Loobyloo36

Well since this forum, I kinda gave up :(! I had to get birthdays and Christmas out the way so that I could start again. I have now changed my eating/exercise again. I now eat 1400 calories a day, I do Zumba three days a week, Circuits one day a week and a 3 mile run (just before a Zumba class). On both Monday and Tuesday…

I don't eat my calories but like some of you have said if I have exercised on that day I know I have X amount to play with so tend to eat perhaps 100-200 more depending no how hungry I am. I am only in week three and yes I do feel different, clothes fit me better etc., but whether eating all my calories would work better I…

I do try to eat well an I certainly do feel like crap when I just eat crap :-) I just try to eat loads of fruit and the usual brown rice/bread etc., and if I fancy some maltersers I will have them - my downside is that I tend to go for a bigger bag and eat the lot!!!!

I actually go to the Zumba classes three times a week and love it - I might have to invest in the game too and I will be dancing every night! ;-)

Very good question! Would love to know the answer to this one as I do have a tendancy to eat sugar things most days even though I do stick to mainly healthy food. I have been exercise 3-5 times a week and sticking to 1400-1500 calories a day. I originally used the automated method on here but it kept telling me to eat 1270…

I am also interested in the answers to this because surely if you burn say 500 calories one day and then eat those 500 calories, does that not defeat the object of trying to lose weight?

In short......... NO! Just do it and you will feel so much better. A girl at my running club could hardly run a few hundred yards without getting out of breath and having to stop an walk - she has since lost 5 stone and now runs half marathons. Her husband has lost 4 stone and runs whole marathons. I hope more people on…

It would be good to see how doing this compares to the BMR that this website sets to see how accurate it is. have often thought of doing this for 24 hours, just not sure I could handle wearing my watch and strap overnight!

Thanks for your note. I guess I expected more than half a pound in my first week. Perhaps I am just impatient. I guess I could have put on some weight in muscle but still lost a little and its just balanced out. I will keep going and see what happens, thanks for your help

When I did WW a few years ago I was 11st 5lb BUT I felt 11st 5lb! Now, I am about 5lb lighter, but I don't feel as fat or as wobbly and I guess the extra weight is muscle etc., I want to get back into the 10 stone range and I am only 1lb away, but I have been this far away for weeks though now I am making the effort to do…

Sorry yes BMR DOH! I did use the site on here, how did you get me on 1355 I wonder because when I used the one on here it gave me 1430. I have used this site for one week and I guess when I did Weight Watchers and lost a stone, in the first week I lost 5lb so perhaps because I only lost half a pound this week I feel like I…

Thankd dresdenkali, so are you saying that if i eat 1430 a day and NO MORE and exercise 3-5 times a week burning the approx 3500 calories I should lose weight? My body wouldnt go into startvation mode or anything would it? Thanks for your help

Hi thanks for your reply. I am drinking around 5-6 tall glasses a day, I struggle to drink so much water so I hope that is enough. If I exercise I tend to drink more. I certainly don't feel as flabby as I did 4 weeks ago, but that might be doing 3 classes of Zumba a week and I can certainly feel/see the difference around…

I have a polar Ft4 with the strap too and its brilliant, its so much more accurate. Ran for 30 mins on the treadmill the other day, machine said 280, HRM said 354!!