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:neutral: I did 16.3 four times. Really well each time. I've got the strength for a muscle up and it's a skill i've been working 4x a week for 3 months leading up to this workout. I had never even thought of anyone at my box or any other judging folks who try more than once. ???

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those are my maintnence cals if you want to look at my open diary to see what a consistent 2750/day looks like. it's really not that much food. I COULD EAT SO MUCH MORE :)

you can check out my open diary, our family is gf for one of my kids and i maintain at about 2750, though my appetite is rediculous...and if i wasn't attempting maintnence nourishing calorie dense foods i like to eat on top of what you see in my diary are; hagen daaz chocolate ice cream, blue sky organic ginger ale, tons…

Peanut butter + spoon= GAINZ :) seriously though try upping your cals ~150 cals/day every few days until your glycogen stores top off (gain 3# of water 'overnight'). Hang out there for a while to figure out maintnence then add 250 c for your daily bulking calories. There is No Way you are working out 6 days a week and…

Well if your trying to gain it may be suppressing your appetite to have that much protein. The only time I go above 1g/# of body weight is when I'm in a deficit because it really helps to be less hungry.

35 years old three kiddos and very happy at 135-145. I have the same 27.5 inch waist I had when I was a marathoner in my 20s...but back then I only weighed 125#... Size 2/4 and overweight on the bmi chart :)

If it takes more than 8:00 your not scaling enough. Its a sprint.

I'm going to throw out crazy ideas based on no science or studies at all...so you are n my fl and I am so proud of you for trying em2wl! I hope hey bales chimes back in on my ideas with science :).... So....let's start with carbs before were you doing low carb or paleo? When I initially upped cals last year I went up 6#…

You could try upping cals 100 every 3 days until you get to a higher number say 2650 and try that for a month to see how it goes. My guess is your tdee is higher than you think!

Make are and keep a journal to log your workouts.also, if you had a gym membership how many months would it take in membership to pay for equipment to set up a home gym. Start saving monthly for some heavier dumbbells and a barbell. Some things you could do with 20# or less that will be challenging (while you save up and…

I keep a few boxes of kids cereal (Pure Carbs!!!!) and 2% milk for topping off what's left of my carb macros at the end the day. I like the envirokids brand. And I agree it will get easier to hit those macros and find the foods you Like To Eat that also meet your goals.

Wait for your appetite to rev up and "clean" or "dirty" (both of which have more to do with laundry imo) no amount of food will seem like enough :). This is coming from a shorty with a 3000 tdee. So you want calorie dense foods to meet your goals and prefer unprocessed. Carbs=coconut water, dates, dried fruit, frozen…

Why you gained 6# as opposed to the 3# seen in normal switch from deficit to maintnence ( or slightly above) is because of the extra water depletion from vlcd. I know the process messes with your head but you are doing the right thing. I'm a year in and can't believe how well em2wl works. Stick with it you are worth it!

OMG do not listen to this....your maintnence is going to be a lot higher than your current numbers. Keep slowly upping your cals until your weight bumps up three pounds. This is your glycogen stores topping off to maintnence. As you get close to maintnence or after you find that number hang out there for a while to let…

I often eat red meat twice a day. Because i have two giant freezers full of All The Meat.....mmmmmm.....My hsband and I raise 100% grass fed beef and lamb and pastured pork. There is so much research coming out about the benefits of grass fed pasture raised meat, omega 3s, good cholesterols..... and its all so.very.yummy.…

Ramp up the carbs. Carbs = hungry!!!!

Juice, soda, candy, etc. All help get the cals in without being too filling also carbs get the engine burning and bring out the appetite tsusami. Also as hey bales said...fat! Are you still eating anything low cal? If so go for the full fat yummy version of all the things...also full size chocolate bars....mmmmm......I…

I do iifym, open diary, I'm currently doing a 12 week cut my maintnence cals are ~2600. I'm cutting at 2200 rest days 200/90/130, 2400 gym days 275/80/130. Loosing about .5#/wk. I also sometimes do an even higher carb day about once every two weeks which leaves me wicked hungry but helps weight to drop. I like the Nicole c…

Measurements and photos are a great tool. The scale is a good took too for somethings. But I think for women especially just starting cross fit it can be a time of awesome recomp and if you only use the scale as a benchmark you won't get a good idea of the AWESoME progress you are making. Stick with the recomp and then if…

Got 12:02. It was hard!

3500...no worries...a totally resonable refeed after a big workout week. I would say good job feeding your body and eating what feels right!

I'm so sore from attempting my first MU the last three days :( including 30+ attempts for 14 min yesterday. Will go scaled tomorrow.

I ate strictly grain free/sugar free for two years. When I upped my carbs, added in white rice, oats, cane sugar, and ice cream my overall health, sleep, and mood improved....and my gym performance improved noticeably; both my engine and in strength.

Oh I hope its pistols and dubs!!!!! That would be AWESOME! I keep thinking they'll introduce a different movement to the open since there is a scaled version. Would rather it be pistols than hspus :)

Finished with 63-Rx. I was fighting hard to nail out those CTb and get back to the ohs but shoulder fatigued and got 4 no reps at the end

Are you in the first few weeks of upping cals? Its normal to be very hungry those first few weeks. Also....what kind of excersize are you doing? 2100 calories is really not that much. I would wake up hungry with only that much.

I would *completely* disagree with the above about only GF unprocessed foods. One of my children is extremely gluten sensitive so we keep it out of the house my husband is about your size and here are things he eats to not loose weight, potato chips, hash browns, popcorn, fries, all the chocolate, full fat dairy, nut…

Can you go to a sports chiro?

I'm thinking a movement we haven't seen in the open before....hspus?