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Need more friends who eat!
Hey y'all, I've been a member of the group for a while, though I'm pretty quite on the forums due to busyness in my offline world (grad school, work, family, etc). I'm in dire need of friends on here who eat more. I have a few already, and I am MFP friends with a bunch of my real-life friends who don't eat at all, and seem…
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Activity Level for Figuring TDEE
Hey guys! I'm trying to figure out my TDEE - but I'm a little lost on the activity level. Can you help me out? Here's a break down of what I do: - Everyday walk for at least 60 minutes at 3.0 mph (not very fast or difficult) - Twice a week run/walk intervals. Run 5.2 mph for 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes at 3mph - Full body…
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This really works !!
When I weighed in Saturday I weighed the same exact weight down to the ounce from last week... I hadn't lost a single ounce... Needless to say I was pissed :smile: I ate more this weekend (a lot more)... I weighed myself today and I was down from 223.4 to 222.8 so almost half a pound in 2 days... I wasn't eating enough…
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MFP Friends that EAT!
I'm on the lookout for some new friends who can support eachother with hitting our calorie goals and macros! Like minded people who LIFT things that are heavy! My friends list currently includes people following a ketogenic diet or VLCD, an indication of the fads that I've tried in the past... Add me or leave a comment and…
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Water Retention Lifting
Anyone else experience serious water retention when they first started lifting? I've put on about 7lbs in the past 3 weeks and I've been feeling really poofy. Today, after 2 rest days, I been peeing every. single. hour. (TMI) since I woke up this AM. Tonight, I'm back on and I'm just curious as to how long I should expect…
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Metabolism Adaption
Hi guys, just a quick question that I hope someone has the answer for. So, when someone eats at 1200 calories consistently the metabolism adapts to that being the TDEE, no loss or gain, right? What about at higher levels? For example; I'm slowly upping my intake to maintenance which should be around 1900-2000 and am…
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Can eating more or lifting weights cause this?
I started lifting last fall but wasn't eating enough to support it (VLCD for at least a year) and saw very little changes in strength and body. In December I found the EM2WL advice, increased my calories, started doing a reset, and lifting heavier. I felt better overall but starting in January or February, I began…
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Eating More Not Losing" BUT GAINING"!!!
I started the "Eat More Weigh Less" forum on June 1st. I figured what have I got to lose but weight. Did not think I would gain anything but knowledge instead I've gained 4 pounds. I went from 134 pounds to 138 pounds. First week was 136, second week 138. I take the volumetric approach to eating. High volume low calories.…
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Macros, Weight Gain and Frustration
So, I started with a personal trainer 2 weeks ago. The very first thing he did after looking at my MFP food journal was to bump my calories by nearly 300 per day, to almost 2000, and to increase my protein intake significantly. (My tracking was sketchy for the couple of weeks prior to that, but I’d previously been at about…
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Fitbit Activity Record
Hello, I have noticed some weird behavior when using the stopwatch feature to log activity records. Today I used the stopwatch and did 20 minutes of elliptical. I synced with fitbit and when I logged onto Fitbits site, the activity record displayed 150 calories burned. I did not manually log any exercise on fitbits site.…
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Cutting - when did you see results?
Hi all, I am 3 weeks into my cut and I got on the scale today because I was curious. Yikes! I haven't been eating the best lately; but it isn't completely horrible. I have been working out more & doing 30DS and just am generally more active with the kids (pool is open!) When I got on the scale today, I am 3 pounds above…
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Setup Fitbit with MFP
I have had my Fitbit for a while and everytime I link MFP to FB I always gain using EM2WL. How do you guys have your profiles setup using this method
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Males trying to EM2WL
Hey all, so just looking for some success stories of some guys out there that have been doing this. after getting down to the point where i was eating between 1700-1900 calories (usually around 1500 net) and not making any progress i decided it was time to up the calories back up. this program has me eating at 3000…
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Can someone check I'm doing this right please (Newbie)
Hi All I have read a lot of the forums on MFP regarding EM2LW, downloaded the spreadsheet, used Scooby calculator and I also have a Ki FIT (Bodymedia for UK) device. I have opened my diary in MFP and hope someone can take a quick look and ensure I have setup everything correctly. I am Female, 35, weight 180lbs. I'm 5' 1.5"…
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Calculating TDEE from weight loss
I've been dropping weight pretty fast, about 2lb/week. Not that I'm complaining, but I'm trying to figure out how that works into calculating my TDEE. My current weight is 131.5lbs. Goal weight is 125lbs (actually it's 20%bf, but if I keep my current lean body mass, that equates to a weight of 125lbs). I've been eating…
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BMR Reassessment
Hi all! Quick question. I've seen multiple posts about reassessing your BMR and TDEE for every five pounds you lose, but what if you remain the same on the scale but are losing inches? Should you still only reassess after the scale drops, or should you be looking at inches lost as well? Sorry if this has been posted…
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8 weeks into it
I am still gaining, probably only 6lbs so far in the 8 weeks, when do I know I am done with my reset? When it levels out more? I have lost dress sizes and my measurements have gone down in the 8 weeks. I hate to be redundant, I am sure this is asked a lot. TIA :D I am 5'10" 210lbs 39 year old female. I have been trying to…
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Hi..help please?
