting journey pics!
I didn't want to post these in success stories yet because I just started and my ultimate goal is to be fitness model ripped. But pictures and stats have always helped me so here are mine! Stats: 5'3", CW: 124 GW: 110 I've been going to the gym 4-5 days a week and doing an upper/lower body split on alternating days with 24…
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I bumped my calories to 1500 a day
and I lost 1.2 pounds this week woohoo! I was so wary to bump my calories from 1200 so I did it slowly. I started with 1400, it worked, so now I'm going to 1500 and will see from there. My stats: female, 5'3", CW: 124.4, GW: 110. Do 25 minutes of cardio 4-5 times a week, weight lift 4-5 times a week using the upper/lower…
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I listened to your advice, can you critique new plan please?
I'm going to start lifting on an alternate upper/lower body and changed some of the exercises per your awesome advice (I love you guys!) Would you mind letting me know if this looks ok? Upper Body (Tuesdays, Fridays) Bench Press (will change this to incline after a few months to not get stagnant) Shoulder Press Seated Row…
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Can you critique my workout plan?
I go to the gym every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday and every other Saturday. I have a 3 day split work out routine First 20 minutes of every workout - a high intensity elliptical session Then I move onto weights and machines. I do 3 sets lifting each 8 times. When I can lift 8 all 3 sets I up my weights Day 1Bench…
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Weightlifting, how long to see results?
Background: I'm 28 years old, 5'3 and currently 125 pounds. 110-115 is my "fit weight". I go to the gym 4-5 days a week to do cardio and weight lifting (alternating muscle groups each day). A friend of mine is a professional photographer doing boudoir shoots at the very end of June. I've been weight lifting for about 3…
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What is the validity in this? picture
This meme has been going around Facebook and I just wondered if you guys think this is legit. It sure makes me feel better about the scale not budging even though I'm killing it in the gym "I love this picture because it proves what I have been saying forever! This women gained 14 pounds and looks better (in my opinion)…
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Upped my TDEE and am back where I started, so frustrated!
I used to easily lose weight off of eating only 1200 calories a day not exercising. I started going to the gym 4-5 days a week and realized I wasn't losing off of 1200 calories anymore. So about 3 weeks ago I upped my calories to 1400 and finally I lost a pound. I thought it was working. Now I have gained that pound back…
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1200 calories a day and workouts?
I am still so lost so I thought I would see if anybody else is in my shoes or knows how to help. I've read the roadmap over and over but to be honest I'm still confused. I'm 5'3", currently 127.6 pounds, goal weight 110 pounds (my pre-pregnancy weight my whole adult life was this). I am given 1200 calories a day by MFP…
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New gym goer and not sure how to eat for my muscles!
A little background. I'm currently 5'3, 129.6 pounds with a goal weight of 110-115 pounds (I'm very small framed and this is what I have always weighed prior to having kids). I used to always eat 1200 calories a day to lose weight and get to my goal weight, however that was without any exercise at all. For the last few…
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Anybody else to a planned weekly cheat meal?
Every Friday night is my one meal a week where I eat something that's not "perfectly calorie aligned" like the rest of the day/week. Sometimes it's as simple as a cupcake after a meal, or often it's a night out at TGI Fridays for their potato skins and brownie obsession! So far eating one cheat meal a week (not a whole day…
