FitCowgirl8 Member

Im 5' 4" as well looking to lose around 60lbs. Feel free to add me. I really need motivation and support!

Thank you all! All the advice has been very helpful!!

I just updated my profile noa and I set it to lose 1lb per week. Now my calorie goal is 1530 per day. I'll give this a try for a few weeks and see what happens!

Thank you all! I have my activity level set to sedentary because I work in a lab where I sit at a microscope most of the day. I also have a 1 hour commute so 2 additional hours of just sitting. I workout 4 days a week ( or at least try to) and my fitbit tracker tells me I walk 5000-8000 steps on the days I don't work out.…

Would love more friends for motivation!

Strudders67 when I put my stats into MFP they give me a calorie intake of 1200 per day. After reading threads on this site I felt that was too low so I was trying to calculate it on my own and confused myself along the way :smile:

I could definitely use more friends on here!

feel free to add me!

Thanks for posting! I have been trying to figure out whether I should go low carb or not.

Thank you! That was very helpful!

This is my problem though, if I go to different website calculators I get anywhere from 1375 calories per day all the way up to 1750 calories per day to lose weight. Is there a fairly accurate one ( I know none will be exact) that you could recommend?

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I agree with the other posters as well to recheck your calorie goal as 1200 is usually too low for most people

You can exercise however long you want to on as many days as you want. The 1200 calories that MFP gave you already has you at a deficit so you will theoretically lose weight eating 1200 calories with no exercise. Then any exercise you do MFP will give you extra calories for the day. You can eat some or all of those…

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^This. I really like it because I think it really helps me to stay within my calorie goal since I have a shorter timeframe to consume those calories. I have been losing weight steadily since starting IF.

I tried the spark once for a while just looking for added energy and all it did was give me sever headaches. Nothing else. It is not worth the money

^this it really helped get me going in the right direction

I ave always been prone to shin splints and have been told that it is from pushing your muscles too hard too soon. For me I would always ice my shins after a run and I would run through them unless the pain was really bad then I would take a couple of days off. I also use a compression sleeve and do calf raises to build up…

I usually delete someone if they have been inactive for 2-3 months.

Since you just started changing your diet and a new exercise routine chances are that you are just retaining some water weight. This should level out in time if you keep consistent with your workouts/diet.

^this. Your TDEE basically incorporates all the activity you do in a day and theoretically if you ate TDEE every day you would maintain your current weight. In order to lose you need to cut approx 20% from this number. Scoobyworkshop is what most people swear by to get your numbers for me this site…

I do not cut anything out completely. This is all about learning to eat in moderation. I do try to avoid chips though because I never just eat a couple so the only time I eat them is when I can get a single serving bag.

I would say to get a food scale and make sure you are measuring everything accurately. There was a long time that I thought that I could not lose weight on 1200 a day but then I bought a food scale and realized how off all of my portions were and i was eating way more than I thought ( and not logging little snacks but they…

Great Job!

Love this! Thanks for sharing!

When you first start lifting you will be sore especially if you have only been doing cardio up until now. Go ahead and do your workout today unless it feels more like an injury than general soreness. Stretch out and do a light warm up of some kind and you will be fine. Good Luck :)

^This. People can spend their money however they choose and if it is an expensive hobby that makes them happy then so be it. I raise and train competition horses. That is by no means cheap. In this industry there are very fit people and very unfit people just as in anything. Who knows maybe the people you see are trying to…

When I started running again I got shin splints terribly and I was having trouble walking after a run. I used ice for 15 minutes at a time as needed and got myself some new shoes. I also got a compression sleeve for the affected leg. I kept running just at less mileage and added in calf raises to strengthen my calf and…

Yeah my cowboy boots are standard especially when riding. Riding in muck boots or tennis shoes and you're liable to get a foot stuck in the stirrup if you happen to get thrown....there is a reason they make them slick...