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TDEE question
Hi everyone I have a question about my TDEE. I put it in two different web sites and got two very different numbers. One said 2370 and one said 2090. I am a women who weighs 210 pounds. I'm 5 feet 9 inches. 42 years old. I do body pump 3 times a week, a 40 minute Insanity dvd, a 50 minute tabata cardio dvd (Breathless Body…
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Dumb Question
Hi everyone! I am going to start the Body By You program next week. A lot of the exercises require a table, chair, etc. that is knee height or hip height. I looked in our basement where I'll be doing the workouts and everything that I thought would work are a few inches too short. (I'm tall for a women.) I know it sounds…
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You are your own gym and cardio
Hi everyone I am going to try You are your own gym soon. I haven't read the book yet but just wondering about the schedule. I know you do You are Your Own Gym 3 days/week. Can I do extra cardio on those days? And also do some cardio on the days that I don't do it? I have a lot of fat I am trying to lose. Any suggestions…
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Frustrated Need Advice
Hi Everyone I have been dong EM2WL for a while now. I think I started with a 20% cut. I lost a little bit of inches at first and then I stayed the same for quite a while. I changed to a 15% cut and changed my exercise routine to less cardio and more lifting. I started to lose slowly lose inches. I hadn't weighed or…
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Cut 15% or 20%
Hi all! Just wondering if I should be cutting 15% or 20% from my TDEE. I was cutting 15% because I was doing intense cardio 6 days a week. I have changed things up a bit a couple of months ago. Now I do 3 days of cardio (Zumba, Turbofire) and 3 days of Cathe lifting dvds one week. The next week I do the same cardio and…
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Frustrated Don't think this is working for me!
Hi everyone! I don't think this is working for me! I think I have been doing EMTWL for a little over 2 months. When I took my measurements this morning, I am up 4 pounds since I first started. My measurements have all stayed the same or went up a little bit. (Except my hips went down about 2 inches.) Which is great, but I…
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Cathe muscle max or gym style workouts?
Hi I have been thinking about getting some Cathe weightlifting dvds. Does anyone have any thoughts on muscle max or her gym style workouts? Thanks!
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Cut by 15% or 20%
Hi everyone Just wondering if I should cut by 15% or 20%. I have seen different people say both are the correct amount. I think I should cut by 15% because I do intense cardio (Insanity, Asylum, etc.) Thanks for the help! Kris
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Does everyone need to do a full reset?
Hi everyone I am new to EM2LW. I have never really eaten below my BMR but I hadn't eaten quite enough for the intense exercise that I do (Insanity, Asylum 1 and Asylum 2) I didn't do a complete reset, I just started to eat at 20% less than TDEE. Do I need to do a complete reset? I haven't weighed myself because of it being…
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Success stories using the roadmap to weight loss?
Hi everyone I am going to try using the roadmap to weight loss next week. Just wondering if anyone has had success losing inches with this? Thanks!
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how often to re-measure and re-calculate using the roadmap?
Hi all! I am going to start using the roadmap to success. Just checking to see how often people remeasure/weigh and recalculate their numbers? Because as you lose inches you must have to eat less. I am asking because I like doing Beachbody programs that can change your body pretty quickly. Also I don't keep track of my…
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mixing new rules of lifing with beachbody programs
Hi everyone! I have been doing different programs for a while (Insanity, Asylum, Tapout XT). I am about to start Asylum 2. I heard it has a lot of weight lifting in it, which I am looking for. The new rules of lifting looks good as well. Would it be too much to mix these programs with the heavy lifting? Or do you think the…
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MFP calories vs. sparkpeople
Hi I joined MFP a few weeks ago, and it is great so far. I had done Weight Watchers on and off for a long time. I had just heard about Sparkpeople and wanted to see how many calories sparkpeople would suggest I eat each day. MFP suggests 1480 calories per day. Sparkpeople suggests 1580-1930 calories per day. That's a big…
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Are HRM worth it?
Hi everyone I have been exercising for a long time. I have been putting in my exerises in MFP categories and eating back some or most of the calories. I was thinking of getting a Polar HRM to get a more accurate count of calories burned. Just wondering if they are pretty accurate? Do they keep track of calories during yoga…
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ideas please
Hi everyone! I joined this site about a month ago. I was doing Weight Watchers but wanted to try something different. I am trying to weight myself every week or so because I get obsessed about the numbers. I lost at first but I have gained it back plus a pound or two. I always eat at my suggested calories or a little less.…
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calories go down as you loose weight automatically?
I just started this a couple of weeks ago. Just wondering if MFP automatically changes the calories we're supposed to eat as we enter lower weights. Thanks!
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how to categorize insanity and tapout in MFP
Just wondering what categories they put insanity and tapout xt in? I have been doing a combo of insanity and asylum. I usually mark them as high impact aerobics. Would you do the same with tapout? I am getting tapout xt on Friday and am very excited to get started! Thanks
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Gaining weight
Hi everyone I am new to myfitnesspal but have done Weight Watchers a lot in the past. I am trying to lose my baby weight (baby is 2!!) It is taking so long this time. I was starting to gain while doing Weight Watchers, so I thought I'd try myfitnesspal, which is great I lost weight when I first did the Insanity program.…
