lauren518 Member

Hello! I'm also coming back after a long break and I'm looking for new friends to help motivate me and keep me on track. Anyone feeling the same way, please feel free to add me!

If you have a HRM then yes! Put in the minutes and calories burned right from that. If not, I always use "Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort" and put in a conservative amount of time becaue id rather under estimate. Generally I'd say you burn a little less than 100 calories every ten minutes if your…

hii. so based on your stats your bmr is at least 1370, so i would suggest upping your calories to 1400 and eating back some of your excercise calories. i recently upped my calories to 1700 from 1200 and i gained a pound and stayed there for a few weeks but now (4 weeks later) i have started losing again and i lost a little…

hey! so i had this exact same problem, and i was terrified to up my calories, but guess what? ive been gradually increasing to my current level of 1700 net calories/day for the last 4 weeks and ive finally started to lose! i did gain a pound at the beginning but then i stabilized and now the scale is moving downward! i was…

theres this one move that i love because my lower abs annndddd my thighs feel tighter right away when i finish it. you lay on your back with your knees up at an 90 degree angle. and slowly you drop one foot down, dont quite touch the groud then bring it back up. then repeat on the other side. make sure you keep your leg in…

thanks so much! that was really helpful! i guess i just need to give my body more time to adapt, which i what i figured the answer would be. what kind of exercise do you do elly? and how much longer are you going to wait before you make your cut?

oh i forgot to add all my stats! my bad age 19 height 5'5" weight 168 BRM = 1634 TDEE= 2532 Im working my way up to eating more, but i want to go slow in case i find the right level for me, and also i eat ALL day long so ill have to find more calorie dense foods to eat bc i already eat a lot haha.

hey!! im 5'5" and 168 lbs Im looking to lose about 30 lbs as well so feel free to add me too! id love to hear what your trying out and if its working!

thanks for the responses! i guess ill just give it some more time to find out if im at the best calorie level. its just so scary eating more to lose weight but it really does seem to be the answer haha

yogurt is great. the big tubs of fat free yogurt are great buys. they are way cheaper than buying the same voume in the prepackaged containers. and try throwing some frozen fruit in with it. frozen veggies are probable a good option for you if your budgets tight, because you only have to make one serving at a time and it…

well you should be doing at least 30 minutes of good cardio, where its hard to keep up a conversation. if you can go for longer or more intense thats even better, but you know take your time and work up to it, but make sure your pushing yourself a little more each day. and then for your diet you should really just try to…

get a resuable waterbottle with a straw! like a camelback or other brand. i suck down water nonstop hahahaha i have at least 80 oz a day

your diary is also pretty high on processed foods and low on fresh ones! all calories are not made the same, so even if your meeting your calorie goal, you should be trying to meet nutritional goals too. try switching up your snacks to fruit and veggies and have a salad before lunch and/or dinner and watch your sodium…

Also, I know you feel like you dont want to build more muscle, but really thats one of the best ways to kickstart you metabolism and lose weight and tone up. Strength training, even only using your body weight, is a key part to weight loss, and you really dont need to worry about bulking up becuse women dont produce enough…

okay thank you all for your inputs! I think im really going to try to be very diligent about recording my food, and start taking taking my actual meaurements instead of weighing in. I just wonder if im really gaining that much muscle that quickly, because ive heard that women simply cant build that much muscle while on a…

thank youuu! okay well this is a very movtivating response and i get why everyone else has said what they have about it not being a problem, but im just wondering why this seems so happen to so many people i guess. Ive tried finding reasons why the scale wont move and i cant seem to find a straight answer. and it really…

Okay well I really dont eat processed food that much, Its usually just the closest thing i can find to what I actually ate. And recently i just havent had the patience to look up what i had for lunch or dinner, and i eat the same things most weeks so i just type them in as quick add calories, but when i do that i do try to…