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Back to the grind -- help figuring out calories
I've been all over the place the past several months, but I'm really ready to get back to EM2WL. I wanted to see if someone would mind taking a look at my calorie calculation and seeing if this sounds right. Female Weight: 245 Height: 5'4.5" Age: 30 3-5 hours of exercise/week 15% calorie reduction BMR= 1878 TDEE= 2911 Goal…
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Met with a nutritionist
She used a special scale to check out my body fat % and gave me some numbers that were slightly different from what I have calculated. My BMR, according to her, is actually higher than what I calculated (she said it was around 1887), but my TDEE is lower. With a TDEE around 2600, she suggests that I eat (not net, but…
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Who cares what the scale says? LOOK at this.
I've lost 19.5 pounds. I look at those photos and am absolutely amazed with how far I've come. Those photos don't say 19.5 pounds; they say hours of hard work and eating right. They say ABSOLUTE progress. They say a heck of a lot more than the scale could possibly say. And I haven't starved myself (very rarely net below…
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Women's lifting gloves?
Any recommendations? As I'm lifting heavier, I'm getting big ol' callouses, and I'd like to have something to protect my hands!
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How much to eat on lifting days?
I'm typically just netting around my BMR. Should I be eating more on lifting days?
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Progress pics from May to July
I started eating healthier and exercising in May and started EM2WL around the beginning of June. I also started incorporating some lifting in June. Here's a look at my progress:
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Exercise help -- substitute for pushups?
I'm looking for a substitute for pushups in my NROLFW workouts because I have tendinitis in one of my wrists. Any ideas for something comparable that wouldn't put so much pressure on my hands/wrists?
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Scooby calculator vs. Owen?
What would the reason be for these numbers being drastically different? I am reading NROLFW, and my TDEE according to Owen is around 2400, with an RMR of about 1624. Scooby says these numbers are more like 2900 and 1900. I decided against doing a reset at 2900 because I just can't eat that much, but a 20% cut from Scooby…
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HELP: Am I going to regret skipping the reset?
I know that probably isn't the recommended way to do things. I spent a couple of weeks at 1400 calories when I first re-started MFP (sometimes netting as few as 800-900), then jumped up to grossing BMR (was typically still around 1400 after exercise). The past week I have been focusing really hard on netting my BMR (a…
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Getting started with lifting
I feel kind of intimidated about lifting because I really know very little about it. I don't know what's what as far as equipment, and I don't have much of a concept of where to start. Should I just buy NROLFW and jump in? Do you have other resources you can suggest? Maybe YouTube videos? I don't know why I'm so nervous…
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Advice on how many calories, please
OK, I posted this in the intro topic, but I wanted to get some advice on calorie intake. Here are my stats: Female Age: 29 Current weight: 253.4 Height: 5'4 1/2" TDEE: 2975 BMR: 1919 I started off at 1400 calories but quickly bumped up to 1900 after I started reading about BMR and TDEE. After about 2 weeks at 1400 and 3…
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Need help getting closer to BMR
I started out tracking my calories about two weeks ago, but since then I have researched BMR and want to try to meet that daily. Because of my starting weight, my BMR is pretty high (1900 calories), and now that I've gotten used to eating 1400 calories/day I'm having a hard time reaching it. I ate what I felt like was a…
