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30g of Fiber!
What do all of you do to reach 30g of fiber daily? I eat whole grain instead of white, almonds, veggies/fruits. But I can't seem to reach 30g!
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question
my calorie end today on my eating came to 1,705 calories. 21 under calorie is this okay? I don't want to go over calorie at all. stick to my numbers as close as possible.
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Reset People: Talk some sense into me, please.
I've been watching this thread and eating more for about 4 weeks. What that means is I slowly started raising my calories from 1800 to where I am now at about 2050. In the meantime, I bought a bodymedia link and have been wearing it for 7 full days now. Here are my stats: CW: 190 Height: 5'7" Age: 43 GW:165 (I want to get…
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Am I moderate or Active?
I have calcualted my activity as moderate but I am not sure if it is correct or not. I currently do the following: New Rules of Lifting Workouts 3 x Week Personal Trainer Workout Session (Weights and Cardio Intervals) 3 x week Insanity DVD's 3 x week Jogging 20-30 min. 3 x week The rest of the day I am pretty low key with…
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REST DAY.... Do you do it and how important is it?
I'm a bit frustrated and torn about the rest days... NROLFW states that you do the exercises three times a week with rest days in between and rest on weekends too. Now I know they also state that you can do some cardio exercises on the days in between lifting... How much is okay to do? And how much is TOO much? If I want…
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What are you guys doing?
Hi! I am posting again! I am Jackie by the way! lol Question. Is a mojority of your exercise weight training with little cardio? I do alot of cardio with about 30-55 min of weight training 3 days a week. I just want to see if more cardio still fits in with what I am trying to achieve doing EMTWL. Still only a week in, so…
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Needing your help!
well folks three more weeks of boot-camp and weights and I lost 2 inches (1in stomach, 1 in hips). I am up 2.4 pounds? Cals are at 1700. Thoughts? Should I up my cals from 1700- to 2000? I love how strong I feel but want fat to burn away. My scale says I gain fat every-time I gain a pound. I know this must be wrong because…
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I think i messed up yesterday
these are my stats from yesterday Goal -3346(TDEE) Food - 2800 Exercise-1491 (if the activity burn on here is correct) Net - 1309 my BMR is 2156 - should my net have been at least this? When I workout i usually go to Zumba and that is a high burn - any advice?
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Hellooo from an ex- breakfast skipper
Hi all! Thanks for creating this group! I've been known for skipping breakfast most days (I know, bad!). I did it for no particular reason, I just didn't feel like it, ha! (bad bad). I also used to skip other meals, or eat them at different times. No consistency at all. I wasn't trying to lose weight by doing so, I guess I…
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Protein Poweder Recommendations
Hi Everyone! I recently started focusing on upping my protein intake to hit at least 95g a day (my calculated lean muscle mass). I was a little wary of the whole protein shake thing at first so I started off nice and easy with the Myoplex Lite shakes (all ready to drink from the fridge!), but they are only 20g of protein…
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how eating more worked for me
I am a 4'11", 121(ish) pounds woman. I have been on MFP since November 2010. At first, like everyone else, I ate 1200 calories a day and I was miserable. I had no energy,was irritable and it was just not pleasant. I lasted a few months before I got smarter and started eating 1400 calories plus my exercises calories.It was…
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Em2wl and fitbit adjustment
Hi. I am trying to get my head round thge numbers for em2wl. Does anyone else use a fitbit? I got my tdee average for 4 weeks off the fitbit site and it is 2735. Taking off 15% takes me to a cut off 2324. What i dont understand is do i take into account the fitbit adjustment calories as would these already be included or…
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Something simple................
I am new to MFP and have been reading all the posts.I am particularly interested in ELTWL. I just want an answer to my question in simple terms because I am getting a bit bamboozled!! My BMR is 1504. My TDEE is 2327. I burn approx 250 calories 4 times a week jogging. So I am working out that I should have about 1978…
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Weight Lifting Results
I see so many ladies on here who eat more (duh!!) and lift heavy and have great results in a short period of time. I feel like I'm not doing something right. I feel like I'm not showing progress fast enough like other ladies. I know we are all different. I know we all change at our own pace but I feel like I eat good - 90%…
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Resetting after 4 years of metabolic damage
Here's my introduction... Age: 29 Height: About 5'7" CW: 139 GW: Probably 130 for now BMR: 1450 TDEE: 1700 if I'm sedentary... I'm going based on this number and then eating my exercise calories back. Back in 2008, I lost 35-40lbs by eating very low calories and doing 5-6 days of cardio (elliptical and martial arts). My…
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Was my dietician/trainer just full of it?
