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It's trial and error for the number of calories burned - mfp way over-estimates for me - by up to 100% (which is a bummer):smile: :smile: Best is definitely a heart rate monitor

Hi I don't think i am mixing apples and pears - what you say just confirms that I'm right in my thinking - but thanks. Sue

Were you describing me? Feels like it - so glad I'm not alone. Went out and bought food for the week this morning - must have been the healthiest shopping trolley ever. If I just eat that and avoid the wine I'll be sorted! (and if I avoid the wine I do more exercise too) Sue from sunny(ish) Shropshire

Hello everybody! I'm Sue and I write on a very rainy and windy New Years Day! I'm in Shropshire, England which is a beautiful rural county, although until about 18 months ago I lived in London. I live alone and work from home so my gym trips are not only good for me physically and mentally but are a social outlet too... I…

Mmm - didn't mean to start a row - but I completely agree that you should wear whatever you like - and certainly not horrid heavy gear - I was only making a few (hopefully helpful suggestions). And I probably look a mixture of awesome and mad in the gym depending upon who's watching! I've only ever got encouraging comments…

I'm an Anita fan too - the max support ones are my best success - I wear a 42 E and manage to jog without discomfort. And it comes in a black/grey trim colour which is great because it can go in the wash with all my other dark coloured gym clothes. I think I have three now all of different ages but there is little…

Don't disagree with much of what you say - just maybe leave out the cheating comment if you don't know (as you say yourself) much about the equipment.

Mmm. So all the advice to use an incline to replicate wind resistance etc - and the evidence that once you do this either method has the same effect on the body is wrong? I grant you it's a different experience - but it isn't cheating!

Why is using a treadmill cheating?

I'd like to know too! S

I agree. When I compare fitbit,, MFP, gym machines and a HRM I always use the HRM. For me though it's always lower, sadly. I think that this is because estimates for my height and weight are just multipliers of "standard" calorie burns and over-estimate - sometimes hugely. My trainer says that's because I'm the definition…

Oooh - the time my ex-boss said - if you lost five stone I'd take you on a date (on two separate occasions) me - the second time, when I'd had a chance to think of a reply - OK I'll diet - why don't you try to improve your IQ to half mine while I do that? Him - very insulted. Forward five years - when I bumped into him at…

Interesting topic - now if you could just sleep for the year and dream you were skinny too... The VLCD stuff - a friend of mine did this. She lost loads of weight and looked great. Three years later - all the weight plus more back on and a gallstone operation - one of the known effects of VLCD that doesn't get explained.…

I've been on mfp for a while. In the past I've lost weight well with mfp, WW, SW and RC - and put it back on. My take on it? I find I eat much the same on SW and mfp - but I do eat less junk with SW. I also find that the very element of not counting calories on SW - which is often criticised on here - provides an…

Well done! What an achievement in a really short time frame. I weigh just less then when you started so I'll just keep plugging along...

I've just started SW after about 6 months of calorie counting on here. I want a bit of a break from the counting bit and to re-learn that focussing on healthy food - but not obsessing about it constantly - is the long term way forwards. I also use fitbit to track activity and sleep. Of course, this site and fitbit needs a…

Yum Sardines tinned with herbs and lemon

Gym - but I really want to do some home stuff as I'm way too sedentary on days I work at home! S

Inspiring! You must be thrilled, and I look forward to hearing the next installment! Well done Sue :flowerforyou:

I so agree - just don't eat them! S:smile:

Oh I know Joselo! The number of times I've had to leg it up that hill to the station when I was late for a train! I used to be going - this is not hard it's doing me good, ow my calves hurt, it must be doing me good etc etc..... :smile:

Oh I used to suffer from this! I went to a gym where it was all muscly men with tattoos and I though they were really scary. After about two weeks they started saying hello and I realised that the scariest of them all was actually really shy.....so not only were they OK and minding their own business, but (of course) it…

Hi I just read your reasons why you want to lose weight - and they reflect lots of my reasons. Now, I'm a lot older than you, so I want you to succeed so you can do everything else in life that being overweight has stopped me from doing! Having said that, getting and staying healthy is work - sometimes really hard work -…

Well done, that's fantastic! I long to be able to run for 45 minutes! Sadly - as I have bad knees, it's unlikely to happen (although who knows what effect losing 75 pounds might have...). Yours in envy S :happy:

Looks fine to me - I'd only say that if you get bored ask a trainer for some alternates? Only a suggestion - I have the boredom threshold of a five year old :smile: S

This definitely - both my trainer and pilates instructor say squats are the business! Sue

I started cutting down in January this year - previously I had at least one or two glasses of wine a day at home - it just became a habit - six o'clock arrived and I had a drink and a snack. I counted it in my calories - but I wasn't losing weight. I was helped by the fact that I went off the taste of white wine (my tipple…

I wouldn't think so as you're still very young - although as I don't know how tall you are I couldn't say if 117 is a feasible target long term - after all, when you were 16 you were probably still growing. Depends why you put on weight I guess? Just take your time and it will be easier to live a life both during and after…

I'm a frustrated runner too - my knee just won't take it. So - I do spin classes, row, walk up steep hills, pilates, swim, aqua classes, strength/weight exercises (often easier if you're big and strong - one plus for us). You can ride a bike, clean house energetically - it all helps. And if you don't want to go to a gym,…