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Why are the algorithms so different when I use my Digifit app and the Polar app? An hour of cardio on Digifit is over 1100 cal and a similar hour using Polar is only around 500. I put the same metrics in (weight, height) and I’m using the same chest strap so the difference has to be in their algorithms. When I’m on the…

PB like anything else can be eaten in moderation. Just watch the fat content. Good source of protein and I have heard there is something called PB2 that you mix together with water and it tastes just like the real thing. I am a PB addict! Skippy Super Chunky please!!!!! I am not on a diet, I can't live on a diet. I eat…

I have a H7 that I use Bluetooth with my iPhone and Digifit app. It works great for my cardio in the gym and my Spinning

Early in my career I was selected for a program where we got to go through all different areas of the service including a week with communications. I got to sit with the call receiving operators and then with a dispatcher as second chair and the stuff they go through is incredible. I was only responsible for myself and my…

Subway sandwich - turkey and black forest ham on whole wheat

Spinning for cardio followed by kettlebell for strength & cardio

I use kettlebells and I agree the adjustable ones are not good and you have to watch the finishing or it will eat up your hands. The expensive part is the shipping if you buy online. I prefer the pro style kettlebell. It is always the same size no matter how much it weighs and the finishing is good. Get a good wrist guard…

Got my first last year when I turned 49. have the next one planned already and I think someone else has more planned for me too!!!!! Never to old!

Paramedic for 27 years, former volunteer fire chief. Retired from FDNY EMS as deputy chief of training. Currently fire academy instructor and paramedic instructor at St. John's University. Add me if you like. Scott

I'll be 50 this year. I started at 449 and I was a firefighter paramedic. How can I help others when I couldn't help myself. You just need to change one day at a time. healthy choices for food and you must, must exercise on a regular basis. There are no secret weight loss ideas. Calories out have to be more than calories…

Fighting Irish!

I think I'm doing this correctly. This is me at 449 in 2009 and a few weeks ago at 297. Still got a ways to go but I'm giving it my best shot every day.

I'm down to 300 from 449. I have not been eating as good as I should or it would be more but I'm sticking with it. I know too many people who have had the surgery and had problems plus I see them now and they are back to where they were. I know some people have had great success but the simple thing is calories expended…

Well I started January 2010 at 449.6 I had my annual physical with my doctor last Monday (12/10) and I weighed in as 297 I had some ups and down over that period with a knee injury that cut out exercise for a couple months but now I am a gym rat 7 days a week. If I watched my eating better I probably would have taken off…

I guess I am the minority. I think it is all about exercise first and diet second. I have found that your burn has to be greater than your input to lose weight. That is the plain and simple equation. That is what has worked for me and I know everyone is different and I respect their opinions I do a lot of cardio and some…

1. What is your eye color? BLUE 2. What is your favorite season? FALL 3. What is your favorite Holiday? CHRISTMAS 4. Have you ever been arrested? NO 5. What are 2 things with in arms reach of you right now? CELL PHONE, BLUE PEN 6. Would you rather know how you are going to die, Or know when you are going to die? WHEN 7.…

I'd frost your flakes

30-35% from the original posted pictures but I challenge how accurate they are

talking on your cell phone while you are on a cardio machine The sign at the door clearly asks you to go to the lobby if you have to use your phone but come on, you can't be in contact for the 30-60 minutes you are working out? Are you that important?

Ask them politely if they are using the machine, if that doesn't work say, "MOVE!"

wearing makeup and perfume I'm leaving puddles of sweat and breathing heavy and you are gagging me with some obnoxious smell!

I got my first tat 2 months ago and was told to use Aquaphor. It worked well and didn't stain my shirts. I have an upper arm/shoulder tat. Everything healed fine

I'm telling you this woman should be on a national advertisement for Zumba! She is one of my MFP friends and a real inspiration! And she is hot too!

I got my first just about 2 months ago. I was near one of my milestones in weight loss (breaking 300!) and I just couldn't wait any longer. Still 5 pounds to go for that goal and then on to my next but I keep striving for it. If you want the tat get the tat.

I was a FDNY EMS Paramedic Captain on my day off at home with my youngest daughter. I saw the first reports and thought it was a private plane and thought what a ***** of a fire but if anybody could handle it that it would be the brothers from the FDNY. As I watched the news I saw the second plane hit and then the…

Now by looking at your picture how did I know you would agree with me? HAHA Yea Haw!!!!

45 min Spinning class followed by 1/2 hour on Precor AMT. Start with about 15 minutes on ARC trainer to warm up

My complaint is women wearing perfume, or after/shave cologne for men. They get on the cardio machine next to me and I'm huffing and puffing and now I'm overcome by the fumes. Have to say it is the women mostly. Isn't it common sense not to take a bath in the stuff? You are going to the gym to get all hot and sweaty.

I was on the dignitary protection team with FDNY EMS and met Pope John Paul II and President George W. Bush

Shooting not physical? Have you ever tried holding a rifle in a standing position and slowing your pulse and controlling your heart rate for that delicate trigger squeeze? My pet peeve is why take softball out of the olympics and keep in things like ping pong and badmiton? My vote for not a sport is equestrian. Not the way…