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I don't really have advice for your specific situation but just noticed you said and wanted to give a word of encouragement. I will say that when I first began going to the gym, after 15 minutes on the elliptical (and not a very high resistance, either) I felt like I was going to puke. Now I can go an hour (probably could…

I enter my cardio exercise (numbers are generally vastly over so I take the cal burn number from the elliptical or bike, divide by 3, and use that) but not my strength training. Strength training (and things like ab workouts) are very important health-wise, but are not worth much calorie-wise. In my opinion, better to not…

adding in what most people have said...sometimes I look around but more to get ideas about what other people are doing rather than to judge at all. It's doubtful anyone is really noticing. When I see a larger person working out I tend to think, good for her/him! Certainly not judging, if anything, it's positive. The people…

Count calories. Every single thing you eat. You can eat healthy food but too much. When it comes to being healthy what you eat matters a lot--but when it comes to losing weight ALL that matters is calories. Figure out how many calories you get to eat a day to lose a pound a week (MFP can do that for you) and then WEIGH…

I put mine as sedentary so that I can then track my exercise. If you put active then you don't get to add exercise cals and also if you take a day off you'll be over-eating. I like to be able to put it in and therefore feel the "reward" of more food that day (or, the punishment of nothing extra if I didn't go work out).

Have never heard of this but I am gonna check it out! Sounds cool!

Track EVERY calorie in. WEIGH ALL YOUR FOOD. Don't use measuring cups--weigh it. Stick to your cal goal every day. Exercise as much as you have time for--a mix of cardio and weights but don't eat back exercise cals or at least not the number the cardio machine says. If you still don't see things happening, go to your…

hi! :)

What others said....exercise is good for you, but don't rely on it to lose weight. track your cals in. Don't eat back exercise cals if you're using the number from the cardio machine. They are hugely overestimated. Lifting (I use the weight machines...free weights are way too scary!) are supposed to help for long term as…

Are you curious so you can enter the cals and eat them back? or you just want to know? In terms of eating back, the machines have huge overestimations. So what I do is take 1/3 to 1/2 (a round number somewhere in there) and use that as how many cals I burned. As for how many cals I actually burn.....no idea.

huh? every calorie counts....the more cals you consume, the more you will weigh. As for burning, sure, they count of course, but exercise doesn't really burn enough to warrant eating much more as many people believe, and the cardio machines/mfp app/etc have egregiously high numbers. If you ate back every calorie "allowed"…

I use the weight machines too. I shoot for 3 sets of 10 reps each per machine. If I can't do 10, the weight is too much. If when I'm doing it the 9th and 10th feel difficult, it's right. If even the 10th is easy, it's time to add weight. I know free weights are "better" but this is what I'm able to do. Don't feel bad about…

I go to Gold's as well. When I began I did get a free session with a trainer. If you get that, tell them what you want to learn. I personally am still freaked out by the free weight area--both because I am afraid I will do it wrong, and because there are all these incredibly disgusting men there, who are super bulky,…

don't bother entering cals burned when doing lifting. if you really want to lose weight you will measure every calorie in but ignore the cals out other than intense cardio. Most of the estimations are grossly over anyway so you'll just be eating more than you should.

don't bother entering cals burned when doing lifting. if you really want to lose weight you will measure every calorie in but ignore the cals out other than intense cardio. Most of the estimations are grossly over anyway so you'll just be eating more than you should.

just a reminder: you can't spot-lose fat. If you're where you want to be or if you want to tone muscles under the fat, go for it when thinking about specific areas. But otherwise, exercise it ALL. Your body will lose from where it wants to lose (frustrating but true).

^^THIS. If you really want to lose weight you will count EVERY calorie in but ignore most calories out (other than intense cardio).

I enter 1/2 to 1/3 of what the machine says. When I first started I would enter and eat back all of it and didn't lose at all. They are gross over-estimations. Entering 1/2 to 1/3 seems to work a lot better for me. In the notes section I write what the elliptical said so I have a reference. That way if later I'm starving I…

I also hate going to the gym/working out. This is what I do to force myself to go: --no dinner until after the gym. So if it's getting to be 6:30 and I'm starving (and I'm always hungry bc of the restricted cals) well I better get off my @$$ and go work out so I can eat! --no showering until after the gym. So if I'm…

No way to do this that is healthy and sustainable. Yeah, you can get it off. You'll gain it back when you revert back to old habits. Much healthier: making real sustainable changes and have a goal of losing 1lb a week.

Can you walk in place at your desk?

Be aware, the cals burned that MFP spits out are wildly inaccurate. They are more than the machines say and THOSE are generally way over as well. One of the biggest problems people have is eating more than they think and burning less than they think. When I first started trying to lose weight, I went by the machines…

I am not an expert but I think the question to ask yourself is why do you start slacking? If you know the answer to that, then you can correct the problem.

I do the same thing. I wish I had advice for you. I don't...not yet. I try to distract myself with something else like watching TV or playing computer games or coming on here and reading posts, but it doesn't work all the time. So I don't really have anything useful to add, other than I know exactly what you're going…

Ask in the tech support forum rather than the motivation forum.

Might want to ask this question in the tech support forum rather than the motivational forum. You may get more answers.

I'm 4'10" and use ellipticals at gyms (so I can't alter them) and have never had a problem with it.

ack sorry for the double post!

My body did last time I did this. I'm going through the starving phase again now and it's not fun. I believe I was so used to feeling overfull that I needed to retrain my body what it was like to be full. It happened slowly but I distinctly remember one day eating out and I couldn't finish something that in the past I…

Mine did last time I did this. I'm going through the starving phase again now and it's not fun. I believe I was so used to feeling overfull that I needed to retrain my body what it was like to be full. It happened slowly but I distinctly remember one day eating out and I couldn't finish something that in the past I would…