Ayne6246 Member

THANK YOU! All I am doing right now is walking (4.5 MPH for 30 min 4 times a day) and no one can tell me I'm not gaining muscle. I see my legs and they are difinitely gaining muscle and losing fat. My scale may not be moving much but I am burning 500-1000kcal/day according to my Flex. There is no way to cheat on that thing.

My daughters gave me one for Christmas and it has been a GREAT tool to keep me motivated. Since I've been retired, I've been pretty sedentary and I have set the silent alarm to vibrate every hour to remind me to get up and get moving so I have been doing 5-10 minutes on my Tony Little gazelle every hour between 10-4. I had…

Just an added tip. If you want to alter any recipes using no calorie sweetner, low fat ingredients etc, you can enter your recipe in the "recipes" section and MFP will break it down for you. As many of the other posters have said, not all "servings" are equal unless you are weighing everything. I prefer to enter my own…

I have the same problem. I don't remember EVER eating breakfast except when I am traveling. Then I make sure I eat regular meals. Strangely or maybe not so strangely, when I travel, I tend to lose weight.

My HRM reads very close to the calorie burn stated on the web for doing the Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies 2 workout. I found that MFP was calculating (even at calling it high impact aerobics whhich it definitely is not) at about half that. I was losing about 1.5# a week when I was faithfully doing it 4-6 times a…

There are just so many variables to consider....even HRM is only going to be as accurate as the info plugged in to it. I was do Richard Simmons Sweating to the Oldies until I had to give my knees a break and my HRM was calculating within a few calories of what I had read on line that I would be burning based on my weight…

Do you take any supplements? I use Advocare products but they are expensive so do not always take them as I should. But before I started taking Advocare, my MD recommended I start taking a multivitamin with metabolism booster. I use a generic from Walmart which really helped me when I first started my weight loss journey…

LOVE my Ninja! No problem with making smoothies unless I over fill it.

Best way is just sliced with a little coarse ground sea salt but I also put it in salads and use less dressing this way. I also love guacamole and frequently use that instead of salad dressing.

Just something to think about.....stress can cause weight gain so try to stop stressing about the weight loss. I know that is very hard to do though. I was stressing about not losing then went on vacation for 2 weeks and decided I was not going to even think about diet & exercise while I was gone, just enjoy myself. I…

Tanning per se, does not burn calore but an elevation in body temperature does increase your BMR. For instance, you are sick with a high fever, your body will burn more calories. http://www.livestrong.com/article/321747-how-many-calories-does-a-fever-burn/

I see seveal people have given my answer but I will restate it because I know my mentors have to keep reinforcing this idea with me. You are eating too little. Your body may be in starvation mode and doing the insanity may be over exercisng for you if you are also chasg a toddler around & doing the usual mom things. Try…

Definitely get a HRM!!!!

I've averaged 1# a week for the past 17 weeks but am hitting regular plateaus where I will gain a pound or two then lose two or three but overall, continuing to go in the right direction. Since I spent most of my life starving myself, it has been a real challenge to eat enough calories and not over exercise. Still trying…

Thanks!

Thanks! I was planning on putting my powdetrs in little baggies and buying the water after I go through security.

Thanks, I will try cutting back to just once a day and see how that works out. I spent a lot of years eating only once a day so I know I definitely need work on the diet changes.

It is actually 40 minutes twice a da for a total of 80 minutes. But I understand what you are trying to say. :smile:

Alton Brown's recipe on Food network removes most of the fat from the wings......Place a 6-quart saucepan with a steamer basket and 1-inch of water in the bottom, over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Remove the tips of the wings and discard or save for making stock. Using kitchen shears, or a knife, separate the…

Unless you have a job that is physically active, I would only count the calories burned during exercise. I just got an HRM a couole of weeks ago and found out that I was not loging enough calories for my exercise video (Richard Simmons Swesting to the Oldies 2). The monitor will be great incentive to get more of a workout!…

Medically speaking...as a retired nurse, we didn't worry unless a patient had gone more than 3 days without a BM. Day 4 got you a dose of milk of magnesia in most cases....threat of that usually produced a BM after day 3. LOL But some docs were not concerned until day 7.

Drinking plenty water when trying to lose weight is important but a word of caution.....you have to really be careful not to over do it. Increasing water intake can also wash out sodium in your system which can lead to seizures. That happened to my sister-in-law a couple of years ago. Also, if you are a person who retains…

I think some of us have a mind set that we are "fat" and even when we are at optimal weight it is never enough weight loss. It can be a dangerous thing. If you check your BMI or Body fat % you will probably find that within the advised range for your height. I am 30# of the high end of my BMI (I gained 45 after I had neck…

I got a heart rate monitor/calorie counter yesterday so I could accurately measure my calories doing this program. I started uing it today & I burned 399 calories the first time doing the whole routine and the second time I burned 500 calories. Using a heart rate monitor is, I'm told, the most accurate way to measure…

I'm interested to see how everyone does with this. I've been trying to lose 30# since the start of the year. I was fairly successful for the first 3 weeks, lost 4# & 5.5 inches over all, but have stalled and gained back & lost the same 2# since the middle of February and have actually gained back all but 1 inch. I am doing…

5"3" .....66 years old....started this weight loss road in earnest 1/17 at 184.3 lbs...weight 2/18 was 180.8 lbs. I'm changing my eating habits and trying to maintain a fairly healthy eating plan....doing Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies and/or AdvoCare Can you 24? most days I can do 40 min but some days have to cut…

30# by May 15 when we go on vacation to AK.:glasses:

Good job!!!!! Working 3rd shift is a killer. Did that for 30+ years. It really messes up the metabolism & sleep patterns which mess with your weight. nKeep up the good work.

I have the same problem and have been doing the Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies 1 for the past week. You can adjust the impact to suit your ability. A lot of the stuff I have to just kind of "march" in place more like just lift my feet of the floor for me but the upper body stuff really works uop a sweat for…

Won't be doing the challenge again just sticking to possibly the vitamin packs and the Spark energy drink, I think. What I'm confused about is this site tells me that I need to consume 1200 calories to lose but when I add exercise, it tells me to add more calories. If I am adding back calories that I have exercised to…