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Worried
Hi - So I lost a few years ago 4 stones using food replacements and I went back to my old eating habits and now I am back in the Obese category - I keep re trying with the food replacements but keep failing ( I don't want to belittle the food replacements as they are good to get to an ideal BMI and work well for some -…
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Another of those "am I doing this right?" posts *sigh*
Age 45 BMR- 1405 (Scooby's site) TDEE- 2424 -15% cut - 1939 cal goal Macros 25% P 45% C 20% F Weight- 153.5 LBM 109 lbs (calculated by In-Line machine 5 wks ago at 156lbs) Fat Calipers (3 site) 25% Short overview- Stalled out eating was not perfect. No inches lost/fat lost/weight lost in 4 months. Shook it up and followed…
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New here, please add me to this group
HI, I was told about this group by my MFP friend rioux. I was a stanch believer that in order to lose weight, I had to limit food. I never would have believed that eatting more would be better for me but it is. Would love to join this group. How do I go about that? When I click "join this group" it won't let me. Please…
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Another Fitbit Question?
A little background. I had MFP set to 1400 calories and eating back my workout calories. Some days that was good others I just couldn't bring myself to eat all of those calories back. I know I ate at a deficit for a long time and I'm working my way to eat at Maintenance and do a reset. The last 3 weeks I've added 100…
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Trust fitbit?
Just discovered this group and I think it fits in with what I have experienced. I recently started running again - 4 days per week, ave 4 miles with a longer run on Saturdays. I also just got a fitbit 1 month ago and it keeps crediting MFP with MANY extra calories that I have been fearful to eat, although I have eaten back…
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i have no idea what im doing.
Okay, so I'm 17 and trying to start being a better me. My family has awful eating habits so I'm taking charge of my own health and fitness but I have no clue how to start or what to do. I have prom on march 28th and I graduate June 4th. I'd love to feel and look a bit healthier by then. I'm 17 I weight 185 pounds and I'm…
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Metabolic Reset or -15% TDEE Cut?
Hi everyone. I heard about EM2WL through Go Kaleo and after doing some research, I'd really like to give it a try. However, I'm trying to decide whether I should do a metabolic reset or cut -15% TDEE. I started logging food and cutting calories around the first of the year. According to the Scooby calculator, my BMR is…
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Opinions on numbers, experts please help me out?
For about 4 weeks I have been doing the 1200cal MFP recommendation. I have almost always eaten below 1200cal per day and often a lot less. Who knows what damage I have done to myself? Still, I am overweight despite regular excercise. I have not lost any weight in the last 4 weeks, and my measurements are the same. Female,…
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New to this
SW: 270lb CW: 222lb GW: 135-154lb (undecided) Height: 5-3 So Ive lost 50lb since last spring, though gained a little over my birthday and currently sat at 48lb. 1st six months was simply about getting my head right and meeting my numbers, undoing bad habits etc. Weds though I went to see a nutritionist who did my body fat…
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Menopausal Women - help please
Wondering if there are any women in menopause EM2WL. I'm just having a tough time getting my calories figured out with my metabolism/hormone changes. It's just not like it used to be!!!! :-/ I mean no offense by this but I'd rather not hear from 20, 30, or 40 somethings telling me what I should be doing. I'm almost 55 and…
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Lost & Where To Begin?
I am Not sure if i am eating the amount of calories. I came across this group while searching for a group to join. I remember my doctor saying that i need to eat more in order to loss weight. I weight 286 (embarrassed) 5ft 0in and i want to change my lifestyle. I have tried plugging in my numbers to the…
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Am I doing it right?
Just want to check I've got my numbers right! Last year I lost a load of weight but it was due to stress, lack of appetite and wasn't exercising at all and I'd started smoking again!!! October last year I stopped smoking, started eating again (anything that wasn't nailed down to be precice) and gained about 20lb in a…
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Why do I bother?
Someone tell me why I bother going on the forums and try to get people (who post about worrying about eating 1200 calories) to eat above bmr and to eat more calories when all I ever do is get lambasted? *head wall* You would think I would learn.
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Looking for advice
I'm really interested in EM2WL and have been reading about it for a while. I am really wanting to give it a go, but not really sure about how. I work out at a gym three times a week - a mix of weights and cardio but I am just starting out really and fairly clueless - and walk 10000 steps a day as well as going to tae kwon…
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sweet tooth
I have a horrible sweet tooth all the time!!! I need some suggestions before I turn to something that is not beneficial to my weight loss journey!!!
