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Wow your transformation is amazing.....do you mind sharing what kind of body weight workouts you did....thanks...:)

You can lift with calorie deficit......dont have to wait till closer to goal.....you may not gain any new muscles at calorie deficit....fat lose will happen....

As others have stated there is no different calculations to calculate tdee based on ethnicity. ...I am an indian and following the tdee calculations as others....so relax......if you feel full at 1200 just make sure you are properly weighing your food...with indian foods, portion control could be tricky unless its weighed…

Wow these pictures are so motivational....Amazing work all of you.......:drinker:

Planks are good for diastasis recti...not crunches ..sit ups though.....I had a 3 finger seperation...now its around 1 finger..its closing...it took aroound a year....strength training helped me and I used to do excercises that target this problem...there are many youtube videos if you wish to look into.....more than…

I totally agree with you.....I train with my sandbag....and I love it.....it's a great workout....I am progressively increasing the load and trying 5x5 sets of couple of effective sandbag excercises.....shoulder squats, bear hug squats and those Turkish get ups are my favourites.....Even I am quite surprised there is very…

You don't have to stop doing cardio and start lifting....you can do both.... I was in same boat as you...couldn't go to gym but wanted to lift heavy.... I first started with JM's shred and ripped in 30.., used 2lbs initially then 4 and then 6lbs....but I knew I wanted to lift more heavy stuff....didn't have access to…

Wow...awesome good job....:)

Yes can see the results. ..wtg...:drinker:

Add lots of vegetables to pasta ...a little extra olive oil as someone suggested......how about more of cheese? Since he loves pasta you can try more of cheesy pastas....you can make different kinds of pizzas....Italians love pizza (everyone does :) hmm) ... Beans, spinach, pulses, cheese, full fat greek yogurts, nuts,…

Just bumping for loads of useful information in this thread :flowerforyou:

I read through all the pages...you ladies are amazing and gorgeous :) truly.....I want to lift but unable to make it to the gym currently....(baby too small)..., so I started with sandbag training....well something better than nothing for me right now :)

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You look great. ...good job :)

And yes...with 30DS you can progress to level 2 after 10 days....and then level 3..,so that makes it around a month's workout....

I would suggest you stick with 30DS daily giving Sunday off....Then you can move on to Ripped in 30 if you want to......additionally you can add treadmill run if you can and want to... Doing just the cardio may not be the good option....good to add strength training so that you can retain the lbm...:flowerforyou:

Oh pls where's the pic? This is incredibly sexy lol....

I am doing sandbag workout routine at home for around 45 mins....I use 10kg sandbag....its a great workout...I am eating at deficit currently as I have around 10 kgs to lose.....I started this routine recently. ..want to see how my body responds....if I reach my goal weight I will eat at surplus and lift more heavier…

This.... Concern is that you may feel the need to increase the weights progressively... So space is a concern considering the barbell weights, rack, bench..... I am in a similar situation where I want to lift heavy but not in a position to go to gym ...nor have space at home for gym set up... So I am planning to get a…

Congrats on awesome weight loss.....I myself had my second baby last September...and started my weight loss journey this march....I too finished jillians 30DS and RI30....currently doing second round of RI30 alternating between week 1 2 and 3 each day...Ian still not at my goal weight though.....stii have another 20 lbs to…

I am planning to get one too....there are loads of sandbag youtube videos that are great to follow...I too cant get to the gym at this pojnt.....so sandbag it is then...

If you have calculated tdee 20% with 'idle' activity level then u can eat back your exercise calories. ...

Amazing transformation....:) do you mind telling how your lifting routine normally is....Thanks...:)

Low fat yogurt pots...in different flavours :happy:

White rice is good...however it digests fast and we end up feeling hungry soon.....protein keeps tummy full for little longer. ..brown rice releases energy slowly ...having said that ..as long as one is exercising and utilizing energy released by carbs then there is absolutely no problem with rice....

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You can check out this website http://www.dumbbell-exercises.com/ And ignore what :tragalicious is saying.... Some people don't realize that our effort and dedication towards losing weight has brought us to MFP not the other way round...!!

Amazing transformation. ...congrats. ...do you mind sharing the details of 90 day challenge? Thanks...

I log it as circuit training for 15 to 20 mins and mfp says I burned around 200 cals....I am in week 3 of ripped in 30....started it after I completed 30 day shred....well week 2 and 3 are brutal....not to scare you sorry....just a heads up....I felt 30 day shred gave me a good practice for what I am encountering in ripped…