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Okay, so I'm at a loss--I started back on my fitness pal and I've been following everything to a tee for about 1 week and a half. I set my weight loss to one pound a week giving me 1320 calories a day before exercise. I started working out pretty hard --on the elliptical, running and some strength training. I wear a heart…

Thanks so much for the help!

I've definitely hit a plateau. I've only got, I'd say, about 7 lbs or so left to lose. I'm really at a loss here. And the most frustrating is that I find when I don't exercise and don't count calories, I seem to lose weight and think that I've broken this plateau so I get all excited and become very vigilant once again…

I was just reading about on another post about how the Polar watch can calculate BMR. I just got the F4 and was wondering if anyone could tell me how this is done. I could, of course, read the directions but I'm not that kind of girl. I usually figure it out by fiddling around until I land upon the answer... Any help would…

is this the tae bo turbo jam or something different?

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Hmm...this is all very interesting. The reason I asked was because I saw it on sale two for one in the vitamin aisle at Target. It sounds like all of y'all use the seeds though. Maybe I'll give it a try. I don't suppose it can hurt. I've been stuck at a 154 plateau for weeks now! Maybe this will give me the boost I need.…

Can any one tell me anything about this "flaxseed oil" craze? What are the health benefits, if any?

Thanks for the ideas...I'm certainly not going to stop but it can just be so frustrating. I take it none of you think I should cut more calories then?

So far, I've been very happy with my weight loss--for the most part. But for the last 3 weeks I haven't been losing any weight--in fact I've gained. Before the weight gain I was down to about 154 lbs. Now it seems like every day I fluctuate between 156-158. I thought it was maybe because I was about to start my period, but…

I don't often post so I apologize if this question has already come up. I had knee surgery three weeks ago and for the moment can no longer run or do tae bo or anything that is too high impact on my knees. I got myself a stationary bike as the doctor said this would be good for my rehab. My question is about the calories…

Don't give up. I just had knee surgery 3 weeks and was really worried about what would happen. I exercised as best I could but it really wasn't possible at first. It didn't appear as if I was losing any weight at all, I even started exercising at the beginning of this week again but I was completely stuck at the same…

I posted something very similar a few days ago. I was working out more than ever and keeping the strict 1200 calories. Actually it ended up being less than 1200 because once you subtracted the calories I burned, I was well under the 1200. I too got on the scale after 5 days and found that I had gained 4 pounds. I freaked…

I've tried it...it blocks about 25% of the fat that you eat. But you have to be VERY careful with the amount of fat that you consume with each meal or you'll have what the program calls "treatment effects" These consist of oily discharge that is sometimes hard to control. What it really is, is the excess fat that your body…

But I know it is not possible to gain 5 pounds of muscle in 5 days. I'm wondering if my body is going into starvation mode. Can that happen this quickly? Maybe I'm just retaining water or something. All I know is that it is very frustrating...

So I'm trying to be healthier this year. I am 5'6" and usally weigh 168 pounds. I started running about 3 years ago and usually run about 2 miles or so. This resulted in rapid weight loss three years ago but nothing since. I assume that my body got used to the running. So this year, I thought I'd try something different. I…