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I'm at a community college for two more quarters so no school gym :( SOON THOUGH! The stairmaster is my favorite. Thanks for the advice.

Haha! I know! I'm really good at finding deals! But why do you say stay if you don't mind me asking?

Just do it for a week straight, total commitment, no "maybe I'll go tomorrow", no excuses... one week! You will see the next week will be almost an addiction because you feel so great from the last week. That's how it was for me. I never liked strength training because I felt like I didn't know what I was doing and it was…

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holy crap whitney anna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are a FOX!

I want to invest in a bike. It is on my list :)

I'm not in a hurry. There's no reason other than I want to be capable of doing it. I'm definitely starting out doing what I can until I get better. But while I'm progressing, it's good to have all this info. I'm a lot more savvy with nutrition than I am with fitness. A lot of these suggestions are news for me and I want to…

Thank you.

Ahh yes it can be done on the elliptical. My attention span is so short, after 10 minutes on anything I am BORED. lol I think the high intensity interval training thing might be a good thing for me. I asked the staff at my gym how to work the elliptical to get the most out of it and they showed me how to program it so I…

Wow so much to learn for me. Thanks everyone. Going to look into all these suggestions in the upcoming days :)

I'll have to look up HIIT, Cybex, and Precor... not familiar with any of that. Thank you for the info!

I'm assuming you meant to say minute? lol

Oh yes, intervals! I'm going to try that but I want an accurate HRM to assist me with the timing and what not. I'd rather do interval training outside than at the gym :p I'm not restricting myself to an hour to get the 1000 calories burned. I'm fine with 2 hours :)

I actually am wondering the same thing. Can anyone else offer a clear yes or no answer as to whether or not it is better to count regular activity? I'm fine with detailed explanations too ;)

Why do you say that?

Alina - from the US - on 1200 a day - anyone in this thread can feel free to add me. I don't work out at all currently so 1200 a day is what MFP says I need to lose weight. I WANT to work out, and I am definitely going to start soon, and when I do might adjust my caloric intake. School is what's holding me back in case you…

Thank you, I'll have to keep these suggestions in mind! I've offered a million times to work out with me but he's not into it 98% of the time.

Is this a feature on most treadmills? I'm unfamiliar :p

Thanks! I will :)

Turns out we're in the same boat! I added you :)