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How much 'time' should I give it?
Started today on TDEE-15%. I have dieted in the past, but put on around 7lb in the past few months and its definitely not from sticking to a LCD ;-) I started EMTWL today. How much time should I give it? My predicament is that after 1 full week, I go on holiday for 12 days! I'm going to try and stick to my TDEE-15% but its…
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If I include this - activity
Hi, I do 4x hour boxing fitness classes a week, and 1 x body combat class. But once I'm back off vacation I would like to incorporate weight sessions - 2x body pump classes. With that in mind, is my exercise still classed as moderate? I might reduce classes by 1 (remove body combat) - and add the body pump classes.
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Dumb question(MAYBE)...Help
Ok just for kicks I recalculated my TDEE(and TDEE-15%) well I didn't scooby did. and its lower that what I am eating now. WEIRD I based it on my last known weight( meaning last time I weighed..haven't weighed in several weeks)only thing that has changed is my age. I am now a young 33. so my TDEE-15% use to be 2150 but now…
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Bmf / bodybuggers .............
I would like to know if do a monthly or weekly average of your TDEE ? Or, just eat what your device says your tdee is each day ? I've been doing the daily thing & im getting quite good at it as i truely feel this is most accurate. my cut is in less than 2wks, and if any of you could, please tell me how you achieved the…
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Attention ALL EMWL Moderators ....
I'm TRYING to work smarter instead of harder - so here goes : ) I have email addresses for Mike, Nicole, Becca. Would the other mods please message me with a personal email address? I need to send out a group message and it is simply easier to do it via email. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ! Jen
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Building Muscle - How to Eat
I hope this is an appropriate forum to post this. The ladies that run this forum are my new role models, seriously. Anyway -- I am currently in the process of losing weight/maintaining my current muscle mass but once I reach my goal weight (23 pounds away), I'm not really sure what to do. My goal is to maintain my weight…
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Body Pump? Would this
be a good class to do for the strength training? I could do 2x a week, or 1x and a KettleBells class? Or am I better just lifting weights in the gym?
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TDEE-20%
Anyone doing TDEE-20%.. I haven't weighed in a while, but will weigh soon. Just wanted to know if anyone is doing TDEE-20% right now I am doing and have been since I started EM2WL TDEE-15%.. I am losing inches I know and will soon find out if I am losing any lbs. But has anyone had any luck with TDEE-20%? thanks for your…
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How long have you been doing EMTWL
and how much have you lost in total?
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So I finally broke down....
And bought a BMF. Found a good deal on e-bay so I just did it. I can't wait until it gets here to find out what my real TDEE is. I just upped to 2500 last Thursday so I hope it is around there or higher so I am not overeating until it gets here. I am excited to be able to really put a finger on where I stand as far as…
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25% lost goal - 30lbs down - Progress update
Hey Guys, Just doing my monthly update. I am down 30lbs in I think ~3 months (may 3 1/2). I had a rough patch for a week or two (of binging a bit) but I got back on it, and now moving down again. Here is me at 310: Here is me at 293 ish: Here is me at 287 ish: And here is me at my 1/4 goal 280 .... 30lbs out of 120lbs…
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Why Dairy is the Devil
Hey guys! So I have a little story to share. For the last 6 months I have been on a plateau since upping my calories and doing some fine-tuning according to my summer job activity level. I was frustrated at losing absolutely no weight, and finally was inspired to try something different - I gave up dairy. Usually summer…
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The Total Gym
Does anyone use the Total Gym that Chuck Norris uses? How does it compare to free weights?
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First week - what did you do with the scales?
