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How Heavy is Heavy Lifting?
We get asked this question a lot. Just how Heavy, is "Heavy Lifting?" As we begin a new chapter in our life and start to pick up weights, we often think that heavy lifting should be so much heavier than we ever think we can lift, and for a lot of people, the mere thought of lifting something really heavy, is off putting.…
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What Comes Next In the Process
So you have found EM2WL and started reading through the blog posts, the Quick Start Guide and Metabolism Reset Guide. And you're still confused.. Don't be afraid, you are probably not alone! Changing your diet mentality can be a long process and it can be very difficult to go "against the grain" of what society and the…
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Crushing the Diet Mentality
Are you New(ish) to EM2WL and are looking for some help with your journey? Do you understand the Diet Mentality and the reasons you brought yourself to EM2WL? Are you looking to improve on your goals while still living a good life RIGHT NOW? EM2WL is taking a Beta Test group through our new mini Course called "Crushing the…
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Have you seen our new look?
Have you noticed a change in our Forums here? We certainly have!! Our team has spent the last few weeks working on redoing our MFP forums to bring us up to date and give our members a great experience while browsing our threads. We have brand new stickies on our main page which will give you all the information needed when…
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Do I need a Metabolism Reset?
Are you new to EM2WL and wondering what is a Metabolism reset, or if you need one? Here is a great blog post from our website to help walk you through the reasons you may need a reset and how to go about doing one. Learn how to find your TDEE, how long you should spend on a reset and what to expect when resetting. Well…
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Trust the Process
A good blog post to remind you that this is a JOURNEY, not a quick fix. You cannot expect things to change overnight, so stop beating yourself up about it when it doesn't come that quickly. Enjoy the journey and trust that this is the right way to end your dieting cycles. http://eatmore2weighless.com/trust-process/
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EM2WL Beginner Strength Training Manual On sale!
Our Beginner strength training manual is on sale for this Holiday day! Get it for HALF OFF! It includes: Why you should be lifting How to train according to your goals How to eat to support the way you train How to set up a training split (full body, upper/lower/body part splits) How and when to match your intensity to…
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One Year
Today is my One Year logging anniversary. I had made my account on MFP a while before that, but a year ago was when I decided to try logging my foods on here. I started off with wanting to log my Weight Watchers points to see what my calorie level actually was, and from there it spiraled into finding the EMTWL group a few…
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Change happens, even when we think it isnt.
I started EMTWL back in April, having come from a VLCD with WW.(never ate back Flex or activity points). I began eating more, and starting with weights soon after and currently I have been strength training for about 7-8 months now. I started around April/May with NROL4W, and switched from high cardio based activites to…
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Nia Shanks Programs
I came across some of her downloadable programs recently, and I was wondering if anyone had done them before and what you thought. Are they worth the bit of money she is asking for? what did you think? Would you recommend them? If not, would you recommend something else?? I just completes NROL4W and I am looking for…
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Article to Share.
A nice article to read about Weight Loss vs Fat Loss http://blog.metaboliceffect.com/2012/03/10/weight-loss-or-fat-loss-which-would-you-rather-have/
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Stop weighing on the Scale...
Came across this article and I thought it was worth mentioning. We get way too focused on the numbers on the scale, and this is just another person showing us why we need to focus on other aspects in our regime and training. http://www.niashanks.com/2012/07/stop-weighing-on-the-scale-for-weight-loss/
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Stickies
Would it be possible to reorganize the stickies in here? There are just WAY too many, and many posts are getting lost and pushed back in the pages because of it.. Many of the stickies could be re linked in one or two threads of "Important things to read" or something like that... Theres just soo many. Makes it a bit…
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NROL 6 week results
Hey All, I thought I would share this here since I dont really hang out in the NROL4W group. I know there are a few NROL gals in here, so hopefully they will learn from this too:) I started lifting 6 weeks ago, about the time I was eating at my cut value. Since then I jumped up to TDEE two weeks ago and have been working…
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Body Media Fit - Which one??
OK, I see there are a few different kinds of BFM on their webstie and things like amazon...So whats the difference between them?? Im not really seeing why one is about $99 and others are $200, just for Bluetooth? Does that really make a difference?
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Hitting the Wall..
I am hitting the wall hard this week. I am 9-10 weeks into this journey and I today I am no better off than I was when I began. Last Sunday (10 days ago) I finally recorded my lowest number since I began..and over the course of the next 10 days I watched as that number climbed higher and higher. AF had arrived on that…
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Calorie Burn estimate in Stage 1?
What is the average Calorie burn during stage 1? Ive seen some MFP friends listing in very low ( like myself) and other getting 300-500 from a HRM doing it.. SO do you know your burn rate? What is it?
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Silly NRFL4W Training log question
Yup, silly question, but Im stuck.. I printed off the training log on the new rules website to have for my records.. How do I use it? Do I print off a page to use for each exercise I do? So for Workout A I would have 5 pages and Workout B I would have 5 pages?? Or is each Workout its own page?? Thanks...
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Anyone not see the measurements change?
Im ending my 6th week in the eating more plan, week 2 of eating my TDEE-15%. The weight was up and down with the same 2 pound for the first 4 weeks, and then finally last week a 4 pound drop. This week the scale is up again, although I am sure AF is appearing soon. (still a PITA). So in 6 weeks of eating more, the weight…
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Wanting to see if I am doing this right..
Im fairly new to MFP, but I am a weight watchers member and have been using this site as a way to compare back to my Points and help me to get another perspective on my food intake. Anyways, I have been struggling over the past few months with weight loss. Overall I have lost about 9 pounds in about 10 weeks, which looks…
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Protein Options
Im trying to increase my protein intake and I need some ideas for new foods or whatnot to try. Care to share how you get your protein in?
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How much fruit??
How much do you consume in a day? Ive basically been told that my reason for not being able to lose weight lately is because I eat too much fruit in a day. I average about 3-4 servings of fruit in a day. I tend to eat anything from Melons, to berries to apples and bananas. Its my go to snack, its a favorite thing to eat…
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Sodium Affecting weight two days later?
Can sodium affect your weight two days after, even if the day inbetween didn't seem to be a problem? I scale peeked this morning and it has me up about 3 pounds from my last weigh in on Wed. Saturday i had a can of soup for lunch. Sunday, my number was up about a pound. I drank a ton of water yesterday and did my run as…
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Eating more.. How long does it take?
Im still fairly new to MFP, but I have been a WW member for years and lost 100 pounds on the program prior to having kids 4 years ago. After the birth of my second child 17 months ago I have been struggling to get the weight off. I decided to try MFP as another way to track what I was eating and seeing how it compared to…
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Tracking Body Pump Class in Exercise
Im new to MFP and I am trying to input my information and I can't find anything for Body Pump Classes and what I would enter that in for exercise. I have no idea how many reps or set we do or what the break down is involved, but each muscle is targeted for maybe 4-5 mins each.. The class is approx 50 mins in total. Any…
