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I have used three different bikes that display calories burned and all three gave me different numbers, WAY different numbers! So if you plan to eat back, be careful or use a HRM... But I have lost 30 pounds over the past few months (started in January) by riding an hour a night five nights a week after my daughter goes to…

I am 32, so my BMR on all the difference sites ends up anywhere from 1450-1500. So I guess I will just stick to it and just starting measuring myself instead of weighing each week... But I am still interested to know what others around my size eat just for curiosity...

I work in a school, so nothing too active. Five days a week I ride a stationary bike with moderate resistance for an hour as well as chasing around a 4 year old while I am home. I have thyroid issues that have been properly medicated for about a year now... Who knows what that means for my metabolism though!

When I was diagnosed as hypothyroid, I had a woman tell me that the weight was going to melt off and that it would be so great. She insisted that I was so lucky because I would be soooo skinny. Fast forward 4 years and I am still trying to lose the weight...

I understand that maintenance would be different for you and me, but I was hoping to see if those of us with thyroid problems have a common thread of some type, like to maintain we need to eat a few hundred less then the average joe or something...

When it comes to thyroid problems, I will try most things for atleast a week in hopes of helping... Left foot or right? :-)

This is interesting because last week when I finally lost weight, I pretty much skipped breakfast all week. All I had was a piece of fruit... So if I don't count that, I went from about 9 at night to about 12 the next day = 15 hours. My problem was that I take all my supplements/vitamins/minerals at lunch and this was…

I was thinking of the fat versus muscle thing too, but I do measure myself very Saturday so I will keep an eye on that. But thank you! It could just be the change of pace, but for the past month or so that I was maintaining, I ate under calories and exercised like it would save my life! And got no where, so I need to do…

Well, I am 5'", 157 pounds and I am set to eat at about 1550 calories.

Mine could care less, he has always loved me and been attracted to m... But I can say that he was concerned because of how upset I got when we were close to the same weight. So although he doesn't care, I am quite sure that he would prefer I not get that high again since I became a basket case. As a 5'7" girl, I did not…

Oh and by "normal", I mean that below 160 is a normal BMI with my height...

I did what Jillian told me to do and "worked though the pain!" I did however do 5 days on, 2 days off for 6 weeks! If you work though the pain for the first five days, so won't be sore by the time you et your two days off... Atleast I wasn't. Good luck!

You give me hope! Thanks!

I also take 2 tablespoons a day, debated bringing it up to 3, but I take it straight and it is hard enough to do the 2 tablespoons! :-) I don't plan to stop because I have lost weight for the past 3 weeks and before that hadn't lost in 5 weeks... I might just up myself to maintenance which would add a few hundred calories…

No one else?

I am currently doing cardio with some weight work in there. I use the EA Active Sports for the Wii. Also, I have been doing a Jillian Michaels DVD 5 days a week for almost 3 months. So I do eat back exercise still. Any other thoughts on how often to exercise?

I hate hate hate circuit 2! I can't get into a full lunge to save my life and she has you lunging all per the place! Bu with that said, I only have 4 days left and I am done! Can't wait! But now I need new ideas for workouts. I did 30ds then this, what comes next? Another JM? Or totally different plan?

Happens to me as well! Before I got my own HRM, I thought that running actually made my heart rate slow down... :-) but now I know that it gets pretty hgh!

I did this one today! I did sweat more then I thought I would. My arms felt the rowing!

I've lost 3 pounds since Sunday! Lowered my calories, so basically i am not eating back my exercise calories. Started the coconut oil Wednesday. Hopefully I can keep this up be ause I am only 10 from my goal for August!

I started on coconut oil yesterday... I mix it with PB2 and agave nectar. Twice a day, between the oil and the PB2 it is giving me a bit more protein each day. Hoping that is what I need... Realized my protein intake is almost non existent come days...

No custom workout for me either... It is almost 90 in my livingroom, so all exercises are out for tonight!

I can't help you, but I would love to see if anyone has any suggestions...

Did this one today! Similar to mine, but more core. I am finding that this 2nd half of 6 week to 6 pack abs isn't working my core as much as he first half, so it was nice to add it in to some running! Thanks jac!

Well, I've lost almost 30 pounds before plateauing...

Not keeping track of my calories is how I got here, so I can't try that. I like writing everything down, even my calendar is completely covered with everything I did each day. I am a journal person. But yay that you don't need the help anymore! good for you!

Going to try this once my PB2 gets here! I bought it through Vitacost.

Shoes, I don't want to hurt my ankles and I fee like if I landed wrong from anything, even a jumping jack, that I could hurt myself. Is the risk worth not taking the time to tie laces? I hate wearing sneakers by the way. I own them just for my workouts, then they go right back in my workout basket!

I do two 40 minute workouts (give or take). One is a jillian michael's DVD and one is EA Active thought the Wii. And I track them with my heart rate monitor. It's a polar ft4. I get a great workout between the two! With the 1360 I haven't been losing anything. I tried upping my calories about 2 months back and I didn't…

So I am tired of not losing weight, so this week I am trying to do more cardio, less with weights... I plan to do this multiple times this week: "Running w/Sports" Heel lifts Knee tucks Rainbow squats Soccer running Soccer heading Soccer juggling Boxing combo 1 Soccer running Soccer heading Soccer juggling Boxing combo 2…