Hi

My name is Candice. I'm a 32 year old mom of 2 boys ages 6 and 4. I am a SAHM who works from home part time. I have lost about 35lbs since last June, the first 8lbs using Weight Watchers and then the rest after I joined MFP in October. I was diagnosed hypothyroid a couple years back and my meds are finally at the right place so I'm actually able to lose weight now. I started exercising 5 days per week back in January, and swapped out 2 days of cardio for strength training/toning about a month ago. I am considering switching to 2 days cardio and 3 days strength soon. I am almost done the C25K program (week 7), and I think once I finish that I'll make the switch and start lifting heavier. Right now I only do 5lb weights with a toning DVD I have, just to get myself started. I increased my calories from 1290 - 1600 net about 3 weeks ago, then this week I bumped up again to 2000 calories (Making sure to net at least my BMR of 1850 on exercise days). I am finding myself satisfied, energized, and happy at this calorie intake

I joined EMTWL because I want to have energy, maintain/increase muscle tone, and be able to sustain any weight loss I am fortunate enough to experience. I have about 85lbs left to go, so I may be one of the bigger gals in the group, but I figure if I can get this right now, maybe I will actually succeed :-) I am trying to get out of the "get there NOW" mindset and rather set myself up for a lifetime of health and fitness

So far I haven't gained since increasing, I'm actually down a couple pounds, but I am prepared for the next 4-6 weeks to be a bit nerve wracking while my body adjusts.

I think the key is try not to stress, trust in the system, come back to the boards and read other encouraging stories of people further along...and RELAX...I think some of the EM2WLer's stress a bit which may impede prgress because of cortisol release. So, you take a nice deep breath when you step on the scale and just remind yourself this is a wonderful journey that will get you to goal...:-)

Thank you

Hi!
I've been reading here on this group for quite awhile and have been eating around 1900 cals per day. I workout 6 days a week. I lift 3x a week (NROLFW) followed by a 15 min HIIT,then I do about 30-45 minutes cardio on non lifting days.

My stats: Age 44
Height: 5 ft 4in
Weight: 125 lbs
BMR: 1286
TDEE: 2219 (Cut?= ___)-Fitness Frog

I have few a question to ask..

Do you girls all eat your 15% cut everyday? Even when you're not working out?

Thanks in advance!

Hi!
I've been reading here on this group for quite awhile and have been eating around 1900 cals per day. I workout 6 days a week. I lift 3x a week (NROLFW) followed by a 15 min HIIT,then I do about 30-45 minutes cardio on non lifting days.

My stats: Age 44
Height: 5 ft 4in
Weight: 125 lbs
BMR: 1286
TDEE: 2219 (Cut?= ___)-Fitness Frog

I have few a question to ask..

Do you girls all eat your 15% cut everyday? Even when you're not working out?

Thanks in advance!

Yes you eat your 2218 - 15% cut every single day this way your body begins to trust you and rely on you to give it a constant amount of nutrition.

Hi all, I'm new to the group and just started to slowly up my calories. When I first started on MFP (Jan) I kept my calories at 1400 up until today. I did a lot of reading about TDEE and BMR and realized I wasn't even eating my BMR! After doing some calculations, I came up with my BMR:1843 and my TDEE: 2925. I'm nervous to raise my calories so quickly so I bumping them up to 1590 today and will be moving them up by 100 each week. When I finally reach my calorie goal it will be 2485 (15% deficit of TDEE)
I've been bouncing back and fourth between the same 2-3 pounds for a few weeks now and I've read that this has really helped a lot of people. Hopefully, it will with me too

Hello All


I'm new too! I joined just under 2 weeks ago. I was following the low cal diet as per MFP until I found this group. My weight had come to the dreaded plateau before I started at MFP so I knew I had to do something. Recording what I ate was the first step and then I discovered BMR and TDEE and hey I wasn't even eating my BMR! This group has been great.

I've jumped right in and upped my calories to where they should be. I'm not eating all of my calorie allowance but I am eating more than I did previously.

I am reducing weight again, but I think the progress may be slow as my body adjusts to eating food again so I'm not going to stress about my weight on the scales for now.

However, what I have noticed is that the resistance training I'm recording doesn't alter my calorie burned total. I do lunges and squats. Does anyone have any ideas how to get around that?

Anyway, we're all here and we want to reduce or shed some weight. Let's do it!

and bevpb I love your positivity, you're right - let's do it!

