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TDEE and deficit advice
Hi Sara, Want your advice again. My TDEE according to my fitbit is roughly around 2100 . My works out are strong lifts 3 times a week and hiit once or twice a week and I brisk walk everyday for 45- 50 mins. For the last 2 months I have been having somewhere around 1500 calories but since I saw no results on the scale(…
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Bench press on the smith machine
Hi Sara and SS, I started strong lifts about a month back. So far so good. But whenever I do the bench press, I feel my balance is not correct and the bar with the plates feels wobbly( don't know if I am explaining this correctly) Today my husband suggested that I should do it with the smith machine till I get my form…
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TDEE with fitbit? Need advice....
Hi, I have been thinking of buying a fitbit. My weight is stuck at 143 pounds for the last 2 months and I have a feeling I am going wrong with my TDEE calculations. Acc to scooby my TDEE is around 1909 ( that is if I choose light exercise though I don't know if I should use moderate exercise since I exercise 6 times a…
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Bmr low...advice needed again
Hi, Need your advice once again. I went and got my body fat checked where they used one of the electronic hand held devices. My weight is 144( 65.5 kilos) and my body fat is 24.8 kilos( 37%) which is quite a bit but considering the last time I checked it was around 46 %, I am relatively happy about it. But my bmr is…
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Fixed barbells...please advice
Hi everyone, I am going to start SL from this week.my gym doesn't have any Olympic bar...insted it had fixed barbells starting from 20 kilos to 140 kilos and a smith machine.So what do u think is a better option? Is there really a difference in a Olympic bar and a fixed barbell if it has the same weight?I am sorry if this…
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Feeling heavy and fat:(
Hi Sarah and SS, Need your help. I had gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy..went from 55 kilos to 81 kilos. Came down to 65 kilos with only doing cardio( running, walking, les mills classes..u name it) it's been an extremely long process esp since I have not been consistent. Now for the last 5 months my weight( and…
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Newbie here...advice needed!!
Hi , I have just discovered this group and this concept of emtwl. My story...I gained a lot during my pregnancy...went from 122 pounds to. 178 pounds. I managed to knock off 35 pounds with only cardio and basically eating around 1200 calories.( I didn't really track so not too sure but roughly around 1100-1200) calories.…
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Cardio after workouts or on non lifting days?
Hi everyone I am in stage 1, workout 5. I normally do my cardio(interval running for 30 mins) on my non workout days. But I read recently that doing hiit after workouts is more effective for fat loss. Since Weight or rather fat loss is my primary goal,should I be doing it after I finish my workout? I feel so tired after…
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Nesquik chocolate milk after workouts?
Hello, Don't know whether I should be posting this question here but since I have just joined this group, thought I should post it here. I have just started nrolfw and have also started eating acc to 20%- TDEE which is around 1700 calories which is so much to eat...sometimes I don't know how to go beyond 1300 calories but…
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No power rack..feel like crying:(
Hi ladies, I was all set to start strong lift after a lot n lot of deliberation but today I went to the gym to check it out and it doesn't have a power rack......I am so so upset. I was all charged up but now wondering what to do coz my gym has a smith machine and I know medhi is so against smith machines So what can I do?…
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Body revolution or chalean extreme
Hi everyone, Have just joined MFP. I have lost around 32 pounds with pure cardio...running and some classes. But now my last 20 pounds are just not budging. I have heard about 30 day shred success n so have started following it. It's just been a week ...no pounds lost as yet but can see some difference in the mirror So my…
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Eat according to MFP or acc to TDEE??
Hi everyone, I am really confused. According to MFP I should be eating around 1200 calories for me to lose 2 pounds per week but since I am going to start strong lifts from Tom and as I have been hearing about TDEE , I am now confused. Acc to my TDEE, I should be eating around 2033 to maintain...so if I minus 20% to create…
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So scared to lift heavy...need some convincing.pl pl help
Hi ladies, I have been contemplating about picking up heavy weights for the last ten days but don't know why I am getting cold feet. I have seen amazing results and I know that's the way to go but nevertheless I am scared. The last time I went heavy( comparatively was ten years back wt a personal trainer n I rem I had…