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What do I base my net off?
Hi I've been using Fitbit since Christmas, and I've got it set to a 1.5lb weekly loss target - however, I'm changing this to 1lb (or 500 calorie deficit) as I think it is too large at the moment. My BMR is 1878, so I should never eat less than this - not a problem. But I shouldn't net less than this either. Now here's the…
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one month of eating tdee and weight gain
I had an eating disorder for three ish years where things were bad, eating a net 900kcal a day and binging/purging. Doing cardio to the extreme. 180lbs-150 This last year I started eating more (1200-1500kcal) average and gained 30 pounds with 45min cardio 4 times a week and daily piltes. 150lbs-180 For the last month I've…
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getting calories up
Having a little problem, I'm 61-200lbs want to loose 2 lbs a week. Started going to the gym at least 5 days a week changed my diet, eating good but only getting around 1000 to 1100 cal a day and feel full. Gained 3 lbs in two weeks. sample diet: oatmeal w blueberries for breakfast, 1/2 turkey san and fruit and 1/2 bowl of…
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Maybe I'm recomping?
I recently heard the term recomping, so I decided to do a little research. And it seems to fit what is happening with me right now. My weight is the same as where I started two months ago, but I have lost over 5% body fat. (I use online tools because that is what I have most readily available to me.) Based on the online…
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Delurking with a Question - getting those calories up
Like a lot of people who buy into the screaming headlines, I lost a lot of weight using a VLCD (hcg, to be exact - yup, I admit it). I lost 62 pounds (this was 8 or so years ago, hit the 50's (am now 53), hurt my knee badly, changed jobs, etc. etc., and the weight began to creep up again despite everything. Panicked, I…
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How can I still be hungry?
At what point do I stop listening to my internal cues for hunger? It's the end of the day, I've eaten 1900 calories but my stomach is still saying it's hungry. What the heck man! Knock it off.
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TDEE v NEAT
Hi. I'm new here - and have been looking at what you guys do, and I like the sound of it - except one thing. You recommend taking the deficit off your TDEE. But I'm not the most consistent person when it comes to exercise. And if I'm honest, knowing that if I get up and walk around for a bit will earn me a few extra…
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Upping calories and underreporting
I read that most people are under reporting their calories by at least 2-300 per day. Even dietitians were guilty of this. I'm pretty religious about weighing and tracking my food, but if I'm upping my cals, and under reporting am I going to lose the weight?
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Do I eat too much/too less ?
Hi :) I am 20 year old girl,160 sm tall, 50 kilo weight. My goal is to bild lean body mass (not muscular but not too skinny), so I try to workout 1 hour a day and eat approx. 1350-1300 cal per day ( net approx. 900 cal (btw I am vegan)).So to have long term results should I continue to eat like this or increase cal or…
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Friends
I'd love some new friends from this group to help me through the journey of eating a higher calorie diet. I did something similar to this last year because someone mentioned to me that she upped her calories to 1800 and it helped her lose weight; and it worked pretty well. SLOW of course. I had gained back some weight…
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hello everyone!!!
I am glad that there is a group that allow u eat more but in a good way--not in the every one hour way. Since Monday, I decided to go on a 1200 calorie diet but with good portion of three meals a day every five hours and a decent snack. I am looking forward to your guys support and advices. I am 5'2 and let's say I am…
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Binge Eater
Does anyone else find that upping calories tends to make you want to binge more? I feel very alone with this....I dieted for years and now am 50 pounds overweight and I am trying to eat 2,000 calories daily as suggested by the calculators (TDEE is 2450)...but it's almost like I binge anyway, I can't seem to eat healthy…
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What to expect?
I am about to go from 1900 calories to 2400 doing my metabolism reset. What should I expect? I need to know so I can prepare for it and give myself the inner strength to go that's okay, this is supposed to happen. Did I even make sense?
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Reaching out for a bit of help
This is usually the point in my weight loss attempts - a little over a month in - where I have had to sign out of a calorie counting program and not allow myself to go back for a few months or more. I dealt with disordered eating (same thought and behavior patterns as someone with anorexia, but without the severe symptoms…
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BMR
Hello everyone, I need some help in regards to the calories consumed. On days I workout I usually eat my 15 % cut around 2000 calories, so my question is on days I don't workout should I eat my BMR 1540? I will appreciate your advice and please feel free to add me so you can see my diary. Thanks.
