Hey! Well I certainly can't give you good advice about EM2WL because it hasn't been working for me either. But i've only been doing it for two weeks. How long have you been doing EM2WL? I know they say that you will gain at first and then begin to loose at some point. The fact that you can't workout like you used to will definitely affect your progress. You should look online and try to find exercises that use the equipment you have and can target the parts of your body you want to target. There are lots of creative wayst to get a good workout without having a gym membership, you just need to do some research

Also, diet is supper important. So if you haven't been working out like you used to and also not eating that well then you will certainly see a stop in your progress. I've heard some of my friends that have lost a lot of weight and personal trainers say that half of the battle is won in the kitchen.

From all that I read alot of ladies start EMWL and do a cut right away, which won't work. That is because many were eating too low or doing low carb low cal and wild diets for a long time. THe body needs to have TDEE until stable then the 15% cut. Of course the NROLFW is very helpful to that.

I have been doing alot of reading and it seems that many dont lose weight until the 3-5 month of NROLFW, some have lost the first few months then plateau then lose again. The rest tend to lose in the middle. The key though is that there seems to be inches lost during the first phase which makes them smaller but the scale may show them heavier. So any program should be done for 6 months and there will be adjustments to make including watching marcros and adjusting TDEE for the excercise.

I think you should just start at home again, fromt he beginning. Motivation comes after we start regardless of what it is. I saw a thread here at MFP that shows women that lift heavy with photos. THey are impressive, and that may inspire you to move onward regardless of gym membership. Maybe over the next few months you can make a plan to get some more equipment for home or a trial at a gym (maybe not totally ethically but do two week trials at a few gyms in a row )

You should do body weight exercises if you dont have access to a gym. Check out http://www.benderfitness.com/p/full-body-workouts.html. She has tons of workouts posted. Most do not need equipment. Next, get your diet in check. Go to the grocery store and fill up your fridge with healthy options. You can do it!

this! ^^ get some DVDs as well.... and maybe try vinyasa/power yoga. #1 thing is to get your diet in check.

the body weight exercises are a great idea. also, with what you do have - you can get a really good workout by doing the reps SUPER SLOW. I am talking counting to ten seconds (one thousand one, one thousand two...) on the push - and ten seconds on the way down.

you're going to have to focus to do these this slowly.

Hi, Dont get me wrong I was doing really well on EM2WL, and lost 5 inches from my waist alone and 5%BF ( I am quite big) but I let life get in the way and have got 'flabby'. I think I stopped the weights but carried on eating more!
It was a struggle getting my head around it but no matter where I looked on the net it was always eat more and lift. I was doing NROLFW and got half way through, but going through buying a house, moving and everything else that entails I have just lost my rythym. Like I say I know what I need to do but its just getting myself motivated!

In your case though stick with it, 2 weeks is not long enough for your body to adapt and you need to wait AT LEAST 4 weeks, if not more, dont get disheartened by any gain as that is just your body repairing itself.
Thanks for the reply

Thanks! I am going to stick with it, I just completed week 4 and still gaining. Hopeful that it will turn around though. I am not sure what NROLFW is, i'll have to look into that maybe.

From all that I read alot of ladies start EMWL and do a cut right away, which won't work. That is because many were eating too low or doing low carb low cal and wild diets for a long time. THe body needs to have TDEE until stable then the 15% cut. Of course the NROLFW is very helpful to that.

I have been doing alot of reading and it seems that many dont lose weight until the 3-5 month of NROLFW, some have lost the first few months then plateau then lose again. The rest tend to lose in the middle. The key though is that there seems to be inches lost during the first phase which makes them smaller but the scale may show them heavier. So any program should be done for 6 months and there will be adjustments to make including watching marcros and adjusting TDEE for the excercise.

I think you should just start at home again, fromt he beginning. Motivation comes after we start regardless of what it is. I saw a thread here at MFP that shows women that lift heavy with photos. THey are impressive, and that may inspire you to move onward regardless of gym membership. Maybe over the next few months you can make a plan to get some more equipment for home or a trial at a gym (maybe not totally ethically but do two week trials at a few gyms in a row )

I didn't know about starting at TDEE first, I did start off cutting calories from TDEE right away. I might have to look into that too

You can also find great vids on You Tube. You never have to do the same workout twice! Do things you like. If you know your TDEE and eat at it, you`ll be so suprised how much you can eat.

I gained weight (10 lbs)an inches (2 on waist, 3 on hips) doing EMTWL since April, but I am stronger, doing things with ease I struggled with before. I`m not really "lifting heavy" but do a full body strength workout twice a week and walk on off days and enjoy my weekends hiking and camping or snowboarding in the winter.

I think I gained inches because I lost a lot of muscle doing starvation diets. You could do pushups that would qualify as heavy lifting. Your lifting your whole body!

You can do a heck of a lot of exercises with hanging straps. My husband hung some for me over the weekend and I'm looking forward to using them today! I'm just starting and I'm very heavy, so I'll be using them for assisted exercises, mostly (squats, pull ups, push ups), to get myself into shape, but they can be used for advanced training, too.

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