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My BMR
My BMR comes out to 1800 calories compared to what MFP has shown for me at 1200 calories per day?? My body fat % is 36.7 on the military calc. and on the old calc. it's 27.2?? I read all the material on Dan's thread and I don't get why there is such a difference and what is right and what is wrong? My stats are: age: 59…
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Change calorie intake this week?
hi all- I'm currently starting week 5 of the reset eating full TDEE of 2655 for 5-6 hours of strenuous activity. I usually do 5 hour-long cardio sessions at the gym (elliptical, arc trainer, last week I did the bike and remembered why I hate biking ;) ) so, with 5 minute cool down, get about 5 hours and 25 minutes of…
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TDEE Help
Hi, I tried to post to another thread and my post got lost. I dropped 10 lbs in 3 weeks back in March by reducing my calories to 1200 and writing down everything I ate. Then for about 6 weeks I did not lose or gain anything. I had stopped writing everything down so I was probably over my calories. A friend mentioned mfp…
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Gaining at cut after full reset, Muscle? or stupidity?
Now I thought I could get out the scale since my reset was over. I`m two weeks into my cut, I surely have not gone over my cal. My weight has gone up by one 1kg, or 2.2 lb in two weeks. I am now at the highest weight I ever had during reset at my TOM. I am in the middle of my cycle now, it isn`t water weight. The two…
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Who follows 40/30/30 for macros?
Ok, here it is, I am struggling with the 30 grams of protein (I do great on getting more than enough carbs and fat), and I am wondering how many of you really get that much protein on a regular basis? I know that I feel better when I do, not near as much energy otherwise, but I noticed that most diary's I see use a protein…
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Could someone help me on this "macro" setting?
I am not sure about it and I am willing to read a link or any help anyone might provide;) denise
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Weekend challenges? First 10K run/walk (w/pics)
Just wanted to share with you that I completed my first 10K run/walk this weekend! Unfortunately, I can't share elevation or calories burn stats (still waiting to afford a gadget) but here are some pics. Anyone else have any hiking or race related NSV? Think this was about 2.5 miles in...... and the trail goes up....there…
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Getting Started
Hi All, I started counting calories, eating healthier and working out back in May this year. I am 5' 7" and my start weight at the time was 239.9 which was down from 245 about 6 months before. I am now 215 as of last week but I have done this by eating the 1200 calories per day that MFP told me... with the exception of a…
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A week on a cut...
I just finished my first week on a cut. I had some dissapointments as I saw the scale go up half a pound, but today, it's back down to where I started. I'm sure it's because I've upped my strength training to go along with the cut and my muscles have been sore. It's been hard mentally to accept this fact about weight…
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article of maintaining weight loss
http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2012/497.htm Losing pounds can be easier than maintaining weight loss Losing weight is easier than maintaining the reduced body weight. Many people have even lost hundreds of pounds over decades but the pounds creep back on (in some cases gallop back) until the old weight has returned,…
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Anyone else Hypothyroid?
Hi, was just curious if anyone around here had Hypothyroid disease and how they coped whilst doing the reset. I was wondering if you cut your calories to make up for a naturally slow metabolism, or if you still ate at your TDEE, regardless. How did it work out for you? Are you seeing success? I'm coming from a seriously…
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Strange but true NSV
I have been doing the Reset since the 1st of June and I wanted to share an NSV that really surprised me today! After being stuck at the same weight since October 2011, stepping on the scale and seeing the same weight every day really demotivated me. To the point where I felt like crying every morning. But I found that this…
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just when I thought I had it right...
How exacting does one have to be with this TDEE business? I just got a tad neurotic and averaged my BMR, TDEE and cut from each of the 4 research models for '3-5 hour' and '5-6 hour' activity levels because I think I average somewhere between the two, then I averaged both sets if numbers together and came up with a TDEE…
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Not sure about my calories for this week
I need some help and advice. I was planning to take a cut break this week and next and was so excited about it - even put it on my feed :( I seem to have now been hit with flu symptoms and there's no way I'm going to manage my normal activity level. I only managed to eat around BMR yesterday and that wasn't out of hunger…
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Scared to eat at TDEE
My stats are below. I've been eating at Cut Value for three weeks and I'm ready to ease into eating at TDEE to reset my metabolism. I'm looking for those who can give me their experience with eating at TDEE while resetting their metabolism. BMR: 1491 TDEE: 2311 Cut Value: 1965 My goals are to reset my metabolism, lose body…
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10 (ish) to go...trying to do this RIGHT!
