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Glad to help Mindy :)

Good breakfast! I got a heart rate monitor and it helps. I picked up a cheap one at wally world for $26.... I tells me my heart rate and calories burned. I was giving myself credit for 800 calories last week based on taking my pulse during a 60 minute kempo-x workout, and this week with the HRM it says I burned 625 so…

Not sure where you live, but if you have a seasona riding season be careful in the spring as the bike will respond differently in it's power curve!!

Hey Sarah, I watched my wife put on weight after our two daughters and it is normal for the average mom, or even the above average. You were focused on something else at the time :) Now that you have made time for yourself it will be much easier.

Just curious, what did you eat for breakfast that was 545 calories?

Good points Jesung... I know that for me, doing P90X and being a Firefighter/EMS provider, teacher, father of two and amatuer athlete I need calories, protein and energy. I also need to lose weight but I cut out Dairy, carbs that are not from fiber primarily and by turning up the exercise. Check out the Syntrax products...…

Is that a HRM you are wearing or are you just happy to see me :)

Ooops, I mixed my serving vs. drink ratio's... there are 25 calories, 6g protein, 0 carbs, 0 fat per serving... I use 4 servings so I get 100 Calories, and 24gr of protein. And I think it may be a little general to say they are not healthy... when used properly, and when you shop around and get good clean protein shakes…

I like Syntrax Nectar, it has 25 calories, and 24 grams of protein. No fat, No Carbs and it is very clean.

Cute. :) Good looking lunch there too!

Sweet ride!! Mine is in "build" process right now. I took a Goldwing Interstate, stripped it naked, fabricated new exhaust, seat pan, forward controls and headlight and now I am prepping and painting. I always have had a motorcycle... well... for the past thirty years anyway :)

Dental work :(

I cant wait until 30 days so I can take my 30 day P90X pictures!! I will figure out how to add my ticker then too :)

I do believe that is what they call a NSV!!! I just had this same convo with my wife at lunch. After 1 week of P90X I lose 7 pounds, she gains one... we both FEEL BETTER, feel stronger and already feel like our clothes fit better. Dont get hung up on the scale, just keep up the work and keep coming here!!

This is a great place. I use the tool on my blackberry to keep track of everything I eat and all of my exercise. I use the website to socialize. I am new here too.

At every break I take my pulse for 15 seconds and multiply by 4.... At the end of the work out, I average the HR and use that. There is some variance, but your heart does not slow down that much in 15 seconds. But, make sure you do it at least every 15 minutes or so so that you have a good average. I want one, but I cannot…

I have sent a few requests as a response to "I need friends to support me" requests... I always send a note though, and I do try and be supportive. I am new here, so I am not up on all the rules.

The advice is free :)

I try and leave some calories on the table, and I try to eat anything extra right after my exercise.

sophs... I feel your pain. The only eating style I could do and NOT grow was what a lot of people refer to as the caveman diet. And, it worked... I supposed... given that I never gained weight, but I never lost it either and started to develop HTN and Hi Cholestorol. What was missing from my lifestyle is the same thing you…

Yanicka... your hot... thanks everyone, I will get as close as I can but I will not lose sleep over it.

Jumperchick, this highlites an even bigger problem. Once I turned 40, I have to take a fitness test every year to stay on the Fire/EMS department. My last physical, with the exception of flexibility I score in the upper percentile, but the doctor pulled out the stupid BMI scale and told me I need to lose 70-80 pounds!! At…

Welcome! I love it here... it lets me add structure to my diet and excersize, which is important to a person like me.

Nice job!!

You look awesome!! Keep up the good work!

Greatjob!!!!! What an inspiration!!!!

Can men answer? I want to lose weight because I am getting older and I have always been between 225 and 250 since highschool... Never had too much of a psychological problem with it, but a little... the biggest point is my joints and muscles are tired of carying that weight around. Vanity is secondary, health is number…

Bodyfreak, for guys like me it has to be nothing... because when it comes to carbs and junk food I am all in or all out. And, at 250 and 43 I need to be all out... You are right, anything in moderation can be tolerated but some of us like to only organic foods. I *TRY to stick by the following motto... If it walked, grew…

Mowed for an hour this morning (Push mower, wet grass,.....) cleaned basement for four hours (Several trips up and down stairs including some furniture, etc....) and now I am resting up for Kempo X (My wife already puked after doing it so I am a little nervous)

I push mow, but when I was entering my time on the mower into MFP this morning there was a riding mower option already established under cardio.... so sure!!