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needing more protein - some ideas please
Hi All, I am really struggling to hit my protein macro I should be having around 140 per day and I am only managing about 70-80 way below... what do people eat for protein? I tried adding nuts but that hardly made a difference (thought nuts were higher in protein!) I could try a protein powder but if possible I would like…
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Me again
Just another quick question, I've been eating to tdee which is about 2234ish for a week as a diet break. I'm supposed to be starting my cut again on Tuesday. But I have actually lost 2 pound this week. Should I be decreasing again to cut??
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Bow Flex use
Just bought a Bow Flex off of Craig's List since I am no where near ready for free weights. Has anyone here used a Bow Flex in their weight loss and if so - any suggestions? The owner's manual has a 6 week plan with different exercises and a diet plan but the diet plan is scary! It says to start out at 1200 calories for…
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Am I really at TDEE? Advice appreciated!
So I am trying to maintain a bit longer before going for weight loss. I recently gained 10 pounds (on scale - inchwise not quite that much) by overeating at closer to 2900 a day for about a month. Then I started eating to appetite, which is around 2400. I just recorde what I feel like eating on MFP. Then I filled out the…
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Quest Bars
Question for those that eat Quest Bars and count your macros? Do you count the carbs that are listed on the wrapper or the net carbs? (says net on wrapper as well, finer minus carbs so usually around 4g). I am new to all this and learning THANKS
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I quit....smoking
I have been on this healthy/ fitness journey for a while and my smoking addiction has always interfered. I eat nutritious foods, smoke. Exercise, smoke. Check MFP, while smoking. Three days ago I decided to quit again (I have quit tons of times). Gaining weight has always been a fear. I quit last year and gained 20 lbs in…
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New to the group but not MFP
Hi my name is Joy I am looking for support on my eating more campaign. I have never starved myself anyway couldn't if I tried but I am ready to commit to eating properly. A bit about me I am 42 live in the UK, have 3 kids 2 with special needs and a full time job. I also have a husband, 2 cats, 2 dwarf hamsters and 2…
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What's my activity level?
Hi all, I'm new to this group but so glad I found it! :) I started on this new 'lifestyle change' at the beginning of the year and despite loads of research and reading through the forums I'm still a little stuck when it comes to calculating my TDEE. My stats are as follows: Female 5"3 125lbs 24yo I currently lift weights…
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Feeling... Stupid but happy?
Reading through all of these posts just makes so much sense. I kept asking myself questions like: "Why am I putting so much energy into my diet and my workout and going nowhere?" "Why do my flatmates weigh so much less than me when they eat more and never workout?" "Why am I always the worst in my kickboxing class,…
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Can this be done?
Going to go 'hard' core. I have 3 more pounds to go to reach my 1st goal of loosing 60 pounds total (some was lost prior to MFP). Nephews wedding is in 10 days. Can I do it? 3 pounds in 10 days?
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TDEE with fitbit? Need advice....
Hi, I have been thinking of buying a fitbit. My weight is stuck at 143 pounds for the last 2 months and I have a feeling I am going wrong with my TDEE calculations. Acc to scooby my TDEE is around 1909 ( that is if I choose light exercise though I don't know if I should use moderate exercise since I exercise 6 times a…
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looking for some assurance/advice
Hi everyone, I just joined the group after multiple suggestions that I consider using the TDEE-20% method as my progress with MFP has been quite slow. I've lost 10-15lbs, which I'm really happy about, but it's been over three months and I just feel like I should be seeing a bit more progress. I've been eating 1500 calories…
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Bmr low...advice needed again
Hi, Need your advice once again. I went and got my body fat checked where they used one of the electronic hand held devices. My weight is 144( 65.5 kilos) and my body fat is 24.8 kilos( 37%) which is quite a bit but considering the last time I checked it was around 46 %, I am relatively happy about it. But my bmr is…
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Can I really burn as many calories as my HRM says?
I have a fairly accurate HRM (Polar) according to the reviews. But my husband always makes me second guess. Then again, he didn't believe that I can lose weight with eating more. Anyhow. So here's the deal. The winter this year is more brutal than the years before and kids and I try to take advantage of all the little…
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any help please!! :0)
hi everyone, Hope its ok but i've posted this on the eat more to weigh less website as well to try and get some answers. Firstly, i wanted to say that i am so glad that i found this - i actually feel for the first time in my life that i have found something that is sustainable for the rest of my life. I really don't think…
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TDEE - 500 calories?
