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Better results from body pump vs lifting heavy?
I'm not sure why, but I always seem to get better results from higher reps vs lifting heavy with lower reps. Is anyone else this way. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE lifting heavy, but I just don't get results from it like I do with programs like body pump. Anyone else?
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fitbit vs. scooby for TDEE/activity level
Which one should I use to determine my activity level, the fitbit or the Scooby calculator? According to my fitbit, I burn about 2500 calories/day ("lightly active" activity level), but according to the scooby or fat2fit radio calculators and my hours of exercise each week. I should be in the "moderately active" activity…
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Carb Cycling
I have upped my calories over the last 2 weeks, also doing Insanity. I started reading Chris Powell's book about the 7 day carb cycling. I am not technically overweight, but really am working hard to lose belly fat. Has anyone tried this, while still eating enough to sustain. The menu of foods make a lot of sense and it…
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bulk/cut/maintenance vs. reset/cut/maintain
So, I’m wondering how the bulk/cut/maintenance cycle works for those who still have a lot of weight to lose (like me)? Do we have to go directly into a cut after the metabolism reset? Are we just going to alternate between cutting and maintenance with no bulking? Also, how is your weight training supposed to train between…
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Just one of those annoyed days
I am making such great progress mentally - but having BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) makes things hard. I can run faster, lift more and do more than every before. But I still see a horrible gut every time I look at my photos. I also see almost no physical change from pictures I took 4 months ago despite others noticing…
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Mind is baffled
I am really losing weight by eating more!!! Wow! This is just mind boggling but I am loving it. Feel great. So so so happy I looked more into this. Wow. Just wanted to share this.
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Confused with BMR and eating back calories from exercise!!
Hey everyone :) I joined MFP a couple of days ago. I am 18 years old, 168 cm and 57 kg. My goal is to lose some weight (4-5 kg) and gain some muscles. However, I am confused about how much I should eat per day. I exercise 6 days a week for approximately 2 hours (cardio for 30 to 60 minutes everyday mainly jogging and…
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Should I ditch the scale?
Hi all! You might remember me from when I joined this group waaaaaaay back in March/April. I started eating my appropriate calories for about a week, and then stopped trying (I must not have been in the right mindset, I guess). I did log with great resentment over the summer, on and off. I started New Rules of Lifting for…
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Should I Eat at Maintenance or Slight Deficit?
In about a month's time, I'm going to start Body Beast which is a weight-lifting program by Beachbody. I still have a bit of weight to lose so I'm not sure if I should eat at a slight deficit during the program or eat at maintenance? I'd like to build muscle but my understanding is that I can't do that in a deficit. If I…
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Not sure if this matters...
I did one week of reset. Then I got a really bad cold and couldn't/didn't exercise or eat at my TDEE for about 3 days. I had one good day of eating, then my husband came home from hunting. We just spent 2 LONG days processing the venison he brought home and we barely took time to eat (not to mention, butchering tends to…
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another...THE SCALE SUCKS...thread
i've been taking progress pics since starting EM2WL but i haven't really taken the time looking at them. yesterday, just for the fun of it, i did a side-by-side comparison between may and this weekend...i was pleasantly surprised. i gained about 7 lbs during my initial 6-week reset, going from 138 to 145 (i think i even…
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p90x for lifting?
Hi another question- Any one out there who used p90x for lifting? or what other programs are recommended?
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Need help with TDEE & "resetting" please!
Hi all, I'm new to EM2WL. I am really optimistic about this idea, but I feel like I need a little help figuring out the mechanics, if anyone more experienced could please be so kind. I'm not really sure what my activity level is, and I don't know if I need to do a metabolic reset. Here's the numbers I know: 23 y/o female…
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New rules of weight lifting for women
Hi, I've stumbled across this phrase and Ive just started EMTWL - can anyone point me in the direction of finding out what the new rules are? I do strength training at the moment and want to know if I'm doing the right thing. Thanks, Catherine
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Newbie question, be gentle! :)
Ok- a little background. I am at a 5 month plateau with my weight loss. I am 37 (almost 38), 5'4" and 153.5lbs. In March, I started P90X with hubby. Loved the routine, only lost 2 lbs by the end eating 1800 calories per day. Started Insanity after that. I am 2 1/2 weeks from completing that, trying not to eat over 1500…
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Sorry for the long absense :)
Hey Guys, I am back. Just been crazy busy with work. Got someones full time job dropped into my lap, so doing the work of 3 people now. Anyways I am still doing EMTWL. I hit a 5 week plateau but broke out of it 2 weeks ago. Keepin it moving I start my Kettlebell training next week. Time to get some Russian strong man…
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No plateau
I'm on week 3 of a reset and everything's going ok so far. A small weight gain but after struggling for the first few days I'm now even finding myself left hungry at times. Reading a lot of posts there seems to be a common theme to them that I don't share. A lot of people seem to have taken up EM2WL due to plateauing on…
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MFP/fitbit adjustment: use all for exercise cals?
