I'm new to all this, please give advice!
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HI and welcome to MFP!! Read these
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
and watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
Best wishes!!0 -
And yes bacon grease is tasty!!0
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queenliz99 wrote: »HI and welcome to MFP!! Read these
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
and watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
Best wishes!!
Shoot...didn't think about including a video submission. ..well played.0 -
ilovecereal1982 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »HI and welcome to MFP!! Read these
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
and watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
Best wishes!!
Shoot...didn't think about including a video submission. ..well played.
It's called a touche!0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »ilovecereal1982 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »HI and welcome to MFP!! Read these
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
and watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
Best wishes!!
Shoot...didn't think about including a video submission. ..well played.
It's called a touche!
Jesus....a video submission and now a well deserved placement of a verb lesson...schooled.0 -
ilovecereal1982 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »ilovecereal1982 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »HI and welcome to MFP!! Read these
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
and watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
Best wishes!!
Shoot...didn't think about including a video submission. ..well played.
It's called a touche!
Jesus....a video submission and now a well deserved placement of a verb lesson...schooled.
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blankiefinder wrote: »You can lose faster at the beginning, and then you will have to drop your rate of loss the closer you get to goal (as your maintenance calories will drop the lighter you get, which makes it harder/impossible to maintain a large deficit without dropping below the 1200 calorie per day net minimum.)
That's one reason I recommend strength training. If you can build one pound of muscle for every 20 pounds of fat you lose, you shouldn't actually drop in metabolic rate at all, since muscle is twenty-fold more metabolically active than the same weight in fat. So far in my diet (albeit I'm only 35 lbs / 25% done) I've actually slightly gained in terms of daily energy expenditure.
Granted, the calorie deficit will slow how fast you can add lean mass, since normally you build muscle on a calorie surplus, but you can make progress on weight loss and muscle gain at the same time.0 -
Wow, I am amazed at all the responses. Thank you all.0
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Agreed everyone did great work here tonight!!!0
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ilovecereal1982 wrote: »Agreed everyone did great work here tonight!!!
Thanks for keeping the feed in touch with the humorous side.0 -
Personally, with all the calorie counting and other stuff i just stick to walking. simple but still a workout depending on how much pep you put into your step0
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I workout when the kids have their own afterschool activities (so in your case this would be soccer practice, in our case it takes some careful planning, as they are three, with different interests and schedules), a couple of days per week I let their dad put them to bed and go to the gym then, and also weekends.0
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I workout when the kids have their own afterschool activities (so in your case this would be soccer practice, in our case it takes some careful planning, as they are three, with different interests and schedules), a couple of days per week I let their dad put them to bed and go to the gym then, and also weekends.
Your super mom..three kids and still time for gym. Way to go0 -
So, I am a newbie too and found that I was getting sooo overwhelmed with fitness and exercising! I just finally decided to start slow with something I knew I was going to enjoy. I bought a cheap eliptical/bike combo and set out to do 20 minutes 2x's a week. I added more minutes eliptical and less minutes biking and could feel improvements within weeks. I just pushed myself, slowly, to do better.
I started C25k and am completing W6D3 today (15 minutes of running, 5 minutes walking, 5 minutes running ). I started adding some very basic strength training yesterday.
Hope this little story helps!!
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Everybody is "busy". I would suggest arranging your schedule to work out on specific days at specific times. I found that hiring a trainer helps me to be accountable - I can't just "not show up" to our appointments. He also pushes me to work hard.
I'd suggest ditching the 75lb goal and choosing more actionable goals. You can't control the numbers, but you can choose goals like tracking daily and meeting targets and other specific goals that will result in a decrease in numbers on the scale.
Good luck
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Can you walk around the soccer field while your daughter is at practice?
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AutumnRed84 wrote: »Can you walk around the soccer field while your daughter is at practice?
Yes I can, I didn't realize that all I had to do was walk. I can def do that0 -
LC_onelove wrote: »So, I am a newbie too and found that I was getting sooo overwhelmed with fitness and exercising! I just finally decided to start slow with something I knew I was going to enjoy. I bought a cheap eliptical/bike combo and set out to do 20 minutes 2x's a week. I added more minutes eliptical and less minutes biking and could feel improvements within weeks. I just pushed myself, slowly, to do better.
I started C25k and am completing W6D3 today (15 minutes of running, 5 minutes walking, 5 minutes running ). I started adding some very basic strength training yesterday.
Hope this little story helps!!
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This is great, thanks for the encouragment0
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you can walk, dance, jog, run, anything that is moving.
Checkout the exercise "database". In Cardio - you can see everything that is listed as cardio activities 0
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