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Thankyou. Yes this has been a "down" few days for me. Couldnt even get my workout in today as I was and still am "blah". BUT I know it will work and I will keep working away at it. I know I cant eat less as I was miserable basically off and on for the last 20 years and I cant not workout because I get very cranky (like…

Oh and I know. I basically posted a vent as I knew everyone here would understand what I'm talking about and feeling. I know this has been beaten to death but it was my way of talking it out and venting to friends that understand this approach. Hubbie just doesnt understand so I can only turn here. Hope you understand. I…

Me. I am 1/2 way through stage 3. At first it was easy as I'm not new to lifting or working out BUT it is getting harder. I also have no interest in stepping into a gym at all. I do everything from home and only use a barbell and dumbells. I modify everything that is used with equipment from a gym. It works for this…

I hate my butt too. Not quite sure what i like...lol. Boy what a total funk I am in again.

Thankyou everyone. I have about 5% fat I need to get off my midesction/thighs and I will continue to work until its gone just keep getting into these funks where I want to quit and think its useless. How can I help others if I cant even help myself. Oh and I lost 5" in the bust...FIGURES!I pray every morning that I will…

Okay great! Right there with ya! I think the maintenace would have driven me nuts actually. I'll see what happens in 2 weeks as it will be 6 weeks eating more.

I LOVE my HRM. I love knowing it is a more accurate count of my calories than MFP because it knows my heartrate and MFP does not.

I am on my 4th week of upping. I am hungry ALL THE TIME now. Must be working. Dont be nervous just enjoy it.

Oh cool! I also use a fitbit and never played aorund enough online to realize I could look at it a week at a time. just did that and it gave me a 2800 cal loss for the week! Right on target then. I thought I did bad. SOOO yes I really like my fitbit and two of my friends are also considering buying one. Yesterday I…

You must be pure muscle girl. WOW so very inspiring. I am 5'2" at 115-118 and dont look near as muscular as you.

this is awesome!!!! So wonderful to hear!

This is about what i do too in the end of the day. My fitbit shows the %'s of what I've had all day so then I can adjust. just really relieved at the moment thankyou so much!

O my gosh thankyou so much for posting that reply !!! I was soooo hoping that your answer was going to be the answer I got in this group. I'm already at 98g carbs today. I eat primarily healthy carbs anyway but sometimes need the tortilla chip to satisfy a craving. If I dont then i think about it all day and it turns into…

Thankyou so much! I think some people are fine and do well without carbs and obviously some for health reasons. Mine is just to lose the last few stubborn fat lbs. I have tried for months to cut back...and I have to the 30-40% carbs but i just cant get through my day with it under 100g a day. it has the opposite effect on…

Right there with you. :)

Oh thankyou so much for this post. it couldnt have come at a better time/day. Really second guessing myself today but it wont even be 4 weeks until may 8th soooo....

WOW!!! Congratulations...amazing!

I am 5'2" and fluctuate between 111-119 more on the up side recently while doing NROL4W. My goal is 110 as weight but mainly less in body fat instead of the scale. My cal goal is 1645 which is a 15% cut of my TDEE. IF I calculated my activity right.

Actually I did the ball workout about 3 times and then didnt do it again. I didnt feel like it was really doing anything. Maybe just do the core one again if skipping the ball.

Congratulations! You look amazing!

Ditto!!! I have a friend I'm doing this with right now and shes freaking so she lowered her cals. Once this works for me and I can be more confident in it I will try harder with her.

Thankyou so much! I just really want the extra 5-10 lbs of fat off my body (arm dangles a bit, love handles and a bit on the inner thigh.)

Thats what I thought when I read it. i got kinda depressed because i just cant go back to that low of cals. I would be miserable. So i guess I have been cutting...lol. I have been doing the 15% of TDEE. I feel like I'm bulking though. that must be just my body adjusting to more cals then? When i say bulking..lol..I mean I…

Agree with this. Google Intermittant fasting. Its wonderful and goes along with why the media doesnt want you to know that it works wonders.

I used to do the intermittant fasting. But I got too hungry soooo I just eat when I start to get hungry. I also have 3 kids I have to get up and get ready for school and then I babysit. Sooo by the time I even get a chance to think about it, its 9 am. Usually hungry then.

I've always done it after cooking it because i dont want to put raw meat on my scale and because I'm cooking it together with my families dinner.

\Got it! Cool you guys i've been doing it right...yay!!!

okay so thats exactly what I've been doing :)

Ok, so you're just really looking at the total food intake then and ignoring the minus number and net that are on the home page?

I'm starting stage 3 of 7 stages on Monday (finished stage 2 today). The book is definitely worth the $12.99 (I bought it on amazon). You strength train 3 days a week (you can do 2 but not less or no more than 3). You dont do much cardio if any at first but I did as it helps my mood. So I have to add more cals to my day.…