Tuala42 Member

I do pretty much the same. Eat a little under during the week (I'm in maintenance), long run or a long video workout on Sundays. Then I can slack off on weekends for calories. Though I've found the hard way that eating everything I want doesn't make me feel good after eating healthy all week, so it's not like I'm hitting…

I run alone before sunrise, and usually carry pepper spray. Sometimes I'll use earbuds but keep the music soft. My route is on a busy road (on a safe sidewalk), so if anything were to happen there are plenty of cars driving by. I finish just in time to make sure my teenage kids are up and getting ready for school, so if…

My long runs are Sunday mornings (training for a half marathon), with 4-5 mile runs during the week. I generally eat a little extra on Friday and Saturday, then don't eat back all the calories that I've burned on Sunday. My stomach doesn't feel very good if I try and eat back all those calories after a long run.

:) you'd love the book "eats shoots and leaves"

Well maybe I'll keep an eye out for one on sale, I'm getting curious. I can't get out of the house for the one-day sale that I saw this morning as now my street is covered with snow! Snow plows seems to take the day off when it snows on the weekend around here.

Hmm, given my limited kitchen space maybe I'll save my money! It'd have to really work great to justify cluttering up my kitchen even more.

I think the fried food that I miss the most is fried chicken. I'd be frustrated if this fryer dried it out -- I grew up with overcooked chicken and really don't want it that way anymore!

I usually pack breakfast and lunch for work. I'm up by 4:30 or 5 to work out and at the most will have a banana and/or granola bar before a long run, but I'm fine without eating for shorter workouts. I get the munchies at work regardless so I'd rather save the calories for a later breakfast.

My peeve is my dh's belief that everything his coworker says about nutrition and fitness is gospel. Yes his coworker is knowledgeable, but my husband gets this attitude like "oh I could never do things as well as that" regarding fitness or a healthy diet so he doesn't seem to bother trying. Like how he heard from this guy…

I'm 5'7", started off at 169, have maintained at 125 for 2-3 years. I am definitely small boned though.

Usually the mini bite size candy bars. I'm happy with one or two, but have to hide them from my husband because he'll eat 5-10 of them at a time (he's trying to lose weight, I'm maintaining).

Top of my list in "frequent foods" -- white rice. And I've managed to maintain for around 2-3 years now. I do eat less of it than I used to though, and eat more veggies instead.

I agree with this also. I'm a mom of 14 twin teenage girls who are overweight and were never into sports. They take after their dad; filipino but picture a solid looking pacific island guy, slightly overweight, large boned. Handsome on a guy (in my opinion lol), but not what my daughters want to be built like. I've been at…

I'm 45 and in better shape now than I've ever been--even did a half marathon in November for the first time. Friends wonder how I stick to it but feeling this good is addicting, why would I want to screw that up?

Thanks! Guess I'll look into a newer polar, hope it lasts longer.

That one does look good, but if I'm understanding it right, it sounds twice as expensive as the Thule Apex that I was looking at? This will be a gift and I'm supposed to give recommendations, so I'm not sure that price will go over so well unfortunately.

So I've lost 45 lbs, in maintenance successfully for around 2 years, and my husband still looks for advice on losing weight from everyone and everywhere except me. Because you know, actually eating less, eating healthier and moving more is waaaay too hard. He is the king of excuses. I should add that I'm happy with him the…

Do you mean the monitor falls off the strap or the strap is falling off? I have a ft4, and I had to buy a smaller strap. The first one was too loose and it was sliding down my torso when I did any kind of high impact exercising.

Hi, I'm also in N Ky (Florence). I've been in maintenance for a couple of years or so after losing 45 lbs. I used to go to LA fitness, currently without a gym mostly due to a tough work schedule. I've been able to keep up exercising early in the mornings with videos and weights at home, and jogging (except lately I'm…

I used to get this! Usually in cooler weather too. I think you're right that it has something to with blood flow. Jogging instead of walking helped for some reason, but it was torture when it happened! The good news is that since I've been exercising more regularly and in better shape than before, I haven't had in happen.…

If you enjoy it, definitely go. Don't worry about what everyone else thinks.

Halo halo is a good Filipino treat. We usually make it ourselves, but you can buy it all put together at some Asian grocery stores.

I can completely relate, I avoided stepping on the scale for years--avoiding it probably was one reason that my weight crept up so much higher than I had realized. I'll definitely never forget seeing that awful number on the scale, but it motivated me to finally do something about it and stick to my goals. I had…

Usually about 3-4 lbs. But I don't even bother weighing myself during TOM, no point in seeing those numbers.

Veggie lasagna and greek yogurt with blackberries.

We are very similar! I am 5'7", 44, 125, 34-26-36. I also have my maintenance calories set to 1750. I love running, but lately a pinched nerve in my foot has me sticking to low impact cardio and strength training (hooked on fitness blender workouts since I don't belong to a gym).

I second fitness blender! I'm without a gym membership at the moment, don't want to jog on the ice outside, so their website has been keeping me in shape.

Mine's open, been in maintenance for a couple of years now.

I still feel like this, and I've been maintaining for a while, close to two years now. When I was a size 10 I saw myself as a size 8. For a long time even after I lost the weight (size 4 now) my head was stuck on seeing myself at that size. I've made progress, I think I see myself at around a size 6 these days. Photos…

Definitely this. Also getting tired of excuses. Either work on getting healthy or accept that there will be health consequences later if you don't. No one is perfect, but don't give up!