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I am on week 5 now....day 1 is done, day 2 will probably be tomorrow....week 3---eeeeek! lol I am going to do what I can but I REALLY want to do the full 2 miles OR 20 minutes (whichever one comes first) the first time around, I want to keep pace with the program and my instructor said if I have been following it so far, I…

Today was week 3, day 3 and instead of jogging 3 minutes on my last interval...I felt I could keep going-so I did and I jogged a full 6 minutes! I know this probably doesn't seem like much but for someone who a few weeks ago could barely pull off a minute....6 is a big deal. Im so excited!!! I could have probably kept…

No, I am only on week 3 and I do it 3 days a week....no weight loss yet, but thats nothing new for me lol I have heard multiple times that running will "transform" your body....uh huh...we'll see lol

It is absolutely a hard process to wrap your head around. I still struggle. I recently met with a personal trainer, and after measuring me, weighing me, using a little machine that pinches my fat..oh yah...good times. She did her magic and said I need to be eating X amount of calories...which is almost 300 more than I have…

I take a BODY PUMP class every Friday morning....I wear my HRM and just created my own exercise for it in the database...I just manually enter in my time and calories burned for that class If you know your calorie burn-your best off to create your own exercise in the data base. If you dont know your calorie burn--you…

Muscle & fat weigh the same.... If you have 1 POUND of feathers & 1 POUND of rocks....its still 1 pound. A pound is a pound. Muscle just takes up less room--so you may be burning fat and creating lean muscle....but don't be fooled when people say "muscle weighs more than fat"

BUMP I just tried to scan the barcode for my red bull-blue addition...and it came up, however it was incorrect information....so I added my own red bull-blue addition, with the correct information....my quesiton is....is there a way to ADD the barcode to MY entry-so in the future-if I or anyone else scans the barcode for…

I used to take a "punk rope" class....its was awesome. Major calorie burn...the way we did it in class was...you jump rope for 1 entire song...then the next song, we did a different type of workout....so it turned out to be every other song was jump roping. During the chorus of these songs-was when we jumped more…

I LOVE my Polar FT4....its very user friendly-easy to understand...tracks time, calorie burn, keeps track of your information for awhile so you can go back and compare workouts and I paid 60ish bucks on Amazon.com...I highly recommend it!

I log it as "circuit training-general"...and I used my HRM from the start of the warm-up to the end of the cool down and it came to 27:49 for time. MFP does exaggerate calories burned for this, so I am glad I invested in a HRM for more accuracy :)

This time around I actually bought Campbells Healthy Request...however its not low sodium. I guess I will have to look around for the ones that actually offer lower sodium next time.

I did buy it in the grocery aisle at Walmart.... I have never used coconut oil for anything before....is it correct to assume the oil will liquify in my coffee?? lol

I recently started taking green tea extract. 2 pills, twice a day....because I am not a fan of green tea and as much as I can try, I won't drink it....so this is a quicker, less painful way to get the benefits of green tea :)

I hate Green Tea as well, but like yourself have heard so many good things from drinking it. I decided to take the easy route-2 days ago I bought Green tea Extract...you take 2 pills, twice a day (with a meal). I just recently started taking them, but its so much nicer not to have to force myself to drink something I…

I've counted gum before, because I tend to chew gum like its going out of style....like multiple pieces a day...lol...but the calories are so low--I dont think it matters either way lol Sometimes I do, sometimes I dont....I do alot of stairs every single day so the calories probably get burned up anyway ;)

I've looked into the same thing....and accoring to that theory, I am like you....eating well below my TDEE and my BMR...which apparently is NOT GOOD. I upped my calories here on MFP...but I am still sketchy about the whole thing. I have read you will see initial weight gain due to the fact your body is still storing the…

Just got a Polar FT4...comes with the watch & chest strap...used it last week for the first time during zumba and loved it. Its my first HRM ever but I have read reviews and talked to people...bought it on amazon.com for 60 something bucks :)

I work two jobs...and honestly simple & quick are my go tos..hence a lot of processed foods, which on a regular basis am trying to change-its difficult when you are low on time and lack cooking skills :ohwell: I love love LOVE fruits and veggies...unfortunately they are quite expensive...so I am cautious when I hit the…

I actually dont eat cereal everyday...very rarely in fact... I do like whole grain toast and Nutella though as you'll see on my other days :wink: I could try and add more fruit & veggies I suppose....

I completely feel your pain! I punch in for work at 6am...so it is BRUTALLY hard to fit in a workout in the morning, which would require me waking up around 4-4:30am...so it RARELY happens...but then by 9am, I am itching to hit the gym lol It kills me because I just would rather be working out while I have the…

Just upped my 1200 to 1400....not because Im neccessarily starving or still feel hungry, but I've been doing a ton of research regarding my BMR & TDEE...and 1200 simply doesn't seem like enough. I'm trying to grasp the concept of eat more=lose weight....we'll see. The 1400 calorie days will start tomorrow :)

So I just did some research...and got a whole new set of #'s The "Road Map" post directions in MFP message boards...got me a BMR of 2287 and a TDEE of 2280 Another post within MFP message boards with a whole set of mathematical equations...multiplying this by this and that...got me a BMR of 1656 and a TDEE of 2277 So the…

I have a good amount I'd like to lose.... So basically anywhere in between my BMR & TDEE would be ideal...1400-1500...and then on days I workout, a little more than that... I hate trial and error lol Thanks for all the input:happy:

Monday-Wednesday I work 6am to 8pm (two jobs) so unless I get my butt out of bed early enough to fit in a workout...there is no workouts on those 3 days Thursday I take two classes: 1hr of ZUMBA and 1hr of TABATA Friday I take 1 class: 1hr of POWERHOUSE KETTLEBELL Saturday-no excercise SUnday I take 1 class: 1hr CIRCUIT…

I'm glad to see so many people love the Polar FT4 since I just received mine in the mail yesterday. I am excited to use it :happy:

Before this turns into a something it is not. I usually always meet a min of 1200 calories a day, and on the days I workout, I do eat more. It just so happens today, I slept in longer than I usually do and was just off my schedule all day...its not something that happens all the time. I had today off...Im not concerned…

Whole grain bread (2 slices) toasted w/ Nutella 1 medium apple (to cleanse the palate) Cant forget the coffee :)

I certainly havent tried ALL her dvds...but I absolutely LOVE Jillian Michaels. Shes hardcore and friggen awesome lol I did 30 day shred awhile back--not for the full 30 days because I get bored if I do the same thing over and over....but thats just personal preference. I bought her yoga dvd...havent really used it...I…

Ahh good ole planks. We do these in almost every workout class I attend...and I started out doing them on my knees...its easier on the lower back. Now that I have been doing them for a little while, I find that I can upgrade to a real plank (off my knees) for a period of time. Still not a LONG period of time, but I am…

I take a K-Bell class every Friday, it is 30 minutes....my instructor using MFP and instructed us to enter it in as "Strength Training" for our log. Not sure if thats what you meant, but that is what I use :smile: