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I use my HRM and I find that my calories burned is lower than what MFP has for them.

congrats :happy:

You will end up losing muscle instead of fat...you need to eat in order to fuel your body..try also working out in different ways.. You're starving your body at 1000 cal so your body is holding on..

How do you add a picture?

Welcome to eating healthier...it's not a diet its a lifestyle change. Good luck..

Welcome!:bigsmile:

I best thing to do is eat the calories you are supposed to. When you exercise you burn calories. Then you are supposed it eat some of those calories. The more you exercise the more calories you have..make sense? The best way to figure your calories burned is to get you a heart rate monitor.. I hope this helps..welcome!

Welcome to the site..You will get lots of support here. Good Luck!

Welcome...Yes you are correct it is mental. You have to get your head right! You will love this sight lots of support, but you need to do the work. Think of it as a lifestyle change not a diet. Good Luck!

Processed foods have tons of sodium...

Mine is getting healthy..but after that it is I want to be sexyt and go rock climbing..

Welcome, you will love this sight..:flowerforyou:

Good luck on your journey! It starts with your first step. Don't get discouraged...I would also get a sleep study done, you may need a c-pap machine.

I completly understand. When you have been overweight for so long your brain is used to seeing that. You will have to reprogram your way of thinking..I don't see it either but my partner does..my cloths feel looser..so all I know I will just keep being healthy and let the chips fall where they may..

Yea..My partner actually is doing this with me. So it's nice to have the support, and someone to work out with. :happy:

I love it on cereal..:love:

You will learn you can only depend on yourself when it comes to weight loss. You need to do it for yourself. Apparently your friend hasn't gotten to a place in her life where this is a a priority. You need to make getting healthy a priority. I would hate to go to the gym with someone that is always complaining...I can go…

Me I don't worry about the sugars because fruit always puts me over. I watch the sugar content in anything else I eat though.

They say you should at least eat half of your exercise calories so your not starving your body..

Well welcome ..you have come to the right place for motovation. The secret is to focus on getting up and doing something at least 5 days a week. Even if it's just short walks. Then you increase it litlle by little..Once you change your habits you will find you like to exercise and feel guilty when you dont. My partner and…

You shoudl eat most of them, if not you will be too low.. You odn't want to put your body into starvation mode.

Well for me it's hard to pick just one thing... Could be from my childhood..when I was picked on for being different. Could be when I was molested by a family friend.. Could be because my dad was mean to us as children.. Could be that we never lived in one place for more than a year, so I never got to have any real…

Try looking on th internet and just add it.

http://www.ez-calculators.com/measurement-conversion-calculator.htm

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Welcome, you will love this site..

Here's lots of recipes.. http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=quinoa&Page=1

Curried Quinoa Recipe Serves Six to Eight 1.Rinse quinoa with cold water. Use a fine mesh filter or coffee filter. If you're a klutz like me use the fine mesh filter or a lot of quinoa is going to wind up in the sink! Quinoa is coated with a natural substance called saponin that protects the grain by repelling insects and…

Welcome. You will love this site. Just follow your calories and get moving...it will drop off sooner or later. Don't get discouraged..

Try keeping measurements and make sure your watching your sodium.