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I didn't lose, but didn't gain either. I ate more than usual, but not every day. Drinking didn't help, lots of calories. I did go to the gym a lot though, lots of Zumba classes (3-4 / week) so I think that helped evening things out. I'm a high school teacher and go back to work next Tuesday. I must admit, I'm ready. I know…

Anytime I took a break from logging for more than a couple of weeks I either maintained or gained weight. I got tired of logging, at times I felt like not logging accurately (actually cheating) so I thought, what's the point? I took break between august and November, and viola, I gained back 10 lbs (of the 33 lost). Wasn't…

I'd say it's better to run in the dark in the morning than at night. (when I was a teenager I would go for a run before 5 am, my mom would say "well, the criminals are probably still sleeping, so you should be ok). But in all seriousness, you should always let someone know you're going for a run, how long it should take…

Thank you! I just figured a few things out, ( like where to find things) but now I have some strange facts: Monday night Zumba: 424 calories. 5482 steps, 57 minutes - ok this is good Tuesday night Zumba: 390 calories, 0 steps!!! 55 active minutes. Same instructor, same everything. Why didn't it count any steps?? Somehow I…

I have a Charge HR. Question about Zumba and calories. Fitbit says I'm only burning 390-413 calories in 1 hour of Zumba (I've only had it for 2 days, so I know it's adjusting, or so I heard). But I find it strange that I would burn the same doing Zumba as I am burning by walking. I was told by some people that zumba is not…

You can eat back some, in fact you should, because if you eat 1400 and burn 500 you're at 900 calories for the day and that's not enough to fuel your body, definitely not every day. On some days you can even eat back all of them, you would be at 1400 calories and that is fine. Just listen to your body. Yesterday I ate back…

Losing 10 lbs only is going to be a slow process, it could take you 2-3 months, maybe even more. You should only weigh yourself once a week, at the same time, in the same clothes (or no clothes at all). Weighing your yourself daily is setting yourself up for disappointments. You could eat something saltier today, your body…

Thank you! To respond to one of your comments, I'm sure I walk faster than normal. My adult German shepherd walks fast, and I know I'm supposed to control him, but it's just easier to walk fast with him and control him lol. And then the puppy is going right along, so that's 165 lbs of dogs in one hand and I'm walking fast.…

Walk as much as you can, but 30 minutes a day, every day will really help you reach your goal. Can you increase the time, or go for a couple of walks?

I think if you burn 2400 calories a day, eating 1000 is way too low, even 1200 is. For me, even 1400 is. I burn about 2000- 2200 and I eat about 1500-1600. You have to fuel your body, going too low on the calories will hurt, not help. Let's say you burn 2400 today, and you eat 1300 calories and you feel fine. Ok. tomorrow…

The answer is pretty simple. If you're gaining weight, you're eating more than you're burning. It really is that simple. It is true that you may retain some water with a new workout regiment, but a: it is only temporary B: right after you would see a steady weight loss due to the workout and c: for it to retain water, you…

In 6 months I lost 33 lbs at a pretty steady pace. I had about 7 lb more to go. If all you have to lose is 50 lbs, I'd think you could lose 30 lbs in 5 months, or 50 lbs in about 7-8 months.

I weigh everything. Even the salad dressing. I put the bowl with my salad on the scale, zero it out, and then pour the salad dressing, and stop at whatever amount of serving I think is ok to eat. Meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables, pretty much everything. I use measuring cups for all liquids. We make lots of small errors here…

You can actually buy the skinny mix in the store. It's the same Margarita mix but it says Lite. It's actually 0 calories. Doesn't taste quite as good as the regular one, but I add lemon juice and Truvia and that adds a stronger taste. Once at Chili's I ordered a skinny Margarita and it tasted really good.

All of the above are great! I'm gonna try some of them. Try also dried cranberries nd banana, all cooked (although don't overcook the banana). You can add some quinoa for a different texture.

