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I don't have a BMF but I do get that when I wear a watch that contains nickel. I am allergic to that.

You are at my goal weight! I currently weight 150 after upping calories. I was 143. I am 5"6.5 and goal weight it 135-140ish. My BF scale said 29.1% but I know that is not 100% accurate. I hold all of my weight in my stomach. How accurate is the bod pod?

Thanks for the responses. I think that I am going to try the calorie cycling at the maintenance level to see what happens this month and then re-evalute.

PB and Apple---- OBSESSED! LOL Greek yogurt with strawberries Hummus and carrots Almond butter with flaxseed from Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Chip Oatmeal with Strawberries (self magazine recipe) Just bought some Steel Cut Oats we shall see what those are all about! PB on a Kashi Waffle with Bananas and Cinnamon

Wow Spot On! 2200 which is what pretty much every calculation I have done has said! Cool!!

That is the calories the book said for me too. 2000 non lift days and 2300 lift days before the 300 cut. That seems kind of high but the book suggested that you do that for month before you decide to cut. I was also confused about what to do on non lift days that you do cardio. I just finished c25k and plan on running at…

Our stats are really similar. I am 26 5 ft 6.5 Lowest weight 143.5 Current 149...150 today! GW 135. I have been aiming for 1800 cals for a month but I keep gaining. I just started NROLFW yesterday and hope to do that 3x and run 2x per week.

I am starving everyday LOL. I keep binging on crap at night because I get so hungry! I am thinking about upping back up to maintenance or trying the low/high cycling.

Just an update. I ran my 5K in 34:17. So I beat my goal of 35! I have been eating at a cut of 1800 since the last post May 15th. I have lost about 1 pound.. I think! The scale is moving up and down but it has been at about a 1 pound loss for the past couple of days so I will count it! Should I still be eating the cut or…

I have had one of these "epic fail" days at least ONCE per week since I started! One day this week I just stopped counting because there was no way that I could even look at what I ate! I just kept eating and eating and eating! Just move on. I was at my calorie goal the rest of the week and even though I didn't exercise…

Just did my second race ever! 34:17 whoo hoo!

I have been sick the past week but kept eating my cut. I thought about eating maintenance because I felt like crap and well I should have listened to my body! I ate anything that was not nailed down last night! I cannot even begin to calculate how many calories I ate! I woke up this morning and besides being bloated I feel…

This is very interesting!

Thanks for everyone's feedback!!

I am trying their suggestions now so we shall see how it works!. I am eating about 150-200 less than maintenance at my goal because I have about 15 pounds to go.

I have tried another recipe on this site using cottage cheese and it was super yummy. My ninja chopped it up well and it wasn't chunky it was very smooth!

Peanut butter. I killed a jar in two days last weekend... I can't even buy it anymore!

bump. I would like to know as well!

OK I will try the running estimate for a bit before I commit to a purchase! I really just wanted to see how much the DVDs are burning. They are mostly cardio using weights. I use 5 lbs. weights. I graduated from 3 lbs. so I am improving my weakling status :0) I am about to go up to 8 lbs! I run outside and I did the C25K…

My Dr. told me I could resume exercise at my 2 week checkup. I ran a 5k 3 weeks after surgery and was fine. I wasn't lifting at the time though just running. I felt great afterwards and I feel even better 1 year later.

Thanks for the detailed response! I used the Excel spreadsheet and counted my DVDs as heavy. They are Jillian Michaels usually and they kick my butt! As far as body fat I used the Military Calculator on the Fat2Fit website. I am sure it is probably not precise (hopefully it is less!) :0) but I do not have a body fat scale.…

OK ran my numbers with the most accuaracy I could have with the various workouts and activities on a daily/weekly basis. I got a number that confirmed what I thought. I have reduced my workouts because I was overdoing it. I have been eating at what I thought was maintenance based on the fat2fit site but I was using the…

I just ordered the New Rules of Lifting Book! I should be here in a week. What type of equipment do I need for this? My husband has a dip bar/pull up bar. Weight bench with I have NO idea how much weights. I do know that he wants more so that should be good for me! I think he also has some dumbbells. I am a weakling and my…

I have similar stats to you 5'6.5 149 (now after upping, before I had got down to 143 and plateaued) 30% BF estimate run 3x per week and a DVD 3x per week. according the the scooby site my BMR is 1425 and my TDEE is 2208 fat2fit is a similar reading of 1371 BMR and 2221 TDEE. I was eating 1200-1400 since Jan. 1 on Weight…

I love this group too! I feel so encouraged by all of the posts and I check it out daily! I really feel good about my body and health nowadays even though I am not currently losing. I am maintaining the same weight plus a couple since I upped my calories and can't wait to start cutting and shedding some more fat! I only…

Thanks for the encouragement :0) I feel a lot better about it!

I like Jillian Michaels 6 week 6 pack and Shred it with Weights. I was getting bored with 30DS. I also run 30 minutes on days I don't do one of these.

My goal was just to finish and run the whole thing no walking. I finished in 39 minutes. My legs were super stiff that day and it was very hard to run. I did this last May and I have another May 26th. I did the C25K again since I stopped running back in Sept. I just finished week 8 and am still not quite at 3.1 miles, but…

I also gained 5 pounds. I started upping about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I weighed and was 1 pound down. Today another 1 pound down! I feel great also so keep going! I am eating maintenance for one month before I cut so I am eating about 2100 calories when before I was eating 1200-1400.

I am hitting my protein levels almost daily, some days I may be a few shy. I bought some protein powder and that is helping.