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I'll check it out. The scooby site has some good workouts for women beginners also. Finally learned what a "Burpee" was last night.

Just make sure your drinking to thirst and your not over-hydrating (pushing water just because you think you need to drink more) as this can reduce your milk supply (Can provide technical info if you want but has to do with osmosis etc) And again.....BREASTFEEDING MOMS ROCK!

Personally, I have my daily goal set at my TDEE-15% cut and eat that amount everyday. :drinker:

You look awesome! Hope I look half as good as that by next year! Keep up the good work!

First of all - Good luck on your move. From what I have read sedentary is for people in wheelchairs or otherwise immobile so I would choose at least lightly active. Anytime, you create a deficit below what you need to maintain you can lose weight. Strength training helps to reshape your body and cardio may help move the…

I will be hiking on Sunday - haven't decided where we are going yet. But I don't have any of that fancy electronical stuff to track my real burn :tongue: but my leg/butt/shoulder muscles have just recovered from Sunday's hike, so I at least know I am using my muscles in different ways! I'll post an estimate though! Happy…

Dairy free items that contain calcium include: White beans - so I'm thinking a white bean dip with cut up veggies or some sort of wrap with bean dip and veggies rolled up for on-the-go dishes. Calcium-fortified OJ Oranges Sardines or Salmon with bones Sweet potatoes - Make your own sweet potato fries or chips. Broccoli and…

Woot! Way to go hikers!

Thanks everyone! :flowerforyou: I was super surprised to see my numbers this morning. I have been trying to focus on my macros, instead of the scale or measurements. So this is really encouraging and I was hoping it would encourage some others to hang in there!

Alright - I am starting Week 12 of EM2WL. I am at 2050 Kcal per day with 3-5 hrs of exercise per week. Mostly cardio at this point but I have been slowly incorporating strength training, mostly geared towards arms. Mostly meeting my macros of 50%carb/25%protein/25%fat (I need to be at 25% fat due to my gallbladder, or lack…

Good info. I was also looking around the Scooby site and found some good info for beginners. Since I have a pull-up bar but just kinda hang on it...this looks like a better plan! http://scoobysworkshop.com/pullups-for-total-beginners/ 4 steps to 100 push ups…

Got to do a good hike yesterday....Maunawili Falls hike. Elevation climb of 500ft in 1.3 miles, roundtrip 2.6 miles in way too many hours but I estimated about 2 hours of good steady hiking - so that gives you an idea of the terrain it took 1 hr to go 1.3 miles! Muddy, rocky, rooty (is that a word? lol lots of big tree…

Great job on (almost) working through your reset. Just a thought on your cut. All of this takes time, I'm thinking you probably want to eat at the 10% for AT LEAST 4 weeks if not more before you decide to try lower calories. Keep in mind as we lose weight our TDEE will go down, so we will be cutting calories as we lose…

From everything I've seen you are suppose to base your activity level on exercise above your typical daily routine......So I think of it as intentional exercise, that's what I count. Not my daily walk to and from the bus stop etc.

When I first joined this group I asked about the different calculators and was told that this one usually estimates high and that Scooby seemed to be more accurate :smile:

This site looks interesting http://www.fitnessblender.com Especially since I own a jump rope and haven't used it in a long time. That's one of the first exercises I started doing about 5 years ago because I could clear the basement ceiling. It was a great workout in the winter when I couldn't get outside!

Same here, even though I thought I was good at cutting back portions, it wasn't until I starting using measuring cups and an oz scale that I REALLY am starting to get portion sizes. Yep - I pretty sure even if I stopped weighing meats/grains because I feel confident eyeballing portions. I WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO WEIGH…

I was just thinking about this the other day. I wish I would have tracked calories before but on a recent splurge day I was at almost 3000 calories and that was with a moderate breakfast and lunch. So I'm thinking I ate at least 3000 calories a day PLUS lots o' high calorie beer! Just makes me even more confident that…

The sugar recommendation is for ADDED sugars not naturally occurring sugars like those found in fruit. Makes it hard to track on MFP because it is all lumped together. You may find a better thing to track is fiber. Set it for 30 g each day :smile:

Hi I would check out the info in the group Eat More to Weigh Less...It has some good info on BMR and TDEE http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less You can also try running your numbers through http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

I'm interested in programs like this too! Thanks.....and bump

I think most people on here would recommend re-running your numbers with an increased activity level. On most days you should be able to exercise and still NET a couple hundred calories over your BMR. If you are consistently having to eat back exercise calories than most likely your TDEE needs to be increased.

I'm doing a 10K in July - anyone up for that challenge??

Maybe next time, when I with someone to take a pic of me! Ha but I only have barbie weights right now, besides using my own body weight for dips.

Awesome advice!

So I did a little hiking before my beach walk yesterday. This is the first time I am posting pics so I hope it works! You can see the trail going up over my left shoulder And the view from about halfway up. I do like hiking, but I have been really enjoying my beach walk/jogs!

Awesome!...and you having a hat on reminds me I should put on sunscreen since I am getting a late start this morning. I was trying to round up someone at the bar last night to go on a sunrise hike with me but for some reason nobody wanted to! :tongue: How do you post pics?

I can't go hiking inland tomorrow because my other is off island. But I am planning to do an extra long beach walk since my daughter is staying with friends. If you don't mind pictures from a beach hike I'm in! I did do some good hiking in Maui last week so maybe I'll post some pics of that tomorrow. btw - I have never…

Yes, I agree! I think the real difference is that with natural sources of sugar you are usually getting fiber, vitamins, minerals etc along with it. Fiber helps your body to absorb the sugar slower so you don't get blood sugar spikes (this is especially important for people with diabetes). Added sugars tend to come from…

From what I found for women......Saturated fat should not exceed 20 grams. Potassium is recommended at 4,700 mg. And the recommendation for ADDED sugars is no more than 30 grams which you would need to track on your own since MFP does not separate natural sugars from added sugars. Hope this helps!