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I'm in the same boat as you. I don't really feel comfortable doing weights at the gym, but know that I need to start in order to be healthy.

I have a Polar FT7 and love it. It seems to be very accurate. Anytime I change the minutes when adding cardio, MFP overestimates calories burned (by a lot). I purchased it at The Sports Authority and was able to find a coupon online at mommysavesbig.com. The regular price (about 2 or 3 years ago) was $110, it was on sale…

I know you posted this a long time ago, and hope you have had luck with snap fitness. About 5 years ago, I tried Curves and stuck with it for about a year but saw no significant results. I had to really stick with doing 45 - 60 mins of cardio at least 5 days a week and of course keep track of calories to meet any of my…

I have a Polar FT7 and I am very happy with it. It was $110, on sale for $100 and then I found a coupon for Sports Authority online for $25 off, so I ended up getting it for $75. I feel like it was well worth the money. Check out mommysavesbig.com for coupons to various retailers, that is where I got the coupon.

Don't give up! Stick it out and you will get the results you want. I lost 60 lbs using this website to control my eating. I hit a plateau and became discouraged and stopped logging my food. Needless to say, I gained about 15 lbs in the year that I stopped logging in my food. The other day I realized that why not go back to…

Me too! I totally reorganized my garage this week, reorganized my office/extra room and now working on the closets. Also getting rid of all my old out of style clothing and my size 18 and 16 clothes that don't fit due to weight loss! I am excited to start the school year off with a clean and organized home and at a size…

Welcome to MFP! My father has MS and was diagnosed about 20 years ago so even though I don't have it, I live with the struggles of it daily. I think it is great that you are taking the steps to full control of your health. Good luck with everything, you have come to an awesome site!

I think I saw them at Sports Authority. I don't know if you have one where you are and don't remember how much they were, but good luck!

I don't know how possible that is, but I myself lost 20 lbs in my first month just by eliminating cokes from my intake. I also worked out 6 out of 7 days a week. I was drinking almost 10 cokes a day. Good luck!

I totally agree. I started drinking Diet Dr. Pepper back around 1999. I drank it everyday for about 3 years. I didn't realize until I had stopped drinking it that I actually gained weight, and more importantly that it was the cause of the migraine headaches that I suffered from for those 3 years. As soon as I stopped…

That is awesome! Good luck!

So I totally forgot to include my guess...........I think if your workout is intense, then you will burn 400-430 calories in 45 minutes! Good luck!

It really depends on how hard you workout. The first time I went to Zumba (hour long class) I burned almost 500 calories in an hour. The electricity had gone out and so the music was not very loud. So I don't know how much I really got into it. Then the next week the electricity was working just fine but we had another…

I would agree that it is probably an overestimation. In comparison to my HRM the elliptical is usually over by about 40%.

She is clearly not a good friend and if I were you I would get rid of the extra weight you carry around (meaning her) right away. You need people in your life who are going to encourage you and love you for who you are, not what you look like. My sister has said really hateful things to me about my weight and I know its…

I always record my strength training under cardio. If I'm gonna work hard then I wanna count those calories! If you are really serious about sticking to this and calorie counting, you might want to invest in a Heart Rate Monitor. I use it everytime I workout and it gives me a pretty accurate count of calories burned. I…

I think if you starting weight was a lot higher, then you would lose weight at a faster pace. For example, I started at over 250 lbs and I lost almost 20 lbs in the first month. I was 100 lbs overweight though. The second month I lost about 10 lbs, and every month is decreased. Now I am at the point of being lucky if I…

I lost 60 lbs in 6 month, and it was hard, but for the past 6 months I have been up and down 5 lbs and it has been harder to just maintain this (impossible to lose any) than it was to lose the first 60...........I've changed up my exercise, changed up my eating, everything, and I am totally stuck. I like ajswriter just…

That last set of crunches kills me! They are so hard, and its hard to do them at such a slow pace. I took a class today at the gym and she had us do the same crunches and I about died again! Don't worry about it not going as smooth as it does in the video. I'm sure it was totally edited to make it look super easy! And we…

Congratulations! That is so funny because anytime people ask me how much I want to lose I just say that I want to weigh what my driver's license says!

Is anyone having knee pain? I don't think its a serious injury or anything, but my knees have been hurting a lot during exercise, particularly during the side lunges w/ lateral raises (Level 1 Circuit 3).

Welcome to MFP! As long as you log in everything and follow your daily calorie intake you should see major results! I have tried a million diets over the years and this is the only thing that has made me accountable that I have stuck with. Good luck! We can motivate each other.

Thank you for asking that question! I have the same HRM and I would have never thought that it was waterproof! Now I want to go swimming!

Thank you guys for all the great answers/advice! They all make a lot of sense. So I'm hoping next week will be better! Thanks guys!

And continue to workout.........don't overdue it by any means, but stay active, the more active you are the easier the labor will be (from what I hear)............and by the way...........CONGRATS!!!!!

I totally don't trust the counters on website or machines, they are always way off of what my HRM says......................usually off by almost double!

Its a DVD program by Jillian Micheal's. It is a little under 30 minutes long with warm up and cool down. It is pretty intense. She does a short warm up, then 3 circuits, and a cool down. The 3 Circuits consist of 3 minute strength training, 2 minute cardio, and 1 minute abs, and then repeat a total of 3 times. There are 3…

On the days that I do the Shred I try to get in a minimum of 30 minutes cardio. I usually do an hour of cardio without the shred. I think it kinda depends on what your goals are (as many others say as well). I typically burn between 200-250 calories with the shred and so that just isn't enough. I usually have to burn 500+…

I had to take a rest day today from Shred..........my knees are killing me after a 2 mile walk, 1.5 mile run, and just the daily stuff I did today. I'm going to try to wake up a 1/2 hour early and get it done in the AM before work starting tomorrow.

I'm so with you on this one! Never in my life have I been so eager for crunches! lol Its a great workout!