Hey there, newB again. So, I did an insanity workout this AM that I know burned 480 cals by my HRM. I also use a fitbit, and MFP has adjusted me with over a 900 calorie exercise adjustment.... all I did was my normal daily stuff but I'm sort of a spazz and walk around a LOT. Should I be using the number from the HRM as my…
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Starting tomorrow
I have been reading all of the information about EMTWL on this site and the eatmore2weightless site and I have to say this lifestyle change sounds like it might be the way for me to go. I have been using MFP every single day since Jan 1 and I have only lost 19lbs. This was from a calorie range of 1200-1600 a day and using…
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Okay. Tell me this is normal and good!!!
I'm freaking out. I know part of it is water weight from a bit too much wine this past weekend. At least, I think it is. But...my pants have never been this tight. And it all happened so quickly! I went from normal about a week ago...to then the bloated legs from over-training, to now...I don't have the same bloated…
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activity level help
looked back a few pages and couldnt quite find what i was looking for so here we go. I work on my feet (starbucks) 5 days a week (32 hrs), go to school 2x a week (long walk to/from car) and workout 6x a week for 30 mins doing jillian michaels body revolution, and this week am just starting a 3x a week C25K program, and one…
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Some encouragement for the EM2WL fam...
A word of encouragement for those starting EM2WL and lifting too. The program isn't about dropping weight quick, it is more about losing fat and transforming your physique as you lose body fat. I really didn't understand that myself and had to walk through it to realize I really wasn't trying to lose weight so much as…
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A million calories
I KNOW this works for me, but goodness I fee like I'm eating a million effin' calories a day. I need to be eating about 3000 calories per day. While that number seems ridiculous, when I *do* eat that much, I do lose weight like insane. I'm a breastfeeding mom (burns calories without all the sweat) and I exercise lightly (1…
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Workout Recommendations for a Beginner
Hi everyone! I have been a part of this group for some time now and have been very intrigued by the amazing results everyone has had. I am hoping to get into the program with all of you this month :]. I am not sure what kind of workouts would benefit a beginner like me though.. I don't have a gym membership anymore because…
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TDEE, BMR and Macros help
Hello there, Up until a week ago, I had no idea what a TDEE was. I was looking through some posts when that was when I had my aha moment. Belive me, I sat and I cried. I had deprived myslef for so long. I guess eating low cal was stuck in my had. I had succeeded losing huge amounts of weight before I got married, and even…
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up in weight ...
i have been doing em2lw since around march 23 2012 ... my weight had been down from the end of april till about all of may i ate at a 15% defiecet at tdee.....now its up almost 5 lbs i lift heavier and less cardio since i started i gradually have been increasing weight too. do you all think i should increase calories or…
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what about when you can't lift, will EM2WL still work?
I've got a frozen shoulder at the moment and I cannot do any weight lifting. I was doing bodypump and had started to try NROLFW but got a shoulder injury falling off my bike, and it' s just got worse and worse, the physio thinks it's turned into frozen shoulder. I am doing cardio - cycling to and from work twice a week…
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EM2WL Success Kid ;)
I'm down another pound this morning, so my daughter got creative... LOL
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Who is bulking october 1st?
I will do my first bulk cycle coming october first and I was wondering if we could have a support group for the innevitable freak outs that will happen Great arcticle, it is for me but it really is for girls too http://www.jcdfitness.com/2009/10/the-former-fat-boy-syndrome/
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Eating under calories question
I am trying hard to eat consistent calories each day but I often fail especially on days when I exercise. For example on Friday I ran 13miles, after food I netted 189cal (I know ridiculously low) but I currently stress about carrying calories over to use another day and hate seeing a day go over calories. When I've done…