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Well I put my activity level as 3-5hrs of exercise per week. But I am also quite overweight so as a higher weight wouldn't it calculate that as burning even more calories than say someone who was lighter?

And it is accurate? What is the information it gives you?

I honestly have not tested my body fat% and will be doing so soon.

That was my debate. I felt like it was okay but almost everything I was seeing from others said differently.

I haven't stopped my calorie level I am still eating around 1600calories. I was just considering these calculations and wondering if I should up them. I got the TDEE from the calculator on the website I listed, that is putting my activity level at 3-5 hours of moderate exercise per week and that is the number it gave me.…

Total daily energy expenditure. It's what your body uses for you to do just day to day activities I believe.

I already do all of these above things to the T lol. And I feel great with everything I have done, I have tons of energy, I've lost inches, I've lost weight. I do strength training which is where I think the majority of my progress is coming from. I feel uncomfortable jumping up to such a high caloric amount after what I…

How do you get your metabolism tested?

@LeinaGrace Nice guess. Right on the nose @cretur I'm gonna say 36-37. And its no fun if you cheat!

I dont know who is talkin about who haha I wanna know how old I look! do me do me! :laugh:

I wanna play haha @Barbarajavon- 22?

Vitamin B, C, fish oil and a multi-vitamin! Vitamin B is like caffeine for me!

Well I'm glad I got some responses ha

I try to listen to my body as much as I can but usually its 3x a week cardio, and 2-3 days of strength training. If I feel super sore from anything I take a easy walk. Even on rest days I will do something light just because personally I don't feel right if I haven't done anything all day.

That is a perfect way to do it! You can knock out both goals right on track! Yay! I should start brainstorming costume choices too! Perfect! We got this!

I agree, the Vegetarian pasta. The Gluten free Risottto con Pollo seems a good choice as well if you like your meat protein, whatever you choose maybe have them only bring you half the portion and box the other half to go to save calories. Most restauraunts have extremely large portions the can total even healthier options…

Awesome! Trying the egg replacement now! Ground it up in my magic bullet! Thanks for that! So can I use it as a flour substitute when it's ground?

Not necessarily. I buy the Dannon Oikos Fat free greek yogurt and it only has 5 grams of sugar per cup.

Drink lots and lots of water, take vitamin B for energy and to stave off cravings, take calcium to prevent bloating and do cardio for cramps! I asked the same question of my MFP friends and of the answers I got these are the ones that helped me immensely! I am still on my time of the month and my scale number has actually…

It's hard to say how much sugar you're avoiding. I used to love the fruit flavored chobani's. But I decided to stick with plain greek yogurt and flavor it myself. You can add your own fruit (sometimes I blend and microwave some fruit, let it cool then mix it in) or if you want to cut out the sugar all together I also…

Yeah everyone is different, if I'm doing strength training or cardio it helps me immensely, but for yoga calming sounds are much needed I agree.

I am so inspired by you. I will definitely be keeping up with your blog. Would love to learn from you. Congratulations on taking your life back :)

Bump. Definitely gonna try some of these!

Bump! Sounds good! Will definitely be trying!

Absolutely fabulou! Congratulations lady. You look beautiful!

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." -Buddha If I think about being the fit and healthy person I strive to be, I can become it...with hard work and dedication of course ;)

I did the Advocare 24day challenge, which is where I lost my first original 15lbs. It's not a quick fix its just something to help jump start you into living a healthy lifestyle. They don't encourage anything other than eating a well balanced diet and exercise. The supplements are just a multi-vitamin, omega-3s, herbal…

You look so great! This made me tear up, how fabulous for you! I hope to be able to make an accomplishment like this in my journey. Happy and healthy! Congratulations!

Thanks so much all! I am excited to start this up right with all the help and support I can get! Hopefully I can do some helping and supporting as well :)