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I got mine awhile ago when all the Polars I saw were pretty pricey. Mine is a Timex with a watch and a chest band so it doesn't calculate calories burned, just gives me my average heart rate and the time working out. Does anyone have a link to a site that they trust for calculating calorie burned based on heart rate?

Whoa I started a fight? I just meant that eating brown rice and whole grains and pseudograins and vegetables is healthier than eating white bread, white pasta, white flour, etc. Of course you CAN lose weight eating crap, but why would one want to be skinny and unhealthy when one could be fit and healthy? Us Sarahs gotta…

Truth. You have to decide what you want more - to lose weight and be healthy or to drink soda and eat crappy food?

good! fruit is great - healthy sugar! fiber! yummy. i just had a banana blueberry smoothie.

I eat a lot of carbs because I'm a vegan and eat lots of fruits and whole grains and whatnot. Good carbs, good. Bad carbs, bad.

You look great! I was thinking no crop tops are acceptable but then I checked the link and that outfit is super cute! Go for it.

You look great! I love that you look all sassy in your current pic :D 40lbs? How tall are you?

I didn't realize either! That's kind of reassuring to know that I can't achieve that while eating healthily. And I'm 5' and 149 so we're close. And yeah, if your diary is complete, you aren't eating anywhere near enough and you're eating crap. A LITTLE crap is good for us, but not too much :) Your body needs food, real…

super helpful, thanks!

yes! too much processed stuff. also, i'm 5' and if I ate 900 calories a day I would have an endless migraine and I'd probably go on a homicidal rampage. i myself love smoothies, and you can fit a bunch of calories in a not too big smoothie. my favorite is soy milk, frozen bananas (they make things creamy!), some protein…

it's probably too little calories! are you eating back the calories you burn by exercising? ha, we may be destined to be friends :D

Oh and all my blood test results were fine. TSH good, blood count good, vitamin d levels good, vitamin b levels good, iron good. you get the point :D

Hi! I know that eating over 1200 cals is sort of terrifying. I am 5' and hanging onto 26 pounds of pregnancy weight (my baby is almost 7, back). I have spent the last 4 years counting calories and doing weights and cardio and yoga. 2 years ago I tried P90X because I heard that you're supposed to eat 1800 calories (minimum,…

Lottie, I understand!! I am 5' and pre-pregnancy I was 123. I went up to 179 during my pregnancy and now, almost 7 years later, I am still 149. I started working out and counting calories about 4 years ago. Four years ago I was counting calories and I did yoga 3 times a week, cardio 3 times a week, and weights 2 days a…

I got to my last 10 2 years ago and lost it and gained 16 pounds (which is a lot for me - I'm 5') :/

If you're pretty active all day but set it at sedentary then you probably aren't allowing yourself enough calories. How tall are you? Are you entering your exercise?

this is all fabulous advice. i'm here reading threads because i have been having troubles losing weight. need to read some threads and re-motivate myself a lot. alas!

excessive consumption of protein can sap calcium from your bones, but 66-100 seems totally fine.

YES! I'm 5' (maybe 5' 1/2") and I have tiny wrists and cute small feet and when I lose weight, it goes from my feet and neck first. Hanging onto pregnancy weight and I'm 149 and my baby is almost 7. Whoops. I've actually worked pretty hard at losing weight over the last 3-4 years, but I haven't accomplished much. Boo.

I will never believe in a diet/food plan that calls any kind of fruit "bad." I love sarcasm :D

<3 Walla is like my #1 pet peeve.

I don't actually know what this problem is like - I know that some people who need to gain weight do P90X and it helps to bulk up a little (it actually technically isn't a weight loss program, it's for muscle gain, but I want to gain muscle and lose weight) - I'm in the 1800 but you could maybe have even more. Just an idea!

You're a whole inch and a half taller than me but we have practically the same starting weight and the same amount to lose, so thank you for the pics!

I do but only if I'm using my cell phone :D Otherwise, I can't do it. Temika - I use photobucket too! You posted the "direct link" but when you click on "get links" you'll want the IMG code.

I forgot soy curls! I have to buy them online b/c no one near me sells them. The last time I had them I made them BBQ and they were amazing on a corn tortilla with pepperjack daiya as a quesadilla.

Yeah I don't think we really *need* it but I like it :) I ate so much watermelon the other day (about 1/4 of a whole) that I got 7 grams of protein from watermelon :D

I am so confused too, so I'm going to try it this way. Thanks! I just learned about TDEE like 2 weeks ago and I'm 5' so I've been eating 1200 cals for YEARS. Excited to eat more, quite frankly :)

Thank you all for the great pics! My "baby" will be 7 in October and I still have 26 pounds of pregnancy weight, which is primarily all in my stomach and back, so even though I'm short (5') my waist is HUGE at about 39" :/ I got down to w/in 10 pounds of my pre-preg weight while my husband was deployed, but I am weird and…

Congrats!! And I'm 5', so I understand the short jeans issue :D Short pants are usually still long on me.

I've had my one about a week and half, 2 weeks, and sometimes I notice the light turning off, but I never catch what it's saying to me! I didn't know it said fun things.