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Net calories after exercise?
Does it really matter that much? I know you should eat back your exercise calories, but I think consuming that many calories is counter-productive to weight loss. However, I also think netting less than 1200 is ridiculous. For example, I just hopped off my elliptical. Between what I ate earlier today and the calories I…
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Correct calorie count for maintaining
I set the goal for myself to consume no more than 1600/day to drop a few pounds. However, I don't want to go through that phase of learning to maintain again. Playing with the goal numbers and such, Mfp says to maintain 145 for me (5' 6" female), I would have to consume about 1900/day. Changing the weight to read 130, it…
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Renewing an old system
Over the course of 1 year, I lost 45-50 pounds. Previous to that, I'd lost 30. Yes, that is a net loss of 75-80 pounds. I've kept all but 5 pounds off for more than a year. Therefore, I am not new to this diet thing. However, I am new to this website :) It's *awesome*! Those 5 pounds are why I'm here... On my journey to…
