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I copied this from the intro page for the group http://i50.tinypic.com/303lsuh.png Just copy logo to your computer and save, then follow the steps to update the MFP ticker Good luck :)

You are half way there with a great vege garden, fruit trees and berries. I'm sure after a while of retraining yourself you won't be afraid of carbs....they are not evil. It will take time but we are all here to support you. Small steps will get you there and by the sound of it you made one with the tortilla.....good on…

I saty away from anything that says low unless it the price. if its low fat then its high sugar, there is always a pay off. I personally dont have anything in the house with artificial flavours, colours, additives. I would rather eat the real deal then let my body deal with it. We have so many "food like substances" that…

I'm sure that's the chart that came with my callipers and the same chart my trainer used.

There is no point being deprived doing this as you shouldn't feel that way. Without knowing your stats I cant really comment to much but I will say that there is no way I could eat what NROLFW gave me without turning into a grumpy starving nightmare. I personally experiment to see what works, so my advice would be ditch…

I eat according to my fitbit but. One thing to check is make sure you have your activity level on mfp is set right if you are eating daily what your fitbit says. If you are using a custom set tdee(same number everyday with fitbit disconnected) then it won't matter as long as you had it set right in the first place. The…

I'm no expert but currently I've made some changes regarding my hormones and lifestyle and one big thing is hyperthyroid & adrenal fatigue. Some of your symptoms fall into this category. Could be all to do with your body being stressed for an extended period of time on vlcd. But definitely look into PCOS, my cycles used to…

^^^Agree my NEAT from being a mum, wife, working and looking after our block of land & animals puts me nearly two levels above my exercise only. I think my multiplier is 1.6 at the moment(winter here) and in summer its more as I'm outside more about 1.71

Mmm I'm not sure it could bea bug and fix itself. I always uses the stopwatch function, but on Sunday I did the same and had a mega weird 1000 exercise cals. It was only a 40 minutes workout so that was wrong. But after a bit it was sorted out. It's probably wrong but do you have estimated cals on your fitbit enabled.…

^^^^^^ totally agree well done. I eat by my fitbit too.

I don't have a bfm but I have a fitbit. My weight has started to move down while eating at TDEE & upping my activity level , cut never did anything scale wise but did shape wise. So my advice would be lessen the deficit or use TDEE for a while. I'm not the only one who this way works for. Good luck finding your sweet spot.…

You could check out Heybales spreadsheet as he now has a tweak tab for fitbit. I'm guessing most would say that if 2000 is working then set that as your mfp setting and disconnect your fitbit from mfp. Then adjustments won't mess anything up but you can still check fitbit for your activity etc

I have mine set up using mfp setting and my activity level and at the moment I'm eating all my adjustments so im eating at tdee according to the fitbit. Or leave a few over if you want a deficit. I log spin sessions and weights with hrm using the stop watch function on the fitbit...I have a one. Its working fine for me…

Correct you don't eat back cals when using tdee method, just enter 1. But also make sure that your burn doesn't bring you below your bmr. But please remember that when using scooby don't only consider the workouts you do. Take into account your daily activity too. For me personally I go up at least one nearly two levels on…

Fabulous progress.

Many of us do New rules of lifting for woman....you can get that in kindle version or book. A great resource too is eatmore2weighless.com which was started by the lovely ladies who started this group. Great information and forums too. They have a start up kit too of what to do and expect when you start eating more. They…

So the guinea pig is back again. Did it this time at 8kmphr incline 3... It was bang on for my 157 average hr Results Exrx 212 Hrm 184 (202 if I take into the 13.5% from previous test. Fitbit 231 So pretty close to the 15 cal difference you mentioned earlier. Thanks for the information. I've been going through your…

Me too

Feel free to add me I eat according to my fitbit too, so about 2300+..... Starving sucks! Can you add em2wl on any requests as it drives me nuts when I end up with friends I have nothing in common with.......

I would take a guilt free break and come back strong and ready to smash it......but that's me :)

I'm not going to comment on calories as you have already received so much good advice but I will on coffee. I am also deficient in iron and b12 even though I eat heaps of meat...... It's a bit of a genetic thing that i have recently been diagnosed with BUT I kicked coffee a month ago and have never felt better. I had my…

Or another idea could be 2 days tdee 1 cut repeated then when you fell like it change to 2 cut 1 tdee. Eventually we will all be at maintenance and why not eat all the good calories our body will allow.

I could be right off base but have you considered eating at maintenance and using exercise for body comp alone??? You've done so well so don't beat yourself up:flowerforyou:

Thanks for sharing such an amazing story. You must be so proud of her for trusting you and she must be so proud of you supporting her. Woohoo!!!! Totally life changing.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

So I retested with my average heart rate for an half hour spin. Average heart rate was 157 which was pretty hard to do not going over the speed which I think you said was about 6.4km(I could be wrong as I cant for the life of me find the original thread) So I walked at 6kmph at 12 incline. HRM 190 Calc 221 fitbit 145 So…

Fabulous results all around, you will be so proud and happy. Great strength improvements. Your hair looks really nice short too.

Just made these Bliss Balls... Nom nom I was scraping the bowl with my finger:) I substituted cocoa for my choc protein powder, went half and half dates and dried apricots, 1 cup nuts split 3 ways with almonds, walnuts and raw cashews and I added 1 tbs ground almonds to dry it up a bit. Cals came out at 75 with 3gm protein…

Two good places to check out to change things up are fitnessblender.com heaps of stuff to do and change it up. Also a lot of people do new rules of lifting for woman. I do mine at home but you will probably need to get some new gear. I have adjustable dumbbells and barbell and swiss ball. New Rules is a book to follow I…

The second time I did the rows they were way more stronger and balanced. I was so annoyed the first time. Just focus on a spot on the floor ahead and stare stare stare. You have totally got this :-)

I eat by what my fitbit says, according to scooby I have to go up but I think that's due to busy normal daily activity. I checked out my hrm and fitbit accuracy via a link that heybales had and the fitbit was bang on! So I'm a fitbit convert :)