A skinny Margarita will only have calories from the tequila. Most bars can make that. You can also ask if they can anything else "skinny". Or diet Coke with rum. I actually like diet Coke with Hennessy

I had this happen after about 5 months. The whole notion of "eat to feed your body, don't eat for pleasure" went way overboard. I was less hungry, but I could care less what I ate. By that time I was eating a lot of the same things, there was a huge variety but all of that repeated over and over. I hardly ever ate out. I…

I never watched this show, maybe once just a part of it, mostly because of the negative connotation of the title. A loser is always something negative, but in this case losing weight should be celebrated. the contestants are put in a negative light, how they can't do the exercise, it's too hard because they're out of…

The best way to log your smoothies is this: - place your container on your digital scale - add your first item, let's spinach. Log the grams shown on the scale. - zero out the scale, now it should be back to nothing - add your next item, for example banana. Log that -and continue like this. Then mix them. This way you know…

I lost 33 bs in 7 months and had 1, sometimes 2 days of cheating. What I mean by cheating is that I still ate mostly very healthy, or had a few drinks and just went over my calories. I almost never went past 1800 (I wasn't restricting it though), my daily goal is 1300. I still logged everything. In fact I had a boyfriend…

I'm not really loving how bulky it looks. I have no problem telling my students what it is, but I wish I could hide it (right now in the winter it's no problem with sweaters and long sleeve shirts but in the summer it's in the 100s here. I told my daughter that I was going to make a lot of beaded bracelets and wear them…

I weigh and log everything. A lot of veggies are low in calories, but not all. For example I love sautéing onions for omelettes, soups, I even put them in salads sometimes, but they are higher in calories than one would think. I love zucchini because I like the taste and that is one of the lowest calorie veggies I know.…

I'm not really hung up on how much I burn over one single workout, it's more like curiosity and having fun with it. But I have been logging food and exercise and taking Zumba classes for a year and a month now, and up until now I had to estimate my Zumba calories. So now I actually have something that might give me a more…

By the way I like how you said 'release weight'. Losing weight means you might be sorry for losing something, but releasing means setting it free :)

I'm going to do what I did last year, pretty much. Nov. 2014 starting weight: 184 lb June 2015 end weight (not goal) 151 lb goal weight was 145 lb Now: starting weight 160 lb (yes, I gained back 9 lbs :() goal weight: 145 lb (plan to achieve it by end of March) 1300 calories 6 meals / day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, 3…

I got my Fitbit today! It was late, 5 pm when I got to put it on (right wrist). It already calculated that I burned about 1000 calories and took 300 steps. Hm, interesting. Then, it said during my Zumba class I burned 413 calories. This was shocking. I was jumping more than normal, sweating (which I know is not the best…

I can't stand beer thank God so I don't have to worry about those calories. I like wine but I usually favor mixed drinks. My favorite: - skinny margarita: 0 calorie mix tequila, extra lemon juice and a packet Truvia with added taste. - rum and diet Coke - apple vodka and diet Sprite I wish they made the mix for the Apple…

I weigh everything. I didn't get a digital scale until 3 weeks after I started logging, and it was a huge difference. For example banana. A banana can be 100 gr (a very tiny one) or 180 or 200. You can't just estimate medium or small banana. And you'd be surprised how little 1 ounce cheese is :( Logging without accurately…

Please explain this to me. Up until now MFP suggested that my 55 minute Zumba class was burning 500 something calories. I always just entered 350 or 400 based on how I felt. As I got in better shape, a lot of time I don't even sweat too much. I found another instructor, and it's guaranteed that it' at least 600 calories,…

Sometimes our principal or counselor brings in pastries and other sweets. I take one look at it and get the heck out of the teacher's lounge. I know if I look at it long enough I will give in, so avoiding it like this has worked for me for a whole year :) Sometimes we have luncheons and then it's usually pizza. I do have 1…