anemoneflynn

I have the My FItness Coach and I love it!

My dad's a crazy marathon / triathlon runner, and he uses bandaids or tape, yes. :-D

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My 13yr old sister died of Leukemia - I will definitely be praying for you! All you can do is rest on God's amazing grace - He will get you through it, that's a promise!

I also struggle with maintaining honesty - sometimes I'm tempted to cheat on my log so it'll look better than what I've actually done! It's just another way I try to avoid accountability, though, so I've got to take the red numbers and get back on track. :-D

You should really find a doctor and ask them about prenatal care. A good obstetrician can help you eat the right kinds of foods and right amounts. Ask a friend who's had a baby if she has anyone to recommend! Your starting weight and fitness level will definitely factor in to what you should be doing.

Daily Calories: 1510 + exercise calories Height: 5'7" - 5'8" Current Weight: 225 Calories burned from Exercise: around 180-200 3 days a week, around 400 each Sat & Sun.

I'm right there with you today ... Can't exercise, and want oodles of chocolate ...

I've done this a couple of times - I don't want to overdo it, though, because I usually do end up eating my extra calories. I work up quite a sweat in my workouts, and I've heard that an hour of a 'bootcamp' interval-type workout can easily be 600 calories, so it doesn't seem like 300 is out of the question. I guess in the…

No, nothing that crazy. My husband has had a lot of trouble with shin-splint-type pain - someone told him he had many many tiny fractures in his lower leg bones from working them with too much running and jumping when he was heavy, though, so I do want to avoid that. When I start getting significant shin or knee pain I…

Don't give up! If you're exercising a lot, you will probably gain before you lose. Think about how energized you feel and how much better your clothing fits. :-)

Carpeted floor, check, with a decent pad - I exercise barefoot. It could be something to do with that, because I've never exercised when I was this heavy before. I'm just barely coming down from my highest weight ever, and I can tell that, like I said, my knees and shins really hate that I'm moving around more. If it gets…

I've been doing some moves called the Swim and Superman in addition to the squats - basically you lay on your stomach and move your opposite arms and legs up and down. This usually only wears out my arms and legs, although I do think it's supposed to subtly target the lower back area, since you're kind of balancing on your…

I was thinking it might be the squats. I'm used to having muscle soreness, but this seems different. It's not where I expected it ... lol I use the My Fitness Coach program for the Wii, and I've been upping the difficulty lately. She makes me do a lot of jumping around and squats and such. I've had knee problems before,…

For stationary workouts like walking / biking, I need a book. :-D Running makes it a lot harder to read, though. If you can listen to podcasts, there are a lot of free audio story programs out there like Escape Pod and Podiobooks.com has lots and lots of free audio books. Those are awesome for me, because they keep me…

I allow myself one or two pieces of chocolate per day, one of which is always really really dark chocolate. This usually adds up to around 50 calories a day, and helps me stay on track. I do end up eating closer to 100 cals per day of chocolate when my husband gets me treats ... but in order to keep my nutrition level…

Congratulations!

One thing that helps me is not eating too late at night - I try not to eat for two or so hours before going to bed, now. If I'm feeling slightly empty before bed it makes it easier to eat in the morning. I also did green shakes with fruit and started adding oatmeal to make them stick better. I've never eaten much in the…

Your body definitely wants to be where it is - but that doesn't mean it's good for it! Your brain gets accustomed to maintaining a level of food, and that causes it to resist changes. That's one of the reasons it's best to change slowly - do the one pound a day change, and split your food up over the entire day so that you…

Congratulations on 10 pounds! It's hard to see the difference in pictures. I usually go by how my clothes feel, which is kinda subjective, too. Some people recommend measuring around your biceps, thighs, waist, etc. Keep it up!

When you're looking for friends, it really helps to fill out your profile and add a picture. It's kind of hard to connect with someone you can't see. Just a thought. :-) I hope you're sticking with it!

Find some healthy fats like cheese or coconut oil. Anything that's pretty much unprocessed that's not a veggie or fruit will be good. :-)

I never successfully kept track of my food before this program - I use the app on the computer at work and then on my iTouch in the evenings. It's really great for people like me who suck at writing things down ...