In January I couldn't lose my 8 pounds gained over Christmas to save my life. I decided to go and get metabolism testing done by a trainer/dietician at one of the gyms I work for. He told me I needed to add MORE cardio to my 10 class schedule, but make sure I was in my low "fat burning zone". We did a test and showed that…
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10 days - 5lbs
I don't want to jinx myself, but i've lost another 1lb this morning and i'm estatic :) I am eating loads to get to my 1688 cals and i feel great, still kind of amazed that this is working, but if its keeps working i could do this for the rest of my life and i've never been able to say that about a weight loss program…
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My four week journey results
Well I'm back from the gym with good news!!! I started eating 2000 cals on the first of May and making sure I ate my bmr(I never used to worry about bmr. Anyway I've lost .5kg which doesn't really bother me BUT I've lost 6.5 cm and gone down another body fat % so I'm at 21% which was 8.5mm of fat using the calipers…
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should I try the reset?
Trying to figure out my best mode of action.....we have 2 sons playing baseball one of whom plays for 2 separate teams. often my days are filled with 1 if not 2 ball games. plus I work full time and I'm trying to maintain a good marriage.... I started with em2wl at my t d e e minus 15 percent.in my research I have found…
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Good way to up calorie intake
Wondering if someone can give me some ideas on upping my calorie intake?
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On the verge of tears! I'm so dang frustrated and confused!
I've been eating at just below my cut for the last few weeks, and sometimes going over and hitting at my TDEE. I originally gained 3 lbs, which I was aware would happen, but since then I've only maintained for the last month or so. I am working out at least 3 times per week, sometimes up to 6. Mainly weight training and 2…
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Straight to cut or maintanence?
Hi! before I joined the EM2WL group I had been eating 1200 calories a day. However, that was my first time actually trying a diet, and I only did 1200 cals a day for about 2 and a half weeks, then i started em2wl... So, since I was on a low calorie diet for such a short amount of time, and i have never been subjected to…
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Okay, im going to risk the jinx...
Im just over 2 weeks in. Doing n.r.o.l.w. 3x a week and c25k 3x a week. Eating 2000-2300 calories daily. So that's about 30 minutes of exercise a day, and usually my son and I go for stroller walks, but my stroller has been down for a week. I have also been a little over on my calories due to customers bringing goodies…
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Calories in - Scooby
So I went to that scooby website and calculated my numbers. I'm female, 39, 154lb's 5'4" and it calculated my numbers to be BMR 1436, TDEE 2226 and daily cal's to lose .9 a week (with a 20% reduction) is 1781. I changed my protein to 30, carbs to 40, fat to 30, fiber to 30% and sodium to 2500. I'm just wondering on my…
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Metabolism Repair Mode group
Hey ladies, Seen a lot of confusion from the discussion on here lately. You up your calories and still don`t lose. Look, I get it. I am that person. I know you`ve heard about metabolism repair from the founders of this group, Kiki and Lucia. (thank you for continuing to be a part of our struggles):smile: Are you…
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Hello, looking for friends and support and maybe a kick
Hi! I joined MFP back in 2011 and sorta used it to track calories. At that time it was set to 1550 cals +exercise cals. I followed that for awhile halfheartedly and lost 7lbs. The first time in my life that I lost weight when I actually tried. I derailed Mid Oct and picked myself up Jan 2nd 2012. Since then I have TRIED! I…
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Is this right?
I am new to this, just upped my calories a week ago, to 1700 calories per day which is my TDEE (2000) -15%. My BMR is 1385. I have a BodyMedia fit, and it says that today (a very busy day and I also worked out a lot), I burned 2400 calories. So, I ate 2100 calories... going off the assumption that if I burn more than 315,…
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How do you eat this much? And am i doing this right?
so i am 34, 5'4, hovering around 137-140 pounds. From fitnessfrog (right?) my TDEE is 1900, cut rate is 1615. My BMR is 1385. Ideally, i'd really like to be about 120, as that was a much more comfortable place for me, tho i'm still sorting out how realistic that is, i guess. But right now i'm just trying to sort out what…
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Ok - I gained
For the first time since increasing my cals over a month ago. The new part is I dropped doing 2x week Body Pump classes and am doing the NROL4W workouts 3x week instead. I am hoping that is what it is - even though I'm not sore at all! Yay! But it wasn't much of a gain - so I immediately was ticked - but went and put on…
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HIIT???
So I am completely not familiar with HIIT. I really want to do it the day after I lift. I am doing NROL4W 2 days/week, Stage 1, week 3. Can I do the stationary bike's "interval training" program? It seems so confusing to me if I have to figure it myself. I also can't do treadmill for more than fast walking because of…