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What should my calorie intake be?
Hi all, So, I was maintaining my weight and was eating 1200-1300 calories and working out 3 days a week. I took 3 months break from working out and basically now I'm sort of starting back. My question would be how much calorie should I be intake on the days I work out and the days I don't. I am between 100-104 lbs. I'm not…
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How often do you go to gym or exercise?
I feel guilty for not going to gym everyday. I go 3 days a week and I do circuit training for about an hour with a training. The other 2 days of weekdays, I tell myself to do yoga but never get to it. On weekends I feel even more lazy. I "try" my best to eat right. Since I'm not trying to lose a lot, I'm trying 1200…
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Few questions regarding fitness training and nutrition
Hi, so I have heard this a lot and curious to know why or what they do? 1. Fiber - why and how does it matter when losing body fat? (considering I don't feel hungry often) 2. Weight lifting burns more fat - is this actually true? or is it that lifting burns more calorie and having a deficit with food intake as well will…
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Is there no hope for "Cardio Hater"?
So, I started going to gym 3 days a week. It's been 3-4 months now. I don't go on to cardio machine. I have a trainer who works me out with weight. Question is am I never going to lose any body fat if I don't do cardio? What are my other option? I tried the calorie counting and I gave up half way. I eat mostly homemade…
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How to measure my waist?
Hi all, I have been trying to understand the pant sizing in US. I'm wearing size 1 pant and it's getting tighter and tighter each day. So I have been researching what inches does size 1 and 2 represent. Here's what I found, if you waist is less than 28 then wear small otherwise wear medium. According to this I'm actually…
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Gaining weight but NOT losing inches?
Okay, so I'm 2 months newbie at this weight lifting. I'm slowly started to understand how it works and realised I needed to up my calories. It's been 2 weeks now and I can feel my pants are getting tighter around the hips and waist. How long does it take to lose some inches? I'm not talking about pounds or weight. I'm not…
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What does lifting heavy do?
Hi, I'm kind of newbie here. I'm training with a trainer 3 times a week lifting weights. I'm petite and started off with 3 lbs. Believe me by the 3rd reps I was done. Now after completing my 3rd week, I'm lifting 10lbs which is great and I do see improvement on my strength. Questions is what does this lifting do for my…
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Eating too much? Eating too less? How to count calories?
Okay, so I started going to gym with a trainer for about 3 weeks now. I know it's too early for result but I feel my pants are getting tighter around my hip area. My stomach/love handles are growing (maybe?). Question is I eat mixture of indian and western food. When I cook at home, how do I count the calories? I tried…
