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Back again, sorry!
Okay, so I sat down and reviewed my progress since starting to eat more. It looks like I was about 10 pounds thinner last November and December, which is when I was going by the stupid MFP goal of 1200 per day plus eating exercise calories. I was probably averaging around 1400 in those days. I started eating more February…
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Anyone want to share recipes?
I started my reset a little over a week ago and have been struggling to meet my TDEE. So I did some searching and found a recipe. I tweaked it a bit so now it's MY recipe...lol. Here it is: 1 medium banana 1 cup whole milk 1 TBSP peanut butter (yes, heybales, it has peanut butter in it...lol) 2 TBSP nesquik chocolate…
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I give up!! start with a small cut from tomorrow...
I really tried to keep my reset a bit longer but I'm so hating my body right now that I can't take it any more! :frown: :cry: I feel SO big, my clothes don't fit, even t-shirts are tight on the arms and that messes up with my mind a lot! I became unsociable and miserable. I kept crying the last hour or so....I know I have…
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Not sure if I'm using the right number
I'm not sure if I'm eating the right amount of calories and I was hoping for some help. I calculated my TDEE-20% using the scooby calculator with it set at a moderate activity level (3-5 hours of mod activity per week). However, according to my heart rate monitor, I average 9 hours of exercise a week. I do HIIT or some…
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Never tracked food before.....
I've never tracked what I ate before, so I don't know if I was undereating or overeating. Just in January I started eating breakfast. I guess a clue would be that I wasn't usually hungry until around 10 am? On days I don't work, I usually only eat 2 real meals with some snacking at night. I'm a mindless night eater. Based…
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Does anybody still have a big loss week?
Hi All This week I stepped on the scales and I had lost 3.8lb's. I've been out for a big meal on Easter Sunday but since then I have been eating about 200 calories less each day to save them for my long weekend in Paris. I've been doing a lot of walking as I'm trying to do one of the April walking challenges but other than…
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This is going to be hard...
Hey guys, After three months of starving myself I will try to eat more. This sounds as an easy thing to do, but in the past I had some anorexic tendencies and I see food as my enemy. I cannot find balance: either I work-out like crazy and eat nearly nothing (like in the past month) or I don't do a thing and eat what I…
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New to EM2WL, would appreciate a little help [:
My stats: Age: 20 Height: 5'4" Weight: 158 BF%: 30 TDEE: ~2100 BMR: ~1450-1500 So I've used the IPOARM formula, as well as various other calculators to try to figure out what TDEE-20% would be for me, and while I'm not fully confused, I do need some help figuring out which settings to use. I have a job that is driving most…
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Advice on breast feeding calories....
Hi! Could someone tell me if I should be eating back calories for breast feeding? My 20% below TDEE I worked out as 1800, however my daughter is 15 months old, feeds between 2 and 5 times in a 24 hr period. I'm unsure if I should be eating these calories on top of my 1800? Under breastfast MFP has options for 2-300…
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Is It Enough??
I could use some advice from weight lifting women. I've just recently started concentrating more on lifting. I have been doing about 40mins of lifting 3x/week, but it typically only works out to about 6 exercises I manage to do each workout. Is that enough to make any difference?
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Bit of guidance needed if possible
Hi there I read with interest about this last year and realised that I no longer wanted to eat at ridiculously low calories any more. I upped my cals and watched with amazement over the coming months my weight started to come down slightly. What I loved and still do is that I have more energy on my runs, and I have learnt…
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Very worried!!
Quick stats Female 19 5'6" 149 pre-reset 154ish end of reset and currently Macros: 40%c 30%f 30%p (roughly, and I always get more than my body weight in protein on workout days, usually on others as well) TDEE 2600-2700 (I am not exact about measuring food, therefore leave some extra room when counting, also why I went to…
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EMTWL member using a fitbit/bodymedia?
Just wondering if anyone here owns a fitbit or bodymedia? I've looked at the other User boards here and the product website on both of them and bodymedia looks like a great tool - any reviews from this group? Have they helped in determining a more accurate TDEE etc. :smile:
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On day 3...
I'm a past 1200 calorie flunkee. Last year January - April I did 1200 plus running (I run half and full marathons). I always ate my workout calories back, so don't worry - I never went under 1200. I lost 20lbs. It was fantastic. Then summer hit and I upped my calories and didn't eat as well and well, I'm back where I…
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Saturday's Shocking Discovery - My Success Story
I don't think of myself as a success story. But, what I know is this: Almost two years ago, I weighed between 98 and 105 lbs every day. My goal was to keep it around 100. I was barely eating enough to fuel an 8-year old child, and I tried to burn at least twice as much as I ate during my workouts. I would go hard and fast…
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Blah is this right?
