SteffCooley

Friday mornings are my check-in day. I get out of bed, use the bathroom, strip down to nothing, and step on the scale and do measurements. Then hit the shower and have some breakfast. To get consistent numbers, you've got to stick with the same *routine* and do it at the same time, same circumstances (no breakfast, nothing…

Oh... another question. (sorry!) Do all HRMs calculate your TOTAL calories burned for the entire day? Or is it JUST used for when you exercise? As in, do you wear the monitor all day long, and after your daily activities and exercising, at the end of the day you get your total *magic* number of what you've burned for the…

Wonderful info!!!! Thanks so much!!!! :smile: Very informative. I have searched the message boards but really am not having much luck finding any info that I am after. Maybe I am just not searching right..... who knows. I always thought that HRMs JUST monitored your heart rate, and had no idea that they calculated calories…

YES YES YES!!!! I had the same "problem" :wink: Although I can't complain. LOL. I have a pair of shoes that I wear ALOT and spent about $100 on them. They are SO loose now, they are a clog type (like Dansko's) and I almost walk out of them every time! You definitely lose (and gain!) in places you wouldn't think!

So it sounds like the best way to keep track of everything and have great success...... leads to buying a HRM! I am sure this has been talked about over and over.....sorry! But I have a couple questions! 1 - Do ALL HRM's not only monitor heart rate but also count calories burned? 2 - Which is a good, affordable HRM to…

Ok, I see what you are saying ..... sounds like my best bet would be to get a HRM. :smile:

Okay...... so: (per the exercise calculator on MFP) Bicycling, 16-19 mph for 45 minutes = 835 calories or Bicycling, stationary, very vigorous effort = 870 calories Bicycling, stationary, vigorous effort = 730 calories Doesn't that still seem high, though? What do you suggest that I log it as? Thanks!!!

Ok, have to re-clarify. I went and looked at my exercise log and I guess it doesn't say stationary - it just says "Bicycling, 16-19 mph, very vigorous". But yes, I agree that an upright stationary would be more of a workout than a recumbent.

Hello! Have a question, hopefully someone has an answer :smile: I work out every evening for 45 minutes on my recumbent bike, and then about 15 minutes on the elliptical. On the readout computer thing on the bike, I average about 17-20 mph the entire time. I turn up the intensity for a couple minutes, switch it back down…

I just went back and reviewed my diary for the last week, and the only things that have any substantial sugar grams are my fruits, cereals, and yogurt. Eating things like red grapes, apples, bananas, pineapple, Cheerios Oat Cluster Crunch cereal, Honey Oh's Graham cereal, Golden Puffs cereal, and Dannon Light N' Fit…

On my food diary, it has me set to an alloted grams (or whatever) of sugar a day. Every single day, I go over. I know it's okay to go over on protein, fiber, etc., but am guessing not on sugars? It's not like I am eating candy bars and cookies all day either ..... the sugars are coming from fruit, usually - which seem to…

I just recently joined - about a week ago - but have been eating healthy and exercising since May, and have lost 35 lbs. I love MFP - am SO glad that I stumbled across it! It is the best tool to keep you on track and motivated to keep on keeping on! :smile:

Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Steffany, I am 27 and live in Oregon, very happily married for 11 years and have four children. I gained about 75 lbs. with my first pregnancy, and have never really been able to lose it all! I have gained and lost and dieted over the years, but nothing ever…