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Hi LADIES!!! Ahhh.. I've meesed you! I got home from my trip and then had a quick visit with my daughter before she heads off to Cali for a week with her dad. Man its hard when your kid goes traveling without you.. it's killing me :( 30 DAYS SMOKE FREE TODAY!!!! WEEEEEEEE! Still at 2000 cals and after a 3lb increase in…
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@mom23mangos wow! great results on your cut. Nice! Were you at 1300 cals that whole 4 months? What percent of your TDEE was that? I'm asking because I'm looking to cut eventually and seeing how others have done it. Thanks!
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Hey ladies! You are all so inspiring.. I know I got a late start but I'm so glad to be a part of this group. I'm at 23 days smoke free and feeling great!! WOOT! I just increased my cal goal to 2000 and it's so nice.. it freaks me out but I'm committed to this metabo-reset idea and I'll be inching up a little more to find…
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@heatherc369 WOW great job lady!!! I am excited to see you take on weight training.. I just love seeing and feeling the changes. I'm still stuck on the scale but I've brought my calories from 1200 to 2000 and have only gained 3-4 lbs over the last 2 months. I would say that's ok :) @NadiaMayl it's nice to see you here!…
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Please check my form on Deadlift. I'm aware the neck position is not correct right off the bat. But any and all advice is welcome. I've been going very slow on progressing on DL because I'm afraid of poor form and injuries. Ready to improve! https://youtu.be/srGzplMAgJ0
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Here's a form check vid for my deadlifts. I've got to work on my neck.. should be neutral the whole lift but I think everything else looks pretty good. Fun to see myself like this :smiley: https://youtu.be/srGzplMAgJ0
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So I'm 3 weeks smoke free today!!! YAY! I've put on a couple pounds but I was expecting that with the quitting on top of the metabolism reset. So not too upset. I have noticed my workouts are still progressing and I'm definitely noticing less little flabby bits and more muscle tone. Yesterday I was just brushing my hair…
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AMEN on the clean slate. My delicious downfall has been donuts lately. Every couple of days my dad puts a dozen in the kitchen and man I can be strong for several hours but eventually I give in to the temptation. :neutral: This weekend it was donuts and carrot cake.. geez. Ugh. And he smokes so I'm having that extra issue…
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Good morning, I had a really good lift session last night. (definitely happy with my strength gains in only my 7th week of Stronglifts) Barbell squats: 5x5 115lbs Bench press: 2x5 80, 3x5 75 Barbell rows: 5x6 55 Got in healthy cals and met my macros yesterday but I am finding that I'm starving after my weight sessions!…
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@lwhayes820 you are my hero. I'm hoping to still be progressing at weights like that eventually. And yep I killed the heels :) @dcresider your lifts are getting heavy too! That DL is killer girl! I'm glad I'm not the only one struggling with the OHP. For me it;s not an injury its just really difficult. I've been stuck for…
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Good morning you badkittens! I'm having a pretty good day today.. Day 17 of not smoking which is HUGE! YAY! Went over my cals last night.. but still below my TDEE which is alright in my book. I also took some progress pics last night because I was feeling pretty discouraged and HOLY MOLY I can definitely see progress! I…
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@heybales the 1200 was definitely net. At that point I was still logging exercise and eating back 1/2 to all exercise cals.
