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What to do if my Reset wasn't a Reset?
Hi. If anyone looks at every thread I start, I probably am a huge pain asking so many questions on so many different threads. Nevertheless, I just want to fully understand what this is and what I'm doing, and ensure that I'm doing everything right. Gah. Okay, here's the rundown. I started a reset eight weeks ago with the…
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Rest days?
So I know rest days are super important, and I completely understand the why. My question is, how many? I've read/heard conflicting ideas on it.. some sources say 2 per week, some say 1 per week, and then there are the rest weeks people talk about. What is a good balance of work vs. rest? Is 1 day per week enough if you're…
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Would love input on calorie intake
After being on MFP for several months and losing 30 pounds, I finally appeared to hit a plateau with my net goal set at 1,650. I didn't lose any weight for 3 months. I took a month off and ate around 2,000 calories per day and only walked for exercise a couple of days a week. I bought a Fitbit and have worn it every day…
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Disappointed with myself. Need help
Hey all, I have been away from MFP and EM2WL for a while I guess, probably a full couple of weeks without counting calories (I.e. eating too much, and eating non-clean) but perhaps up to a month of not logging properly, and now i''m not sure what to do? Do I just get my TDEE - 15% cut value and start back on that or is…
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Em2wl for dummies
Hi I'm momwasix and I'm interested in joining this group to complete my journey. In 2011 i started my journey at 256.I've done weight watchers, slimfast, and mfp calorie recommendations. I'm currently 195.my bmr is 1602 my tdee 1922.I do housekeeping m-f I considered myself sedentary cause the housekeeping varies day to…
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Took a diet break
I did not lose on the 2 week break. I did maintain. I barely exercised. I went back down to cut on Sunday. I was going to avoid the scale for awhile because I kind of went overboard on the break and really binged a couple of days. I stepped on the scale today anyway, and I'm down 3-4 pounds. WTF?
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Gaining during the cut phase.
So if you only are supposed to gain muscle in a surplus then how is it a lot of people weight more then when they started but of course are smaller in size?? Thanks!
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Week 7 of reset. went shopping. :(
when i started this journey, i was145# at a loose size 8. My pants did not fit/were tight so i went to go buy new work pants (i only buy my work clothes from one store so no blaming on sizes) and i am not a tight size 10 and feel fat. like my thighs are bigger, stomach is bigger and bloated, i am happy i have clothes that…
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How to install ticker?
How in the world do I install the EM2WL ticker?
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When should I go back to TDEE for maintance?
I'm on week 6 of a cut after a reset. The first two weeks I did a 15% cut, and this is my second week at a 20% cut. The first month I saw a loss of weight and inches, but now I'm stalling. I'm wondering at what point do you seasoned EM2WL people go back to TDEE and for how long? I'm thinking it might be time. Also, I'm…
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TDEE?
What is TDEE?
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Unintentional Reset!
Hi friends! I've been really back and forth emotionally the past few weeks after following the guidelines my trainer/nutritionist gave me. She has advised me to eat 2,000-2,200 calories per day, at least 150g of protein and 200 carbs every day. There are other items, but these are the biggies. I've been doing this since…
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Help with calories, please!
Hello everyone, I am looking for some advice or help on my calorie consumption. I starte EM@WL after only a few weeks eating at about 1500 calories, so when I switched over I did not do a reset. My info: 29 years old 5'7" 210 lbs today According to scooby: (set to 1-3 hours light excercise a week) BMR: 1741 TDEE: 2395 15%…
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Official Rules of EM2LW
The Great Hunger has finally arrived! Whoohoo, I don't know how I survived on 800 calories less a few weeks ago. :) Crazy! And only gained about 3 pounds, which is very surprising for me. Anyway, I just wanted to know really what I am doing. Like, I can't find anywhere the "official rules" for EM2LW or the plan or…
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Subtle Changes
I debated on if I should put these up, because I only see subtle changes, but here they are. The first half of each picture is from 4/30/12 when I started NROLFW and EM2LW. The second half is from this morning. I start Stage 4 today. I was 171 on 4/30 and I am 163.5 now.
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Frustrated/Stalled... I would LOVE some advice.
