How to lower one's body/fat ratio. Questions are about diets and training programs that improve body composition.
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What is the difference between 'Burning Fat' and 'Burning Calories'?
What is the difference between 'Burning Fat' and 'Burning Calories'?
I feel I am over-weighted. To reduce my weight, how to know whether I need to burn calories or fat?
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Calling out for help from all quarters for a near-magical transformation [closed]
I am a wannabe fitness freak... Right now I am an overweight, almost obese, completely lazy, low self esteemed low-life with a dream of "magically" transforming myself into a fitness fanatic.
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Does keeping your abdominal muscles flexed increase metabolism and reduce weight?
I have heard that if the abdominal muscles are flexed deliberately (kind of forcibly) throughout the day, it increases metabolism and helps reduce weight. I have a few questions regarding this as I am ...
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At what time are oats effective?
Am trying to reduce my weight. People suggested me to take oats instead of rice. Which is the right time to take oats for a good effect. Breakfast or lunch or dinner?
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Best way to reduce side belly fat?
I have a lot of fat on the sides of my belly above my waist, and keeps increasing the more I eat.
Question: What's the best way to reduce the fat here, though I do have fat in the belly and chest ...
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So am I at a calorie deficit now?
I am 21, 6'4 and 19 stone (266 pounds) and my estimated BMR is 2545.58
Last night I did 90 minutes walking at a slow pace. This estimates I burned between 319-440 calories. ...
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What constitutes a low carb diet?
What constitutes a low carb diet?
I've been trying to limit daily intake of of carbohydrates in my diet to under 100g. Would limiting it even lower improve results in terms of weight loss?
Also, ...
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The relationship between basal metabolic rate, calories, and activity level
I have a base BMR of about 2200 calories without the activity multiplier using this formula:
66 + (6.23*240) + (12.7 * 70) - (6.88*31)
I supervise an automotive shop and generally consider walking, ...
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Eating more and still losing weight
I started regular exercising a few months back (after years of being not so active). I have now been regularly spending 1h on the treadmill every other day and started losing weight. I am of course ...
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How to reduce facial fat?
I have been doing Insanity exercises for over a month now and couple with a strict, clean diet I have really seen improvements in my body. I have lost 7+ kgs of weight, my stomach has reduced and ...
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How to reduce my BIG BELLY into SMALL within 3 to 4 weeks [duplicate]
I have big belly in my stomach, i'm going to get married in a month. So i need to reduce my stomach in home remedies.. Please guys help me with giving some tips. Surely i will follow.
Thanks,
Kumara ...
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Want to lose weight from 90 kg to 75 kg
I am Zia from UAE, I want to lose weight. Currently my weight is 90 kg. According to my height 5'11" (1.80 m), I should be on 75 kg which I was 2 years before when i came to UAE from Pakistan. I have ...
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Good diet for losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time? [duplicate]
I have lurked this site for a bit and this question basically showed me that for people who are obese it is possible to be losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time.
I have experienced this ...
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How to lose weight in about 32 hours [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tricks to lose weight in 48 hours
I have a photoshoot Saturday morning and I'm looking for ways to lose weight for me to be able to fit into my dress. Unfortunately, ...
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Glucagon Supplementation for weight loss [closed]
I'm currently on the Dukan diet, so protein-only for the next week then protein and salad only. The basis of Dukan, like atkins, is to push your body into a state of Ketosis where it starts to burn ...
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Caffeine, weight loss, muscle gain & stretch marks [closed]
I am searching for information regarding the effects of caffeine and found this website for the first time.
For the last 3 weeks I´ve been trying to decrease my caffeine consumption, after having ...
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My Weight Loss Diet - Opinions?
I eat:
At least 2 chicken breasts a day.
Usually a pack of noodles and a flour wrap.
2-4 Chocolate wheetabix.
Bear in mind that I used to eat over 3000 calories a day and do no exercise, ...
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Is it unhealthy to eat jacket potatoes everyday? [closed]
I have recently started the gym and have been going bout 3-4 times a week mostly focusing on cardio.
I'm trying to eat more healthy and i'm quite picky with food, so I tend to have sandwhiches with ...
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Which sport is much better as in burning fat faster without making muscles?
I want to choose a sport among with a diet to start losing fat again. I want to know which sport is better to start with e.g. basketball, swimming, badminton, volleyball, gym, skate.
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Where (and how) can I drop weight safely?
I'm a wrestler (I know, you probably think I'm starving myself right now). Truth be told, I need to lose a couple of pounds (4 or 5) to make the weight class I want. I'm not sure how feasible this ...
