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That's exactly what I'm looking for, except it won't submit for me (the little arrow just keeps spinning and has for about 5 mins).

Daily right after waking up. By weighing that often, I've seen some interesting trends on how water consumption, type of food, stress, etc. affect minor weight fluctuations, which is really interesting.

I'm pear shaped, and I saw it in my chest first and then my waist. I wish I could lose some fat off my arms - they are disproportionately big and not changing at all. :/ My back and stomach look a lot nicer now though!

My question in all of this is how to determine an ideal lean body mass. Obviously that varies a lot depending on personal goals, but is there a ballpark estimate of how much LBM a person would have at different heights for different levels of fitness ("average", "fitness", "athlete", etc, like with BF%)?

Also, when you do get loose skin, is it permanently loose or is it just not able to keep up with the rate of fat loss (and thus will disappear over time)?

A combination of leaving the Air Force (and thus mandatory physical training), going to school full-time for engineering, and having a high-stress full-time job. With 40 hrs/wk spent on school and 60+ hrs/wk spent on work, I just didn't have time or energy to work out or make healthy meals. Because of the sleep loss, I was…

While I think it's good to listen to your body, I think that it's important to eat before major exercise. I used to row crew in high school, and we had several instances of rowers collapsing or passing out on the dock after a race due to skipping breakfast or only having a protein shake/bar. Even though you might not be…

5-10K usually - I like running. :) Normally that means about half an hour to an hour and a half, depending on intensity.

It looks like they just calculate what would put you in the middle of the "normal" BMI range for your height, adjusting a bit up and down for the options you selected.

I am looking at HRMs too. I love data, so I always go running with the iPhone app RunKeeper; it says on the site that it can sync the data it collects with the heart rate file from a polar device. Does the ft4 have a way to upload the data to the computer, or is that only with the more expensive models?

I like biking, but it's hard - I'm not used to those muscles! I've started riding about three miles up some mild hills, and it makes my legs burn. I can run for miles hardly breaking a sweat--5/10k is a normal day of running for me, and I'm preparing for a half marathon race now--but even a short stretch of biking hurts…

No go-to meals right now except the generic "cook lots of vegetables and mix them with rice/pasta/tortillas". Tonight, salmon tacos. Salmon, avocado, some refried beans, sour cream, cheese, lots of tomatoes, onions, green peppers, and chipotle powder in a corn tortilla.

Lying down, mine's about 56; sitting up, it's about 62; standing, it's about 70. When I was rowing crew, it got as low as 40; that was fun. :)

I might try that. Weight does weird things too - last Friday, I weighed 157 lbs; on Monday, I weighed 162 lbs; and today, I weighed 157 lbs again. Very strange.

Check Craigslist for Insanity - I live in a fairly remote place, but near my parents' house, there are daily posts of people selling it for $40-70. I don't know if that's in your price range, but it's a whole lot better! I went on an awesome hike this weekend (and almost fell down a muddy mountain), 1.5 hours of…

I'm required to weigh myself weekly for a weightlifting class, so I can't do this challenge. I think I'm going to instead try to floss and drink a minimum of 2L of water daily. Those are healthy!

I have a quick question for you all on nutrition. Do any of you find that you're ravenously hungry for the week before your period? My stomach has been rumbling and complaining non-stop for the last three days (no specific cravings or anything, just food), and it's making eating healthy hard. :(

I did an hour and a half on Wednesday and Friday of (primarily) weight-lifting at the gym. Three hours in six days - I'm falling behind! Today will be a nice, long day of hiking with gear though, so hopefully that'll be hard enough that I can count it. I'm pretty sore today after the weights yesterday, but I'm excited to…

Multiple challenged would be good, I think - it looks like everyone has different goals. How about we have three: a healthy habits challenge, a good nutrition challenge, and a fitness challenge? It looks like those are the general categories we've been talking about.

That site is great - thanks!

Also, it looks like vynvyn gave the statistic that he/she did based on male recommended body fat percentages. Females biologically have more body fat, so I'd recommend not striving for this number - it would be very unhealthy.

I'm not a fitness trainer and this certainly depends on the individual (for example, breasts are in large part composed of fatty tissue), but from what I've heard through my training, going much below 15% body fat isn't advisable for females. Since body fat is a percentage of your total weight, it doesn't depend so much on…

Hi! I'm a 21 year old university student. I used to be in very good shape - I rowed competitively for 4 years (and won!) and then did military stuff for two and a half years, but for the past year I've only been working out intermittently. I just left a very stressful position a few weeks ago, and since then I've decided…

Hi! I've been a member of MyFitnessPal for quite a while now, but I only recently started really using it more than intermittently. I think that being part of a community will help a LOT in terms of actually sticking with it this time. I'm 21, 5'8" (5'7.5" really, but I like rounding up), and 155 lbs. I used to be in very…