ShrinkinMel Member

Intervals. Up the speed for 30-60 seconds then lower for 60-90 seconds. You'll increase but it takes time. You might bump it to an hour too. I started at 30 bumped to 45 minutes and now I walk 65 minutes. For me it took a month to get to 3mph steadily for the hour after my warm up around 2.5-2.8. :) The gym has really…

You look gorgeous. Well done. Not that you didn't look great to start just that you are glowing with health now. :) AWESOME!!

Great job!! Such a difference. I'm sure diet changes were key too? But definitely getting off our bums helps. Has for me started going to the gym and started losing again 10 lbs since I started April 22nd so yep getting off my "kitten" has helped too. I have a lot of heart trouble in my family's history(especially my mom's…

I have several Ellie Goulding songs on mine. Most of hers are upbeat and pretty electronic so quite fast. I have some Guns N Roses on there too and some Linkin Park.

Yay! In my opinion recomposition of body is far better than what the scale says. Seems like pretty intense routine you have so I'm glad you tracked those measurements.

I spent about 45-60 minutes on cardio 5-6 days a week. Last week was 5 but most are 6 days. Strength can be anywhere from 30-60 minutes so I also spend about 2 hours in the gym some days. I have just increased to 60 minutes on cardio when I started I walked the treadmill 30 minutes. Then would go for 45 minutes. Eventually…

Wow that is some awesome burning. And gorgeous riding route.

Right now walking on the treadmill at the gym 5-6 days a week. Weight lifting about 4 days a week. I do some occasional other things like swimming, roller skating and Just Dance Wii games but mostly my routine the last six weeks involved walking and lifting. In that six weeks I've lost 10 lbs so I'll keep doing this until…

Well 1800-2200 is working as my deficit. I do cardio 5-6 days a week minimum. And heavyish machine lifting(low reps high sets) about 4 times a week(alternating upper and lower body). But my weight loss still has a long way to go so I suspect my maintenance can be even lower than that in the future. I'll just follow MFPs…

I'm sticking with it because it's working since I'm consistent but have been frustrated too. I also can't like or comment to all my friends. ARGH And I agree the database is just so over numbered with incorrect stuff. And the spam on the boards lately is annoying. I don't know why.

I do this here and there.. take a short break from lifting to recover. I try to take a day of rest each week. I may do something fun like go swimming at the pool/waterpark or skating or something active but don't really plan a gym trip that day.

Depends on the intensity but in general if you are working your whole body with weights in a single day then I would say 3 is max, more would be pushing it. You need 48 hours of recovery time(what I've been told by books & trainers) for each muscle so if you do them in groups you could lift almost daily alternating muscle…

Cardio and in the agreement pants in the proper size will reduce the look.

Yes if you manually enter your TDEE for MFP. But if not MFP is counting on you eating them. I eat half to all depending on hunger(past the 1690 MFP gives without exercise factored) and losing 1 1/2 to 2 lbs a week. ;) I'd eat them all until otherwise shown it's not effective because you will eventually have to lower them…

Maybe you need to add some cross training? Try jump rope or something like kick boxing or something that seems fun to you and see if a shorter duration a couple times a week shows improvement. I just wonder if you might have reached some sort of fitness threshold with cycling. Completely unscientific there. ;) That or some…

How many calories are you burning with exercise?? I'd follow the nutritionists advice if its working. She is probably factoring in exercise you might have discussed?? You might ask her next time you see her/him. At my weight/height MFP gives me 1690 before exercise. But after I eat back most if not all those I eat between…

That's fantastic. Keep it up. It takes changes sometimes. I eat between 1800-2200 on cardio days which is 5-6 days. :) So far losing steady. My starting weight is high so I already have a bit higher expenditure. I've been following MFP with my macros changed a little manually. So far so good. I think next month I will have…

Start at 312 April 22nd and currently at 304 and walking has been enough for me. ;) I recently bumped it to 60 minutes. Started at 30 went to 45 but now feeling ready to do 60 most and especially on non lifting days but likely will do the same for lifting days too now. I know eventually it will take jogging and I'm okay…

I'm doing cardio 5-6 days and lifting 3-4 days a week. Heavier weight low reps more sets. ;) So far I'm losing. It would be hard to see how much lean mass I'm retaining but I highly doubt I'm gaining much though I absolutely eat back most if not all of my cardio calories burned. I can feel the tone difference in my arms…

It is a shame but it is hard to calculate it will vary greatly based on the type of strength you are doing. I just track cardio calories. i track weight, reps and sets so I can see progress but overall I just take that as extra burn. And it helps sometimes when I flub up my food. ;)

Caregiver. Sometimes it's very sedentary other times it's extremely active. I've been spending at least 5-6 days a week at the gym for a couple hours. I worked up from 30 minutes walking on treadmill to 45 then now on 60-65 minutes completely 5Ks. :) Slow but I'm improving slowly but surely.

Not runner now but was in the past combo of track and treadmill. I didn't mind the treadmill. I'm walking now usually 2-3 miles a day on the treadmill. Sure having a change of scenery is okay but when we get into this weather we have right now(100-115) nope treadmill all the way.

I replace breakfast with them a lot. I have never been a big morning eater. For lunch only on occasions when I'm in a rush. I've found that an apple and a protein shake are my filling breakfast.

I'm sure it will be nutritionally sound enough depending on the quantity of veggies/fruit. But why would you consider it a "forever" diet? Long term sure but forever is a long time things change. If its all for thrifty reasons that might pass one day.

I agree calcium is in other foods but you'd need a greater variety than this and even then it can be hard. I know I sometimes show up low on my labs in calcium but generally I do not drink milk(lactose intolerant) even nut milks, eat a little cheese and the occasional ice cream which I promptly quit for a long while after…

Please tell me how other methods are more likely to lessen calories? Do people often cook their bacon with grease/butter really??? I cook mine on a pan(nothing added) and blot out a lot of grease with paper towels. It aggravates my tummy(no gallbladder :( ).

LOL Yeah I find soooo many foods either way under or over. It's insane I try to check packages. I also try to check my micros a lot and when people don't put those in it kinda aggravates me too. argh

I get the hunger the week leading up to start day. The bloating, water retention usually doesn't start until during or right before with cramping and then about 2 days in its lighter and less/no cramps and bloating leaves and water retention starts going. But it varies.