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COVID Was An Excuse For Me To Get Lazy - Time to Reduce
I hate excuses. They shut our corporate gym down and since I didn't get to do what I wanted, I decided to not do what I needed to. But....I know the drill. I don't know how much I weigh today. I'll get a starting weight later, but I do know how my clothes fit and what my body fat looks like. And it doesn't look or function…
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A Little Anecdote on Fluctuations or Whooshes
I hadn't weighed myself in over 2 months. I've been eating at roughly maintenance through the holidays, but started a recent cut last week. I expected to weigh in within a range. I did, within a couple of pounds. That was yesterday. This morning, I weighed in at 1.4 pounds less. Should I be thrilled about that? (I'm not).…
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When Posting About a Plateau While Trying to Lose Weight...
...the first thing you describe should not be how much exercise you are doing! This post is primarily for newbies (of which I certainly was one myself) Since your weight loss depends 80% or more on your intake, please start there. I only bring this up because it seems like almost every day, people talk about how they are…
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Ironic ad in the Banner
...made me laugh out loud...at work....not really that funny. Just ironic. Reading a particular thread that was talking about eating habits and learning how to do this right. Directly above was an advertisement for "cool sculpting". Which, I guess if you want to do that, knock yourself out. It won't do anything for the…
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First Time "Cutting" - Advice on Length and Rate Needed
Hello all. For context: I'm 5'11"/M/55/205. Last February I started working on diet and some cardio fitness for about 3 months prior to beginning strong lifts (later switching to Starting Strength). I had never lifted before other than an occasional month or so with no real program - or results for that matter. I started…
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"Americans Exercise More....Obesity Rates Still Climbing"
...says the CDC. I would link it, but it was actually just a 15 second news radio story I heard on the way into the office today. The CDC spokesperson cited the "fact" that 70% of the battle is in the diet, but Americans believe that exercise alone will do the trick. This struck me for 2 reasons: 1. I've always said…
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Why You're "Doing Everything Right" and Not Losing Weight
The simple answer for 98% of these threads: you don't have one of these or you're not using it.
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Thoughts on Fad Diets, Self-Esteem, and Unlearning
Not big on Star Wars as a philosophy of life, however Yoda’s words ring true when it comes to our relationship with food: “You must unlearn what you have learned”. South Beach, Atkins, Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Quick Weight Loss, etc. All thriving profit-generating corporations. (Profit-generating…
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Activity Settings vs "Eating Back" Exercise Calories
[Long Post – Apologies up front] I’ve come across many posts in my short time regularly posting here that talk about doing things like: 1. Eating less than what MFP recommends, just to be safe 2. Not eating back exercise calories, just to be safe 3. Setting your activity level to sedentary, just to be safe The purpose of…
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Progressive Overload Question
I recently started Strong Lifts 5x5 and am now in my 2nd week. As one who has not lifted for several years and never really worked in a structured lifting program, I have started at the beginning. I have no idea what my max squat would be as of today. I would guess a 1 rep max of maybe 175 on the bench. No idea on the…
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Stonglifts less 1 day every 2 weeks - Effectiveness?
First, some context. [ETA - started a similar thread a few days ago, but that was before settling on going with a strength-based program. Sorry if the thread looks familiar] 54yo Male. Working on weight loss. SW = 240. CW = 206. GW = 175 (depending on body fat - that may change the goal, i.e. weight is not as important as…
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Strength Training During Weightloss? - Not Young Anymore
Hi all, I'm currently almost 3 months into my weight loss program, 54yo male, 5'11", CW 206 (SW 240). It's going well in terms of weight loss. I'm currently eating a 750-1000 deficit target, with the idea to reduce that - but that depends some on whatever fitness program I decide to do next. My goal weight, when it comes…
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I Lost 3.4 Pounds Today! Will I Lose 15 in a Week?
Alert: Yes, the title is click-bait. Sorry. But I wanted to illustrate something. This morning, when I weighed myself at the time that is the most popularly suggested, I came in at 215.4. This afternoon I weighed in at 212.0....twice. My last recorded weigh-in a few days ago was 213. So, did I gain 2.4 pounds? Technically…
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TDEE Acronym means?
I was going to post this question, but it was simple enough to look up. That said, I saw this acronym in hundreds of posts as I dive into these forums, but nobody ever defined it. Is there a place around here that lists acronyms commonly used and what their meanings are? Might be helpful....although it was easy to lookup…
