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I would strongly suggest you talk to your doctor or better yet a pharmacist since they know what are the effects of mixing certain drugs together, just so there aren't any horrible side effects.

Not everyone is the same as to the sugar consumption. Try weighing everything! What if that red velvet cake has way more calories than you thought? I do know that one can sabotage all the hard work one had done during the week on the weekend. I used to have an MFP friend that could gain 3 - 6 lb on the weekend alone, even…

You need to lift weights to help you tone. There is no spot targeting! Don't be afraid of the weights you will never look like a guy unless you take steroids and I don't believe that is your goal. Don't do cardio like there's no tomorrow just use it as a warm up and cool down, about 10 minutes. Cardio burns your muscle…

Those charts that are at the doctor's office are usually way off. When I was younger I had 18% body fat and according to the chart I needed to loose at least another 10 lbs. yeah, right. Don't let those numbers frustrate you just figure what body fat % you want and try to keep yourself healthy. That's what really counts.

I'm 5'3", 170 lb. Added you! :wink:

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I'd like to join. Sent you a message.

You could add me I post almost every day and I do feed back on your posts and even on your meal choices :wink:

I retain a lot of water because of TOM (some times it's a 5 lb difference :sad: ) so I can't weigh my self at least a week before or until a week after.

Yes they work for toning and losing weight. There are many exercises you could look up on YouTube that you could do and see results. As for the loosing the tummy, it's all in the way you eat, portion control, and macros. You could exercise your but off but if you don't follow a healthy diet it's not going away.:ohwell:

Personally speaking if I eat all of my exercise calories back I don't see too much of a weight loss change, but then I have my MFP set to slightly active so I have more calories to consume. I think it's a matter of trying different things until you get it right for you. Try it for a few weeks but if that time of the month…

That does seem high unless you're less than 4'8', it might be right. I think it depends on the type of equipment used to get your body fat%. Some are very inaccurate because it depends on the humidity, body hydration and time of day that interfere with them even having sweaty feet could give you wrong calculations. Try the…

I'm not vegan, but I do have friends who are either vegan or vegetarian where they do eat fish and eggs. I think it should be a process in which you incorporate more fruits and vegetables in your families diet and not restrict them on the meat. You might try to buy lean cuts and add vegetables into the meals. I have three…

I suggest the digital scale ( I have the non digital and the digital) it's more accurate and it helps a lot in being accurate for the food measurements if not you will probably under estimate your food intake and sabotage yourself. I got one from K-mart for like $25 at Marshall's I've seen it for $20 (after I bought it a…

To burn and tone you need to use medium weights and a lot of reps. For example arm curl; for me 10 lbs is medium weight and 3 - 4 sets of 12 - 15 reps that's used to burn and tone, but if you go heavy you build mass but then it would be less reps like 5 - 8. It depends on what you want. Also if you're tracking everything…

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I usually tell myself that it's just a little more. For example if I'm running on the treadmill (my training consists of CrossFit exercises with cardio and weights) and I see that I'm tired before reaching that half mile, I try to picture in my mind a finish line to cross and think to myself that it's only a little longer…

I'm not perfect on the healthy eating but that's one of my goals. I'm interested in the gym competitions by this summer so I want to at least have lost 15 lbs by then. I want to loose at least 30 lbs more but I know it's not gonna happen overnight. Just added you so we can support each other.

I have the same question. I bought the Adidas Coach Pacer, and it tells me a way higher reading than the machine also. I try not to eat back my calories (doesn't always happen :ohwell: ), just in case.

That's wonderful. Keep it up! In no time you'll reach those goals.:smile:

Next door to my gym is a frozen yogurt place Wendy's, a bakery, across from it is Popeye's Chicken, Ikebana (sushi place), Metropol Restaurant, Applebee's, an ice cream parlor, Faccio's Pizza and Starbucks, and if you go down the road a bit there are about 5 or 6 more restaurants, and they are all walking distance from the…

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I'm on here almost everyday, and my diary is open. I'm honest with everything that I log in because the only person I would be lying to would be myself. I added you and welcome back!:wink: Oh, by the way, I'm training at the gym to compete in the gym competitions, I want to loose at least 15 lb. to begin with (I have about…

I workout in the mornings and I'm trying new foods specially vegetarian, to try to cut on my calories. I'm currently trying to loose at least 15 lb. to be able to compete at the gym competitions. I already added you.

That's really great! Keep going and don't stop for nobody! :smile: