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I have under active thyroid. It is hard to motivate when I can hop all day and not see any results. But if I don't I guess I will gain. I have at least 20 pounds to lose.

I pay attention to what I eat in regards to like a big spinach salad (add red onions, some fat free cream cheese and a few roasted pecans or almonds) with Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce looks a lot more filling to my eyes than say a Fiber One bar. It takes time to compare. But soon you will see a egg white omelet filled…

Since you have the same HRM and strap...I too wonder about how shows half the calories burned to other devices. I have wondered if it was from under active thyroid or if it is the HRM itself. I am considering purchase of new HRM with strap to compare. That's why I would like to know what is recommended for HRM strap that…

Wear the HRM strap to bed and look at it in the morning before you get up. 15% of Americans have thyroid problems and many do not know they have it. Doctors do not check it during annual physicals. It is a different blood test. I think it should be tested since many of the 15% population do not know they have it!

HRM with chest strap. Then if you have under active thyroid, you will find you burn a lot less than the average person next to you doing the same exercise. It hits home knowing you have to work twice as long and hard to burn a calorie off than other people. Since I have under active thyroid, my calories burned is usually…

The Skotidakis Jalapeno Greek Yogurt Dip and Golden Grill Russet Hashbrown Potatoes are really good. Also the Bellavitano Sartori Merlot cheese is the best ever, but I only eat if I need the fat & protein for the day and I weigh it so I do not take more than one serving. I usually have it with 3 of those pretzel crackers…

There are so many posts on this thread, I just wanted to reply to someone. I read an article too about lifting weights like 15 years too late. I have started weight lifting too and I cut out almost too much fat having 20 grams leftover at end of day. I am trying to put back in some fat so the number is closer to zero at…

Hi Everyone, I am back on the band wagon after I went for my annual physical last week. I have been doing exercise classes and lifting weights at the gym 3-6 days a week since we joined Jan 15th. I did not lose anything until that physical. I had gained back 10 pounds out of 30 I lost. So, since last Tuesday I have been…

Apocalypse and Kiosk. Also I guess I say vax and fax the same. In the 80's I used to work on a vax computer,. Later when the fax machine was popular, I would pronounce fax the same way I pronounced vax. My husband has been correcting me ever since. I guess I can't hear the difference and you would think the beginning…

Hi - I just found the end of this thread. It is twenty pages long at this point. Count me in. I am over 50 and need to lose all the way down to 150. That is what the doctor wants. I have about 13 more to go. I did not log the weight that came back on at Christmas. I hope to shake that off and get back to pre-Christmas…

I agree. Bought one at KOHLS on sale. I took it back as the two pads ended up in the center of the bra after exercising :laugh: Even the clerk cracked up.

What stores carry Steel's? I have not ever seen that syrup in the stores. We have Price Choppers, Hyvees, Hen Houses, Walmart, and Target stores here.

I look up the fast food name in MFP database before I order. Doesn't take long to find out how many calories are in each menu item. Pretty soon, I didn't go to our favorite fast food place anymore because there was nothing on it that had low enough calories. Then started going to fast food places where menu items actually…

First time I have tried a calorie counting diet. This app takes so much of the calculating out of it, which makes like so much easier.

During a routine physical about March 5th, my primary care physician took blood samples as usual. After she got the results, she told me I have under active thyroid. It felt like a new chapter of my life where I HAD to take medicine everyday. I decided to take it in the middle of the night between 2:30 and 4:30am since I…

Ask your primary care physician. Mine said stationary bike. I asked other doctors I just happened to be seeing and they all said stationary bike. I do not have any injuries. The reason is because stationary bike is not as hard on your joints as a treadmill. As the same question to the doctor but ask if their answer would…

I also have been trying to figure how long it will take me to lose it all going at the current weigh loss rate I have been. After I have faithfully stuck to my calorie input and burn calories, logging it all in, I took the amount of weeks it took me to lose the first ten pounds, gave me an average per week. Then I took how…

If you know what type of drinks you will be ordering, do a mock food log and it will tell you what the calories are in the drink. I recently plugged into my recipe tab the margarita recipe I have been using for the last 25 years. Now I actually know what calories I am drinking and will think twice about having a second one…

I posted question on blog at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/shastar and no one even bothered to respond. It is somewhat like this question.