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I bought a nice set but returned them because they felt awkward to use even after watching the lengthy demo video three times, lol. I'm just a lot better at weights. That said, if I were going on vacation I would absolutely pack a set because you do get a good workout with them and they are much easier to transport than a…
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Wait wait wait...I thought we're supposed to back off on cardio in EM2LM??? Now I'm officially thoroughly confused. I love cardio because I LOVE how it makes my body look but I've backed it wayyyyy down from 9 hours/week to a measly 3 hours/well and have been severely saddened by the results but figured I just had to keep…
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I just chose 'sedentary', then added up my total burns for the week and divided by 7 and added that number to my sedentary TDEE and lo and behold, it added up to almost exactly my TDEE at the 'light' activity level. I find it very hard to believe that merely the amount of time spent exercising determines your activity…
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I started out eating 1600 but netting 500-900, that was my version of VLC dieting. When I joined EM2LM I overestimated my activity level plus once I started eating/netting more I got hungrier by the day and there were days I'd net around 2500-3000, lol. Considering my reduced metabolism from the VLC days, the fact that my…
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Yup, I've totally heard (read?) that building muscle in your legs does wonders for your overall fat burning potential since your lower body houses the largest muscles. I also need to raise my booty up quite a bit, lol, if I can perk up and solidify my booty I will happily carry on with thick muscle in my legs....my rear…
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I am right there with you!!! I've just figured out my actual TDEE and I'm not quite looking forward to cutting so much anymore, lol.
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I've pondered this very question. I'm short with a stubby build even at 120 lbs. My legs are especially thick and while I want them defined I want long/lean-looking definition, not thick bulky muscle which is what I'm afraid these short thick legs of mine are going to do to me. Oh how I just want lithe thin legs without…
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No advice but you just scared the crap out of me. I was so skinny and I'm back to chubby and I'm freaking out, trying not to but failing. :(
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I have mine set up 50/30/20, that's just where I'm happiest and historically I've always been fine on it. I can hit my 30% protein macro pretty easily but I have to make it my main focus at ever meal. Carbs and fat easily take care of themselves if I just concentrate on getting my protein. I do eat high protein bars, drink…
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^^^ best EM2LM affirmation yet!!! I struggle with jealousy, too, especially since I screwed up my reset thinking I was at a higher activity level than I actually am (thank you Polar for setting me straight lol) I was eating up to 700 kcal over my appropriate TDEE and so yeah, undid a ton of my hard work...sigh. At least my…
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AWESOME THREAD!!! Thank you, OP! I'm in the same boat, no where near enough money for a gym so ok piecing together a home gym little by little. Everything I have so far, neoprene sets of 5 & 10 lb weights, Gold's Gym 40 lb interchangeable barbell set, set of 5 lb and 10 lb adjustable ankle weights, came from Walmart. A…
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YOU have a great attitude and outlook! Good luck to you it sounds like an awesome plan. I'm still slowly stripping away lifelong layers of rigid dietary belief systems so my EM2LM journey hadn't been the least but linear yet, lol, I'm a total work in progress. I figure every little step in the right direction is a tiny NSV…
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I am glued to this thread actually holding my breath as I read and I am praying so hard 'PLEASE LET THIS WORK! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!' because I'm scared to death watching my own weight creep up and all my hard work get hidden under new layers of fat (water my @$$!). I feel like if this works for you maybe I can…
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So then what?? Just get used to walking around feeling starving hungry all the time?? I mean if you're at a 15% cut...and eat over your cut amount...pretty soon you're not eating at cut anymore, you're back at TDEE. :(
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Mine sounds similar, two fabric zones that I have to wet (easily done with a water bottle while wearing, and yes that transmitter does snap on, I wasn't aware that snapping it in place activated it so that is super good to know, thank you! I guess I could wear the strap and keep the transmitter in my pocket until needed.…
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I went way out of my zone jogging in place, I'm pretty sure running around a park playing tag for 20+ minutes would get my HR up there. I wouldn't be running it all day, just for the duration of the activity. I was just wondering if I actually HAD to take it off between workouts or if I could just leave it on if it's a day…
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Srsly?! There's an EM2LM site?! I had no idea until reading this thread, don't know how I missed it but yeah I think putting the URL in the tickers would help generate traffic. I plan on ordering NROLFW next month sometime and I have not a clue who or what Cathe is so I'll go check out out via the EM2LM site to help y'all…
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7 but I didn't know WTH I was doing at first and I think I had my TDEE figured too high. Live & learn, crash & burn, the only way I ever learn anything, lol. :P
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Totally just jealous, lol. Not your problem. :)
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Oh yeah, mine came late, cramps from hell and heavy the first 3 days among other unnerving things. Definitely different.
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Well right now I'm only burning 2000 cal/wk according to MFP, which breaks down to something like 286/day, so I may exercise 6-7 his/week but I'm not burning high calories. Someone on another thread said to get your sedentary TDEE and add to that your avg daily burn and use that as your TDEE which gives me 1849, still a…
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Yeah I guess feeling sluggish and unmotivated and having fat rolls hanging over your formerly loose-fitting Jeans and watching all your sexy muscle definition you busted your *kitten* for get buried under flab is all part of this deal at first. So far I'm completely miserable but I'm trying to trust the (horrific) process…
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If it's showing you a number with a - in front of it it's telling you that's how much you'll be OVER, so - 0.6 lb/wk means you'll, according to MFP, gain that much per week. Mine says the same thing, negative number values.
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So if I get my HRM on Wed so I can accurately determine my daily exercise burns over the course of a week I can get an avg daily burn, add it to sedentary TDEE and get an accurate look at my actual TDEE without all this guessing which level I belong in?! Where have you been all my life (or since May 16)?!?
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Actually when I'm not working out I'm quite sedentary to be honest. Especially lately. And my weekly burn goal is only 2000 calories thru exercise and I'm frequently not even hitting THAT. Not even burning 400 cal/day so I certainly wouldn't call it 'strenuous'. It's all so confusing. I just hope this is actually going to…
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Well my goal is to burn 400 cal/day or 2000/wk and lately I can't even hit that. I'll have a better idea I suppose what my actual burns are once my HRM gets here on Wed. I have a Fitbit but cannot use it as my only internet access is my phone.
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Anyone...? :frown:
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Well I always ate decently calorie-wise, I would just work that net down to almost nothing (thought that's what I had to do to beat my fat @$$ into submission, and it worked beautifully). Anyway I started slowly increasing my nets to > BMR around May 16. I'm trying to net closer to TDEE but I don't even know if my numbers…
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OMFG my weight is up big time but it's TOM and I'm bloated as f***. AF showed up this morning so hopefully some of that s*** starts to go away. On a happy note, I think I'm finally growing back some of the vast quantities if hair I lost during my STUPID 500-900 net calorie days! I have spiky baby hairs sticking up all over…
