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  • Healing During the Messy Middle – Rachel’s Story

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Chill Phase, Interviews/Guest Posts, Testimonials, The Journey, Uncategorized

    Here at EM2WL we have talked in great length before about this lifestyle being a journey, not a race. We don’t reach the end result in 21 days or 90 days, or even in a year. The path to breaking free from Diet Mentality begins with a single step forward. For CTDM Workshop Alum member […]

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  • Do you eat enough protein? {7-Day Protein Challenge}

    by EM2WL in Consistency, Nutrition, Protein

    Ok. It’s officially time to stop avoiding this one.  Yeah…I’m talking to YOU. You’ve tried just counting calories.  It didn’t work for long.  Now you’re stuck. You have taken your stab at high carb, low carb, paleo, weight watchers, intermittent fasting, clean eating, more cardio, less cardio, more lifting, no lifting…and that was just last […]

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  • Living with Chronic Pain and Pushing the Limits – Holley’s Journey

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Testimonials, The Journey

    Holley has been a long time member of EM2WL and is living with chronic pain. Her struggle with an eating disorder and health issues with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome are what pushed her to seek a permanent way of eating, so she can be as healthy and as happy as she can.  Dieting and Self Esteem as a […]

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  • Stop Overcomplicating Fat Loss

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Consistency, Diet Mentality, Motivation

    Although it’s common at the start of our journey, overcomplicating the process can stop us from progressing at all. Overcomplicating the Basics Overcomplicating is a procrastination tool for many of us – a way to avoid doing what we know we should be doing.  Although society seems to place entirely too much value on more […]

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  • A Shift in Diet Mentality – Sawanda’s Journey

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Diet Mentality, The Journey

    Sawanda’s Beginning Diet Outlook What was your life like before EM2WL? (meaning past dieting history, crash diets, starving, cardio, scale watcher, clothes hoarder etc) Before EM2WL: Wow! I can’t remember a day where I was wasn’t trying to lose weight. The thought of losing weight started at 10, in 5th grade, when we took a […]

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  • Tracking food without obsession

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Consistency, Increasing calories, Metabolism Reset

    When used correctly, food tracking tools like MyFitnessPal, or Lose It can help you to reach your physique and/or performance goals (or troubleshoot why you aren’t reaching them).  For EM2WL fam, these tools are also useful to ensure that  you’re eating enough calories, and getting in enough of the micro/macronutrients that tend to left behind […]

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  • Getting Back to Basics – Cindy’s Journey

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Diet Mentality, Testimonials, The Journey

    Growing up I was a tomboy. I loved climbing trees, riding on snowmobiles and ice skating in Massachusetts where I was born. We moved to Tennessee when I was 10 and from then on I played softball, swam, rode bikes, took classes of some sort in the summers (dance, gymnastics, ballet). I stayed active and […]

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  • Why Increasing Calories in the Winter is Beneficial

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Building Muscle, Bulk, Maintenance

    Increasing calories is an important aspect of building muscle. As we discussed in a previous blog post, you cannot build muscle and lose fat at the same time. So there should be a point in your year where the focus is on building muscle, and winter is usually a great time to do just that. […]

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  • When can I switch phases?

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Bulk, Chill Phase, Cut, Maintenance, Phases, Reset, The Journey

    This question we get asked the most by fam in our Online Community – “When can I switch phases?” It’s a question most members don’t want to hear the actual answer to. So before we dive into this post, consider what phase you are currently in, and whether you think you should be moving on […]

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  • The 5 Phases of EM2WL

    by Kelly - Team EM2WL in Bulk, Chill Phase, Cut, Maintenance, Phases, Reset

    When it comes to changing your dieting mindset and embracing the EM2WL lifestyle, the first step is recognizing that there are several different phases to this journey – just as there are phases in other areas of your life.  Each phase has it’s specific purpose and unique benefits, but your success for each one depends […]

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