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Yes! You need to get fitted! After that, you may still feel some leg pain, because you aren't used to running. Slow your pace down a bit and relax. Speed comes and muscle grows.

If you are using any tracking app when you run, and MFP it will do all your burn math for you. If you would like to look at your theashold paces and your pace improvements I would suggest a good Garmin watch and there are several websites that do statitics well. One that I look at occasionally is Training Peaks.

Hm. How old are the batteries in your scale? Mine does stuff like that when the batteries are going, or the scale is dying in general. Also, don't bother with the colon cleanse. You are going to lose mostly water that will return. You are doing great! Even if you are up, keep logging and it will go back down!

I second going and getting it checked out. For most women it takes a lot of exercise for this to occur. I know a few girls I ran with that had it happen, but we're 30 miles a week of running on young, growing bodies, and not getting enough calories to balance it out. Unless you are a teen. Then I say, you need to look into…

My husband and I both lose on maintenance. It works because we don't leave just a bit everyday. It won't go as fast as setting a weekly goal, but it's easier. Especially when you get to a lower weight and have less to lose.

You all can do it! Little by little. Be gentle with yourselves. Log daily. Take time for yourself, and don't feel guilty about it. Said by a mama of three that has had to do the same for herself.

My goal is always to meet my calorie numbers for the day, and for the scale to go down just a little the next day. I don't always meet my goal, but over time, I do!

Yes! I had my separation almost gone when I got pregnant again. Squats, planks, bridges do great thinks to rebuild it.

I eat it sometimes, but I like the price tag on slow churn ice creams better. The calorie count per serving is pretty similar.

I generally follow a plan, so I just skip the run. Trying to tack on is going to mess with the goal of program or possibly cause injury.

I have mine set to lose .5 pound a week, and then add lactation on daily in the food log. The one I use is 475 calories a day. However, if I feel shaky, I eat. The amount you need varies day to day based on how much the baby nurses. I lose just fine doing this. Not fast, but I will worry more about weight when nursing is…

I like to marinade steaks cut into strips in lime juice with pepper and cayenne pepper. Then I grill them with peppers for fajitas.

My husband does an Americano no room for cream. I tend to just say non-fat, no whip on whatever I want and log the calories. I'm not there that often, though. If I liked sugar free stuff I would probably cut a bit more that way.

I have the same issue. It's genetics and the fact that I had a baby seven months ago. My lower abdomen is the last place I lose from. I have spent the summer training for a Ragnar putting in around 30 running miles a week. From the back, I am toned. From the front, I look pudgy. Just keep going! My plan is to get down to…

At our old Y there was an obese woman that worked there. It was pretty inspiring to see her jump on a machine on her break, so I think it would be great!

Are you feeling sore? I will have a slight increase and retain some fluid after a tough workout. It goes back after a day of recovery.

The thing about breast milk is that it evolves with the child. I know that when my daughter was over the age of one my hunger increased greatly, and I started losing weight without trying and while eating everything in sight! I still would follow the recommendation to not eat under 1800 calories a day, and see if you…

Why my youngest dog was a puppy, he wanted to go out around 5am. Now it both my dogs feel that getting up when the sun is up is a good idea. This week, they were up by 6:30.

I love the Costco food court. I like to go on a Saturday after a long run when I have lots of extra calories to eat. I usually get the beef brisket.

I'm right there with you all. I lost forty last year logging on here. Then, I got pregnant with our third in July. I gained it all back and then some. She is now six weeks. I've lost 22 of it which is basically baby and after birth, so I'm back to logging and running. I'm also an exclusive breast feeder which makes your…

I have low progesterone, and have a hard time getting/staying pregnant. I have found that when I lose I get pregnant MUCH easier. That does not mean I don't need help staying pregnant, though. I had to do supplement with progesterone this last pregnancy, because it was super low. i have not been a big as you are currently,…

I'm due March 8th. I'm walking a few days a week, and considering logging my last few weeks just to keep an eye on things. I'm trying to just stay fit enough that I can pick up running again when baby girl is born without a lot of trouble.

Ha! I got this one tonight!

I don't, and I've lost 40 pounds. However, I almost never eat all the way to 0 calories left. Leaving a few gives me wiggle room if something is inaccurate.

Can't stand either of them! So gross! I either take the calorie hit or go for water. Congrats on the baby!

I just wait it out. I realize that I'm going to go up a little, but it comes back down with a couple days. I probably eat more sugar during this time, but I try to just fit it in.

Yikes! Your last sentence was really not necessary or nice. Thank you for looking at my diary though. I keep forgetting when I look at my counts that I've lost a lot, and fifty to hundred calories is actually a pretty decent deficit added to the 300 that it adds for half a pound lost. I just need to make sure I leave less!

I can pretty much assure you that I eat over by at least a little. No weighing needed to tell me that! I don't weigh, because I don't find it to be a healthy habit for me mentally. Or a maintainable life habit.

I'm basically doing a reverse of my taper weeks before the race, so not at peak of my training.