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So, I look at this bottle of lemonaid. 130 calories per 8fl oz.

That seems simple enough. But it's liquid. Why do the calories even metabolize at all? Why do they not simply get pee'd out? I understand with solid food, it's because your body takes the chewed up food, and puts it into your stomach, where it then decomposes.

But the liquid shouldn't even have time to decompose. It's liquid.

Also, I don't understand when you gain the calories. If I eat 3 of these snacks that say 100 calories, which is now 300 calories, do I gain the calories over the next few hours? Or is it delayed a day or two?

Because there will be days when I eat almost NOTHING, and then my scale says I gained 3 lbs. But then there's other days where I feel I ate like a slob, and somehow lost 2 lbs.

So I'm wondering if it's delayed as it decomposes.

Losing weight is hard, but it might be easier if I understood the rules of how this all works.

Also, do farts have weight? Like if I weigh myself, and then after that let out a massive fart, and weigh myself again, would there be any weight difference? Or is it just weightless air that FEELS like you're lighter afterwards?

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I've been exclusively on Garmin watches since my interest in fitness started, my current Watch is a Forerunner 255s that I bought around 3 years ago. Thing is, it's been slowly starting to decline in battery life (one charge maybe lasts 5-7 days) and my height sensor started to really drift around, giving me that "You climbed 10 stories!" achievement like 7 times every day.

I was going to get a new Garmin when this one completely bit the dust, but due to a weird bundle deal at the Google Store, it was 300€ cheaper to buy a Pixel 9 and a Fitbit Charge 6 than it was to just buy the phone.

I can't sell the Fitbit for at least two years, since I bought the bundle as a "work expense" without paying taxes. So my options are to either use it myself or to give it to someone who I could quickly get it back from if the Tax Agency comes to check on whether I'm not reselling.

Sooo... does anyone here use Fitbit and could share their opinion on how it holds up? I'm especially interested in hearing how long the battery lasts and whether it works well with ANT+ devices (I use a Polar HR Strap and occasionally a bike cadence sensor)

Also, how annoying is it to listen to music on it? I bought the Music variant of the Garmin just to find out that it only really works with Spotify Premium... which I'm way too cheap to get. And manually transferring MP3s to it is really annoying haha

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sacbuntchris@lemmy.world to c/fitness@lemmy.world
 
 

@klemptor@startrek.website got their first pullup. What about you?

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I (40M) am new to this whole scene because I wanted to lose weight. This is the first time I have ever really gained weight because my metabolism was always stupid high, but its slowed down in middle age as expected.

I started intermittent fasting, immediately cut out snacks and started having a Slimfast shake for lunch, then a reasonable dinner.

Thats all been fine, and my weight is starting to come down.

I did read articles saying that Slimfast isnt particularly good because of the sugar content, but all the articles seem to be from the US (I am British) and the stuff I have is no added sugar, and all that seems to be carb based.

People have suggested skipping it for a protein shake instead, but a lot of that is conflicting!

People have said about making a shake with protein and peanut butter, people have said peanut butter is awful for it.

I just dont know what to do and I am going in circles.

What can I drink at lunch that is better than I am currently drinking? Do I just mix the protein as directed? Do I add things?

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I don't know where else to share this, but I'm so proud of myself so I've gotta post it somewhere. I've finally got my first unassisted pull-up! It wasn't a goal I was working super hard toward, but I've noticed a lot of new muscle definition in my back, probably because I do a lot of rows, especially bird-dog rows and renegade rows. So I tried a pull-up and I was able to do one pretty easily! Not bad for a middle-aged lady! Now I've got a goal to do three. :)

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Might be a question with an obvious answer, but I'd like some input.

I'm into Pilates recently (5 weeks), because it just feels so good and helps a few of my health conditions. But I've been experiencing issues with my hip and lower back ever since I started. The pain is significant, but according to my doctor, it's muscular.

Is this the typical "it gets worse before it gets better" situation, or should I consider to drop it?

Anyone with similar experience?

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Crossposted from https://lemmy.today/post/31127120

27M. I have lost 5 BMI points, down to 30 from 35, in 5-6 months. I did simple CICO and resistance training (PPL split).

I am a bit exhausted of the caloric deficit now and want a break. I have felt like this before and taken a maintenance phase of 1 week and then continued cutting. Now that I am no longer obese, I feel less inclined to continue.

Should I recompose at my current weight or should I continue cutting? Ultimately I do want to get to at least 28 BMI or lower.

Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.

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I've been maintaining my weight for a while now but lately it's been rising so I've adjusted calories accordingly, but I'm curious what you see as an acceptable "fluctuation" when you're maintaining?

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So, I'm pretty new to working out. I'm deceptively strong, but I'm more into losing weight than strength building. Still though, I paid $600 for a year of gym membership, and I bought these things called Powerblock's, which are like dumbells, but you can customize their weight up to 50lbs (and you can expand them later up to 90lbs). So I figure I should just do some strength training anyways. Not like there's a downside, right?

