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No jumping on the scale for a month ... who's with me?
Ok I read it over and over again and I am so very very guilty of it myself and I am personally sick of the grip my little flat platform has on me. :grumble: I currently jump on my scales sporadically throughout my week, as well as on my 'official' weigh in day and i am just bouncing around the same kilo. I read Mike's 'Why…
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Anyone use a BMF and a HRM?
If so, do you ever check your numbers to see if they are similar for your workouts? I just did and they don't seem to match...shouldn't they be close?
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Work out less?
Okay so I have a small issue. My BMR is around 1380 and TDEE is around 1900. If I do -15%, I get to eat about 1600 calories. I've set my goal to 1550cals. My activity level is lightly active since I get in about 1-3hrs/week of exercise. Now, I hate exercising if I have to eat back most of what I burned off at the gym. For…
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Diet drinks
What do you all think... Diet drinks good? Bad? Ima diet come addict but I keep reading conflicting advice about sweetners and weightloss and appertite... What do you'll think?
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Losing inches-not checking weight!
I decided to measure this morning, inspired by everyone else posting inches lost. I am down .5 inch in each arm and .75 inches in my waist!! Nothing in hips or thighs (of course, where I want it gone most!) but I'll take it! Yesterday was one week in to doing EM2LW. Yippee! I also did great on macros yesterday, hoping that…
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I think its happening... :)
Im now exactly 5 weeks into eating more (properly this time), week 6 starts today. And it seems I've broken my 3 MONTH plateau!! *Happy dance*!! Last week I had a 400g loss (almost 1lbs). Thought, "okay, niiice". Then a few days later I checked again and there was a 1kg (2.2lbs) GAIN...ugh. But I decided to laugh it off as…
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BMI
So, my BMI is currently about 22/23. My goal BMI is about 17.5 (please don't tell me it's impossible- i've done it before- or unhealthy-i know.) Would this "eating more to weigh less" still help me? I'm sorry but it seems to defy all logic, but everyone seems to be doing so well, so I am curious.
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New and need a few points of advice...
I feel awkward posting this, but..... :embarassed: :blushing: Ok...so...we've been eating clean for the last two months and absolutely LOVE it. I was concerned about whether I was getting proper nutrition, so I started logging food on MFP about a month in. Now that I've been reading, reading, and reading more in the…
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Employer's Wellness Recommendations
I found this information very interesting. Our company's wellness website formulated this for me: ______________ •Manage Your Weight. Based on the standard formula for estimating one's calorie requirements, your recommended target is approximately *1610* calories per day. Following the recommended number of servings from…
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Cardio-aholic?
So, I would never have described myself as addicted to cardio.....until now! Geez, what is wrong with me!!?? Since finding this EMTWL group a week ago and reading all the stickies and watching the youtube videos, etc...I have decided to cut out a little bit of my cardio and add more heavy lifting into my mix. I workout 6…
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Energy. I haz it.
Okay, so I've always been fairly active but somewhat overweight. I lost 20+ lbs. on a VLCD over four months (BTW, is that considered a long enough period to damage your metabolism?), then plateaued and had no energy and looked a little emaciated, blah blah....I've been doing EM2WL for about 5-6 weeks - eating between…
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should I drop my activity level setting and recalculate?
I'm using my Fitbit by itself since I don't possess a working computer. Anyway, my burn yesterday according to my Fitbit was 1787. If I keep getting similar numbers throughout the week and then average them together, should I drop my activity level setting and recalculate my TDEE? No way I should be eating 2000 calories if…
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Strength training
I started strength training a few weeks ago - the gym I go to doesn't have an free weights so I have been using the machines - I have over the last few weeks been upping the weights as finding it easier so I'm guessing what I am doing is doing good but don't feel like I have a plan Iykwim - at the moment I am doing 3 sets…
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New so be nice...
I am 5'6".5, 134 lbs, hips 37, waist 30, and per the bod pod I am 33.5% body fat. The bod pod says my BMR is 1134. I lift hard 3 times a week and loose around 200 cals during each cardio session 3 times a week as well. My body fat is REALLY high for my size and my BMR is really low so how do I get out of this skinny fat…
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Confused...
I was able to figure out what my bmr (1475) and my adjusted TDEE is (1696). I do cardio almost everyday because I love how I feel. Today I am going to start weight lifting again. I useto when I had a trainer then I got lazy and gained. Do I eat back my calories that I burn? I read somewhere that when I lift I always have…
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First NSV (small but still!)