Hey y'all! Thought i might get some good input from anyone bored at work and daydreaming of the beach...with a hot bikini body, too! I'm 11 pounds from my "goal weight" . I've let go of a certain number, but im still shooting to fit back into that wedding dress, and that means shedding this last layer of over all body…
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Not sure what to do now.
So I have been at this eating more losing weight thing for over 12 weeks and it's not working like I had hoped. I haven't lost any weight nor have I lost any inches. I am maintaining my weight and inches. I am not at a total loss as to what I should be doing. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas?
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I've started exercising why am I still gaining weight !
You might be interested in reading this. Article taken from: http://www.columbussports.com/content/writers/dan_falkenberg/ive-started-working-out-why-am-i-still-gaining-weight.shtml By Dan Falkenberg Here’s a question I hear all the time, and to be honest, even though I know why it happens, it can still be disheartening to…
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Still a little confused...
BMR : 1573 TDEE : 2713 TDEE - 15% : 2307 Okay...so on days I don't exercise I should eat TDEE - 15%. I understand that. Now when i do exercise I have to eat the 2307 calories unless the net calories is under the 1573, then I need to eat a little bit more? I know this has been explained a lot but I still need some help!! (I…
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Took 6 months to lose my latest kg!
It took 6 months to lose my latest kg. I had lost 31 kg already which took 2 years to do. Here's a little bit about me: Female 5 foot 2 - 59.2 kg Exercise vigorously, heavy weights, intense sport Eat at a small defecit Eat clean 99% of the time, no processed crap I have lost a lot of centimetres and body fat in the past 6…
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moderately active? or strenuous?
OK so I've done the TDEE calculator thing. But I'm not sure how active I should class myself as being. I have a desk job. I work 15 miles away from home, and once a week I have been riding my road bike to and from work so a 30 mile round trip. I then usually do a shorter ride at the weekend either on my road bike (15-20…
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Exercise & reset
Just a quick question : should I be exercising less/more/same during my TDEE reset?
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Cutting when weight is stable?
Just finishing week 4 of the reset (I miscounted and thought I was finishing week 5, which would explain why I'm having such a rough week - seems that overall week 5 is pretty brutal to everyone - so it's disappointing to realize I'm only at the end of week 4 :( .) I hope my awful week 4 takes the place of everyone else's…
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frustrated...
I started EM2WL on May 4. I won't go into details, but let's just say my personal life took a turn for the AWFUL over Memorial Day weekend, leaving me in a place I did not have as much control over my food as I would've liked nor as much time to devote to exercising. I was living at my parents' house (it's a long…
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Strange Measurements
I was wondering if anyone else has the same thing going on.. My arms are different inches as are my thighs! Maybe this is normal. I would like to say though, since starting em2wl (even though I'm not up to my full 15% cut yet) Ive lost 2 inches in my lower belly, and 1 inch off each thigh.
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wish I had a fitbit!
today I've spent all afternoon moving! From a third floor apartment (no elevator) to a third floor apartment (no elevator), in 99 degree weather. I think I made ten or twelve trips total up and down up and down. Wish I had a fitbit today, would have loved to see what I burned! As I was drenched in sweat going up and down…
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What additional tools do you use?
Hi all - I am checking to see what additional tools you use to track your weight loss? Like, when you change up your calories, where you can make notes, or if you change up your routine to keep track of your results. MFP has some stuff, but making notes doesnt really work very well. Does anyone have an awesome spreadsheet…
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Ugh. Feeling discouraged
I'm at the end of my first cut week and I've gained! I've gone up half a pound! I'm on a 15% cut, and have set myself to 3-5 hour and got those 5 hours in, always making sure to net my BMR on heavy workout days. I have been eating very well, and getting extremely close, if not spot on with my protein. I'm drinking way more…
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Remind me please
Hello! I started EMTWL a couple weeks ago and I almost immediately dropped 6 lbs. But today the scale is up 3 of those pounds. My concern is the way it makes me feel emotionally. Its just like the months of april-june when I was eating 1460 calories and the scale wasn't moving. I feel awful. Intellectually I knew this…
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Do I up my calories again?
Okay so a good few months ago I thought I'd give this whole eat more to weigh less strategy a try. I upped from 1200 to around 1500 of which I've lost around 10lbs. I've come to a stop in the weight loss for some reason.. so do I up my calories again? I'm 20, 151lbs, exercise about 4-5 times a week. Would appreciate a…