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Afraid of My Body
I'm going to pour out some feelings here... feelings I've kept inside for so many years. I may ramble a bit, so here's your fair warning, if you're not interested, then please move onto next post). I'm 54 years old, and I have never had a positive body image. I've been overweight since I hit puberty (around 13). I know…
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AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
edited for being a drunkass moral of the story - CA sucks I ate 1200 calories today + 2 bottles of wine. Gnight
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calculating my calories
when I did my calories I was 190 pounds and needed to eat 1,726 calories. I am now at 188 pounds. I wanted to know is it time to re calcuate my calories ? some have you wait till you lose x amount of pounds before recalculating your new calories.
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How long do you go with no results? When to change?
Hey guys. I'm seeing a LOT of posts lately of people's drawers falling off of them, and inches going down etc. LOL! That's so amazing. So happy for the EM2WL family! I was hoping I would be a success story, but so far, like everything else I've tried...I'm not seeing any results. Weight gain, inches up, body looking worse…
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Advice on calorie intake and exercising?
I'm recovering from bulimia, I used to binge alot, any chance I got. I would binge anywhere from 1-11 times in a day. My old binges would be anywhere between 100-3,500+ calories. I still binge, it's just not as big anymore, but I know that's what's holding me back, my binges now are from 100-2,000 calories. I used to…
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Vitamins/Supplements?
Do people take vitamins and supplements? If so, which ones? I've been taking a Centrum women's health multivitamin and recently added in a B12 pill ('to increase energy metabolism!') but I can't feel any difference. What vitamins do you take? I read something about a 'papaye' or 'papaya' supplement to help with…
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To log or not to log work out
All, I just started EM2WL today, and I am not sure whether or not I should log my exercise. When I calculated by BMR, TDEE, and cut value, my cut value already takes into account my exercise, so when I log my exercise on MFP, it just looks like I need to eat more, but I don't unless I go under BMR, right? Here are my…
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For all the runners...
How heavy do you guys lift? And also, for all the ladies, are any of you doing NROLFW?
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do you actually have to workout along with EM2WL?
I was just wondering.
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Okaaayyyy is this a fluke?
Hi I started with you lovely ladeez on the 12th Mayl.... Initially I gained at least a pound (I haven't weighed since 15th May as I know it'll punt back to eating lower. I also gained inches and felt puffy and bloated... I went away last week Monday-Friday and I ate what I wanted :embarassed: well its rude not to partake…
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I am a whoosher...
When I first began eating more, just over three weeks ago, I immediately lost about five pounds. From that point (with the addition of NROLFW and less cardio) I have remained the exact same weight within 0.2 lbs for the last two weeks. Today, I hopped on the scale and had lost 5 lbs, seemingly overnight. I should clarify…
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How much cardio is too much?
I have joined a running club and we do about 6 miles twice a week (tue's and thur's) I am also starting to do another run on a weekend (which will vary anywhere between 3 - 10 miles) I've started Insanity this morning but am not sure whether to do Insanity every day (or 6 days a week) as advised, or just do it on my…
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Bare with me! I am giddy!
I cannot even begin to explain how much I love NROLFW! I only started last week and I already feel stronger and better. I had no idea my body was capable of lifting what I've been lifting. I've already upped in weights 3 times in each category with weights and have finally began challenging myself physically and mentally.…
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zigzagging?
Hi fellow eaters :) I am eating at TDEE - 15%. Yesterday I had a big overage (about 675 over!!) because of a birthday party/ lack of self control. You know how it is. Anywayyy... I was wondering if anyone who eats at a static calorie goal like this also zigzags? Or am I incorporating too many things at once?? I usually…
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Stage 2 NROLW
Holy Cow! Is it just me or is workout B a killer?? I just got home from the gym and I am already sore! My legs are jello. Usually I don't feel this way until the next day.
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Any Tracy Anderson Continuity People Out There?
Hey gang, I see a lot of PX90 and shred/ChaLEAN and New Rules people here, but nobody doing Tracy Anderson. I am thinking of incorporating a bit of the weight lifting as it just seems like the best thing. Anyone have any feedback on doing both?
