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If you're using the MFP tools, just follow the guidelines and watch the calories. Losing more that 2 pounds per week is considered unhealthy. One pound per week is a good goal for most people. After 3 hours of exercise, you need to relax and enjoy the afterburn!

Pick one scale and stick with it. An absolute weight number is far less important than how you look and feel. Just use the scale to track changes.

People on this site seem to favor the Polar brand. I have the FT4, and I like it.

You should take the calories indicated by your HRM and your TDEE, which is the BMR times your activity level. For me, at a sedentary level, its about 80 calories per hour. Also, make sure your Max heart rate is at least close to actual. You can google ways of finding out what your number is. There is a formula, but it's…

Just enter your goal into MFP and eat the number of calories it tells you. Try to keep your macros in balance just like you were trying to lose weight. When you gain the pounds you want, go into maintenance mode.

I eat something every few hours. Only because I like to eat...

I eat Chobani, but make sure you ALWAYS check the contents before eating it. I have heard from 3 different people that they found mold in their yogurt. They were all within their expiration date, but were moldy. Maybe it's the the lid. I had one where the lid was not attached properly, like there was no glue halfway around…

Try picking a 1 pound per week loss goal, and every once in a while check yourself in the mirror. If you're happy with what you see, you're done.

I'm definitely leaner than her. I've reached my goal weight and am concentrating on building more muscle. She has a ways to go still. It's frustrating for her to see my numbers vs hers. She's accepted the difference, though, and is working really hard.

They're just doing their jobs. A friend was driving one day, and his wife was in the passenger seat. She was ill, and opened her door to throw up (sorry). Just as she did, they drove by a police car. They didn't see the vomit, but did see a woman opening a the car door in a moving vehicle. The immediately pulled him over,…

I changed my loss goal to 1/2 pound per week, and ate half my exercise calories. That got me out of my plateau.

For ice, we always use a bag of frozen peas.

From the time I get up until I eat is 2.5 hours, with a one hour workout in between. I never had any problems with it.

I went on maintenance a few weeks ago. For the first two weeks I was hungry all the time. It changed last week, and now things are back to normal with my appetite.

I don't trust the calories burned numbers from the machines, and even, to some extent, the heart rate monitor. I found out that by eating half my exercise calories, as shown by the HRM, and subtracting my TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, about 80 cals per hour for me) calories, I lost between .5 and 1 pound per week.

Beach run! Running in sand will burns lots of calories.

Cook them on low sodium chicken broth.

Over-ripe bananas are perfect for making banana bread.

When you run on a treadmill, you are basically keeping up with a belt, and remaining stationary. When you run outside, you are moving the weight of your body forward, which requires more energy. I don't know about the differences in balance and core. I haven't seen any studies that compare the two. I know for myself, I…

If she cooks something high in calories, just eat a smaller amount. Maybe she'll take the hint.

I think most of the newer Polars have user-replaceable batteries.

I work on a military base, and get to use the fitness center for free. It's very motivating seeing military personnel working out, knowing that their fitness and strength can literally save their lives in extreme situations.

Logging keeps me honest.

I find that when I take a karate class at night, it's much easier to get up in the morning. Not sure why.

Shrimp and watermelon are two foods I would never thought to put together in the same dish. I'm intrigued!

No. MFP doesn't know about heart rate monitors. The calorie burn number your HRM gives you is the total calories burned, which includes both the normal calories your body would burn without the exercise, PLUS the calories you burned with the exercise. MFP already takes into account the normal daily calories. So, if I work…

I get up at 4:30am, in the gym by 5:30. Workout for an hour, shower, in work by 7:00am,

Make sure you take the number given by the HRM, and subtract your daily maintenance calories (BMR plus activities). For me, I have to subtract 80 calories per hour of exercise. Also, I don't completely trust the numbers, so I only eat half my exercise calories. It's worked for me so far.

Bring a small towel and water bottle.

It worked for me. This site was recommended by two guy friends.