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I have an iPhone, so I list exercises and progress in the notes app, and if there is ever something that I had to google to get the form down, I'd screenshot the webpage so that I could easily access it in my camera roll. Personally, having a notebook would probably annoy me, but the phone doesn't since I use it to listen…

25 years old.. about 20lbs to lose. I log in every day (just accidentally broke a long streak! :( ) feel free to add me!

When I joined my gym they didn't even SHOW me the weight room during the walk through, the guy actually said "let me show you the rooms the girls use." I was just like you for so long, and I walked out once or twice too. The best thing I did was go at a sort of off time (not 3am though!) when I knew I'd have some space. It…

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I should note that I am just now learning how to cook.. so if I successfully make recipes off any website.. it must be a good one As mentioned earlier: skinnytaste.com is very easy to follow. I also really like budgetbytes.com (not always "healthy" meals, but it has a ton of recipes.. and step by step pictures!)

Haha, this is honestly the worst part about getting into spinning. For me, at least, it gets better as you spin more often. I went last week after a few weeks off and I still didn't feel any pain. Don't let it discourage you! A lot of times it depends on the type of class the instructor is running.. for me, a lot of fast…

I actually swear by the old navy sports bras.

My dad brought me to the gym and taught me how to use simple machines when I was about 13. I don't think I've ever been without exercise in the 10+ years since, even if I am eating horribly. I think it's great when parents teach their kids to make exercise a part of their life as opposed to seasonally training for sports…

I've read on the forums before that Jillian Michaels actually has said that the 30 day shred wasn't meant to be done for 30 straight days, and it is better to rest now and then to let the body recover. I'm not sure if that's true, but I have seen it from time to time. I'd say give yourself at least a day to see if you feel…

We are no longer together but my last boyfriend was in the army, and when he had a 6 month deployment, I swear I worked out more than ever before! Haha, it's a great way to take your mind off of things, and at least for me, the deployment added so much extra motivation! I am definitely no expert, but I found 1200 calories…

female CW-165 GW-140 Height- 5'5'' Age-24

This is making me very sad.. I weirdly developed an apple allergy 2 years ago overnight. I used to eat an apple every day!

Well apparently I'm the weird one in this topic because slight lifestyle changes allllways make me late! Stress, diet change, even once when I moved cities! I'm back to normal now but just saying, it's not completely impossible. Also because of this I know that you're lucky if you find a $5 test! haha

This part actually made me laugh, because I am an accountant in the middle of tax season. Never would it have occurred to me that this could be stress related! haha

Awesome, thanks for all the help!

I'll definitely try this when I first put on the hrm before the gym today to see if my resting heart rate is even accurate.

This is exactly what I was talking about. Yesterday I was running at 6.0 and was winded but could definitely still speak pretty normally and my HRM was approaching 190 bpm. I lowered it to 5.5 and felt like I could be doing much more but was still "out of zone" I'm fine with listening to my body and stopping when I feel…

Just going to bump this once to see if anyone else has had a similar issue.

Hmm.. I do wet it before I put it on and I think it's in the right place.. maybe I just do actually go over the "zone" while working out? I just saw a heart rate in the 180s and assumed it must be wrong.

Thank you for the help. I will try that if I keep having problems! My main question though is, do you think that the HRM itself is giving an inaccurately high bpm read out? And would that then cause it to report a greater amount of calories burned? I don't even know what's "normal" for my heart rate to be. thanks!

Slow walkers used to bother me when I was waiting for a treadmill, until my mother was recovering from a foot surgery and was only allowed to walk at 2.0 after getting off weeks of crutches. Everyone has a story.

If I can still join I'd love to try for 40 miles in March!

I'm in NYC too and I struggle with this. I get Hale & Hearty a lot when they have soup that I like that is also lower in calorie on that day's menu.. I also sometimes get a salad they mix there. Cosi's tuscan chicken sandwich isn't too bad for half. Europa cafe also has some soups but they tend to be crazy high in sodium.…

I haven't read all the responses but I just wanted to tell you that Aviane was the best pill I was ever on. I got zero side effects - however all women's bodies respond differently to different pills. Good luck!

Bump! This looks easy enough for even me.

I just went through this! Someone who was a very important part of my life for 4 years was suddenly no longer in my life at all - and I am NOT one of those "so upset I can't even eat" people. I honestly think you have to come to terms with it to really deal with it correctly. Binge eating won't help and working out just to…

I also agree with everyone saying vodka/club with lime. I also sometimes order rum & diet coke because rum and coke was my go to pre dieting drink. Also, I wish we could have these types of posts without people insinuating the OP has an alcohol problem!

Agreed! But I may or may not be eating spaghettios later so I am clearly not an authority on anything.

I've been wanting to try this! Quick question - how does everyone log zumba as exercise? And have you found it to be accurate? I don't have an HRM (yet!) Thanks!

Age: 23 Gender: F Married? no Kids? no Goal weight: 140 (to start!) Current weight: 158 Height: 5'5" Favorite exercise: spin class! Least favorite exercise: long distance running Pets? none Calorie goal: 1500 (without exercising) Special dietary needs: none How often do you work out? generally 6 days a week Current program…