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  • Your question is too general. Assuming you use the myfitness pal app, over the past 14 days, how many calories under your daily goal calories (per your profile) have you logged. If you do not have this information, you are not being diligent enough and your diet/exercise has crept. or, your modified diet/moderate exercise…
  • HR zones are based on percentage of your maximum heart rate. A rough estimate of your maximum heart rate (MHR) can easily be determined with the following formula MHR=206 - (0.88 x age). NOTE: This is specific to a woman. Once you have that number you can go to any one of a bazillion websites (I recommend Livestrong) and…
    in HELP! Comment by Echoshill January 2011
  • I avoid Polar because changing batteries requires factory support. At least it used to. They are also way over priced. I use the timex iron man road trainer. It is about $80 on Amazon and you can change the batteries yourself.
  • Ok, don't hate me for this, but unless you are hurt or recovering from an injury, you do not need easy exercise. Get off your butt and get after it. Drop the I don't have time. Drop the doubt., Drop the denial. Drop the I need to ease back in to it. Drop the i need to make it a habit. They are all buzz word craptastic…
    in HELP! Comment by Echoshill January 2011
  • Great thread. 1) Take it to the next level. 2) He/She is in a better place. 3) Do what you gotta do. 4) I am not fat I am big boned.
  • My guess is that this is going to be immensely unpopular post, but here we go. First and foremost, right or wrong, rude or indifferent, the person said what they said based on something they saw. And for better or worse, what they said gave you pause for thought which can be a positive. Do not, under any circumstance, let…
  • Are you within 100 cals including the applicable deduction for cardio? In general , it is not unusual for a rapid initial loss and small +/- fluctuations . This has to do with a whole lot of factors, that would require a lot more detail and time than what we have here, so we will keep it simple. The majority of initial…
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