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bag salad (Dole has some good ones...spinach & southwest are my faves) sub light dressing for what comes in the bag Little bit of chicken breast Yum! Light Progresso soups (low sodium) are also quick and quite tasty!

yay!!!

I just started my 2nd round of c25k this week and have a bunch of folks on FB doing it with me. Feel free to join us!! http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages#!/event.php?eid=137197906321618

I was sorta down last week and found myself craving all sorts of things that I was going to regret eating later...so, I got online to find something yummy and different for me to try instead of defaulting to fattening things that were the staples of my diet before. I found a few good articles online;…

Though, it may be a bit "petite" for a man. haha! Timex has some for men, too. :)

This is the one I have. I love it. :) http://www.amazon.com/Timex-Trainer-Digital-Heart-Monitor/dp/B003JTO5LO

your lunchbox nerd lunch sounds delish!

If you're like me and don't want to just eat chicken or tuna or a sandwich every day for lunch, you can try these helpful sites that have some interesting and different recipes: http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/you-can-do-it/low-cal-recipes/…

Healthy choice Cafe Steamers are really good. A nice salad with lots of veggies and some chicken for protein (you can make the little chicken tenderloins ahead of time or grab a bag of pre-cooked chicken strips from the grocery store) Leftovers! I always cook big over the weekend and put lunch size portions in ziplock bags…

Its a heart rate monitor watch...and its about $90. I don't recommend it. I got a Timex one to replace it and I love it!

so I just did a circuit training workout for 30 minutes, stayed in my "zone' for 25 of those minutes, really pushed myself and sweat my butt off. the watch says I only burned 148 calories. every other calculator I use says I should have burned between 550-700 cals. ?!?!?! I'm brining the watch back tomorrow.

Awesome! And, what a brave choice! Best of luck & God bless you!

Teresam27...I hear ya! I have experienced the same thing. I'm trying not to fret about it...I mean, I'm exercising for the first time in my life! I'm jogging in the morning and doing circuit training at night! AND I'm not making every meal a banquet at the worst possible food you can eat buffet. So...I'm super excited…

Polar didn't offer to replace it, but they led me through the default reset...which is really tricky to do! And I'm going to try it again tonight. If I still get crazy low numbers, I'm bringing it back. I'll keep y'all posted. :)

Welcome! I've been using MFP for a while now and love it! I've even converted a few friends. Haha! :) I've only been on the boards for a couple of days, but so far everyone has been really nice and willing to help. Good Luck & God bless!

I did wet the electrodes, and this morning I jogged (albeit slowly) for 30 minutes. I weigh over 300 lbs. It said I burned 170 calories. I just don't think that can be right. Even using suggestion below...I should have burned 240-270 calories at a minimum. MFP and Livestrong say I should burn about 560.

Well, I called Polar this morning. The rep agreed that the #'s it was giving me for calories burned did seem pretty low for my size. He walked me through resetting it to factory defaults and I will try again tonight. Though, I have to say, I'm sort of regretting buying it. I thought a HRM would help me get a more accurate…

I'm in! :)