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I don't "hold on to" the rails, but I a lot of times wil rest one of my hands on the rail in front, because it helps me with balance. Right now I am battling vertigo and I don't want to do nothing, so I hold on a bit more than normal. When I jog outside, I don't need anything to hold on to, (I don't do it with vertigo…

For me, the difficult part is getting there. I go right after work; I change at the gym and won't allow myself to go home first. Maybe you can change at work and just stop at the park and do your walking. I find once I'm there and really into my workout, I don't want to stop. Every once in a while, I just can't get into it…

Try skinnytaste.com There are lots of recipes there that are pretty healthy.

Well, in case anyone read this...I upped my calories to 1400 and made sure to eat back enough to net at least 1200 a day. I lost almost 3 pounds!!! I'm going to keep it here for a bit and see what happens in the next couple of weeks. I'm excited to see it moving in the right direction again :) Thank you everyone!

Thank you all for your replies. Starting yesterday, I am upping my calories to 1400 (I was averaging about 1200-1300 before). This isn't a huge difference, but I will slowly move it up each week until I find a better point. I have vowed to be patient with this and stick out the upped calories for a while before saying it…

I redid the BMR on Fat2Fit entering my goal weight and it says I should eat between 1800 and 2000 calories a day (I think I'm lightly active) and my BMR is between 1300 and 1550 a day. Wish me luck on raising my calories. 1800 still seems like A LOT of food. I think I need to allow myself to try something new, because what…

Where do you workout? What kind of things do you like to o for activity?

I am lifting heavy...even though some people keep telling me not to. I like it too much to stop anyway! As for the yogurt, it is Greek Yogurt. I can't eat plain and the Dannon has the lowest sugar out of any of the flavored Greek yogurts I've tried. I will try eating more...I say this with a little trepidation. I've done…

I use a heart rate monitor. I don't trust MFP's calories. They are WAYYYYY over.

According to the "In Place of a Roadmap" (Fat2Fit) websites listed I just figured out that my BMR is 2152 and my TDEE is 2425...but when I use other sites for BMI I get anywhere from 1300-1600. I just did these numbers again today (because I had gone with a number that said 1200 from some website before). Several other…

I listed my routine above. I have mixed it up. I was only doing eliptical and now am running. I also have added heavier weights and changed some of the things I do with weights.

Thanks guys. I think I'm scared to try eating more; I tried it and gained weight. It scares me, because I don't want to go back to where I was. Oh, I guess I should have also said what kind of workout I do. I usually do 30-60 minutes of cardio on the treadmill or eliptical (usually closer to 30) and then lift weights for…

Usually I'm not over on the sodium. That has just been the past few days (I made some food using canned foods instead of fresh...oops). I'm eating over 100 grams of protein a day and usually over 20 in fiber as well. I'm not hungry throughout the day. The only meal I'm usually pretty hungry for is lunch, because I have to…

I have both and use both daily. The FitBit is accurate when you are walking, jogging, stepping, etc, but doesn't do a great job with weight training. I use the FitBit to as a motivational tool and to keep track of how active I am for the day. I use the Polar FT4 for tracking workouts.

I know what you're talking about. My college friends have all slowly married off. We are all still in the same line of work, but things have definitely changed and I get left out as well. We all used to go to conferences together; now it has become the married couples go to conference together and then they act surprised…

Medifast has a transition to get you back to eating normal. I think I'd do that so that you are gradually getting back to normal. And I think you're right, you probably can't train that hard on that few calories.

Get your vitamin C. I prefer to actually eat produce containing my vitamins and minerals rather than taking pills. It seems to work better for me. When I started to feel like I was getting sick, I started eating a combination of oranges and berries spread out throughout the day and it kicked it. I've heard that your body…

Like everyone else said- lean meats, fish, low fat dairy. But you can also add beans and tofu to those.

I did Medifast a couple of years ago. I did lose weight, but not nearly as quickly as everyone says they do at the beginning. It was frustrating. Some of the food was ok, but I got sick of it pretty quickly. It was much more expensive than just eating quality food. I have actually lost more weight without it than with it;…

I worked as a server while going through both undergrad and graduate school. My mom has been a server all my life and so has my aunt. I can tell you that I've never had experience like Deedsie's; it was always fun and a nice job because the stress doesn't follow you home. I made more money waiting tables than I do as a…

I just tried that site and can tell you that I did NOT look that good at my starting weight. I think the picture of my starting weight looks better than I do now and there was not a big difference in the pictures and I had a 100 weight difference at 5'1.

Eat more vegetables (and fruits if you're not watching sugar). I find that I can't eat 1800 calories in a day when I'm eating quality foods and getting my veggies. One of my favorite snacks is a cup or more of fresh fruit and a cup (or half a cup depending) of fat free milk. The combination of protein and carbs seems to…

My new find is Greek Yogurt. I got the light and fit with blueberries and then I added about 4 blackberries. I added the blackberries strictly for taste. It was less than 100 calories and VERY filling, plus the added protein is great.

I have a goal to lose about 100-110 pounds total, but have lost about 45 so far. It can feel overwhelming and frustrating, but it's worth it. I feel like I've worked really hard to "only lose 45 pounds" but then I realize that had I not done that work, I would not only be 45 pounds heavier, but most likely more, since I…

Thanks for the links. I was thinking that maybe I was eating too little, but you can see where I'd be confused with other people telling me I'm eating too much. I think I'm going to un link my fitbit from my MyFitnesspal. I like the FitBit just because it tells me if I've been moving around enough or if I'm being too…

After doing the calculations that you said, my BMR is right where I thought- about 1400. I did these numbers before asking my question, but I figured I'd double check. My BF is high, but it's 40% (according to the Army calculator) My HRM is a Polar FT4 (I believe) and yes it has a chest strap. The Polar HRM is what is…

Exactly: MFP says eat 1200 if I'm also adding back gym calories, I'd be doing about 600-800 additional calories (if I went by MFP it would be higher, so would what the cardio machines do). From all of the research I've done, the heart rate monitor is the best way to figure out how many calories you burn (I only wear the…

So your advice is to actually eat more? Because if I do it that way (using my HRM to find out my calorie burn), I would be eating around 1800-2000 calories. If I set my calorie goal at 1200 and then ate back half of the calories from my workout, I'd be at 1600 (about what I've been doing now) but if I ate back all of them,…

My BMR is about 1450 (according to a bunch of calculators some say much higher, but I go with the lower one). My BF is not 50%. I don't count just general moving around as part of my calorie burn, I just gave that information as back ground. I know people who sit around all day and then go to the gym for a half hour and…

Bump...I really do need help