Nicklebee93 Member

I mean going too hard as in i'm doing too much too quickly? I've not eaten the most... Clean? But im under calories. I'm not a huge breakfast person so i dot normally eat something big. Eggs if im hungry, but normally fruit and yogurt. Snacks are vegetables or fruits. Lunch is a sandwich, soup, or if i dont have eggs i…

If you're over weight the very first thing you need to do is cut calories. No amount of working out is going to help if you're constantly over eating. Female: Don't go below 1,200 calories Male: Don't go below 1,500 calories First let me say you should be getting some sort of exercise everyday for 30 minutes at least. And…

I was debating getting some of those DVD's. Everyone keeps talking about the T25. Currently i use Jillian's dvd's and i enjoy it. Are they hard to follow?

I'm exactly the same way! I can't seem to get into things like Turbo Jam, i feel silly... Any kind of dance "pop" videos make me feel awkward when i try to do them... Dancing just isn't my thing lol. I did want to try Insanity but they're pricey off the website. Which ones would you recommend?

A lot of people don't like her, her workouts are just that, workouts. Nothing really fancy or fun. But i love them. Been doing them for over 2 weeks now and i still get my butt kicked. Now I personally think following her 30 day shred to a T is boring. You do the same workouts for 10 days and repeat that for all 3 levels.…

It depends how much effort you personally put into your workouts that matter. If you push yourself to the max doing a 20 minute workout and you do a moderate run, you're practically going to burn the same amount. I Do a Jillian workout video (45 minutes) and push myself as hard as i can. I drip sweat pretty much from the…

Double post, sorry!

A calories deficit is when you eat less than your body needs in order to survive. So for a woman you need about 2,000 calories just to live (eat, sleep, digest, breathe, etc). So what you do is you take out some of those calories so your body is forced to get that energy else where (from fat, hopefully). Now i bolded…

The reason why it's adding more is because you gain "net" calories. You're burning extra calories and because you're at the bare minimum of calories you can add some back if you'd like (probably like half). I'm not too sure about the app so i'm of no help there. But if it's synced and adding back net calories i would…

What happens is you get "net" calories. That means you burned off extra calories and you then can have the option to eat more. Just note that MFP seems to over calculate exercise. I'm 140 pounds and 45 minutes of cardio tells me i burn 300 calories, which is way more then i probably am. So if i actually ate back 300…

Ever hear of the "Twinkie diet"? It was a diet to prove that theory right, and of course caught on and became a dumb diet. But long story short, he DID lose weight. But obviously you don't want to do that. Eating a bunch of sugar is harmful and obviously did some damage to his body over the course of the experiment. So yes…

double post... sorry

I did a 1,200 calorie "diet" for 3 weeks. And i did workouts for about 45 minutes 6x a week. Besides the point of going to bed hungry/waking up hungry i didn't lose a single pound outside my first week. Week 1- 5 pounds Week 2- 0 pounds Week 3- Gained 3 Now i just started actively using this site, so i logged most of my…

From what i've seen, it does. Trying to eat only 1,200 calories and working out resulted in 0 pounds lost. Upping calories to 1,500 calories has started the weight loss back up. And a number of others have said the same thing. My point is, it's still unhealthy to burn off everything when we need the fuel just to survive.…

So... Say you eat 1,500, then you're burning it ALL off, which is leaving you at 0 calories... And if you only eat 1,200 that means you're -200. That makes no sense? That means you're starving yourself? If what you're saying is actually true, your body is going into starvation mode? Are you noticing "bad" things happening…

You and me both!!! I lost all my weight the first time with no exercise. Though i exercise now i still DO NOT eat back any net calories. I eat around 1,300-1,500 calories. I do an aerobic workout and on here it says i should burn roughly 300 calories (which i know is way too high) but eating 1,200 calories felt too low.…

Wait... are you saying you burned 1,500 calories from walking everyday? So you were eating 1,500 (at most) and then BURNING THEM ALL from walking? I find that to be.... highly unlikely? Remember our bodies aren't on a timeline like we think. Just because we go by weeks, doesn't mean out bodies do. Have you measured…

We have the old firm videos, my mom used to do them, but i never felt like i was working out very hard? I never broke a sweat. Maybe i'll have to dust them off!

I feel the pain... I'm 5'3" and i'm stuck in the 140's... I can't seem to break it. I was at 165 pounds and got down to 145 and since then i've been in a struggle loop. And i eventually get mad and stop. (i wont this time!!) But i'm going into 3weeks now and i'm still stuck... The first week i dropped 5 pounds (140) and in…

I guess i'm one of the weird ones and drink WHOLE milk? I think so many people get scared because of the calories, but there are a lot of things people can benefit from that are higher in calories, then say, the fat-free counterparts. Personally i like drinking chocolate milk. I wasn't going to live without it forever so i…

Are you meaning this in a bad way? It's not a proper routine for kettlebell? I've never done it, and never planed on it, as i don't own those type of weights (though i think she said i could do it without it?)

Yes i love Jillian's workouts too. I always find them... fun? haha! And not to mention they always kick my butt... going on 3 weeks and "Banish Fat Boost Metabolism" workout still leaves me feeling like im dying! But i've noticed a lot of her workouts use a lot of the same moves (lots of squats) and i can get a bit sloppy…

This is completely an honest question, when doing cardio, isn't it normally way over estimated how many calories one can burn? 45 minutes of a Jillian workout aerobic says i burn upwards of 300 calories. Isn't that way off? I'm meaning, in general, people don't nearly burn as much as they think. And i hear everyone on here…

I honestly don't log any of my exercises into MFP because it always way overestimates what i burn. Pretty sure a 45 minute aerobic says i burn nearly 300 calories. Strength is more about building muscle and toning, rather then causing a deflect. So i personally dont recommend you go by what it says on here. And i wouldn't…

"Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym" I thought EVERYONE knew that saying??? The one thing that always bothered me about MFP is they encourage you to eat back everything you "lost". Food = weight loss Working out = fitness You can lose weight eating properly, but you can't lose weight just by working out. How do…