Ok so I went in for my 30 day body comp and below are my numbers.... P.S. all while having a EM2WL mentality :happy: Weight:226 down to 224 (don't care much about the scale but it is still nice LOL Dry Lean Mass: 42.3 up to 42.7 Body Fat Mass: 67.4 down to 64.1 % Body fat: 29.8 down to 28.6 Small improvements but…
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Calories Cycling??
Does this work with the "eat to lose" philiosophy. I averaged out my calories for the last two weeks. I ate: 1646 calories Exercise: 2 days a week of hard core circuit training 60 minutes. Cardio: Stairstepper once a week Walking: 30 minutes 5 days a week. So, my exercise calories average 350 per day Leaves me a net of…
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No reset - will it work?
I'm seeing a lot of people say they tried the TDEE - 15% but found that after 3 weeks or more it wasn't working so they did a reset. Someone also made a post to not make that mistake and do the full 8 week reset. So I guess what I'm asking is starting at TDEE -15% not going to work? I'm about 1 week in at TDEE -15% and…
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change my ticker
Can one of you guys please change my tickerto the EM2WL ticker please? i know some might feel uncomfortable doing so but if you will I will just change my password once it is done! I feel left out of the group :) pleeeeeeeaaaasssseeeee?????
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The beginning...
Ok, just joined EMWL group and upped my calorie goal by 600 calories a day. Scary? yes, but I totally get the logic behind it and I am willing to go for it. Since I have been eating pretty clean, I feel pretty confident about upping my calories... wish me luck. LOL
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Ok here goes
I have found the information on here very useful. I have gained and lost the same 3lbs over and over and its very discouraging. Also doing insanity programme. I also find that 1500+ exercise calories (300-350) is making me very hungry. i had my settings to lightly active and logged my exercise cals. However i changed that…
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Do I need to do the reset?
Hi everyone! In an attempt to break my 7 month plateau, I upped my calories from 1320 to 1570 (my maintenance cals according to MFP) for 6 weeks. I then ate back my exercise calories and averaged around 1650 cals/day (just food) or 1540/day (after exercise) for these 6 weeks I just read about TDEE and did the Scooby…
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FINALLY..It's Moving
FINALLY! day 6 on EM2WL (bumped cal to 1800) and after gaining 4 lbs immediately, the sclae is moving down..whoop whoop!!
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sorry.. I'm new
Sorry.. Im new to this group so I hope someone can help me, I tried going back through some older posts but couldnt find all the answers I wanted so I thought it best to just start my own discussion. I'm 27, 5'2" and 136lbs. I calculated my BMR-1408, my TDEE- 2430, and my goal (with the cut %)- 1944. My questions are: 1.…
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Metabolism Reset-How Do You Know??
How do you know if a metabolism reset is the right move? I started logging on MFP about 40 days ago. I realized then that I was eating pretty low calories without realizing it during the work-week. During the weekends, there is no telling what I was consuming. During a typical work day I probably consumed under 1200…
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Bod Pod Testing
Anyone done this type of test to get your BF, RMR, TDEE? I'm supposed to go and get this done on Tuesday. I'm really interested to see what they come up with for my numbers.
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Energy Boost
Day 3 on this Eat More To Weigh Less and my first time being in the gym since being on this and I had an incredible boost of energy, is that normal with doing this? Oh and I also cheated and stepped on the scales this morning and noticed i lost a pound :-p I know the body fluctuates each day, but I'm taking that for…
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My mood has shifted to be deing DOWN!
I took my before pictures for NROLFW and it instantly changed my perky and happy mood yesterday to being upset. Now I am in a ****ty mood about everything and feeling like this journey is going to take forever. All I can do is continue on and hope that results start to show eventually.
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Are my numbers right? Still no progress?
Hey guys! I did a summary report from my BMF and after 5 weeks I've seen NO change so I was wondering if these sounded ok? My average TDEE of the past month is 3050 My average consumption is 2550 My average deficit is 500 on the nose Should I be seeing some movement by now??:ohwell:
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Off subject...but need support/advice
I just found out from the vet that my 8 yr old male cat has diabetes. Anyone else have a pet with this? Looks like it's special food and twice a day insulin shots for now. Good news is this can go into remission with proper diet after about 3-6 mths. I certainly hope so!