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Ready to crush that diet mentality for good?
Do you want to join a Facebook group where you can find a safe space full of people who 'get' you? No posts about crazy diets and restrictions, body shaming or feeling like you're a failure? An amazing online community where self love and acceptance of where you are in your journey, right now, are encouraged and absolutely…
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A humming metabolism
I posted this on my newsfeed yesterday, but thought I would repost here, beacuse to me it sums up what EM2WL is about, whether you are weeks in, months in, or years in. It is not a DIEt it is a total lifestyle :smiley: Hee hee. My macros were screwed today from 10.30 this morning when a dark chocolate bunny jumped into my…
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Some of the benefits of eating more
Do you know after yesterday's 'plaster your number day' started by Holly and Lucia, it got me thinking today. A year ago I would have been horrified to share my weight with anyone, and yet there I was telling my entire FL my weight! It became evident from other people's posts, that weight is really not so important as…
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If you think this is not for you, some encouragement......
I upped my calories in July and yes it is disheartening gaining weight, I would be lying if I told you otherwise. But you have to watch all the other factors. I am learning that is a teeny tiny piece of progress. It just doesn't bother me so much anymore. I am much more concerned with correcting my metabolism, being…
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Progress is slow and steady, but it is progress!
Hi there Thought I would jump in to let you know my personal experience of upping cals so far as I know from some posts on here that it is a tough ride! My history of the eating and exercise thing is a whole other book and goes back 30 years so I will just deal with the time I came to MFP around the end of May. I started…
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Vegan protein
I got my protein up to 122 today, but my fats at a bit over. Had a look at other people's diaries and there is a lot of lean meat in there! No help to me! Should I have another protein shake a day or should I just relax a bit about my macros? :wink:
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5 stages of EM2WL
OK, so it's early days for me, but I think I am over the mental hurdles of starting out on EM2WL which, let's face it, are much tougher than the physical. I have come to see it as the same as the 5 stages of grief; 1. DENIAL You can't lose weight by eating more. If I go from 1200 cal a day to 1700, or shock horror, even…
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Home work outs
Hi everyone, new to group. I have to workout at homeand would welcome any ideas. I am using 3 kg hand weights to do upper body. Squats, lunges and crunches for lower body and going to hang up my bag to get back into my kickboxing. Anything I'm missing or any other equipment you think I should be getting? Thanks for any…
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Macros
Ok, so have reset my daily calorie goal , up from the 1200 that I was automatically set at :noway: Not sure what to do with my macros as I am guessing the protein should go up? Yes? No? :huh: help please!!!!
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Hello I'm new this week!
Hey everybody My brother recommended this app for me and I think it's great so far ( just used for 4 days! ) Would love some support from the community as I've never had weight to lose before! Lots of things happened in a short space of time about 3 yrs ago -decided not to emigrate to Barbados ( crazy I know! ) bought our…
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Protein
My carbs are always pretty high and my protein a bit too low. Think I would burn more fat if I could up the protein, anybody know any super packed protein vegan things which are not high in fat or carbs?:indifferent:
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New to MFP this week
Hey everybody My brother recommended this app for me and I think it's great so far ( just used for 2 days! ) Would love some support from the community as I've never had weight to lose before! Lots of things happened in a short space of time about 3 yrs ago -decided not to emigrate to Barbados ( crazy I know! ) bought our…