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I'm so lost :(
So I signed up to be a member at that Leigh Peele website. That site is hard to manover around in to get information. I want to repair my metabolism but I'm a bit freaked out as I want to make sure I'm doing everything right. As one I don't want to gain a ton of weight and two I want to make sure I do everything right to…
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For Those That Measure
How often do you measure yourself? What areas? I was measuring once a week, but don't see much from week to week. In fact, my measurements stalled awhile ago - one of the reasons I decided to dive into the metabolic reset. I forgot to do my weekly measuring yesterday and I may just wait a bit, maybe do it every other week…
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Random bloating
So I woke up this morning to my stomach and sides being 3x larger than normal and my clothes no longer fitting. This is after 40 days of em2wl so I don't know what's happening. I've been moving this week so my only exercise has been 40 minutes brisk walking to work and back daily. Could that be it? I am maintaining my…
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Another (vegetarian) EM2LW Newby
Hello all EM2LW members! After reading lots of the info on here I've decided to give this a go. I'm 5'8'', approximately 144 lbs (as of a week ago but I've now taken a big step for me and hidden my scales away!). I'm therefore a healthy weight but would like to lose a few vanity pounds (or inches). I've done this a couple…
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Can't lift heavy. Lift light?
Every time I try to lift over 10lbs I end up hurting myself, I have a bad neck from an accident,Its amazing how neck muscles are affected by bicep curls,etc. so should I just lift my 10 lbs It'd be better than nothing right ?
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Going to buy some adjustable dumbbells today
Time to get effin serious about lifting weights! Damn things are expensive though, but I dont want a full set! I am gonna start NROLFW tod............wait no i am not. Gotta do manly exercises :p
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Protein without the fat
I have a limited pantry. So, I try to meet my protein levels with nuts, peanut butter, sometimes cheese (I'm allergic to milk so I eat very little cheese now as compared to before in my life) and meat. The problem is I am forever overshooting my fat by lunchtime already. It is driving me batty. Help! My fat is set at 20%…
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Just plain terrible at sticking to a diet plan
ok I know this sounds stupidly lame when you are all doing so well at dropping huge amounts of weight so I'm almost embarrassed to post but... I only have a few vanity pounds to lose so this is ridiculous I know I have previously had lots of spike days so never really managed low cal dieting hence it has never been…
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2.5 weeks - an update
I really like this group so I just wanted to update. I've been eating at my cut ~ 2000/day for 2.5 weeks now. Initially I ballooned out like crazy. I was so full and miserable for the first few days then by the end of the first week things started to change. It's like someone popped the balloon and I shrunk back down. My…
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feel so much better!
I increased my intake just over a week ago as I was starving! Currently doing insanity and have a very active job which involves a lot of walking/ climbing stairs for approx 3-4hrs/day. Eating more has made me so much more energetic than i was. I feel that I am able to workout better and I'm not so tired anymore. FIngers…
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I Just Finished NROLFW Stage 1 Too
Finally finished and plan on doing the AMRAP next week. I posted this on the NROLFW group board, but it kind of got lost in the shuffle. Workout A Squats: Dumbbell =25 lbs to Barbell Squats: 105 lbs Push Ups: On kitchen counter to Floor (I did have to go on my knees for 1 set though) Dumbbell Rows: 25 lbs to 31 lbs (added…
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Is EM2LW for me?
I'm not looking to lose a ton of weight, maybe 20 pounds, but here's the kicker: I have not fed my metabolism right for about 4 years. Without going into detail, I'm sure I have slowed it down a lot over the years. I tried eating more once, about 6 months ago, but all I did was gain weight! I'm 5' 4" and on the heavier end…
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NROLFW nutrition plan
Im just finishing reading NROLFW and i read/saw recently this group came about from Lucia reading a review on NROLFW. Im curious tho if there is a reason why their nutrition plan isnt the recommended one on here? Im eating 2343 at the moment which is TDEE-15%...going by NROLFW i would be eating 2300 on workout days and…
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Stickies
Would it be possible to reorganize the stickies in here? There are just WAY too many, and many posts are getting lost and pushed back in the pages because of it.. Many of the stickies could be re linked in one or two threads of "Important things to read" or something like that... Theres just soo many. Makes it a bit…