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Starting to Panic
First, a little background. I am a weight loss surgery patient. I had the gastric sleeve four years ago. For the first two years I lived on about 800 calories a day, but my weight loss stalled at 113 pounds down. I met my wonderful fiance, who is also a nutritionist and personal trainer. He has been preaching to me since…
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Am I eating enough?
Due to menopause I gained 10 pounds that I want to lose; so I joined MFP to learn how to eat healthier and hopefully lose those 10 pounds. I have done a lot of reading on MFP about how to calculate the calories you should be eating, but not to eat to few calories or you won't lose. With my busy work schedule and my 14 yr…
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Advice - Eating at TDEE cut for almost a month
I have been eating at my TDEE 20% cut since January 24th. The first week I lost 0.8 pounds. Every week after that I have stayed within the same 1-3 pounds. My TDEE cut is 2247 and my TDEE is 2809. I have my activity set to moderately active as I run 3x a week, have a high intensity bootcamp class 2x a week and use weights…
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Two days into reset and starving!
Wow. I thought that after reading through posts from this group, I was ready but...not so much. I've lost 36 pounds since late December. Until I hurt my back in February, I kept my calories about 1800 (I was over 300 pounds and am 5'11). When I couldn't work out, I started eating light since I was in bed (1200-1400…
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Mind first and the rest follows...
Hi! My name is Micaela. I am 29 and mother of 4! I have come to the realization that I have starved every aspect of my life by fad diets and unintentionally eating low calories! I have failed to pay attention to the negative affects of doing this! Maybe I ignored them! Either way, I am very into working out, but am very…
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Recalculate TDEE as activity changes?
Hi - New to this group and a couple weeks into MFP. Should I recalculate my TDEE and BMR as my activity levels change throughout the weeks ahead? I'm currently working out 1- 3 times a week (more like 1 times a week) but I'm planning on increasing my activity level in the next week or two.
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changing activity level
Iv had great success with the scooby calculator so im sticking with that one for working out tdee. Im doing a Leslie Sansone 5 mile walk (65mins) 5 days a week, and the HASfit websites 30 day low impact challange (about 60 mins a week, mix of strength and cardio) Im using the mark of 3-5hrs moderate activity at the moment…
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Need support and encouragement
Hi Everybody, I just posted this as a status and thought I'd put it here: (reposting from the 2013 group) "Ok I just had a wake up call. I looked at an old journal and saw that I actually lost all the 2nd baby weight (and 2 lbs more) by 6 months post partum (that was Dec 24, 2010) The bad news is that this means as of…
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Protein Muffin Recipes
If you aren't my friend here you may not have seen me make a blog post or post these on the recipe forums. Since I know we are all trying to eat more protein, without eating processed foods and snacks can be a problem, here are some protein muffin recipes for you. I'm not a baker so if you modify the recipe let me know so…
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Strength Training and Eating at TDEE 15%
I have a question...So I've been reading that in order to build muscle you have to eat at a surplus (is this what bulking is all about?) Well this is my question, if you are eating at a deficit TDEE 15% and you are lifting (not necessarily heavy) what is going on inside the muscles? What's the key to finding the balance…
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Stalled
That us all ... Feel like iv gained ... In the first month I lost 4lbs ... Nothing since ... That was January ... So in last nearly two months not a jot ... I daren't step in scales or measure but looking at myself my stomach looks bigger ... And more wobbly again ... Lady two weeks iv eaten at maintenance .. Well around…
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What to eat for Breakfast?
I am not such of a cereal or egg person; so trying to find something to eat for breakfast that keeps me feeling full for a few hours plus is healthy. I have tried a few different things but looking for better options. Any ideas?
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Totally irrational vent...Indulge me
I've been a long time lo cal dieter. A couple months ago I decided to give EM2WL a try as I could not reduce my calories anymore. Most days I was barely netting 1000-1200. I'm a 34yo female, 5'6", 150lbs. I've been working hard to consume 1800-2000 calories per day. I run 3-5 miles about 4-5 days per week, lift weights 2x…
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Bodymedia Fit
Do any of you use a Bodymedia Fit?? Would like some reviews before I go ahead and buy one. After some research I've concluded that its more preferable than the Fitbit or the Bodybugg. Thanks!
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How do I log exercise?
I have a few questions about logging calories and exercise. I feel like on the EM2WL website (I may be wrong) it said something about find the amount of calories needed daily, eat those and don't worry about logging exercise. However, the few friends I have from this group have their calories set, but I see they do log…
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When to adjust TDEE
I just started using a BodyMedia Fit. I have been eating 2000-2100 calories a day. Yesterday I burned 3138 calories. I did do 20 mins of strength training, but I walk a lot with work and chasing 2 kids. So I had a deficit of 1077 calories. I was thinking of giving it a week and getting an average for my TDEE before I make…
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Question on daily vs weekly TDEE calories for reset...
