PittGatorJD

Just seconding what has been said here already...Don't give up! I've been EM2LW for about 4 weeks now. I've jumped my calories from 1500 a day to close to 3800, and while I haven't lost any weight I haven't gained a lb either. However I have gotten smaller in the right areas, and bigger in the areas I wanted to get bigger.…

I don't think I've had a lot of success on it yet, but I don't think it's not working either. I'm a guy, 5'10, 215 lbs...I was eating 1500 a day, never eating back exercise calories, which resulted in 40 lbs over 4 months. As of 3 weeks ago, I upped my calories to a -20% cut of 2800 calories. Since doing that, I have not…

Thanks!

Monday- lift upper body then 25 min of HIIT Tuesday- lift lower body then 45 min of rowing HR above 170 Wednesday- 5 mile jog Thursday- see Monday Friday- see Tuesday Saturday- see Wednesday Sunday- rest

Looked into your diary. Mostly good choices - fair amount of clean carbs...but you could eat less processed food. You're still going to lose weight for sure just due to the calorie deficit...Personally, I try to eat pretty clean. Only brown rice (slow cooked at that, not the instant which has to be processed in order to…

Not sure if this was brought up already but you mentioned you had a Polar HRM. You may have been overestimating the calories burned during the weight lifting as well. HRMs are awesome for cardio....The best....but they aren't accurate for calories burned when it comes to weight lifting. For example, mine says I burn close…

Another tally for Garmin 405cx...Wife and I both use them....Amazing...Love the garmin connect and being able to splice the run and see every little detail!

Whether or not a HRM is accurate for your lifting depends on what type of lifting you're doing. If you're doing a circuit style lift and keep an elevated HR, it'll be pretty close. If you aren't, it's probably going to overestimate your calories burned by around 30%. As far as comparing the reading from your bodymedia to a…

Do you have a HR monitor? The best way to determine what level of activity you're doing is to know how many calories you're burning. If you're consistently having to eat back some of your exercise calories just to make your NET intake hit BMR, you need to up your activity level. If it's only every now and again, your…

It's not a lot of food when you look at your TDEE at 3700+ calories. Even if you are consuming 3034 calories a day, you're in a deficit of ~700 calories daily....thats 4900 calories a week! If you workouts are that irregular though, it might make more sense to go with the lower option and to just make sure you net your…

That makes sense Brad. I use to abhor cardio. Now the days I don't go running I am grumpy and irritable. I'm addicted to the "runner's high". I think my wife would beg me to go for my run so that I wouldn't get so cranky. She always says "What happen to the guy who never wanted to do anything but play video games and watch…

THanks Heidi. I thought I had read through all the stickies. Must have missed something. :)

Sorry to the threadjack...Is doing cardio 6 days a week a bad thing? I run 3-5 miles a day and lift 3 of the days. While I burn anywhere from 900-1400 calories a workout, I just make sure to net BMR at the very least. Did I miss something about doing too much cardio?

I actually did the opposite...I started outside before I went to a treadmill. I can run farther, faster, and with more endurance on a treadmill. That being said, I live in Pittsburgh and have to deal with lots of hills. I think this made my treadmill running easier. The biggest difference though? I can't stop clock…

Thanks Heidi & Mom! Also, were my calculations correct? (if you don't mind....:) )

Muscle Gauge Nutrition Pure Whey Isolate Tastes amazing, and I've tried many. No fat, 110 calories for 25g of protein, BCAAs....This protein powder is amazing. I usually get mine from Nutraplanet or Muscle and Strength. It's almost always sold out...which should tell you how amazing it is. All the flavors rock except…

Not gunna lie...Definitely wish there was a clothes exchange on here for men...All my suits and jeans are way too big now! I keep going to tailors and just last week they told me they couldn't take them in anymore! (Darnit!) So I had to buy new stuff...(Happy problems!)

I understand that they over ate in that study...but according to the study, they had to overeat to repair the damage they caused their metabolism. I'm assuming this hasn't happened to anyone and that my 5 months of low calorie dieting hasn't ruined mine...Hoping anyway. It's going to be tough to go from 1500 daily calories…

Bump. Hoping for some responses.