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Getting Started (Again) and Could Use Some Friends
I've been on MFP for what seems like forever and have had great success with it at times. I tend to get almost angry with tracking calories, I think because it makes me limit what I can eat/drink, and then I fall off the wagon. When I was most successful, I had a bunch of MFP friends and worked out regularly and tracked…
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Wearing a Knee Brace For Support
My knees, especially my left, have been quite sore lately. I have a feeling it’s from either squats or lunges. I’m doing reverse lunges because they’re supposedly easier on the knees, but I am horribly uncoordinated, so I’m sure my form still isn’t the best with the lunges. I’m more secure in my squat form. Someone…
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Happy with size, so what next?
So I’m curious how to determine when I’m ready to move to maintenance calories. Since Sarah and SS lowered my calories almost four weeks ago, I’ve lost a nice amount of weight. With my loss and my lifting combined, I’m pretty satisfied with my current size. I definitely still have fat to lose (thighs and butt), but I don’t…
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No progress; feedback on my intake?
Although I made a post on the EM2WL board, I wanted to see what you all think. Three weeks ago, I upped my calorie goal from a net of 1410 to a simple goal of 1800 (assuming moderate activity). The numbers below are from the last three weeks. I’m making no progress at all. No weight loss and no loss in my measurements as…
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Three weeks on EM2WL and no change in weight/measurements
Hi all! I could really use some feedback! I have figured my BMR at around 1400, TDEE at 2100, with a cut of between 10% and 15% puts me at 1800 a day for my calorie goal. As of today, I’ve been on EM2WL for three weeks; I’ve averaged about 1765 per day. I have been weighing every day (because I just can’t NOT weigh…
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Low Calorie Burns on HRM...and my TDEE
I'm curious about this. I seem get relatively low calorie burns for the activity I do. Numerous times, my friends will comment that my burns for walking/running/hiking etc seem low to them compared to what they earn for the same amount of time doing the same exercise. I've noticed this as well. I use a HRM, so I'm pretty…
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Trading fat for LBM...How?
Trying to wrap my head around this... I know you can't gain muscle on a deficit, but how do you trade fat for LBM, especially if you're eating either at or right close to maintenance?? How does this actually work? What are you gaining to increase LBM if it's not muscle? Just started EM2WL, so freaking out a bit right now…
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Getting a little discouraged… Am I jumping the gun?
So I’ve been back on MFP for about 3 weeks now. I am using the In Place of a Roadmap idea for calculating my calories, mostly because I tend to obsess too much about calories in general. I thought this might help with that. I set my calories to 1600, which is 20% below my supposed TDEE (I averaged lightly active and…
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Firming Up Without Heavy Lifting
I’m almost at my goal weight. In fact, I’m pretty happy with my weight right now (135 at 5'7"), and I am playing with the idea of changing my goal. However, I am NOT happy with my flab. I want to get firmer and tighter in general. I’ve definitely improved since I joined MFP 75 days ago, but I still see a lot of room for…
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Weight Loss
Hi Ladies! I was curious when I started drinking less (I'd say not drinking, but I've had a few since I started this), if my weight loss would be better. I have to tell you, so far this week, it's MUCH better! In the last week, I have lost 1.8 pounds.! I've been averaging probably about .5 - .75 a week before I cut way…
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Stability Ball - What Size?
Hi all - I'm wanting to get a stability ball to use for crunches and also for some very upper body weights. How do you know what size ball to buy? There seem to be so many to choose from! Thanks!
