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I agree with others that time needs to be made to exercise. I exercise first thing in the morning, since my motivation in the afternoon can be lacking. Although there is a restroom on my floor at work, I go to a different floor to use the restroom. During lunch if the weather is decent, I take a walk outside to get a…

Feel free to add me. @Annie831 - great quote

I eat back most of my exercise calories, since as others have indicated the calories on machines are not an exact science just an estimate.

What kind of limitations do you have in what you can do? I agree that strength training is the best to reduce the appearance of flabbiness.

It has been a balance especially as I've gotten older. I find for myself that it is probably about 75-80% diet, and 20-25% exercise. The diet part is making sure that I eat nutritionally balanced foods and not to eat above my TDEE when maintaining. Only way to do this is being consistent with tracking. Strength training…

I've had a heart rate monitor strap right below my chest, as well as a watch which measures heart rate. I think that the heart rate monitor for me was more accurate than the watch. The watch comes close though. I like that the watch (fitbit charge 2) can provide what my resting heart rate is, as well as how much sleep I…

A question worth asking your doc is if you prohibited from exercising on a stationary bicycle? I would think that would not put pressure on your foot if you keep it at a lighter tension. Just a thought and not sure if you have access to one.

I eat things I didn't intend to eat sometimes. Not everything goes to plan. Consider it your maintenance day. Tomorrow's another day.

I do log my planks, but log it under strength training as I like to know what I've done for strength training for the day. I don't log any kind of calories for strength training. I put the specific things done, then put something in the notes section. Different for everyone. It is whatever you prefer to do.

I whole-heartedly agree with seeing a physical therapist for safe exercises. If it hurts, don't do it again for a bit. I had a grade 2 MCL sprain, no fun! At one point it wasn't getting better because I was doing too many leg exercises even though I didn't think it hurt. With bursitis, I'm sure it is different.

Drinking more water and making most meals at home.

I'm all about the overnight oats and you can adjust it anyway you want, as well as unsweetened yogurt with protein powder, chia seeds, and fruit. I put crunchy granola on top when I get to work. You can make your own healthy muffins during the weekend and have that first thing in the morning if you are in a rush and don't…

It is mornings for me. I would rather take one shower in the morning than one at night and in the morning. Getting up early is just habit. I do it without the alarm now. I get up to take the dogs for a walk first, so that wakes me up before the real exercise begins. I have tried afternoons, but feel less energetic probably…

I tried a quest bar (cookies & cream) yesterday. Yuck! Will not have that again. The bars that I have liked so far that is equal in protein and fat are the Perfect Bars. Downside is that they need to be refrigerated, but I still get them. I get the fruit & nut. The fruit & nut has about 18g of protein, but equal amount of…

Are you drinking enough water? I find that when I do not have enough water, I experience muscle cramping.

That sounds really low. Are you sure you are measuring your food correctly? It may help you to talk to a nutritionist/dietician of some type. I would imagine that any exercising that you are doing negates how low your intake calories are by slowing your metabolism. It seems like it is working for you, but definitely would…

@meridethgillis - my oats are 150 calories per 1/2 cup. My entire overnight oat breakfast normally does not end up being more than 300 calories.

Overnight oats made with almond milk, vanilla protein powder, chia seeds, flax seed, frozen blueberries and walnuts, OR Yogurt with frozen blueberries, oats, flax seed, and vanilla protein powder. I top this off with some type of granola. I flavor both with cinnamon and sometimes pumpkin pie spice. :smiley:

In the same boat, so I moved the snacks I like to have to a high shelf, where I have to bring out the step stool to get to it. What I do is portion out the snacks I allow myself the day before and go up that step stool once. Generally I'm too lazy to go up it again during the day or night if I want to snack. My spouse has…

I was at that place you are now last year. I was logging and exercising consistently and at some point, I just plateaued. I understand that you have a run a deficit, etc, however, losing was just not happening. One thing I did that helped was to eat whole foods most of the time. I have been able to stay away from processed…

I tend to overestimate my food as well and was noticing that I was losing a bit quicker than I thought I would. I have since started to measure my food more carefully. You may want to start doing that so that you are as accurate as possible when logging. If not logging accurately, you will not truly know how much you are…

I needed to lose 25 pounds prior to having a health scare. Once that happened, I made a commitment to myself to be fit and healthy and shed most of those pounds. I find that changing to eating whole foods and being on MFP and logging daily helps to keep me honest.

I prefer getting up in the mornings to exercise. If I try exercising after work, it would be too easy for me to get lazy and just skip it from being tired from working. I do feel more energetic after working out. As others have said you get used to it after a while and it becomes a habit.

I think it is preference. If you decide after dinner, as another indicated, you will want to wait for 1-2 hours afterwards before exercising depending upon the size of your meal.

I find that my weight fluctuates a lot sometimes even when I have not had a cheat day. I would think that as long as you kept within your calories, it should be fine. Keep in mind that our weight depends upon a lot of factors such as our hydration, bowel movements, etc. It could be anything. You will likely even out, so…

Personally I would see a physical therapist or orthopedic doc. They are really the only ones that might be able to tell you what may be causing your knee issues. Cause of pain will likely differ for each of us. They will perform tests on your knee to determine what may be causing the problem. If you prefer not to see a…

This seems odd especially if you were wearing your fitbit, as well as Garmin. Did your fitbit record the steps you took on the run? I know that sometimes my fitbit hasn't yet registered the steps that I took and that is why it gave me negative adjustments. I started turning off the negative adjustments, since I do not wear…

I turned it off on mine as it didn't make sense to me to have MFP take away activity calories. I have MFP set at sedentary. I may ride the exercise bike and generally the fitbit does not record that activity accurately, so I take a guess at adding this as an activity on mine.

When I was first starting strength training, I found it more helpful to have the personal trainer to make sure I was doing things right and for variety. My first trainer did push me when she saw that what I was capable of. This was many years ago. Now, I have a trainer for a certain number of sessions if I want the push…