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Thanks!! I actually was weighing myself 3 times a day: first thing in the morning, after work, and before bed. I know I always weigh 3 pounds more at night than the morning. I am now weighing 3-4 lbs more in the morning with the respective upping of 3 lbs at night, so I was just trying to decipher if it was all bloat or an…

Agreed. And for the first time in 6 months, I watched *a* show last night. LOL! I really don't watch t.v.. But definitely, my work job is fairly sedentary, although I do some walking. I do get my workouts in 6 days a week, though, as mentioned. When I first joined MFP, I did the 1200 calorie thing for about a month before…

3 kids. :) And yeah, if I add up all my exercise, it is 1 hour of strength training 3 times a week, and 36 minutes of hard cardio 3 times a week. Desk job during the day. But I always do workout 6 days a week at the gym, so figured I wasn't in the sedentary category at all....

Thank you for all the help! There are so many variables, but I don't think there's anything wrong with tweaking the calories once in awhile. When I stopped going home for lunch nursing sessions (the kiddos getting older and all), I adjusted my cals then, but that's probably been 3-4 months now.

So you are saying set the goals to the rest day calories, and then just eat back the exercise cals, and that should be good?

This makes sense to me. I'd rather eat back the exercise calories than not log my exercise or log it as 1 cal. One thing I did is I took out the -400 I was getting for tandem nursing. That alone should make a difference. It was a guess, if anything.

Thanks! My longer workouts are more strength training than cardio; I do cardio on my "off" days. I do think I should think about protein shakes or some sort of other source where I can get more of that in.

200 cals might be more on the money. I was thinking I was supposed to eat back all of my exercise cals always, and I never had a "problem" until now, so I guess right now I am just revamping my calorie goals to make small adjustments. The nurslings are toddlers so they are older, so not nursing as much as babies do, but…

I selected a regular weight loss of 5 lbs. I am in no hurry, just want to get back to where I was. Thanks for the link! :)

See, a friend of mine said something similar about mammals adding on pounds for the winter, and I was almost thinking there might be something to it. This same thing happened last year but it was then that I kicked up my workouts from 3 times a week to 6-7 and joined this site and then my weight went down....

If I select sendentary, it gives me 1277 cals for a rest day and 1916 cals for a workout day. I'm 5'7 1/2" if that matters. :)

This is incredibly helpful, and thank you. I had been eating back my exercise calories so that's probably part of the problem! I will check that calculator out... thank you! :)

Thank you. I did change my goals today, and I also stopped logging my tandem nursing, since that was taking away 400 calories a day (calories allowed which I was eating). So I'm cutting about 500 cals now.

Well, my morning weight has been slowly creeping up. All spring and summer and into the fall I was maintaining 126-127... now it's been 130-131 and I just don't want it to get out of control. Not eating any different foods... our family has a lot of stand-by recipes of homemade meals. We eat very little processed (and what…

Yes, I log every bite of food and I wear a heartrate monitor when I exercise (and log that daily too). Every day I have been under my calorie goal, with the exception of 1 day in the past 4 months where I went out for dinner. Otherwise, I have been under. I don't weigh my food out, but I know what a cup or a tablespoon…

I still do my cardio 3 days a week (and as a warmup on my strength training days). Even though I have seen more results since I started the strength training, I still see the benefit of continuing cardio.

I think on the right person it might look right, but it would look terrible on me and probably add 2-3 sizes.

No way. I love my low rise jeans/work pants/shorts. I only wear form-fitting tops and low cut pants (but not too low; I keep it approps). I am not in favor of the flowy tops either because I don't want people wondering if it's maternity or not. I have done the maternity thing with 3 kids so now I can fully enjoy form…

I do it for my cardio and it's the exercise that gets my heartrate up the highest. I go by the caloric burn on my HRM, not the machine (yes, the machine is inaccurate and tells me about 100 calories higher). I set the level to 17 (out of 20) and I do bursts where I push it hard for 45 seconds, then back off, then 2 minutes…

I always go up about 2 lbs just before and then it's like "oh yeah, THAT'S why". The bloating sucks but I just try and drink more water because it seems to help. By the middle of it all, things start looking better so there is that to look forward to, but yeah, I actually avoid certain workout tops because I analyze myself…

How long have you been a gym member? Just over a year now (joined the Y in October of 2012) How often & how long do you work out for? 6 days a week, alternating days of cardio and strength training (1 hour) with straight cardio (36 mins) What's your favorite thing to do at the gym? Weighted lunges and ab workout How long…

Awesome! Keep at it! I think you will see that you get results from strength training and if you continue to push yourself (increasing weight as need be), the sky is the limit!

Also, I see your response that you want to do this from home? Very possible! Purchase a couple of 15 lb. dumbbells and Youtube the exercises. Take notes. That's what I did, and I do it at the Y because I have 3 kids who would all be climbing on me at home, but try to work different muscle groups different days. A great ab…

I always go 6 days a week. I get annoyed when the Y is closed for a holiday or something (but I understand they have families too and I get that)... Friday is always my rest day so if I have something going on during the week and absolutely cannot make it that night, I just make it up on Friday. I hold myself accountable…

I say a combination of cardio and strength training, but the results you will see from strength training will far outweigh the results from cardio (in my experience). Lift, do squats and lunges, abwork... I never thought I'd see results but I did! I put the new routine to work 5 months ago. I used to like cardio more, and…

Another Polar FT4 user here. I've had it since the end of March. I like that it made me push myself because if I see my HR dropping to 160 ("above the zone" for me is anything 161 and higher), I will push myself harder. It's caused my caloric burns to go up over time. I have nothing to compare it to but the FT4 came highly…

I was a tired mom trick-or-treating with her 3 rambunctious children. :smile: It was good though! It was worth it to see the excitement they got running door-to-door.

High five!!! :drinker:

I don't have too much junk in my trunk, but I have always had trouble with jeans because my waist is smaller and the jeansmakers assume my *kitten* must be too, so I end up buying a size in between and having to wear a belt. I guess I wouldn't categorize myself as a Kardashian (not even close!) but I have enough to…

I like scruff on a man! :smile: I will say that I won't participate because I love shaving my legs every day. I love the softness and lotioning them up. I know I'm a bit of a freak but I can't go a day without.