I've read the pinned notes, bought the EM2WL ebook and perused the boards.. I"m just wondering if someone could confirm for me that I have this right. I used the Scooby site and used 1-3 hrs light exercise & 20% cut using the Harris method. Results: BMR - 1753 (don't net lower than this!) TDEE to maintain - 2410 TDEE with…
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New To the Group and a Bit Scared
Hi all! I'm new to the group as well as to the idea of eating more to weigh less. I have always been one to eat as little as possible, and the negative side effects (headaches, low energy, being hungry all the time) were just the price I had to pay to lose weight. Now that I've been reading all these posts about eating…
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Hubby's weight loss has stalled
Both me and my hubby are trying to lose weight. We can't figure out why my better half (my husband) isn't losing weight. I told him I think he's not eating enough. He currently weighs around 360 lbs. He uses a website like mfp to log his calories. He's been eating around 2000-2200 calories a day. He exercises 3-4 days a…
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I think I've confused myself..... Halp? I'm Stuck
I am female, 41, and 5'10" and have been trying to lose weight for a while. I thought I finally had it figured out, but I think I've confused myself, and hit a plateau at the same time. I was too eager to start EM2LW, so I didn't read everything, or maybe I did, but didn't remember it all. At the time, I was 238 lbs. I…
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i am way too confused! can somebody please help me!
too much of information usually creates confusion! and i am confused to the core! can someone please tell me in plain simple words how many calories should i eat to lose 1kg a week. my details are as follows- Height- 180cm/ 5ft11in weight-209lbs/95kgs activity level- i lift weights on alternate days a week and do cardio on…
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Eat more, Less activity or both for Reset
So looking to start a reset and wondering just how should I accomplish. Should I cut some unnecessary activity? Should I cut some workout time (particularly cardio). So what is my week like: I work a desk job 40 hours per week. To help with activity during the day I have a rule. Never use the elevator (work on 5th floor)…
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Should I just do another reset? ...and some other questions
Hi guys, Long story short...I am stuck. I seem to be bouncing at the same number on the scale for about 2 months. I have a BodyMedia Fit and my TDEE on average days is around 2050, but sometimes higher on really active days going up to 2200 or so. My average TDEE for the past 6 weeks or so is 2200 according to the…
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Newbie here...please help!
Hello everyone! I'll try to be as brief as I can, but my mind is spinning trying to figure all this out, so I may ramble! Background: I am a 30 yo stay at home mom of four. I've always had a poor self image and felt like I was fat. Looking back at my high school pictures and early college, I have no idea what I was…
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Equipment for Home Gym?
Hi guys! I want to start lifting weights to add to my cardio (and maybe one day get to the point where I can lift heavy), but I don't have enough money to pay for a monthly gym membership to use their machines. Are there any suggestions for the type of equipment that I could buy to get good workouts at home, but won't cost…
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Heybales - Question on HRM tab of spreadsheet?
Hello! I am trying to update my settings on the HRM tab of the website; I am using this version to eat back exercise calories. I have an FT7 but it doesn't tell me my V02 Max. However I have my RMR results in front of me and there is a line for V02 1) is this my V02 Max? and 2 there are 2 sets of data i'm not sure what to…
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Short Term & Long Term Goals
What is considered a short term goal & long term goal? I want to make short term goals to go with my long term goal that are realistic. I want to lose 2% body fat--how long is a good amount of time for that goal to be achieved? What could short term goals be? Thank you! :flowerforyou:
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After 1 1/2 plateau, changes!
My post for today: I weighed in 1 day early out of curiosity with the changes I made in calories (upped calories to 20% below TDEE) and I've lost 1.9 pounds since 2 weeks ago when I made change. So excited, if you haven't went and read post in EM2WL forum you really should. I've been considering it for a year and finally…
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looking for a diary buddy or two
I'm looking for someone who would like to share responsibility for looking at each other's food logs each day. Let me know if you're interested in being committed to entering a food log each day and watching your buddies food log. I'll be happy to do the same for you. I'm eating around 1700 calories a day and am trying the…