Wouldn't this be a simple way to figure out calories needed on a daily basis to lose a pound a week? My TDEE is 2184. So, if I net 1650 cal/day, shouldn't I lose? I exercise 4x/week for 45-60 minutes, so couldn't those calories be eaten back and I will still lose? I have tried Weight Watchers and MFP at 1380 cal/day (what…
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looking for assurance, advice and any tips
Hello to all, This time Last year i weighed 15 and half stone so i got myself the mfp app, joined a gym and went about losing weight the traditional way by eating less and moving more. I got to october time last year and was 4 and half stone lighter (yipee!!) since then the scales have not budged (not so yippee). Well i…
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Will this work - fitbit & EM2WL
I have been thinking… I have done my TDEE based on scooby calculator (still need to do Heybales spreadsheet) but in the meantime I was thinking, if I am using my TDEE to work out the cut, as I have a fitbit (disconnected from MFP) can I work out what burn I have for that day and base the cut on this? I know that fitbit…
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What have you learned from eating TDEE - % ?
I've been eating TDEE-% and seeing some small successes. I love hearing about success stories but sometimes you don't always hear about what people have learned along the way with eating this particular way. Things they discovered as they began trusting the process. So with that, share what you've learned. What did you…
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Increased TDEE over last week, should I trust it?
I got some great advice here about a week ago about how to log my exercise and reevaluate my TDEE. It's been over a week now, and I calculated my new TDEE, and it's much higher, basically I'm scared to eat more as I'm losing about a pound per week right now. My current TDEE -20% is 2185 using the scooby calculator. Using…
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Where is this magical spreadsheet?
LOL- I keep seeing the spreadsheet mentioned but I can't find it! I've been steadily upping my calories the last few weeks from 1200, currently up to 1750 plus exercise calories. (Working like a charm I might add!) Working my way up to my TDEE-20% about 2100 calories. If someone could point me in the direction of the…
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Excellent article on Metabolic Damage and starvation mode
http://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/truth-about-metabolic-damage excerpt: Starvation mode, metabolic damage, weight loss resistance, adrenal fatigue... For some reason, these terms get under people's skin. You hear constantly about this myth and that myth, and how these things are bogus. Sort of reminds me of a saying by…
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Scoobie vs. my Fitbit
This has been gnawing at me for awhile. First let me give a bit of history. I tried this whole em2wl approach around this time last year and I did pretty well for a few months but then I fell off the wagon. I was really never a low cal eater, just an eater. Eating junk is how I got here. I went to Scooby to figure out my…
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Hypothyroidism and EM2WL
Hey, I'm just looking for some advice really! The whole ethos of this group makes perfect sense to me, and I'm really interested to try it. But I have hypothyroidism and so I'm wondering if all the calculations etc work? Is there anyone out there who has hypothyroidim and is having success with this method? My thyroid…
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EM2LW voodoo
To start off just want to let you know that this is a positive post, lol. I enjoy the way that this way of eating is a lifestyle change that one can live with. In just a few short week I have changed the way i look at food. Food is no longer the enemy...Its just fuel that happens to be delicious. It has to be some kind of…
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Knee Sleeves
I don't have the best knees and truthfully my knees sound like a goat chewing on a can at times. I use braces for leg day (which I'm getting ready to do now) but I've been thinking about picking up some knees sleeves since I'm starting to lift heavier. I don't even know where to begin to find a good pair. If you use…
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Nutrition label inaccuracies - question about counting
I followed some links from mfp, and the consensus seems to be that nutrition data on labels have a margin of error of up to 20% -- mostly erring on the side of listing too few calories. Should I be adding 20% to my calories when I enter them? A 20% difference in the wrong direction could erase my 10% deficit. I don't have…
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Should I Still Feel Hungry?
Hi...I've been doing the MFP method for about 6 months, then took a break the past 3 months. Now that I'm starting up again, I'm doing TDEE - 20% because with MFP, I was constantly hungry at 1200 calories and was depriving myself to stay within the 1200 limit. Based on the various calculators I've used, these are my…
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Am I doing this right?
Hi, I'm 17 and currently 190 lbs. That's not good because I'm only 5'3" . I began losing weight about a year ago by going into a deficit. I barely ever ate over 1200 calories. Lost 30 lbs in about 4 months. Sustained it and then started noticing it crept back up. By like 5 lbs. So I began the cycle of cutting to 500…
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Suggestions for At-Home Weight Training?
Reading through the posts on this group page the last couple of days has been so beneficial and is helping me learn immensely as I continue my weight loss journey. I 5'5" and began at 201 at the beginning of the year. I'm now at 187.2! I'm on my way, but no where close to where I want to be quite yet. I was one of those…