Hello all! I've been following the board for a couple of months, and started the EMTWL back end of April/beginning of May (ish) and I'm just flat out stalled for the last month. As per Scooby, here are my numbers that I just recalculated: BMR = 1594 TDEE = 2471 Cut (20%) = 1977 WORK: I work for myself; PT desk work, PT…
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constructive criticism of my food dairy please
o.k... nutrition gurus - please take a look at my food diary - tell me what I am doing wrong? or at least give me some constructive criticism? thx , J
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Need advice please
Hi Fellow EM2WL folks, a question for you. I had over 80 pounds to lose and have lost 34, part on 3 months of 1400, the other 4 months on EM2WL. I was losing about a pound a week and I could live with that but a pound a month- that will take forever- I dobn't know if I have that much patience! I did EM2WL for 12 weeks at…
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Reset results!
Today is my first official day of cut! Here are my reset results: I started reset on June 10, 2012. I didn't measure or take pictures, but I weighed 153.8 pounds. Per scooby, with my 5-6 hours of strenuous activity a week, I started eating 2655 calories a day. I went through some pretty dark days during the reset, with…
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I MUST SHARE THIS
There's a guy "Tony" on the General Thread who is calling himself a Dietician (with credentials AND a following) who is volunteering his time to dispense free nutrition advice on MFP. :devil: So, OK, I bit and started reading through the 10+ pages of his thread. (fortunately it was mostly "bumps") It was all going pretty…
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Advice on Activity Level Please :)
I'm a bit confused on what my activity level should be. I do a bootcamp for an hour 4 times per week...two days are more heavily focused on strength (dumbells, TRX, kettlebells, medicine balls, heavy ropes, sandbags, bodyweight, etc..), yet we still get a little cardio in. The other two days are more focused on…
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interesting TDEE numbers
so I'm feeling a bit stuck. I'm completing my 8th week of reset at 5-6 hours of strenuous activity and a full TDEE of 2655. i currently do all cardio and am getting pretty burnt out by it, so i was going to switch down to moderate, eat at full moderate TDEE for a couple weeks to stabilize, and then cut from there. i was…
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I would like to know the importance of the macros?
So how important is it to hit the different macros? Will it effect us in the long run? They just really confuse me. I know I do good to make sure I hit them reasonably well, but I'll admit it can become quite tiresome and every now and then they will be way off. Usually with fat and carbs and occasionally protein depending…
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Can some people just not eat carbs and lose
FOR REAL. !!! I did a reset, 8wks, then cut to 15% of bodybugg TDEE . Did NROLFW, threw walking as cardio back in, eat those cals, Not working. The reason I did the reset is bc I've been low carb for a while, with binges here n there. I'm thinking maybe go back to low carb, some people want to give up & go VLCD, idk what…
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Is TDEE - 25% too much?
Hi all. I'm switching to this concept of eating/counting calories. I just set my numbers to TDEE - 25%. In your opinion, is that too low? My numbers: BMR 1500 TDEE 2409 (moderately active because I workout 5 days a week) TDEE - 25% is 1800 I do understand that if a work out burns more than the 300 calorie delta between my…
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Real life confirmation of EM2WL
Sometimes I read about people who speak to doctors who put them on VLCD's and then end up confused about what they should be doing. Well this weekend I was at a social event and ended up talking to a lady who is a pharmacist and nutritionist (among other things, she really knows her stuff) and regularly does wellness…
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The importance of EM2WL friends
I just wanted to quickly say that I'm totally astounded by the tremendous support and encouragement I constantly get from my MFP friends - it honestly makes such a difference. Having you guys is seriously incredible and it's a joy to be sharing my weight loss journey with you all. Sometimes you just need someone else to…
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reset questions!
Hello! I have a few questions and I'm hoping someone can answer them for me. I'm on day two of my reset and I feel so full and I just woke up. I'm doing the reset slowly though. I'm use to eating no more then 1000 calories a day and I lost 45 pounds doing that but it's not healthy! So I decided to do a reset and start…
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Adding workout calories in
I know this will sound dumb, but if I do 800 calories a day in work out, should I add 800 to my calorie intake?
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HELP! AGAIN! Stalled a month into cut
I've posted before about lack of results after eating at TDEE. After a week at a 10-15% cut I lost nothing, not one ounce. My clothes were also fitting the same as before. I gained about 6 pounds during my reset, went on vacation 2 weeks after starting my 10-15% cut with TONS of walking and no calorie counting (though as I…
