Any of you losing weight without a heart rate monitor?

Metamorphasis555

I'd like to get a heart rate monitor but don't really have the extra money for one at the moment.

So, have any of you managed to lose weight good with just counting calories & eating back your execise cals using the cals burned numbers given on this site? Just wondering as I have not sure how accurate that is....

mocha76

I started my weight loss journey in January. You can see my total weight loss in my signature. I do not own a HRM. I would like to get one though. I just can not afford one right now.

dragonbug300

I don't have an HRM, and I didn't come to this site to lose weight: just to eat healthier and maintain.
I lost weight anyway because I was still eating slightly under calories for a while.
I logged my exercise as well and ate back those calories.

JennLifts

I lost all of mine w/o one. Didn't even know exactly how much I was eating

taso42_DELETED

I lost most of my weight before I ever used an HRM and before I ever started counting calories. And so have millions of people before us. I only started with the calorie counting when I got to the "home stretch" so to speak. So yes, you can definitely succeed without one.

ItsLessOfMe

I am...but I stopped eating my exercise calories because I kept maintaining. This is a short fix before my body goes into starvation mode. AND I hope I'm not messing up my metabolism. I know MFP is not giving me the correct calories to eat. I workout 5 days a week. I do pilates, spin, and weight training. When I was eating my cals back the scale was bouncing up and down

I would love to see the answer to this question. I also cant afford a HRM.

fitnessjch

I started on here in February. I do not have an HRM

ashlinmarie

I've lost 13 lbs in 3 weeks and I do not use nor do I intend to use an HRM. I just eat healthy and bike about 40 minutes per day.

Black_Swan

Totally using ONLY this site and it has worked.
I tend to overestimate my calories and underestimate my exercise a little bit.
You can get amazing results without the monitor - and if you get really a lot into exercise and have some money to spare, then buy it. Until then, you wont need it, in my opinion.

adfranks

I have lost over 100 lbs and no HRM!

LorinaLynn

I don't use one, other than the ones in my EA Active Sports 2 "game," which I don't think is terribly accurate anyway. But for everything else, I use MFP's calculations, and have been doing that faithfully since January.

MyaPapaya75

Ive never owned a HRM..But if you plan on eating back exercise calories then it is a MUST...I dont eat them so its not as detrimental

Claible

I have lost 39lbs. without one and I started this site Jan. 31,2011. I do want to get one though so I can see what I burn during my normal day. I eat my exercise calories back and workout 7 days a week.

tsmom1128

i don't have the $$ right now either. I have been doing okay. Probably would do better with one, but its not too bad. Although I don't eat back my cals.

shallo

I don't have a hrm. I was losing better before I started eating back the exercise calories MFP says I burned. If I start eating them again I'm only going to eat 1/4 of them.

sammys1girly

I started on here about 6 weeks ago and lost 3.5 lbs in the first month, after working out for months and losing nothing. Guess I was eating too much so this helps me keep on track. I don't have a HRM. My weight loss has stopped for now as my knee is out of commission for a couple of weeks. But I am happy enough with results here to recommend to some friends and family.

Growe190

Don't have one, have'nt really needed it, not looking for my max train zone yet, just doing calorie burning and a lot of sweating on my exercise bike, and rowing machine, 30 minutes each, everyday. However, saying all that I just ordered one last week on www.woot.com., 9 bucks. I have so far lost 15 lbs, I know it says 12 but I only update on Tuesdays.

InspiredByStreisand42

I don't have a heart rate monitor, but then I don't tend to eat back my exercise calories. I've lost 1.7 pounds a week on average since I started losing weight, and not eating back my exercise cals has had no effect on my weight loss as I have my cals set to losing 1.5lbs per week. I've also never had this much energy or felt this good! Obviously you can tell I'm trying to justify not eating them back, but I am telling the truth, I promise!

However, if, for some reason, I did decide to eat them back, I would definitely get myself a HRM (at the moment I can't afford one), because I wouldn't want to rely on what MFP says I'm burning!

anewattitude

You don't need a hrm to lose weight. It's just a tool many find useful to track their calories burned. I have one and love it however that was a recent purchase. I lost weight before I even knew what a hrm is. You can do it!!!,, with or without the monitor

Good luck

danielleeeee

A heart rate monitor might be nice to have, but is not at all necessary to be successful!

I have my activity level set to sedentary and I eat back my exercise calories as estimated by MFP and I've lost 35 pounds in about 4 months. About 5 weeks ago I actually bumped up my net intake to at least 1500 calories (I'm 5'8") and things seem to be continuing at the same rate as before.

krlaws2

I'm just using the info on this site so far and I'm losing weight. I'd like to get an HRM though and plan to in the near future. I think it will help me learn to maintain.

auntiebabs

I started last Sept.
I don't have a HRM,
(can't do any impact exercises. Had to maintain for a while due to a health scare on top of my usual crap)

It seems most folks think MFP's exercise calories estimates are on the high side.
So I'll underestimate my exercise. If I do a 60 minute yoga class I enter it as 45 minute.

Exercise seems to dull my appetite. So I think of my exercise calories as a reserve.
I don't FORCE myself to eat them, but don't stop myself from eating them either
Often I don't feel the need for them that day, but I'm ravenous the next day so I'll carry them over a day

yvonnej1

I haven't used one and I am doing just great. My personal trainer said I really didn't need one unless I'm seriously trying to increase my fitness and train for a race . I've also read enough to know that they are really not that accurate for estimating calories burned especially for strength training which is the bulk of what I do in the gym.

Atlantique

No HRM here either.

ItsMeMaryW

I have lost just counting Calories on here and logging exercise. I wanted to HRM but really don't need it right now. I started in July 2010.

Heather75

What most other people said.

Lisone

I've lost 10 lbs in the last 20 something days... however, I NEVER EVER eat back the calories I exercise off at the gym! I always choose a program on the bike, elliptical or treadmill where I can plug my age, sex and weight and HR target into it so I know that calories burned are correct. I'm set to take in 1300 cals per day on MFP, but I try to never go over 1200.

ChelseaRW

No HRM....I am set for a half pound a week loss, eat back my most of my excercise calories if not all and have managed to lose 15 lbs since Feb. 1 with MFP(lost 20 before that and had a 2 month plateau). The last few weeks I have logged everything as MFP says, eating back most of my excercise cals Monday through Friday, not logged the weekends and still have lost a pound a week for the last three weeks! This website is the best website ever...eat healthy for the most part, don't deprive yourself of goodies unless you can't control yourself, and excercise...you will be successful!

dad106

I lost about 18 pounds without using an HRM. the only reason why I bought one was so that I could figure out how much I was burning during my personal training sessions.. and now that i have one, I must say that I am addicted.

Brandicaloriecountess

I don't have one and have lost 49 pounds. If you plan to eat back your calories I would suggest eating only a portion of what MFP says you've burned. Too me most of their numbers seem high.

sweetiebelle

I don't have one, they are too expensive. Don't have that kind of money.I did buy a pedometer and I have a treadmill. They both have burned calories. I don't think its has rite readings. Love to have one though!