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If you enjoy walking then do walking. You have to do what you enjoy. If you only want to run to burn more calories then that's all you will aim for and feel you have to do it to keep the burn.

I eat horse **** as my afternoon snack...that's how I've lost 100 pounds in less than a year. I'm not saying 1000 in an hour but certainly in a day. Blessings to you

Check your profile and see if it actually says 2 pounds a week. If you have lost 10 or more pounds it will adjust it even if you kept it at 2 lbsa week. It will do this if MFP has you set down to 1200 calories.....because it won't go lower than 1200, it will change the amount loss. Could be you agreed to update changes…

Great thinking.....If I can't burn 1000 calories then nobody can. There is absolutely no proof of how many calories are burned for each person unless they are hooked up to a machine. When I weighed over 200 pounds and ran, well almost jogged for an hour, I would burn just over 1200 calories. It was hard and my breathing…

I started with a Garmin FR70, great set up, basic functions that allow you to input personal data and resting heart rate. Loved it but as I really love running, I wanted to see my speed! Lol so.... Got a Polar rcx5 and the GPS unit. Good watch but after taking fitness test, I think I agreed to adjust my heart rate max. Big…

So many members her get berated for eating under 1200, especially a guy. This is the second success story I have seen where the guy ate below 1200 and still lost the weight. This is proof that what works for some doesn't work for all. Well done on the loss! Keep it going!

I agree with the above. You must have it set for 2 lbs a week and the suggestion to set it at 1 lb a week is worth doing or considering. I've lost 100 in less than a year eating at a 1lb a week goal and then I would exercise off 1 lb. most times I got more than 2lbs a week but the bottom line is, I got to eat more. I was…

Congrats! 108 is still within her healthy weight range. I am 10 pounds overweight but hope to get to the middle of my range for me. I'm 5' 4 3/4" tall and that puts me at about 125 for my goal weight.

I just got back from a 3 week camping holiday. One week was no running water or electric and we ran out of gas for our BBQ. I decided at the start I wasn't going to track but I would still run and cycle when I could. That needed up being 3 runs and a cycle ride the first 2 weeks and 2 short runs the last week. I endulged…

I got runners knew a few years ago, went to gp and he suggested running off road or on a sprung treadmill. I got a good treadmill and it went away. I weighed about 220 pounds then. This time around, I went to a shop that does gait analysis and got some good running shoes, now pain free and I run on pavement. I love running…

I got runners knew a few years ago, went to gp and he suggested running off road or on a sprung treadmill. I got a good treadmill and it went away. I weighed about 220 pounds then. This time around, I went to a shop that does gait analysis and got some good running shoes, now pain free and I run on pavement. I love running…

I stop mine at 100, it doesn't take long and it's usually not many calories but you do still burn more after high intensity or vigorous exercise. It's called the afterburn effect. Exercise boosts metabolism which makes your body burn more calories. If I'm just walking, I stop it as soon as I stop because I haven't got my…

If you give a load of effort you will burn more, if you give less effort then you will burn less. I burn about 400 cals at Zumba and I work hard but I know I could give more. I burn about 550 at body combat, I bust my behind at that class. You can't compare calories burned on exercise that has such variables

Some polar hrm's use the fit test and I think if you get a lower resting heart rate it adjusts your max heart rate which would make it look like you're burning more calories because your heart rate zones are lowered. I'm pretty sure you have the option of keeping your heart rate zones with the standard calculation which is…

No, she is right, but that is for the average weight person. I am still about 12 pounds overweight with a 47 resting heart rate and I burn about 380 calories running 5k.i look at those extra 80 calories come from me pushing myself to run faster and get my heart rate up.

I'm just going to add there are too many that play the system. I know a few that did everything they could to make sure they got disability. I saw the lies, the manipulation, and changing stories when we discovered the lies. A few times we were told she did it to keep on disability. If she wasn't in a mental hospital, she…

I lost about 100 pounds in less than a year by eating 1300-1400 cals a day and burning about 5000-6000 a week. I love running. My weight loss was consistent but I paid the price. I wasn't eating calories back and I started suffering blindness in one eye. After lots of drs visits and tests, it came down to not eating enough…

Sorry, meant juicing but a smoothie would still be high in sugar due to all the fruit in it.

The last quote is spot on, your liver can't tell the difference and your liver can only hold so many sugar grams before the rest will get stored as fat. Just because fruit is healthy doesn't mean it's a free food. And those smoothies aren't really that healthy for you because you are absorbing all the sugar since the fiber…

Wow! This has been one of the most inspiring posts I have read here!

I have been in your shoes. I met M online and he knew I was overweight but not the full extent. I sent him pics and we talked all the time on messenger. We fell in love and got engaged, all before meeting in person. We started planning a wedding. I should add he lived in the UK and I lived in the states. Anyway, I bought…

Thank you and all the best to you as well! I never thought I would call myself a runner and its still odd to say that but I love running! I started it to burn calories, always checking to see how many calories. Now, it's how fast am I. I just ran my first 10k Race For Life but according to my watch, it was only 9k but…

I concede, I do agree that what works for some doesn't work for all. Maybe I see it differently because I didn't use this program. I just ran at intervals to build myself up. None of its easy.

Sorry, but pushing through for 60 seconds is not discouraging. Nobody here thinks running is easy, you have to build up. And it does condition your heart. I ran intervals when walking, I pushed myself to run fast even if just 60 seconds. My resting heart rate was nearly 60 by the time I got into running and now it's 46. I…

If you have no health reasons that force you to slow down, DON'T! It's just a short time and that running burst is what is conditioning your heart to be able to run more. I never did this program but would just run sprints in short bursts, very short and not often but would run my behind off. Started that on Jan/feb and…

If you make your own pizza, you can have half a 12" with a side of veg and be around 600 cals, that might even be 5 slices. I have this once a week without cheating.

I don't have a horse but you could share yours. I read a few after posting which you would have noticed the edit but probably couldn't up on your horse. We all make dumb decisions, doesn't make the person dumb. Sorry, having a cheat day is dumb. I can go out for a meal or order takeaway, I STILL don't go over my calories!…

If I walk to the shops pushing my toddler and walk around the shops and then carry groceries back in buggy and my backpack, I can burn about 500 cals in 3 hours. I power walk up and back which totals an hour of the time. So the other 2 hours is walking around from shop to shop and browsing. I'm slow when browsing but even…

I think you could easily do a 40 min 5k if you keep up with your training and you may very well smash it the first time! On your walks, once a week, add some sprints in. Even if its just 30 seconds....just run as fast as you can for as long as you can. I remember doing that and it would be the shortest distance but…