Started today, weighed in this morning at 10st and want to lose 10lb. I don't really come from a LCD background - don't get me wrong, always been trying to stick to a diet, but haven't managed to in a good while! Would say over past few weeks I have been eating over 1,900 a day which is my TDEE-15%. So to the point of this…
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WAS ALL GOOD, BUT NOW A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE
I've fell off the wagon this week, Chinese, McDonalds, lots of chocolates, Crisps (chips) etc etc etc - I'm doing the Eat More to Weight Less, when i started it was all great, started losing weight and inches etc, 5 weeks later, with the calorie increase; I am absolutely STARVING. I can easily max out my calories in half…
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Stil Netting under BMR on some days
My exercise lately has been minimal due to an injury, (walking dog 3.0 mph for about 30-60 min per day). I calculated on Scooby as lightly active and it gave me 1670 BMR and 1960 is 15% off my TDEE. That's what I've been eating. I got a heart rate monitor today and went for my 45 minute walk. Averaging heart rate of 117, I…
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How do you keep an eye on
the other macros - sodium etc? My diary just shows protein, fat and carbohydrates? Many Thanks
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Taking a break
Hi, Do you have to 'settle' before you can take a break? I'm planning on starting tomorrow, and doing 6 weeks at TDEE-15% before then taking 1 week break on TDEE calories. Is this how it is meant to work, or am I meant to be give my body longer to adapt before taking the break? Thanks
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What do you do when eating out? Also Macro's? - Newbie
Hi, I'm new to MFP and this way of eating, but so excited about starting :-D I'm on holiday for 10 days and will be eating out for all my meals - do I just make as good of a guess as I can with diary / weights? Guess thats better than not tracking at all? Next question - do I have to reach my macro limits everyday, or does…
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Coming clean
I thought eating at TDEE would stop my binging. I was wrong. Starting tonight, I am logging everything. I used to optimistically 'complete my day' with my bedtime snack - and then, if I binged, never track it. Maybe seeing it in writing will motivate me to stop doing this. I don't measure my binges, but I'm going to…
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Vegetarians- how do you only get 40% carbs?
I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian of five years, and I have found that my vegetarian diet tends to be higher in carbs. I have been losing weight for almost 6 months now, and I have only lost 16 pounds in that time. I'm beginning to think that this is likely because my intake of carbs is too high. A quick look through my diary…
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abbreviation cheat sheet
Will someone please let me know where the post is that explains what all the abbreviations are that are used throughout these discussions. I'm new to this group and am feeling overwhelmed. I'd like to understand but I all I can figure out on my own is BMR =base metobolic rate? I visited the website Scooby's Home Workouts…
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Does binging mess up your reset?
I know the point of a reset is to get your body to trust you again, to not hoard, etc... basically, to trust that you aren't binging and that you're eating 'for real'. But what if you do binge? Does your body just accept it as it is and move on? Does your body only distrust you if/when you either undereat the next day to…
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new experiment
FYI: CW:145 (@ 5'3") TDEE: 2150 (according to fitbit avg) cut value: 1850-1900 so, i'm sure many of you have seen me post here and there b*tching about feeling bloated and crappy since starting my cut on 7/1. after a few freak out moments and just down right feeling :explode: this week, the conclusion i've come to is that…
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Starting to up my calories
So I've been doing all the reading and ran my numbers and I'm eating well under my appropriate number. I've been averaging 1700-1800 for 5 weeks and I should be, based on my numbers, up at about 2800 ;) BMR is 2240 (although I get different numbers by a couple hundred calories depending on what method I use!) and I am…
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2 week plateau!
Title says it all... I'm frustrated I have seen no change. Started insanity last night...cant stay at no change much longer right?
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Should I go straight into -15%
Hi, I'm new to this website and really want to give this method a bash. I've been doing various diets (nothing ridiculous) but have struggled to stick to them (greedy!). I would definitely not say I have been under-eating or anything - quite the opposite, I have been putting away a lot and my weight has been steadily…
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Tried replying to a thread
and it said it is locked? :( Whats that mean? Sorry I'm quite new but eager to post / join in on these threads!!
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2 month plateau, Please Help!
For the past 2 month I've been hanging around the same weight +/- 1-2 lbs. It's getting terribly old :( I've currently on my 7th week of eat more calories but scale is still not budging. What am I doing wrong? I average about 5 hours of exercise a week including Turbofire and 3 X a week of weight training. I eat between…
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Doctor set me on a diet of 1200 cals?!?!
I'm so confused! I've been doing the reset and have about 2.5 weeks to go before my cut. Went to the endocrinologist and she told me to stick to 1200 calories and exercise 5-6 times a week! This can't be right..1200 is below my BMR..and with exercise I'll net below 1000. She said my test reports are fine and I'm not…