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Welcome! You will find invaluable support from fellow EM2WLers. Friend request sent :)
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Amen!
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Awesome NSV - same thing happened to my sister once I convinced her to be an EM2WLer. Your body is doing what it's naturally designed to do! Yay for you!
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Hi AuntieKT :) My understanding is that the minimum recommended reset length is 6 - 8 weeks, to allow sufficient time for your body to adjust to a consistent, regular intake of proper fuel. I'm on my 4th week of reset and am absolutely loving it. This totally feels like the right thing for my body. Whilst I've gained about…
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WOW, you look fabulous!
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Amazing results, well done! You should be so proud. Definitely inspiring for those of us still in the middle of the reset :)
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Hi everyone! Quick update - today is day 1 of Week 4 for me. I must say, it's gone by *so* quickly and I've been enjoying my new lifestyle so much more than restricting myself to 700 net cals a day! Before I started EM2WL, I was at 77.6kg, that being 1.3kg higher than my lowest ever adult weight of 76.3kg. My goal (back…
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Bump :)
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Awesome. Thanks ladies! :flowerforyou:
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Thanks for the awesome information everyone! I've just googled all of those suggestinos and there are definitely some things to try :) I'm particularly intrigued by the ZWOW workouts! I love that they're timed and that you can do them along with her. You're right - seriously intense! But that's what I'm after. @momoto -…
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Great idea for a thread :smile: I've learned that: ... real change comes when you decide to change your mindset and attitude towards your body, health, and food. It's not a short-term thing that you throw out the window once you "get to goal". ... given that it's a life-long change, we need to stop being so hard on…
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Hi there, a warm welcome to the group :) :flowerforyou: I'm a home workout-er too. I'm trying to gather a collection of hand weights for upper body, but like you, I'm sticking to body weight for lower body/ab exercises. I'm considering getting a swiss ball and resistance band too, but to be honest I'm interested in looking…
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True - might be something to consider perhaps when I go to cut and don't lose - then maybe I need to look at every 100-cal instalment. Might not be as important now while I'm resetting. Thank you for the advice - you're super knowledgeable for a newbie! :smile:
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Hi there :) What kind of exercise have you been doing?
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Thanks for this MK - so, based on various calculators, my TDEE with no exercise is 1929. At the moderate exercise level, my TDEE is 2490. But, realistically, with my average of 40-min workouts (combo of strength and cardio), 5 times a week, I burn about 450cal each time. Do you think that I should just add 450 to 1929? So…
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@Noor 13 - thanks for your constant encouragement. You're totally right, I just need to relax and keep soldiering on. @rosied915 - you're an absolute gem! Thank you for being such a champ!
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Interesting... I think for now I'll just use the HRM for workouts. Today was my first day using it and I absolutely LOVED it. There is nothing like seeing your actual heartrate go up in realtime, and more importantly, ACTUAL (or very close estimate) calorie burn increasing. I can see myself getting extremely competitive…
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Thanks a lot :) That makes sense to me. And a particular thank you for doing what I was to lazy to do! Hahah!
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I totally feel you on this. That was me two weeks ago - when I'd been eating at cut for 2 weeks, and was tossing up the idea of doing a reset. Part of me thought - wait until after the holiday (which is for about 5 weeks by the way), but the other part of me said - I need to get past the 'diet' mindframe. We always have…
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I'm finding peoples' reactions HILARIOUS! They sort of look at me like.... "should I say something about her very clearly having fallen off the diet wagon?? She's obviously on a binge today..." but then they're totally befuddled when they see my waistline shrinking and my arms and legs toning up week after week. It…
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Anyone? :P
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Okay. Deep breaths. My weigh-in today (after not weighing for a whole week!) saw another 1kg up. So total gain over the past 4 weeks, 1 week of which was on the reset (the rest were at cut), is 1.9kg (about 4 lbs). Deeeeeep breaths. What I don't understand is that while some measurements are down (waist, belly), others are…
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Believe me - you will find a RIDICULOUS number of 'reset buddies'. I've been absolutely overwhelmed. I am an ex-WWer too, and totally get what you mean by the fact that this all just makes sense! Friend request on its way :)
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Honestly - you are all *such* wonderful, encouraging, inspiring people and I could NOT do this without the invaluable support you constantly provide. Thank you xx
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Today is Day 1 of Week 2 of eating at TDEE for me. The great thing is, since I'm away from home visiting family for a month, my daily scale obsession is hard to maintain since I don't have a scale readily available in my bathroom. I really don't think that 'coincidence' could've come at a better time, because I actually…
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Whine shmine- you're allowed! No doubt I'll be whining very shortly :P You're totally right about it being mental more than anything. I think another thing I struggle with is because it's basically impossible to 'lose weight' while eating at TDEE seeing as I'm maintaining, thanks to my old 'exercise heaps and eat nothing…
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Your post completely hit me in the way that I needed. Call me creepy but I'm going to copy & paste your response and send it in an email to myself to read when I have moments of doubt. Thanks a million - your support is totally invaluable!
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Argh!!! I keep chickening out! So after 2 weeks of eating at cut (and pretty much no change in weight - kept losing/gaining the same half kilo), I decided to do a reset, starting this Monday. I keep going over TDEE (I've been travelling so the past 2 days have been a complete mess, food-wise). But I'm back on track,…
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THANK YOU OP for creating this thread -and thank you admins for making it a sticky! I had been eating at cut for 2 weeks (from 18 June). Saw the same half kilo come and go. Although I wasn't sure if I'd lose weight if I stuck with it, I got inspired to just do a full TDEE reset anyway. So as of Monday this week, I'm now…
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Thanks all - I took your advice to heart to the extent that I've already had 2 rest days this week and it's only Thursday! Hahah! But I definitely agree that listening to your body is key. Definitely grateful for it the next day when I can go extra hard on my workout thanks to the rest.