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@heybales I was attempting to use a TDEE so I wasn't logging exercise calories (I don't have a fitbit) Average last 30 days Net Cals - 1565 Cals Eaten - 1603 it seems that I logged one workout So it seems to me that sticking with the 1780 for this week is a good place to start. Then I will go up to 1880 for the next week.…
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@justsayinisall I did three different calculators.. I think since I'm already shooting for 1780 this week and finding myself starving and bingeing I'm going to keep it there this week and just log accurately. Then I'll increase next week. Scoobyworkshop BMR 1418, TDEE 2199 EM2WL BMR 1418, TDEE 2199 Heybales BMR 1351, TDEE…
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So my average NET CALORIES for the last 30 days is 1565. This was done with VERY ACCURATE Logging/weighing of food etc. So I know this is correct. Clearly improved from 1200 but still not enough. I have my cal goals set this week to 1780. I don't have any accurate data the last few days as I wasn't logging my food…
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Good morning! Thank you all for your replies and support. I also accepted friend requests from those of you that sent them :smile: I'm going to stop this insane bingeing and keep creeping up slowly to my estimated TDEE. I believe this is what I need to do and I'm encouraged by all of your successes. I have read the reset…
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Hi ladies! @heatherc369 thank you so much for the encouragement. I did change my diary to private so that I won't hesitate to add EVERYTHING I'm eating.. you're right that I'm only cheating myslef by being prideful about it. So for now its private and I'll change it back when I'm more consistent with it. I think I am…
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Hi ladies, Here was my workout for last night. Week 6/ Workout 16/ Total Weeks 6 Walk incline treadmill 1/2 mile - my knee is a little twingy didn't want to do too much here Barbell squat: 5x5 110 lbs OH Press: 6x5 50lbs (stalled at this weight.. grrrr...) Deadlift: 1x5 105lbs FELT AMAZEBALLS! Accessory lifts: Face pulls:…
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Hi ladies! Yes I did rock those heels.. my legs are so solid I'm loving it. My arms store more fat for some reason so they need a cut to see what's underneath all that but I'm still taking advantage of these newbie gains and don't want to go into too much deficit. Here was my workout for last night. Week 6/ Workout 16/…
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@addmorecloud see.. when I go to that calculator it says TDEE-20% (which is a pretty aggressive deficit when I'm doing SL5x5 in my opinion) is 1760! This is pretty consistent with other very detailed calculators I've been referred to by MFP users. BUT that seems so high considering I haven't been losing for over two months…
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Week 6/ Day 15/total weeks 6 So I decided to re-do the last set that I failed on so miserably last week. Definitely do better when I've eaten and well hydrated! Incline treadmill, brisk walk w/ sprints: 15 minutes (warmup) Squat: 5x5 105lbs Barbell Row: 5x5 50lbs Bench: 5x5 75lbs!!! Accessories: Cable Crunch: 5x10 100lbs…
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Hi ladies! :) @NadiaMayl you did mention that summer is rough but that is just too much stuff!! I"m sorry you're having to be so helpy.. yes that's a word I use to describe what happens to us women as care givers.. HELPY. The struggle is real. You better be on that treadmill right now lady! You have to take care of you…
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@LizSmith55 I think being aware and trying to be honest in your tracking. Mostly just enjoy!! :) @heatherc369 way to go sistah! You're killing it! I'm doing well on my quit smoking! Still quit :). Nailed my macros today. Didn't Reassessing my cals at this point realizing it's been 9 weeks dancing around the same 2 lbs. I…
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This is so awesome to read. I agree that these two, along with all other people that take time out to post here and help others are to be commended and I thank you as well! I am still searching for that "sweet spot" that will get the scale moving downward. I'm 5'5" and have been slowly creeping up from 1200 cals over 2…
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Welcome back @heatherc369! I've been missing your enthusiasm! You live in Orlando right?! Know everyone there is in my thoughts and prayers. Such as sad thing :( Ugh had a kinda crappy weekend. Don't know if I was depressed about the shooting or what but it wasn't pretty. I didn't really eat crazy bad but was lazy about my…
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Hey loving seeing all the progress here!!! So inspiring! Week 5/ Day 14/total weeks 5 Went for my workout yesterday about noon, and boy it was a tough time.. the only thing I can think of is that I hadn't really eaten much in the morning and I was probably dehydrated. Definitely could feel a difference in my workout!…
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Ok..so last night after I entered my diary I totally went mad on chips and meatballs.. lol! I know. I ate about 400 extra cals :( Dang. I decided to go ahead and enter them so I can accurately track what happens with my weight and measurements in relation to my diet but decided that i need to start leaving myself some…
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Day three of staying ON POINT on my macros accomplished!!! Target on calories. I am still quit smoking!!! Weight holding steady at 147-150 lb. Went to the gym last night here's my work out: SL: Squat 5x5 100lb !!! :) OH Press 5x5 (55,50,50,50,50lb) had to deload.. failed last rep, first set. Deadlift 1x5 95lb Accesory:…