Hi there! I have read many posts in here but I still have a question I could not find the answer to. For the last couple of months I'm steadily increasing my calories and trying to do the reset. My question is, do I have to eat every day at my TDEE or can I go one day a bit above one day a bit below? I like calorie…
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Reset questions
Hey Team, I just have a couple of questions. 1. Is a reset only counted from when you eat at full TDEE or does it start from when you started increasing calories? I have been gradually increasing my calories to reach TDEE since December last year (2012), but it’s only the last 2-3 weeks that I have been able to eat back my…
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Eat More Weigh Less - support group 2013!
Happy New Year's Eve! I thought this is perfect day to make my commitment to EM2WL for 2013. I'm fairly new to eating my TDEE-15% only started last week and truthfully still a bit nervous about the whole lifestyle change. I would love to get to know a smaller sub-group of people (all ages) also working on EM2WL. My thought…
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Metabolic Reset Help
Hey I'm in a dilemma, first off I'm a dude 5ft 10.5in, 132.5lbs, at about 15% body fat and 17 1/3 years old, medium/smallish frame.... Ok here goes... I'm a former crash dieter, I lost pretty much +/-100lbs in the span of about 6.5-7 months, my Testosterone levels are low, my albumin is high and my Gamma is also low my…
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NROL4W Stage 1, Workout A1 Complete!
I did my first lifting today!! And I really liked it. Workout A took me about 30 minutes to complete. Question 1: Do you all warm up before you lift? I did about 6 minutes on an elliptical. Good/bad? Question 2: I was unsure about the weights I should be using. I am reasonably strong, but no superwoman, that's for sure. To…
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Help - Injury :(
Hello - I'm an avid runner and I workout with my personal trainer 5-6 days a week (I only run about 35-45 minutes each day and training is anywhere from 30-45 minutes each day so I always put activity as Moderately Active). I have a stress fracture in the 1st metatarsal of my arch which requires me to be in a boot for 2…
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What should i do now? Following NROLW. this is after 4 weeks
Hello, please keep in mind i have knee injury and changed to a new gym in the middle of this so i had to make due with the exercises, some are exercises i do in place of things like :lunges, cable row etc. Ok here are my weight and measurement stats after one month: Neck 14"/13.8" Chest 41"/41.75" Hips 46.5" /45.0" Waist…
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looking for a little help, please!
Hey, MFP friends, I need some help. I've been losing the same two pounds for like three months, and it's getting old. Aside from the past few days (I realize I did pretty terribly, but hell, it was St. Patrick's weekend...and all that) can someone take a look at my diary and let me know what the heck I'm doing wrong? I…
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How do you know how much to cut? (5, 10, or 15%)
Do you determine your cut level by how much weight you want to lose or how quickly you want to lose it? I'm currently at 175, and my intended goal weight is 150. 25 pounds to lose. So I was thinking I would cut at TDEE - 15%. If I stall out, do I increase from there to TDEE - 10%? Or is it mainly trial and error?
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Can NROL4W schedule be adjusted?
Looks like I will finally be able to join the gym (heavy weights..yeah!) this week and I am trying to figure out my plan to best utilize my time there. Right now it looks like I will be able to get there 2 days a week. Can the schedule of NROL4W be adjusted for only going two days a week? I have taekwondo and conditioning…
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I joined this group to get help...
Hello everyone! I'm a female, 5'6" and I weigh 140 pounds. My goal weight is 130 pounds by summer. Currently, I'm eating about 1100 calories a day, and I hate to admit it. I've been consistently losing 2 pounds a week by lowering my calorie intake by about 100 every week, and now I'm here. I want to start fresh, and find…
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Lets talk Food
What foods do you add in to "UP YOUR CALOREIS"? I like everyone else is having a hard time doing this so I figured a thread on how we do it individually will help us collectively. instead of 3 hb egg whites I eat 4 1 whole 3:9 english muffin instead of 1/2 50 almonds instead of 25 1 extra tuna packet preworkout 1/2 soy…
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But I'm just not hungry
I find it very difficult to eat even 1200 calories in the course of a day. How will I eat even MORE? I drink fruit and yogurt smoothies to get extra calories as well.
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New girl here with some questions...
Hi there! New to this group but so happy to see a place where healthy amounts of eating are advocated! I was on 1200 a day last year but just couldn't sustain it at all!! So for the past 4-6 weeks I've been on 1800 cals a day, but I haven't seen a loss yet. I'm not weighing myself this month because I have a tendency to…