So for the first month of this, I had a very wrong idea. I thought "go to the gym, every day, and just do whatever".

So most days were arm day. I'd go on a Monday, arm day. I'd go on a Tuesday, arm day. I'd go 4-5 days a week.

Since then, I've been told NOT to do that, and only do arm day once per week. As the muscles need time to heal between lifts.

Here's the thing I don't get. I've been doing curls, and another machine where you pull these pulleys downward, and set the weight. With Curls, I'm up to 30lbs for that. Sets of 12 is what I was told. I was doing sets of 20, but I was told that was too much.

When I got home, I tried doing this other exercise with my Powerblock. I'm sure there's a name for it, but bear with me. You stand straight up, with your arms at your sides, holding the dumbells. Then the exercise is, you raise your arms. Not forward, not towards you, but to your sides. So your body makes a T shape. Arms fully extended left and right at shoulder height, still holding the dumbells. and then you lower your arms back to your waist. It's kind of like flapping your wings, but in slow motion, and more stiff.

I can't do that at 30lbs. I can't even do it fully at 20lbs. I've been doing it at 17.5 lbs. But here's what's weird. Even from day 1 when I did curls, I could either do it, or I couldn't. Based on weight. My first attempt I tried a 50lbs dumbell. Mistake. On day 1 I kept sizing down until I got to the 10lbs, and then over the coarse of a week, moved up to a 20lbs, and now a 30lbs. But if I tried to do another weight that I couldn't lift, I just couldn't lift it. There's no pain.

But when I do my T arms exercise, even at 17.5lbs, there's pain. It's not a lot of pain, but there's pain.

There's no pain if I go down to 15lbs, which is the powerblock with no weight, and completely empty. So it's practically weightless. Which is what I don't understand. Why can I lift curls at 30lbs, but this T exercise not only causes pain, but I also can't even do 20lbs?

Am I doing something dangerous?

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I usually plan on Sundays, adjusting based on how much time I’ll have. I always aim for at least 4 workouts a week, even when life gets busy.

I heard from a lot of people that it's not good too switch up routine too often, but to me it's actually feeling quite good swapping PPL with UL (if time is short) but going atleast 4x a week (UL - UL) or perhaps UL PPL.

I wanted to share my workout routine that balances flexibility and consistency. I use a mix of Upper/Lower and Push/Pull/Legs (PPL) depending on my time constraints each week.

Typical Week: 6x per week: PPLPPL (Push, Pull, Legs, Push, Pull, Legs) 5x per week: A mix of Upper/Lower and PPL 4x per week: Upper/Lower (always at least 4 workouts)

I made a few Upper, Lower, Push and Pull days to select from and alternate every now and then.

Upper A: Chest focus Upper B: Back focus

Lower A: RDLs Lower B: Squats

Push A: Chest focus Push B: Shoulder focus

Pull A: Back/Lat pulldown Pull B: Back/Pull-ups

Is it really that bad to change routine this often?

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65417887

  1. Push Pull Legs (6 days a week) Back can be sore after pull day and will limit leg day.

  2. Push Legs Pull This ensures a good leg day but messes with pull day.

  3. Pull Push Legs This feels like the most optimised of the three. Pull day is affected only once a week, as opposed to twice a week for the other two routines.

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I normally do a regular calisthenics routine 3 times a week, which involves push-ups among other exercises. Unfortunately I have recently injured my elbow, and need to give it some rest to heal. Are there any upper-body or arm exercises I could do in the meantime to preserve my strength that won't put stress or pressure on my elbows?

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Hey, I was reading a lot lately and built myself a new plan after I followed my other one since weeks.

It's a simple 6-day Push/Pull/Legs - A/B rotation with a weekly rep scheme progression in it.

Rep ranges rotate forward for each version every inbetween each version (picture).

Exercises I have chosen:

PUSH A Barbell Bench Press Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press Cable Chest Flys (mid-chest) Lateral Raises Cable Triceps Pushdowns EZ Bar Skullcrushers

PUSH B Dumbbell Bench Press Incline Barbell Press Dumbbell Flys (flat bench) Dips

PULL A Chest-Supported Rows Lat Pulldown Face Pulls Rear Delt Flys EZ Bar Curls Incline Dumbbell Curls

PULL B Pull-Ups Seated Cable Rows Straight Arm Pulldowns Reverse Pec Deck Hammer Curls Preacher Curls

LEGS A and B currently same: Leg Press Bulgarian Split Squats Leg Extensions Lying Leg Curls Standing Calf Raises

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So years ago I got some stretchy ribbon stuff from a PT I was going to. It's kind of gross now and not as bouncy. I clearly need some new stuff. But where to get decent ones? There's a PT down the street from me but it's, I think, over priced. $5 Below sells it but, I think, it's probably trash. Where does one find some huge rubber straps for a good price outside of a bdsm dungeon (and i only ask because I want green and red, not black).

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