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Is something with 100 calories but 24g of sugar okay to eat when on a diet?
I bought these watermelon flavored ices from the supermarket because they have 100 calories per cup and 0g of fat and saturated fat. But they do have 24g of sugar.
Will eating these be against my ...
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Calorie calculations for weight reduction
When trying to calculate how much I should eat for weight reduction what should the base calories be based on? My current weight or my goal weight? I'm 5'8" at 240lbs wanting to drop to 180lbs or ...
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Ideas for Protein based Break Fast & Dinner (Trying to be a veggie, occasional Non-Veg is fine)
My diet for now is
BreakFast: Oats (mostly), whole wheat bread with jam
Dinner: Just fruits: apples, peaches, nectarine, oranges, blueberry, banana
Lunch : I limit it to a Chipotle Bowl (a burrito ...
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How can I get rid of fat breast
I am computer science student. To do programming homework, I have left fat stomach and breast.
In order to get rid of fat stomach, I have started to do sit-ups. However, How can I get rid of fat ...
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I want to know the exact formula to calculate metabolic age
I want to know the exact formula to calculate metabolic age. How do i get the average bmr of people in the chronological age group? Is here any link I could get regarding the calculation?
Explanation ...
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How to properly use Guideline Daily Amounts for determining my calorie consumption?
I'm 5 feet 11 and I weight 189 pounds, I'm trying to lose some weight to reach 176 pounds but I'm failing to lose weight using the Fat Secret weight diary.
(I use the metric system and my weight is 86 ...
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Unhealthy Weight Loss
I'm an 18 year old male, who, although not unhealthy weight (originally 182 lbs) saw that too much of was in fat. Also for the past two years or so I have been doing crunches fairly regularly, and ...
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Flat abdomen without loosing fat from face
I am trying to reduce my abdominal fat so that I can see my abs :) currently my BMI is around 22, which is a normal weight, I do Running and weight training every alternate day, and to reduce weight ...
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What role does sugar and blood sugar levels play on diet?
My understanding on diet and what foods I should be eating to maintain a low body fat percentage is very amateur. All this time I have just been looking at the calories in the nutritional facts label ...
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An odd day of little calories
I decided I want to lose some fat recently and get a bit healthier. To give myself goals to go for each day I'm using a calorie monitoring app which recommends I have 1750 calories a day. At the ...
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Is there any practical difference between “calories” and “calories from fat”? [closed]
I was eating a frozen yogurt earlier and noticed the nutrition label said:
Calories 200
Fat Cal. 70
I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm guessing 200 is the total calories, 70 of which comes from ...
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How many calories would a programmer (or somebody who is mostly at a desk) burn on a daily basis? [closed]
I need to know how many calories one would burn if they just sat at a desk all the time on their 9-5.
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What should your calendar be AFTER you get done with Rushfit?
We made it all the way through Rushfit advanced calendar. Now where do we go?
We would like to stay with the same workouts that are on the calendar.
Should we start over at the last 2 months, 1 ...
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What are the benefits/side effects of taking CLA for weight loss? [closed]
I saw a supplement CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) for weight loss. What are the benefits? What are the side Effects? Do the benefits out weigh the risks? Would you recommend it?
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Is Acetyl L-Carnitine effective for weight loss?
How effective is Acetyle L-Carnitine for losing weight? Basically If one were to take this before an exercise routine, would they burn more fat during that routine, as opposed to not taking it?
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What foods will help reduce my weight? [closed]
I am really obese. I am 5'7" weighing around 93 kg. I should be around 65 kg ideally, i.e I am 28 kg overweight which I want to lose. I have always been fat since my childhood so losing the weight e ...
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Suggestions for Supplementation for weight loss [closed]
Does anyone have any suggestions for Herbal supplementation for weight loss that they have found to work for you personally?
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What's my GDA to lose weight?
I'm 5 feet 11 and I weight 189 pounds, I'm trying to lose some weight to reach 176 pounds. My calculated GDA (with online tools) should be 2800 Kcal/per day. My question is: if I lower this value to ...
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Benefits of Drinking Hot Water? [closed]
Is there any benefit of drinking hot water?
I was told it can help to break down the food in your stomach quicker to loose weight and improves blood circulation?
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Ephedra diet pill availability [closed]
A while back I used to take a pill called Stacker 2 a herbal supplement with ephedra. I found it gave me a lot of energy and helped me lose a significant amount of weight. There was a while after a ...
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Building a first-time workout based on my lifestyle
I'm 6'2" and 270lbs. I'm not all fat, for some reason, but I've never worked out before. I've just decided that I'm going to be joining a local gym and was wondering if there was a tool online that ...
