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Recently, spinning, yoga (on the ground and aerial) and elliptical. I usually pole dance about 4x a week but I'm nursing a shoulder injury (4 weeks of PT starts next week) that's sidelined me for 2.5 months. I like Zumba as well, but it rarely fits in my schedule. Playing ice hockey is another favorite of mine, but again,…

Thanks all! I'm off to another spin class now. I wear a polar HRM in class and on hills I'm usually around 160 hills even if my RPMs are like 60. Usually when we're "running it out" I'm around 140 (clearly I am out of shape). I'm going to try to go for keeping up with the RPMs in my class today and see how it goes :)

For what it's worth, I wear a HRM during Zumba along with my FitBit. The calories burned are typically within 20 calories. YMMV of course.

Adding you! 5'3" want to lose 60lbs total (omg writing that out is unbelievable).

I followed the Weight Watchers plan like 10 years and lost 25lbs. Honestly, I just do MFP now because it's free. I don't really see a difference in effectiveness between the two (although I think back then I liked the online community a little more with WW), my motivation was much better back then. I think that has more to…

Yes. I get very hungry when I first start a green tea kick. Hopefully that means my metabolism is going. Also, I lose a ton of water weight (easily 5lbs in a week). Whether of not there are long term effects, I don't know. I love green tea but I usually forget to drink it unless I have an event I want to drop water weight…

I'm 158 at 5'3" now and wear a size 6-8. Work pants I can tend to go smaller. Jeans, the 8 is more comfortable but I they are starting to get loose. Proud moment, I wore a really old pair of NY & Company Pants to work yesterday that were a size 4 (thank you vanity sizing). I am all chest (34G) so a lot of my weight is…

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Thanks for your help! My friend is the strength and conditioning coach for a pro team, I'll ask him the best way to track my calories when I play. Not sure why I didn't think to ask him before :)

Perhaps I don't understand how a HRM works then. It wouldn't help me track my calories burned? When I play, typically we have only a couple subs, so we do spend far more time playing than sitting on the bench.

I've been a vegetarian for 14 years. Some girlfriends and I from high school made a bet to see who could do it the longest. It's down to two of us...

Just incredible! Congrats!

I'm thinking about getting a Polar FT7 next pay day (the day after I get back from a vacation. Woo!). I play a lot of sports...is a heart rate monitor realistic for sports like soccer/hockey? And I apologize if this question is dumb, but can you nix the watch during contact sports and have it monitor via bluetooth with a…

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This is my old zumba instructor: http://www.freewebs.com/infectiouslaughter/ She lost 302 lbs doing zumba and weight watchers!

Pens keep winning, I keep losing. Down almost 6 lbs during the Penguins 13 game winning streak :)

I just started my third week too! So far I'm down 2 inches around my waist, an on my tummy (measured around my belly button), an inch on each thigh and an inch on my hips. There are tons of success stories out there if you Google. I'm a little obsessed with visualizing what I hope my body will look like in 60 days :-P (and…

Definitely in! That's the weekend of my 10th high school reunion, and I was a skinny thing in high school!

Pens here :)

I was getting HORRIBLE shin splints playing soccer and dek hockey (to the point where I could barely walk unassisted and I could not do stairs at all). I took 2 weeks off, got fitted for shoes more appropriate for my gait (is that the right word?), and started wearing compression socks. My pain all but went away. I truly…

Me! I'm just starting here, but I'm 166 and would love to hit 115 (but when I'm skinny, my body seems to like 120). I just joined here yesterday and am on day 5 of Brazil Butt Lift :)