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Thanks!!! Very informative--- nice to know I'm not wasting my time w/ the cardio zone.

Banks would know!

What's the deal with these anyway- is it really a good workout?

This may be a dumb question, but on the elliptcials and other equipment, I see the lights light up at the level I'm working out at, usually either "fat burning" or "cardio"...what's the differnece? I thought you burned fat when your heart rate was up, so which is better? While I want to lose fat, I'm almost always in the…

Peanut Butter lovers- anyone ever tried PB2? Its a powdered peanut butter- I know what youre thinking YECH! I thought the same thing....GROSS. You mix it with water and....even grosser still, right? WRONG. This stuff is amazing!! The calories are super low- easy to mix with anything ( shakes, smoothies, etc) I dont have…

I've been eating as many excecise calories as possible, however, I noticed I often am over either fats/sugar/sodium or something else. Does this matter too much? I dont want to do well in one area and crap out in another- seems counter-productive or something. What do you think?

Try mixing a dash of Ranch powder to it- or seasonings, like Mrs. Dash, onion powder, etc. Various ones gives CC a nice flavor.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Polar F6- I've only had it about a month, but I've been amazed at the numbers I see. I also have 'fun' with it to see if I can get to a certain calorie count by a certain time ( like 150 calories by 15 minutes of excercise) I love it- I cant beleive it took me SO long to get one.

Try a site called: www.caloriesperhour.com it breaks down thousands of activities, from cycling to camping to chopping wood. See if that will help!

What is a 'good' resting heart rate? Is it a higher number ( 70) or a lower number (40)? I was under the impression that a higher resting heart rate was good, becuase you were burning more calories just resting, but then I read somewhere that professional athletes have something like a 40 resting heart rate... Can anyone…

Anyone here take Psyillium Husk Powder?

Oh yes!! I foudn these at the Wonder Bread Factory near my office- SO yummy!! I too was shocked at how good they were for so little calories!! I've never seen them in the stores-

I've been doing weight watchers for over a year now-It does work- however you will find that the food amounts vary quite a bit with this program. I'm not sure which one works better. I've been at the same weight for ELEVEN MONTHS, so I thought I'd give My Fitness Pal a try a little more effort. ( But I'm still trying to…

Four hour hunger control my *kitten*!! More like ONE hr. Please!!! yes, I do know better, but it was easy and convenient. I cannot believe they claim four hour hunger- I would have been better and longer satisfied by eating a handful of M&M's. Ok, rant over.

I'm so sorry!! Its hard to say what you should do, only you know that best- but what about counseling? Maybe that would help you both with the grief you are still going through and the straying issue as well. Perhaps they are intertwined? In any case, talk it out as much as you can- He does owe you honesty if nothing…

Just to clarify- I wasnt referring to a "Pig Out" but more like a day when I'm hungrier- like today- worked out hard last night, today I'm just really hungry.... I'm not about to starve and pig out, no way. Thanks for all the input!!

I have a Polar F6- all the info on it is current. I noticed that the elliptcal I use has a built in Polar Monitor so it often picks up my HR on it.( Elliptical also has weight/age entered) While the heart rate is usually very accurate, the calorie counting is sometimes way off- like 30 calories or so...seems to be geting…

I earned 760 calories yesterday- but didnt eat them all- only about 200 of them- If I workout at night, earning calories, should I eat them that night or can I eat them the next day? I dont like to eat calories ahead of excercise in case I crap out on my workout and without the calories burned then I end up with too many.…

I think that's awesome that you are making changes that will make you feel great. Remember to take one step at a time and stay positive!!

I get like that too!! After a workout, I want to sleep forever, but it doesnt last- I get home and want to go to bed, but then a couple of hours later I feel wide awake. So odd!! I just heard the other night a way to avoid this is to drink Chocolate Milk after a hard workout. No idea if that's true or not.

I'm wondering that EXACT same thing. I've been on WW before, went off when I stopped losing, came here- and eventually went back, becuase I needed a bit more structure- I've been struggling with the same 10 pounds for almost 11 months and I'm going insane. Its a huge difference between points and calories for me, so i dont…

Weddings are awesome for WL motivation! Good luck and congrats!

I'll be honest, I'm with Alf- I do reward myself with food still, but not always- My favorite rewards have been a facial, a manicure, & clothing, a cd, dvd, etc. The best reward I'd ever heard of was a charm bracelet. Starting her program, a woman bought an 'empty' charm bracelet- with each 10 lbs lost, she got a new…

I'm with Peej- :laugh: Dont laugh, but I too love Richard Simmons. His wild/crazy and fun ways help me to remember to have fun with all this madness and to laugh. Plus I like the fact that there are larger people on his videos :laugh:

I take a heart healthy flax/fish oil, Glucosamine ( joints, I have hip issues, yes, only 34 and I want a hip replacement) and a multi vitamin:tongue: .

excercise makes you sick? me too:laugh: Work really makes me sick!! Seriously, though, maybe your body is kind of in 'shock' after being sick and not excercising and then to excercising? no idea- hope its all better though. :flowerforyou:

When doing WW once upon a time, we were told that we could drink 1/2 our body weight in ounces to see some significant weight loss. At the time I weighed 280, i was horrified at the thought of drinking 140 ounces...but being up for the challenge, I tried it. For the first couple of weeks, I lost big time and it was…

p.s. I think this program, like with most 'diets'/programs, whatever- it does take some adjusting here and there. Most people have to tweak it enough to see what works for them.

Yep- I changed my goal- I originally was set for losing 2 lbs per week, eating 1200 calories, not losing a freakin' thing, except my mind:noway: I read on here over and over about not eating enough ( I was also excercising) and so I changed my goal to 1 lb per week, which bumped my cals up t o1680...whoa. Some days I eat…

Yep! That's right- It does depend on your intensity. For the last three days I've done 600 calories in 53 minutes- I've kicked some elliptical butt though!! If your machine has a Calories per minute, you cant glance at that throughout the workout to see what your rate is.