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I have a book, Joan Pagano's "Strength Training for Women". In it she talks about deciding what you're trying to do: Increasing weight helps you increase strength, and increasing reps helps you increase endurance. So what I've been doing is starting out with 5 pound weights (I was pretty weak starting out) and doing 2 sets…
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I do. It does take into account what I enter for exercise into MFP. For example, the other day it added 300 calories for exercise, but I hadn't added any yet. When I added my work out, which was 200 calories, the Fitbit corrected to only added 100 more calories. I'd done a lot of walking in the office that day, so I got a…
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When I do the elliptical, I focus on making sure my arms are working. I don't just grip my hands on the handles and let them get pushed back and forth. I alternate between pushing the handles hard with my hands open, and pulling on them hard, with my four fingers hooked around them, not using my thumb.
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For me, I just stay that much cooler. And I always wear something that wicks better than cotton. I sweat like a horse when I work out.
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I'm not even positive exactly what they are. There's more than one kind, though. Some are small, like gnats. Others are bigger. There's one kind that I never actually see, but just hear that buzzes pretty loudly around my hair. Even when I'm running, they keep up with me.
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Oh my gosh, you guys have made my running a lot more fun going forward!
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See if your doctor will refer you to a dietician. If you have weight-related health issues (cholesterol, blood pressure etc) it might be covered by your insurance.
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Sweetness, you should look at what MFP is telling you to eat in terms of proteins, fats and other nutrients. What you sketched out for what you're eating looks like it's lacking in protein. When you say you want to tone, what you're really saying is you want to build some lean muscle, and you can't do that without protein.…
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I don't know if it's the "right" answer, but I've done cardio on days I was sore from doing a weight workout the day before. I don't think it made it any worse.
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I switched to morning workouts. It was way too easy for me to find excuses in the evening: oh, I have to work a little late; oh, I'm cooking and it took longer than expected; oh, I have errands to run on the way home. Now I get everything ready in the evening, and I'm out the door 10 minutes after I get up. The bonus for…
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I notice that your workout schedule doesn't include any ab/oblique/core work. I know those exercises don't really get rid of belly fat, but tightening up the muscles in that area should help. I'm working some ab stuff into my workouts now, and while I do still have plenty of belly fat, I am seeing a difference in the shape…
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I found that for me, making one change at a time worked best. I go to the gym before work now, and when I started, the first thing I did was start getting up 15 minutes earlier than usual for a week. The next week, 15 more. Now I get up at 5:00, but I knew if I just tried to switch to that from getting up at 6:00, there…
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How did you come up with 1400 calories? MFP has me at 1340 calories, and I'm taller and weigh more. I've lost 4.5 pounds since New Years Day, and I only started exercising this past week, so 4 days so far.
