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Very funny Andy!

Thanks, I see that I can order them online so if I can't find one in real life I guess I'll take measurements and do it that way. Thanks for the recommend and I will also search for previous threads.

Turbo Jam has modifications so that your feet never need to leave the ground. You tap instead of kick and there are modifications for jumping jacks. That would be a good start!

I wish mine would get smaller. I've lost weight and only went down a band size. 34H to a 32H. Trust me, the grass is always greener on the other side.

I track all my micros in a different program but on here I track my macros plus calcium and fiber. Though I might switch it out since I am always WAY over fiber. The only one I don't worry about it sugar since it includes natural sugars and just eating carrots would put me over. I try to keep my added/refined sugars low…

I think this calls for new pictures! Let's see those pants!

I'd say you could probably do about a pound a week. That would require you to cut 3500 calories between diet and exercise.

I would do smoothies rather than juice. You're missing a lot of the good stuff in fruit and veg by juicing instead of eating the fibre of it too and that would be why he isn't pooping. I don't think for 30 days it would really do him a lot of damage but my concern would just be where you transition to from there. I don't…

I think maybe it would be best to start with Learn and Burn from Turbo Jam and do the cardio parties from that a few times and jump into Turbo Fire then. Just because Turbo Fire is too hard to follow otherwise and you won't burn any calories at all if you stand there staring at the screen thinking "um...what?" I've been…

Kale is healthier raw than spinach. I usually do Vega powder, a banana, almond milk and some kale. Sometimes I throw in other fruit depending on the day and how adventurous I'm feeling. You can always add frozen blueberries if the green colour throws you.

I am 5'4" and weigh 142 and 1000 calories a day seems insane to me. I don't fully believe in "starvation mode" per se but I do think that you risk losing lean mass when you are just trying to burn off fat. Honestly I would take your calories up to 1200 on days where you don't work out and if you burn 500 maybe eat 1500…

1500 sounds low for maintenance calories. Are you sure that isn't your basic metabolic rate without any activity factored in? How much do you weigh? I think if your deficit is only 300 to start with you could safely burn 500 calories and not eat all of them. I don't know that at your weight you should be aiming to lose two…

You might but you will probably also get bored. It's fine for cardio but make sure you include some strength training of some kind as well. I have a fave dvd I do but I also try to alternate and do a few minutes of a different warm-up before I start. Plus sometimes I just put on music and do my own cardio such as jumping…

I find with insanity I work so hard with the HIIT that I end up taking too many breaks so what I do is do the Insanity warm-up and then switch to another workout like Turbo Jam. Then at the end of that I go back and do a bit more insanity. I get a 60-70 minute workout instead of a 45 and I burn more calories switching it…

The "fat burning zone" is an outdated myth. It is true that when you work in the lower end of your maximum heart rate your body will draw from fat stores rather than carbohydrate but it doesn't really matter. What's most important it that you burn more calories. The really ideal way of training to my understanding is…

From the information I've read this is not true. A heart rate monitor will often overestimate your calories burned doing strength training I won't write it all out myself because it's already been done by more knowledgeable individuals but here's why you shouldn't log your calorie output from your HRM when doing strength…

To my understanding an HRM can only accurately gauge calories burned for cardio exercises, not strength training. I think it's still a useful tool but I wouldn't trust the calories count at the end of your workout.

Yeah, I have calcium and fiber up there as those seem like more virtuous goals to me. I did have too many sweets this week but if you just looked at my sugar number it wouldn't be clear if it was from delicious smoothies or cotton candy so I don't think it's worth watching the number.

Fruit is good for you. MFP adds sugar in even if you just eat a carrot. Unless you decide to become a bodybuilder I wouldn't worry about it. I just track my *added* sugar. (roughly in my head.) I was concerned about how much I was going over until I realized it was adding up every time I ate a tomato, red pepper etc. No…

I think the biggest issue is with people accurately gauging the intensity of their workout. Since I got my Polar HRM I usually burn about 450-500 calories in a 45 minute workout but I know if I wasn't wearing it I would probably only be burning 300-350 because the heart rate monitor gives me instant feedback and I work…

If you need to quit breastfeeding because you are unhappy with it that's one thing but don't quit to lose weight. You're just giving up a source of burning extra calories and that will make it harder, not easier for you to lose weight. I think you really need to examine your expectations and just how realistic they are.…

Make sure you have a trainer who understands where the mommy tummy comes from. The crunches and hundred type exercises will actually make them worse because that pooch is due to abdominal separation. You need to do transverse exercises to eliminate the pooch. (Which I have not done yet either.)

Vega Whole Food Optimizer rocks my world!

I would say (as peer advice, not an expert.) to switch to maintenance calories. 1200 calories would *definitely* not be enough even if you were obese and you aren't. If you've been working out you should be able to as long as you keep it within a reasonable intensity. During second and third trimesters you will need to…

Which part is confusing? The watch is just the "computer" part. The strap is what's actually taking your heart rate and then it transmits it to the watch. I have a Polar and it's great. The chest strap goes under your clothes and you can't see that you're wearing it unless they're very tight fitting. I even wear it under…

Please remember that we don't just eat for weight loss but for nutrients. I can tell you that it is possible but very challenging to get enough nutrition from less than 1200 calories a day.

Absolutely! But keep your pace up. If you don't have a heart rate monitor, get one! It will tell you exactly how many calories you burn on the walk.

Yup it sure will. I just got one last week and it's the best purchase I've ever made where weight loss is concerned. I stay working longer and work harder when I get the instant feedback telling me it's making a difference. And I can turn housework into a workout just by wearing it and doing little jumps in between or…

Well I'm 20 months post-partum so I don't know if my tips will help so much. I would just say to add in your extra 500 calories for EBF and try to eat all of your calories without going over. If you are still hungry and you've used all your calories put your baby on (if you have a baby carrier, if not- GET ONE!) and dance…

Breastfeeding isn't a weight loss miracle because in addition to burning more calories it also increases your appetite so a lot of women just eat the extra calories they burn. If you're exclusively breastfeeding and your baby is only a couple months old you should still be getting an extra 500 calories a day. (You actually…