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Why it’s HARDER for women to lose weight
by EM2WL in Fat Loss / Cutting, LIVE Broadcasts, Troubleshooting
It’s not your imagination. The female fat loss struggle is REAL. If you’re anything like me, you’ve had at least one experience of spending an inordinate amount of time recruiting a male accountability partner (“hey let’s do this diet together…please…please”) – only to end up frustrated when he finally agrees, and seems to get ALL the results. Sure you start off strong, and have WAY more willpower, […]
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How to Diet Without Killing Your Metabolism
by EM2WL in Cut, Metabolism Reset, Phases
You want to lose weight, but not at the expense of metabolic damage. Such a simple request that, unfortunately, most weight loss methods just can’t seem to deliver on. Here are three main things to focus on when attempting to lose weight that will help maintain a healthy metabolism: #1 Make sure you’re eating enough! […]
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Newbie Diet and Exercise Mistake (That NON-Newbies are Making)
by EM2WL in Cut, Diet Mentality, Fitness Cycles (Periodization), Maintenance, Strength Training, Videos
When you suddenly stop losing weight, or results appear to be getting worse, it’s flat out frustrating. You can’t help but wrack your brain (and pound the google pavement) searching for THE answer.
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5 ways to take home workouts to the next level
by EM2WL in Building Muscle, Home Gym, Strength Training
I’ve always been an advocate for having a home gym, but for some people, working out at home is the reason why they DON’T see the progress they want.
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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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