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I love Balance Bars (Chocolate Mint Crunch) Zone Bars and Luna Bars, they have more sugar compared to Quest bars and Pure Protein Bars but to me they taste more like a treat and are less expensive.

I took it manually yesterday and it was spot on. I did check my blood pressure this morning when I woke up 82/57 and my heart rate was 37

Nope not eating anything/taking any different mess. My workouts just consist of 30 min moderate cardio and 30 min moderate weights four times a week so nothing to extreme. This morning I noticed it read 39 while sitting down, I know it's common athletic people to have low heart rates, but I don't really consider myself an…

I never really paid attention to macros until I started feeling lousy after my workouts and felt I was getting an adequate amount of calories. I looked into my macros and realized that I was eating a very high protein diet (200 grams a day) and lacking in carbs. I was focused more on cardio at the time so I increased my…

Yes...this year I joined a women's "mom" organization and was put on the leadership committee for fundraising. One of my ideas that I had was to hold a 5k fun run and one mile walk. I got turned down immediately from some of the other moms, making comments like "nobody wants to go out and run/walk for fun." I felt like…

4 days a week of moderate/intense workouts and then I will take a 5th day to just do some light cardio. The other two days are active rest of just light walking.

Thanks for the opinions! Of course during my workouts I have no problem drinking regular water and throughout the day (besides my 2 diet cokes) I drink propel water or clear American from Walmart. I know they all contain aspartame and water is probably the best, but there are a lot of things I consider I do right (not…

I love exercise endorphins so I get what your saying about it being hard to take a rest day. I have learned the hard way and have dug myself into overtraining and it takes months to get out of. I now take 2-3 days of active rest, which means a light walk outside with the kids. No lifting or strenuous cardio. I also think…

I worked when both my kids were babies and now I stay at home and they are 2 and 4. I find it easier now that I am home to always fit in exercise. I have the option of taking them to the gym with free childcare or working out in my home while they play or even going outside for walks when it is nice out. When I was…

I have been on/off lexapro for several years. I was very hesitant to start as well because I heard of weight gain. I never gained any weight or did I notice an increase in appetite. I did try Zoloft once and it made me ravenous, I think it depends on the person but it all comes down to Cico.

I would say 5 pounds, anywhere between 133-138. I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning and it can fluctuate day to day by 2-3 pounds so I don't really stress unless it starts to stay consistent and around 5 pounds. Although I have been maintaining for years so I usually go by the way my clothes fit and how I…

I have been maintaining for years and I still measure out meats, cereal, bread fruits and most fats. What I eyeball more is veggies. Anything prepackaged liked Healthy Choice meals and protein bars I don't measure and it hasn't caught up to me yet.

cereal and yogurt-you name it I love, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Peanut Butter Captain Crunch. I have a serving a night with vanilla yogurt and some peanut butter.

2,100-2400 depending on how much I worked out. I usually burn between 350-400 per workout and on those days I eat around 2,400. The other days I don't work out but just walk I might only eat around 2,100. I am maintaining. I know if I go under 2,000 a day I feel like crap, I am a stay at home mom so lightly active.

I can tell you that before finding My Fitness Pal I was a wreck. Yes I was skinny and looked good, but I was always tired and crabby and would only eat "clean" foods. This eventually lead to an on and off binge eating cycle because I was depriving myself of so many foods I wanted. Coming here I found that I can eat back my…

Your experience sounds just like what I have/still am going through. I have thought about going to an endo but unsure if it would be worth my time. Did they find an actual problem with your thyroid? I am slowly getting back into working out four days a week for an hour at a time but I am still having issues with some…

I dug myself into overtraining this past December, I ignored the signs and I am finally just getting back into the swing of things. My symptoms: Insomnia-I would fall asleep and then wake up two hours later with a racing heart and not able to fall back asleep Very moody and emotional, I would lose my patience very easily…

I have tried the peanut butter ones and LOVE THEM! I have also tried the mint and cookies and cream, good but not as good as the peanut butter.

I can have a really unhealthy relationship with exercise. I tend to push myself harder just to burn more calories and it becomes an addiction for me. I have to work very hard to control it and focus more on exercise for health rather than for the calorie burn. I overtrained pretty hard this fall/winter and my body forced…

Ugh, I thought for sure once the worst of this cold went through me I would start to feel better now I am stuck with congestion and just feeling unwell. We leave for Mexico in three days so I am crossing my fingers that things turn a corner soon!

I have been sick for the past two months with stomach flu, followed by several harsh colds, because of this I lost seven pounds and have not been able to get back to my regular workouts. My goals are to get stronger and look stronger, focus more on weights rather than cardio.

How much cardio do you all do? I am 5'7 133 so pretty lean already. I have recently threw myself in burnout mode by training 6 days a week doing 40-50 min of cardio and 20-30 min of moderate lifting. Needless to say I was not seeing any results and spinning my wheels. I am slowly starting to get back into working out after…

I have a horrible past of not listening to my body. When I was 25 I overtrained by running 100 miles a week and eating probably half of what I should have been calorie wise. Ended up having to take a year off from any exercise and my body has limits to this day of what I can do pushing myself. Just recently I was working…

I wouldn't need to take out any loans, I am blessed that we make enough that I am able to afford to go back to school. My husband just wants me to find something that I enjoy and I wasn't very happy teaching.

I have taught elementary school for several years and always encouraged my students to bring a snack to have early morning. Instead of focusing on the word healthy, I told the students they are allowed to bring whatever they like as long as it is "small." The kids had a snack at 11 and then they ate lunch at noon, so I…

I second getting help with your disordered thinking. Speaking from experience if you continue to push yourself through exercise without adequate rest you are going to do more harm than good. I have a very hard time limiting my exercise and have learned the hard way and have had to take off months at a time from pushing…

I love exercise, but I have noticed in the past when I cut exercise out completely I tend to lose or lean out a little more. When I exercise I have a bad habit of letting my mind tell me its okay to eat more because I ran x amount of miles or I overestimate my calorie burn for my workout allowing me to eat more. When I am…

I have been eating at maintenance for quite some time but recently in the last few months ramped up my running and didn't really tweak my calories to match the running. I ate a little more here and there, but I am sure my body needed more because my workouts started to suffer along with my mood & sleep. I started…

Cookie dough ice cream Puppy Chow Deep dish pizza Peanut butter m&ms

I am trying to convince my husband to purchase one for xmas, but considering we already have 3 other cardio machines chances are low. May I ask how much you paid for you bike?