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I wouldn't be as worried, but our tickets are through my work and include unlimited food and drinks (including alcohol) - so if we didn't have the unlimited food/drink, I'd be fine eating at home and not at the ballpark just because of the ridiculous prices! But since it's 'free' (and, by 'free', I mean we paid for it in…

I'm just worried I'm going to end up 'saving' calories throughout the day and then get there, spaz out, and not eat enough to hit my TDEE... OR I'll get there and lose all self-control and go way over TDEE. I feel like it's a lose/lose situation!

sooo we're in the middle of a heat wave with 100+ temps - I've been drinking water like crazy, but will the excessive heat cause water retention/an increase on the scale? man, talking myself into getting on the scale tomorrow is like going to the dentist. i just know my whole day will be ruined. maybe i should wait....

If you're exercising 1.5-3 hours a day, 7 days a week, then you're exercising 10.5-21 hours a week... putting you into the highest activity level on scooby.

well, I'm supposed to weigh in tomorrow, too... it'll be start of week 4 of my reset... but I am so attached to the scale and so much base my self worth on the scale that I don't know if it's worth it to step on and see I've gained (I know I've gained, just no clue how much). It's also 4:30 in the afternoon and I've…

I graduate with my MSW in December :) But I'm right there with you- social workers can definitely be wrong!! To everybody: thank you for all of your responses. I've read and re-read all the stickies and I know there's logic behind this- I'm just hitting the 3 week utter-exhaustion phase and beginning to doubt that I'm…

Small world! I'm running the Bix, too. I grew up in Davenport/Bettendorf and that's where my family still lives. I live in St. Louis now, but am going home to run the Bix that morning and then going to a wedding that night... I'm exhausted just thinking about it! The farthest I've ran in a road race was 5 miles (the Turkey…

forgot to add: this will be my first week attempting 2 rest days (which is a big deal for me, I'm pretty sure I went the entire months of January, February and March without taking a rest day). the gym closes in an hour and a half and i'm getting antsy because I feel like I need to get there!!

i usually do cardio for an hour at a time- i was doing 7 days a week originally, then went down to 6 days with two days of about 45 minutes, and this week will be my first week trying 5 days of an hour at a time. but the burns i get on the machine when i do an hour can be upward of 800- and yesterday, doing 40 minutes on…

that calculator is harder for me to use- i have no idea how much time i spend sitting vs walking, etc. i don't know. everyone here swears by scooby so i'm just trusting the process and going with that!

I have it set for 300 minutes a week of exercise- but it looks like on MFP 'weeks' are Monday to Sunday when a week to me is Sunday to Saturday, haha. I've poked all around and can't find where to change it!

ssgtwifey, what activity level are you set on? do you do both NROFLW and cardio? I'm currently resetting and in the 5-6 hour of activity level but don't know how to keep that if I'm doing NROFLW...

from what I understand, NROFLW is only 25-30 minutes? So 3 workouts a week of that would only be about an hour and a half - meaning I'd have to have 3.5 additional hours of exercise? Isn't the point of HIIT to be short and sweet? Even at just half an hour a time, to make 3.5 hours I'd have to do it every day... I don't…

so should I keep on keepin' on with the 5-6 hours of hour-long elliptical sessions? or can I somehow start NROFLW and still keep enough cardio to keep me in the 5-6 hour category?

I just thought the whole point was about being consistent- so won't lowering my activity level and going to the next lower TDEE screw up the consistency?

What digestive enzyme do you suggest? and what are the benefits of it?

to me it sounds like she works out 6 days- 50 + 50 + 50 + 35 + 35 + 60? So 280, so about 4 hours 40 minutes. I'd probably still say moderate. Unless she does 3 35 minute cardio or one 60 minute one, then it'd put her over 5 hours. I'm not sure though

I stir chia seeds into my oatmeal in the morning and that helps to add some fiber. I find I'm usually over on both carbs and fiber - I still haven't figured out my macros. Always over on carbs and fiber, way under on fat, and under on protein unless I have a protein shake or two a day

I bought Justin's almond butter in self-serve packets, which help, but my boyfriend loves peanut butter and cereal (my two biggest triggers) so although I don't keep any of 'my' cereal in the house, he always has some. And the monkey trek trail mix from TJ's was a total check-out line impulse buy - peanuts, dried bananas,…

I'm really bad about this. I eat literally the same food everyday- overnight oats with chia seeds and protein powder, a big salad with either hard boiled eggs/cheese or a black bean burger, egg white salad wraps, etc, etc. I'm so boring!

I eat overnight oats for breakfast every day, too! if I put cereal or granola on top it can easily be 600-700 calories. Lately I've been stirring in protein powder and chia seeds and it's right around 550. Prior to eating more I totally would have felt bad for having such a calorie-dense meal... Not anymore :) How do you…

I've been 'eating more' since early May, but officially started the reset last Sunday (eating at TDEE, 2655, and working out 5-6 hours a week). Since starting to eat more, though, my workouts have changed - for the worse. My legs feel heavier and more tired. Sometimes I feel like I can't finish my workout. Last week was…

I'm only eating at this ratio because it's what was so recommended here! I find myself always going over on carbs, under on fat, and usually under on protein (with the exception of yesterday, but, again, I had 2 protein shakes and mixed it into my oatmeal). What's a more appropriate ratio, do you think? (What do you…

My current TDEE is 2655 so with a 30% protein ratio it's 198 or 199 grams of protein a day... I weigh 154, up from 148. I actually went over protein yesterday because I had 3 protein shakes throughout the day. But yeah... there's quite a difference from my 30% macro (199) to my weight, so I hope I'm not overeating protein!

Ladyace- what activity level do you put yourself in? Moderate or the '5-6 hours of strenuous'?

I work out 5-6 hours a week, so I'm eating at the strenuous level and doing the reset. My full TDEE is 2655. I weighed myself over a week ago (after eating 1620+exercise calories since May, so about 2200-2400, and I went from 148 to 154). Haven't weighed myself yet. Trying to eat a constant 2650 a day to let my body reset…

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I wasn't planning on doing c25k- I'm not sure what to do, actually, since it's such a weird distance (7 miles). I ran a 5k this morning with no issue but definitely need to work up to longer runs. I just don't know how to still hit 5-6 hours of 'strenuous' activity transitioning to running. Right now I do an hour on the…

I know, consistency is the hardest part for me about all of this! I made the awful mistake of going clothes shopping today. Yikes. I have Jillian Michael's 30 day shred, so I was thinking of doing that for some light strength training... but I still don't know about running/elliptical/other cross training in order to…

Yes, include your activity level on Scooby. Then when it gives you those three numbers (BMR, TDEE, and Goal), if you just want to do the cut, eat the Goal value - every day. Don't eat back exercise calories because they're already factored in, UNLESS you burn more than your net BMR. But eat that 'goal' number every day,…