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Honestly, for my size and the exercises I do, I found MFP to be pretty close to what my HRM tells me. I still use my HRM everywhere because I do plenty of things that aren't in the database - like Just Dance! - but if I forget it I feel pretty confident about adding it from MFP's database, so long as I realize it's not a…

I get BUSY. I read a good book I won't want to put down, or play PVP in an MMO (GW2 anyone?) so I'm not thinking about food. Or - as the parent of a three-year-old who likes to wake up early - I go to bed. Boring, sure, but it works, and I tend to feel better the next day. Obviously not today, though, seeing as I'm up at…

Just take it one day at a time. :) My husband was deployed for the first six months (and birth!) of our daughter's life, so I know how hard it can be to do it all yourself. Don't think about tomorrow, or next week, or your next weigh-in - just think about today, and eating what you need to keep yourself healthy for your…

I agree with much of what has been said before me. My husband doesn't mind me trying to eat healthier, and he doesn't mind me adding more veggies to our meals, but he would blow a gasket if I told him not to bring snacks or bacon into the house ever again. lol. So we have a deal - he has his snacks and coke and junk food,…

I'm taking Cymbalta for the second time around, and my first time I found it actually caused me to LOSE weight, because (once the initial adjustment was over) my urge to munch was gone. Kind of looking forward to that, honestly. :P Though I have heard that some folks lose their appetite altogether and have to force…

Well. First off, are you female? Because if you are, we gain weight like crazy as we near our TOM. I personally have gained four pounds in the past week as I'm due to hit my cycle any day now. That can account for a large change in weight, and it happens FAST.

Weekly Goal: 4,500 (Last week was 4k, but I slacked a couple of days and still made the goal, so up it goes!) Mon: 601 (kata - low, med, and full speed/power, sumo squats, pushups, jumping jacks. Not bad for someone who's sick!) Tues: 1200 (Karate - the usual tues/fri estimated burn during class!) Wed: Taking the night…

A little of both, honestly. I like my group karate class, but I also enjoy training on my own. I'm competitive, so I tend to work harder around others, but my form is always better alone. :)

I'm a military wife and mother of a potty-training three-year-old, so you might say stress is part of my daily life. :P To cope, I'm sort of an escapist. I'll pick up a book usually, and reading takes my mind off of it and keeps me from reaching for the sweets. If I only have a few minutes, I sit down at the computer and…

Martial arts! I like it because I can do it super fast and full power to build strength and endurance, or I can go slow and work on my balance and form, and both are fantastic. I feel strong and capable doing it, and it gives me an amazing and interesting workout. :)

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 That link should explain things. If you want the TL;DR version, you need to find your TDEE, subtract your BMR, then cut the resulting number in half and add it to your BMR. Eat that much, and you should lose weight. :) Using that…

;) Put duct tape over the door of the fridge at night. By the time you get it off, you'll be awake and realize what's going on. Or masking tape. Or painter's tape. Anything to remind you that you shouldn't be doing this. :P

Weekly Goal: 4,500 (Last week was 4k, but I slacked a couple of days and still made the goal, so up it goes!) Mon: 601 (kata - low, med, and full speed/power, sumo squats, pushups, jumping jacks. Not bad for someone who's sick!) Tues: 1200 (Karate - the usual tues/fri estimated burn during class!) Wed: calories burned (how…

Weekly Goal: 4,500 (Last week was 4k, but I slacked a couple of days and still made the goal, so up it goes!) Mon: 601 (kata - low, med, and full speed/power, sumo squats, pushups, jumping jacks. Not bad for someone who's sick!) Tues: calories burned (how they were burned) Wed: calories burned (how they were burned) Thur:…

I'm sick, but gosh darn it if I'm not going for this anyway! Weekly Goal: 4,500 (Last week was 4k, but I slacked a couple of days and still made the goal, so up it goes!) Mon: calories burned (how they were burned) Tues: calories burned (how they were burned) Wed: calories burned (how they were burned) Thur: calories…

You'll find a lot of different answers on here, but the gist of it seems to be, on the MFP app, there's a way to track weekly instead of daily. On the website, you can only track daily. Some people swear by weekly tracking, some by daily. Does it all balance out in the end? Honestly, I don't know. I'm not a doctor, or…

If I can manage it, I save enough calories up for a snack - generally that means eating healthy during the day and eating my exercise calories at night. If I've had "one of those days" and ate my way through all 1700 calories, I do something I know will distract me, like reading a really good book or playing my favorite…

Weekly Goal: 4,000 (Up 500 from last week - I made it with a day to spare for rest, so this week I can up the intensity. :) Mon: 531 (the usual - karate. Kicks, jumps, kata, pushups, jumping jacks.) Tues:1200 (Estimating on the low end for my karate class, because Sensei asked me not to wear the HRM watch anymore. Can't…

Two words: NO. LIFTING! lol. Really - don't do it. That being said, I was 5 days out after my surgery and I was back at my karate class. Just take it easy, know your limitations, and maybe stick to lower-body exercises. Running/walking would be good. :) Edit to add: If you had laproscopic - did I spell that right? - you…

Weekly Goal: 4,000 (Up 500 from last week - I made it with a day to spare for rest, so this week I can up the intensity. :) Mon: 531 (the usual - karate. Kicks, jumps, kata, pushups, jumping jacks.) Tues:1200 (Estimating on the low end for my karate class, because Sensei asked me not to wear the HRM watch anymore. Can't…

Weekly Goal: 4,000 (Up 500 from last week - I made it with a day to spare for rest, so this week I can up the intensity. :) Mon: 531 (the usual - karate. Kicks, jumps, kata, pushups, jumping jacks.) Tues:1200 (Estimating on the low end for my karate class, because Sensei asked me not to wear the HRM watch anymore. Can't…

I really want to do this. But as kind and amazing as my husband is, if I told him not to buy me candy for Valentine's Day, he would probably go nuts on me. :( And once he buys it for me, there's no way I'm not going to eat it! lol Moderation is going to be haaaaard this month.

OMG, I totally lost it! Ahahahahah!

I'd suppose that unless you have some training, this won't really help you, but I do martial arts in my living room. The burn is AMAZING if I go fast, and it really works my whole body. :)

After doing a ton of reading and asking questions, I set my calories to 1700 (based on my TDEE -20%) and don't log exercise anymore. So far so good, but my exercise has been increasing and I think I may need to set it to 1800 in a couple of weeks. :-/ According to my HRM (which I assume is slightly overestimating my burn)…

The second my boobs swell to painful proportions, I stop weighing myself. I don't start up again until my cycle stops, even though I go back down about three or four days into it. :)

Read this article. :) http://www.examiner.com/article/runner-s-training-tip-8-preventing-side-stitches

Wow, 6 pages already and it's only Wednesday! Weekly Goal: 4,000 (Up 500 from last week - I made it with a day to spare for rest, so this week I can up the intensity. :) Mon: 531 (the usual - karate. Kicks, jumps, kata, pushups, jumping jacks.) Tues:1200 (Estimating on the low end for my karate class, because Sensei asked…

Since "getting serious" about this, I work out four days a week by myself for 30-45 minutes, and two more days in a class for two hours. Sunday is my "rest day", to give me a little break and a chance to rest my muscles. Every single workout includes at least a bit of strength training, and quite a bit of cardio/strength.…