Just thought I'd take a second to introduce myself since I've been popping up on various topics around here since I joined end of last week. I just switched over to MFP from another food journal for the community support, and thus far I'm loving it. The wealth of information and support here is amazing. I'm a pescetarian and try to eat a healthy diet; desserts are my weakness. Right now im dealing with a deployment, so I'm turning to a healthy weight loss and fitness to deal with my depression.
As for my stats:
I'm 5'4" at 154lbs (well, 155 now that I've been upping my cals)
Waist: 32in
Hip: 41 in
Body fat: 36.6%
My sw: 185
Cw: 155
Gw: 140
Ugw: 130
I really want my body fat to go down.
Now that I've been trying to eat above my BMR of 1332, aiming for 1500cals, I've got to say I have way more energy, my depression is better, and my binges are less. Granted, I find it hard eating so many cals since I was restricting below 700 for a while, but I'm determined to do this the right way this time and lose more inches, even if the scale is going up for a while. I just hope that this really works, im so anxious to see results. I've been working out with the 30 Day Shred and im determined to finish all 30 days. My goal with that is to actually be able to do a pushup

I'm new, I'm determined, and support and friends are welcome!

I don't recall posting here...so I'll commit !

I'm a 23 years old law student from Quebec (french speaking, excuse my bad english sometimes!) that had a hard time quitting dance and all those exciting physical activities before entering law school. Add a boyfriend on the top of that (you know, the slim boyfriend who can eats all he wants without taking a pound) and in 2-3 years, I added 30 pounds on my body.

I've tried low calories diet...watching what I eat religiously, no this, no that...Dropped 5 pounds, gained it back the next month. Then got on MFP and discovered this group recently. I liked what I read !

So I'm starting eating more, better and my boyfriend just bought me NROLFW. I want go lose at least 10 pounds, get a firmer body and just have an healthier way of life. I don't want to be that fat girl anymore

My starting weight is 197. Right now I'm around 196 +/-

Add me as a friend if you want, I like to have people to talk to and I come online many times a day !

down to 73.8 today but I'm sure it must all be water weight, I feel like I'm constantly on the loo!!!

Evening all,

I have been back on MFP for about a week now and joined this group a few days ago. At first I was a little worried. I still am to be honest. I have watched the videos on You Tube, thank you 31Prvbs for the time and energy you put into them, they answer many questions I have. I have them subscribed on my account so I can review them again! I also got the New Rules for Lifting book on my Kobo (it's an ereader we have up here in Canada, not sure if you have the same brand down in the US!) I am working through it.

My dieting history goes back to my teen years, yup, mum thought I was fat so she took me along to TOPS. Loved the ladies there, they all adopted me! I was the only kid there. And when I look back now, I was not really fat, curvy yes but not fat.

In my 20s I gained weight after my pregnancies, not during! Nope, during I lost weight and tons of it. My metabolism revved up then, I had nice healthy weight babies but I lost weight with each pregnancy. After my third child I was home and I just seemed to let myself go. Not sure why. I was exhausted, I think I ate what was left over on the kids plates for my meals. I had no time to go and exercise, I was tired.

My wake up was at my oldest daughters wedding, 2004. OMG when I saw the pictures I cried. Yes my daughter looked lovely but I looked horrendous, all 225lbs of me. You see when my daughter was born I weighed 125 lbs, so in 23 years I gained 100 lbs. That is when I joined Weight Watchers. I did really well with the plan, lost 44 lbs with them and life changed for me. I went back to school, I became active at a gym, I got my diving certification and I felt great.

Then I stalled, that was 5 years ago, since then I have played with the same 10 lbs, losing them and gaining them back. I cannot seem to get down below 180 lbs. Which would be fine if I was tall but I am not! I am only 5' 1" (there is a half inch there but it is hard to type it!!!)

So my new stats as of May 1 2012 are:

Weight 191 lbs
Height 5' 1 1/2"
Age 54
TDEE 2087 BMR 1517 I am aiming for a daily calorie consumption of 1774.

I was one of those dieters that has been described so well in the videos, ate minimum calories, loses and gains the same couple of pounds over and over. Sticks to her diet really well for a few days or all week and then "blows" it on the week end or binges on a few cookies, chocolate bars or a bag of chips.....you probably have been there too!

I love strength training and I want to get back to it, I let it slide (what was I thinking???) and I am not fond of all out cardio but I do love to walk so that would be my cardio of choice, at least 3 times a week and outside so I can enjoy what nature has to offer.

Any suggestions are welcome. I need to do my measurements but I cannot find my dang measuring tape!!! And if I was really brave I would do a picture.....