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That's news to me on starvation mode. I always heard that if you don't eat enough in general your body starts holding on to fat, but if you have to have low body fat %, then this rule doesn't apply if I understand correctly. The loss of muscle mass would explain all of the loose skin that accompanies WLS's. At my weight…

I guess it's destined to remain a mystery...

Thank you all!

I don't even notice it once it's on. They aren't big and bulky and are soft. I too would recommend one with the strap. I love my Polar. It was around $100 and totally worth every penny. Knowing the exact amount of calories you've burned is a great tool.

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They also have a lot of Denise Austin videos. If you don't mind her chipper attitude she's a great person to start with.

If a serving of pork is 4 ounces and 190 calories, I would need to weigh it to make sure I have 4 ounces of pork to log the correct calories.

A "normal" that can actually be defined! lol Congrats.

The Body Sculpting Bible is great. They have one for men and one for women as well as an 'express'where you combine moves with free weights. The regular version gives you both hand weights AND their machine equivalents for workouts.

I just wrote a blog about weigh-in anxiety. Just the fear of not losing, despite having done everything I've done the weeks before and lost weight. I think it's fear of failure wrapped up in not being used to seeing the numbers on the scale go down - but they keep going down and staying down.

I LOVE YOU! :bigsmile:

The jugs say 1 cup is 90 calories, but I didn't know how to break it down after that into a decimal. I forgot you have to do the fraction first.

Thank you, I really suck at math..lol

Once a week, on Mondays after I wake up and use the bathroom, sans clothes.

Your HRM lands between what you've found online. Why did you buy a HRM if you don't think you can trust it? I think you can.

My thoughts exactly.

Tempted by the Squeeze Benny and the Jets - Elton John I'd like to join the I hate Nickelback club. **On a positive note, I do love everything by Alice in Chains

My friend uses the iPhone app. I downloaded it, then came on the site. I almost never use the app and keep encouraging my friend to come on the site and interact with all of you fun, wonderful people! Having the support really makes a difference. :flowerforyou: I had used CalorieKing in the past, so I was familiar with…

This site has been pretty accurate from what I can tell: http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

I agree with the suggestion of melatonin. Our body makes it naturally, but makes less of it as we get older. Something else to consider (Sorry if I missed this suggestion) is Yoga. My Doctor was just telling me about a patient who was constantly stressed and always asking for more medication to help him sleep (what I was…

Seroquel was awful for me. I gained like 20lbs in 2 weeks and I didn't realize it was making me gain weight for several more weeks. I stopped taking it immediately after, but the damage had been done and I found myself on the wrong side of the scale (in the 200's). I take Klonopin for rare instances of anxiety. I rarely…

The first thing I would do is make sure to log all of your food. Guesstimate your activity level, probably lightly active, but I don't have 4 kids. Then follow the calorie intake provided for you by the site. Sounds like you've got the exercise part down. Those are the basics. :smile: Eat your exercise calories back so you…

Polar is all I've ever used. If you're willing to spend $100 (or less if you can find one on Ebay or Amazon), go for it! They are great!

I read here that Jillian said the 30 Day Challenge was more of a marketing ploy and not her idea, so it didn't have to be 10 days in a row.

This is a great thread! I'm finding all kinds of new work outs! :bigsmile:

There are the Cafe Mom workouts (mostly yoga) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL055D1873D9932977 I have a Tae Bo playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA8FJgiLH4loTKSekdNr0-NYbNGAhzfm And a Bob Harper (Biggest Loser) playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA8FJgiLH4nMTyXywfYMgYEY_kzFSLZw The…

I don't know if it's the same kind of pain, but look it up... I was recently diagnosed with a torn meniscus in my knee. Maybe you have the same thing?

5"7 SW: 230 CW: 222 GW: 140 I've been there before and I look forward to being there again.

That's unbelievably awful.

A Dallas woman has sued a national fitness company, alleging two employees sexually harassed her during personal training sessions. Jamie Johnson filed a lawsuit against Fitness International LLC, which does business under the name LA Fitness, after the company denied her requests for a full refund after she told them she…