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  • This website is awesome and so are all of you!! It is really nice to share with others!! I really appreciate your responses!
  • Thanks Ladies!!!
  • :smile: With help from this site and some hard work I managed to loose 8 lbs this month!! More than I had hoped for this month!
  • I feel like that whenever I have green tea, dont know why. Its a yucky feeling.
  • Wow that is truly amazing! You should be so proud that is ALOT of hard work!! Congrats!!
  • I take the dog for a walk, it distracts me and by the time I get back the craving usually passes.
  • Guess tommorow is going to be a whole NEW meal plan!! Woot Woot!!
  • K so thats three of us.. we are not alone...lol :laugh:
  • Thank you very much for explaining that!! Looks like I have some adjusting to do! I was far from starving myself intentionally I was just confused. I appreciate you clarifying this without making me feel like an idiot!! :cry:
  • Well I do one hour cardio in the morning with my unit, I walk my dog 3km every night then go to aerobics class for one hour. I do take Sunday off to rest though :smile:
  • Ok Glad I am not alone...Maybe someone will straighten us out :smile:
  • I have noticed that last couple days that I am burning close to my 1200 calories and ending up my day with -1000 odd calories??? For example here is todays... Daily net calorie goal: 1,200+ calories burned: 1,098- calories consumed: 1,109Calories remaining: 1,189 We are supposed to end up at o? I should be adding more…
  • cycling is an excellent cross trainer for running as it is long impact!
  • Ok.. So what happens when you exercise is you use your better "energy source" which is your carbohydrate stores... eventually you will tap into fat stores. So the machine company put these programs at a lower percentage rate to keep ppl working out longer "therefore" fat burning zone..... Ultimately weight loss is how many…
  • The research indicates that these scales are not accurate. The BMI has limits as well as it looks only at your weight vs height., Pro athletes fail the BMI due to their muscle mass. Most fitness centres use the caliper test but again can vary from person to person so unless you have the same person doing each time it can…
  • I am new too!! I have received a very warm welcome and the calorie counter is so easy to use! I am really glad my friend recommended this site!
    in Howdy!! Comment by teresamc January 2009
  • Thank you!! I love your quote you included!!
    in Hi Comment by teresamc January 2009
  • I really like how easy this site is to enter in your foods for calorie counting!! I think this is great and I am very excited to be on this site!!!
    in Hi Comment by teresamc January 2009
  • Haha.. I know what to do its just SO HARD to actually do it!! Thanks for your words of motivation!!
    in Hi Comment by teresamc January 2009
  • I am new to this site, a friend highly recommended it to me! I am a former personal trainer and aerobics instructor. After a job change, a knee injury and a serious back injury I have at least 30 lbs to loose. I have never had to be so careful with the calorie counting but now that my workouts are limited I must learn. I…
    in Hi Comment by teresamc January 2009
  • Your body adjusts to your workouts so variation is key! If one day is an interval day try switching up the next day with a lower intenstiy longer duration workout. Or try something new for you like spinning or swimming if its possible. Weight training is wonderful as well as it keeps your metabolic rate higher after the…
  • The harder you work the more calories you burn and increase in cardiovascular endurance. Have you tried interval training sometimes changing things up a bit can help push past plateus????
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