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I just started this past week and like this much more than NR!!!!

Thanks ladies!!! it just feels like I should be working out more I guess!!!

Today was my second workout! I did them in reverse (oops) so today I did squat/press/row. squat 55 pounds press 45 pounds row 55 pounds. I am not a fan of the pendlay row. AT ALL. Dont like it one little bit. I am still confused about what I should be eating. i have another 15 pounds or so I want to lose, (could do even…

Hi Ladies!!!!! I just started SL yesterday and looking forward to workout number 2 tomorrow!!! What do you guys do on days in between SL??? I also posted a question on the a different thread here, regarding the calorie deficit vs. maintenance. I just cut my calories this week by 100 after eating close to maint. for 6…

how much are you all eating? Are you eating at a deficit or maintenance or what??/ Great progress Trophy!!! I am not sure what I should be eating at. I just started the program this week. For the past 6 weeks I have been eating as close to maint. as possible based on my BMF to try to 'reset my metabolism' so eating at…

Thanks for this tameko!! first workout done!

Me too!!!!

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I would say start with moderate and see how it goes. You probably will gain weight initially when you increase cals, but that should steady off after a few weeks. I am not 100% familiar with Paleo, so I dont know what you can and cant eat, but to increase cals, one key thing is planning ahead of time when you know you are…

I didnt get into NY either. Boo! I did the Walt disney world marathon in 2011 and it is awesome!!!!!!! So much fun! Only downside is that it starts at like 5am..

Kiki, Thanks so much!!! Really appreciate the feedback!!!! I recently cut back on the cardio, but yes I was prone to overtraining!!!! I am going to focus on lifting and eating at maintenance for awhile longer!! Thanks again!!!

Hi Ladies, I am hoping you can help me! I am totally confused!!!! Basically for the past 13 months I have been working my butt off, (p90x 2 rounds, insanity, and tons of cardio) and have gradually gained about 12 pounds! :sad: :sad: I started here on MFP in March 2011 at about 160 pounds and I am now 172 :noway: I have…

If you have lost 5 pounds in 3 weeks thats great. Just keep doing what your doing.

how long have you been working out? When did you start? have you lost any weight? I think 1600 is fine to start with and see how that goes....What do you do for work? How tall are you and how much do you want to lose?? 1440 seems low for BMR unless your short....

Are you really citing these studies to argue this point? One study done for 3days, another for 22 days....Really?????.... Really :huh:

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This so makes sense now!!!!! Yes! Knowing this I can stick with it!!! Thanks so much!!

My problem is trying to figure out how much to eat. It seems like no matter what I do I lose and gain the same few pounds, but gradually gaining. I lost 120 pounds and have kept it off for 10 years through low cal dieting (avg 1600-1800 cals per day and not eating back exercise calories (i usually run 20-25 miles per week)…

Great job!!! Just for the record if you are throwing scales out the window you can take mine too! :wink:

I reccomend Physio (if thats the same as what a physical therapist is here in the US) You could also google exercises to help IT band. I have the same problem, I usually start with pain in the right hip and it radiates down the right outer leg to the right knee. I did the walt disney world marathon in 2011 and I had to do…

I did a raw food fast for 5 days at a raw food retreat in Puerto Rico last year and got some sort of stomach bug (I am blaming the kumbacha that they made) and ended up losing 5 pounds during the whole thing, but when I went back to eating "regular" cooked foods, the weight came right back. It can be a great lifestyle, but…

You should open up your food diary so we can comment. What are you doing to lose? Are you working out? Do you keep track of everything that goes in your mouth? How much sodium are you consuming? ARe you checking measurement? Are you tracking water?

thanks!!! I appreciate the feedback!

thank you all. I am having a hard time figuring out what maintenance is, since I can gain and/or lose at diferent amounts. last year at this time I was "maintaining" my weight of 162 eating about 2000 gross. Now I am gaining and losing the same few pounds eating 2000 gross. SOme weeks I lose eating 2000, some I gain.…

I initally gained. And then some weeks I gain and some I lose, but consistently since past October I have gained. It seems I gain like 3-4 pounds then lose a couple, then gain a couple, then lose 1 then gain 2 then lose 1 etc. I had a bioimpedence done to determine BMR and it came out at about 1600 or so.....

My problem has been, how long do you gain before you start to see results?? I increased cals in November and have gained 5 pounds or so and its not going down. I just bounce up and down 3-4 pounds gradually moving up.....How much do I have to gain before I realize this is either working or its not????

I have the samee problem! I wonder how long it takes to start seeing a drop! I increased from gross 1700 gradually over 3 mos up to 2200 and gained 5 pounds and now I am still up the 5 pounds! I have the BMF as well and I get similar burns, 2200 or so on rest days and 2700 or so on active days. Right now I am eating about…

So how do you know if you are gaining/building muscle or gaining weight from over-eating/water retention. If you see the numbers go up, and you are not going down in size??? Does it matter what macros are if you are eating at surplus to gain leanu muscle mass?

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you need new clothes my friend!:laugh: great job!

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