Hiya :) I could do with a bit of advice and just want to check I will be doing this right... I am 6 foot tall and weigh 194 (lost 63 pounds on MFP) but I am stuck! If I eat more than 1400 I start gaining really fast and to lose weight I am having to net under 1200 ...I like to eat - which is why I got so overweight in the…
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I'm terrified
Hi! I've been reading into the TDEE/BMR info for about a month. I almost started to increase my calories, but then I got scared and decided against it. My info.. I'm 5'3.5 177lbs female 28 years old Weight goal of 135-140 (I'm not sure yet) I work 8 hours a day at a desk, I take 3 taekwondo classes for 75 minutes per class…
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Yet another tell me what to do post :)
Okay, noob question that has probably been answered a thousand times before. I stumbled onto the Eat More philosophy back in January this year, after a lifetime of yoyo dieting and eating little. I wasn't particularly doing VLCD before this, but definitely eating less than I am now. I've been gradually increasing my…
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Recalculate?
Due to recent events (long story short, truck hit a utility pole taking out much of our electronics, appliances, furnace and I have been dealing with them and insurance companies, etc) I haven't been able to exercise as much as I used to (at all really) this past week or so. Should I drop my TDEE to compensate for lack of…
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GAINED 14.7 POUNDS IN 3 DAYS
Well exercise like hell, eat the the right foods and drink your water, well I am a tad po'd and shocked, when this morning at weigh-in I GAINED 14.7 POUNDS. I weighed 577.9# this past Thursday morning at 7:30am and today at 7:30am on the same scale I was 592.6#. Friday I burned over 4,400 calories, Saturday about 600 and…
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Scale Flucuations--What's happening?
OK, so I know the scale is not EVERYTHING... But I just need some advice on what's going on. Ok, starting from 2/22 here is my weight every Friday Official starting weight 196.6 2/22-196.6 2/28---Increased my calories from 1450 to 1898 to coincide with TDEE 15% cut. 3/8- 194.2 Lost a WHOLE 2 pounds.. HUH????????? 3/15…
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Pay It Forward
I love myfitnesspal so much and my idea this year is to pay it forward and give back to other mothers and women by helping them with something they struggle most with weight/nutrition/image. I have created a page for mom's and other women to come and talk about nurition, workouts, etc. A bunch of other women are here and…
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Which Scooby Calorie Calculator do I use ?
On the Scooby website there are 2 calorie calculators ... 1. Fast Calorie Calculator ...http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ 2. Accurate Calorie Calculator..http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ Which one am I suppose to use to figure out my BMR & TDEE ? I tried both and received 2 different…
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seeing the scales go up
Hi I've been looking at the TDEE concept for a while and had decided that I would go for it as 1200 calories on non workout days is pretty miserable and I have been losing so slow. I have my calculations done for TDEE-20%. I was going to start today but I just wanted to ask something. As it's been the Easter weekend I have…
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Daily Calories - Yippeee!
I've had breakfast, morning snack and lunch and STILL have over 1200 calories for the rest of the day!!!! I'm going to have such a huge food bill this month!!! Just finished my first workout on NRofWLfW and am feeling pretty good. Immediately after I did feel a little nauseous but now feel fine.
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eating 20% of my tdee
would love to hear from others who have done this as I am starting on this. according to scoobysworkshop that 1,709 calories. that way I can know what to expect as I go along and if anyone eats about 1700 calories please add me. I would like to know how much to eat 3 meals, 2 snacks, 3 meals 3 snacks etc. I am new to this…
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I don't know how I should do this...
At 5'2", 187lbs, 37 years old, I figured my BMR is 1580 using the Scooby calculator. I thought I should stick to eating that and eating back my exercise calories, but maybe I should be eating my TDEE-20%? Right now I am exercising about 30 min. 4 times a week which would make that 1717. I know the deficit should be low,…
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Hybrid Training
http://alphadogg16.hubpages.com/hub/Hybrid-Training
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April No Scale Challenge
I decided that for the rest of the month I WILL NOT LOOK AT MY SCALE! I looked today as an APRIL fools joke, and decided NO MORE! So no scale for the next 29 days. Who wants to take on the challenge? We can use this space to write about how we feel not looking at the scale. no matter how liberating or scary it may be. THE…
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Lifting for beginners - women
Hi all, I started EM2WL 1 June 2012. I am currently doing insanity and will be finished my Friday next week. However, I want to start lifting. I have 2 4kg dumbbells at home and have wrote out a plan to lift, using different body parts on different days. I am joining a new gym with my cousin in 2 weeks so I was wondering…
