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I use a heart rate monitor for my calories burned. Have to get going now. Thanks to everyone for the time and consideration.

Intersting. Thank you

Yea I had put on about 20lbs from medication, but stopped those. I guess a lot of appointments are in order. :( The reason I had avoided going to a dietician or nutrionist is because I know right from wrong if you will. I don't always follow my own advice, but I have a lot of good advice to give myself. Thanks for letting…

Is 1200-1600 (logging everything, every bite, every sip) really too much to combat with daily exercise? I'm not eating 2500 a day and saying poor me I'm fat. The weight gain was sudden and consistant. I didn't spend 10 years gaining 50lbs. It happened in months and I changed all of my habit to take it off and nothing is…

Thank you. I really hate to use anything at all because I want to do this naturally, but I think it is time I consider outside help.

Yea, I know it sounds pretty pathetic. I have passed the moderate exercise step. I actually eat really well, but the last few weeks have been bad. Not bad compared to pretty much everyone I know though. I mean bad when I had a hot dog instead of my usual salmon. Bad when I have regular ice cream instead of frozen greek…

What? haha I probably workout more than you do man. Thanks none the less.

I use to never want to work out and if I did I would stop after a few days or maybe two weeks if I ws lucky. I have been working out almost everyday for 4 months now. I hired a personal trainer in June. I take gym classes and train on my own as well. Huge lifestyle change right here. Love getting my workouts in. I can't…

Been trying for about 4 months now. MFP for 20 days.

Well I went from eating too much everyday to eating crappy on the weekend (but still decent calories). I was drinking a lot every night, but switched to one drink some nights in the week and maybe a few more on the weekend if it is that kind of weekend. I went from never working out to working out nearly everyday and…

Do it! I would love a running class. Been doing it on my own for a couple months. It is slow hard work, take the help. :)

You know those inclined benches where the top of your body isn't supported and you do basically....reverse situps. You put your hands behind your head and lower your top half down then up. It is like a sit up for your back. They help tone that area.

Hey, there are a lot of programs to learn to do this. Try... http://twentypullups.com/node/9

I have that dvd right here. I am so adding it to my daily routine. haha Thanks for the inspiration!

I am sorry about your situation. Some thoughts: Some grocery stores just throw out food when it is about to expire because people think it is automatically bad. I have heard of these stores selling the "expired" items at drastically reduced prices. It is kind of like having access to the managers special. I would make some…

Plan a new workout that you haven't done before. Tell yourself you are just going to do it for a few minutes and you can quit if you want. Odds are you will just finish the workout.

My husband is very supportive, but it isn't always a good thing. He supports me if I want to workout 3 hours a day and eat a pile of vegies....but he also supports me if I want a heeping bowl of ice cream, a pizza and a nap. The jerk. lol

There are people that kill themselves because they can't manage to lose. You think they didn't want it badly enough? Kind of a jerk thing to say. Everyone is different.

I just posted the same thing pretty much. I feel your pain. I really do.

My trainer has me do every form of planks known to man. So if you are looking for yet another ab exercise.....I recommend them. :)

This was my first weigh in since I started 10 days ago. Down 2lbs although I think I'm down a little more because I gained a few pounds right before I started, but didn't bother changing the starting weight. Anyway.... Every Friday sounds good to me.

Find the roadmap forum.

Nice :)

Apply for a job. Then...after a couple days go in and introduce yourself to the manager "hi I'm ____ I recently applied for a job and just wanted to see if you're hiring right now" or some other excuse. The point is you will put your name in their head. In some cases they will ask for an interview right there. They know…

A few months? I don't remember really, but I know that if you can find yourself not caring anymore they will be white before you know it. Do you know how many people have stretch marks? Too many to count. So you gained a lot of weight, or were pregnant, or grew quickly. So you don't have the skin that seems to never get…

I like your style. hehe

Don't say no to yummy food.

I put my alarm on the other side of the room. Then I tell myself that since I am out of bed I might as well stay out.

I really like the bohemian style stuff. I want to be able to dress like a "hippy" or wear steam punk or do anything else that fits my preferences without looking like the fat girl tying to be cool.

Explore! There is always something new to see no matter how long you have been somewhere. Have some fun for me, I am in Kansas. lol