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Glad to see this topic, my battery runs out so fast too. It seems like I only get around 7 workouts per battery set (chest strap and wrist), it's getting a bit expensive.

I have a Polar HRM with chest strap. I have found that it made me a little too competitive with my workouts and now only use it when working out at home and in situations where it's impossible to calculate my workout burn but I don't use it on machines and such. I don't eat back my workout calories so it doesn't really…

I get home late too and have busy week nights so what I do is batch cooking on the weekends, crock pots are amazing and I pre-measure servings into tupperwear that I can just heat up after work. Another thing to remember is that weight loss doesn't happen every week, some weeks you're down, some weeks the same and others…

I have a "all or nothing " mentality as well and that is why I fell off the wagon this last time for almost a year. My goal for 2014 is to keep balance, not become obsessed with calorie counting and working out and eat non-healthy foods in moderation. Ironically, I have found that i tend to lose scale weight after a cheat…

bump (great thread)

For me, eating clean is this, if it comes in a box, has a label or a commercial, don't eat it

Your weight is fine, it not a little low. It sounds like you need to skip the cardio and do weight training instead to recomposition your body. If you traded in the time you spend doing cardio and used that time to get into a good weight training program you would see big changes in your body. I started this journey with…

I'm 5' 4", 47 years young. Originally my goal was 125 and I did hit it in May 2012 with tons of cardio and 1200 calories a day but to stay there was just too strict for me so I started lifting heavy and gained 10 lbs yet I still wear the same size so i'm basically ok, where I' am at 135t. I wouldn't mind dropping another 5…

If you are counting carbs, watch the PB2, and use real peanut butter or perhaps one scoop of PB2 and one scoop of real peanut butter. I watch carbs so i'd rather have high fat and low carb than high carb and low fat.

Get a good protein powder, chocolate, two tablespoons of peanut butter, a 1/2 a banana and some water and crushed ice, blend well.

Start with a small commitment, for instance, you only have to walk for 20 minutes a day, that's all. If at the 20 minute mark want to stop, fine, you are done. Do that for 2 weeks to one month, then add 5-10 minutes to that walk. Walk for 30 minutes each day for a month and each month (or every two weeks) add a few minutes…

I peel then, cut into cubes and microwave until tender (10 minutes for a large bowl of them), then i toss them in a frying pan with a little real butter and pepper, delicious and faster than the oven

What a great idea! I love it

If I go in the morning I don't put make up on but after work I don't take the time to take it off, I just workout.

I've been experimenting for over a year in calories. At 1200 for a few months, at 1400 for a few months (had a loss), bumped to 1700 for a few months (had a slow gain), back to 1400 for a month (yoyo up and down weight). I have no idea how much to eat anymore.

Well, ironically I had this happen to me this past two weeks. Last week I worked out 6 out of 7 days, 15 minutes cardio each day and weight training on one body part per day. I ate 1400 calories a day. The end of the week weigh in showed I gained a little over 2 lbs. This week I ate around 1400-1500 daily (and higher carbs…

5 degrees in PA this morning with a real feel of minus 11 and then 59 degrees in my office today. It felt so good to get to the gym and sweat tonight :)

I'm going to agree with you in that it is not as simple as calories in and calories out. I've been at this over a year and I log consistently and measure everything. I wear a heart rate monitor during workouts as well. I can have a week where I am in a calorie deficit and gain and weeks where I over eat and I lose. It's…

He speaks the truth.

WOW, she looks truly amazing. I would love to get to the point she is. Please tips for nutrition and workouts. She should be so proud of her hard work.

Apples are pure carbs, try to eat a fat and/or protein with it. Some peanut butter or a 1/4 cup of almonds makes a big difference

If only she would listen to you. I learned the hard way, ate at 1200 calories for months, did tons of cardio, lost muscle. Had to do a metabolic reset, gain weight back, and start all over. Please, listen to this poster, he/she knows what they are talking about. Quit being in such a rush to see a lower number on a stupid…

You look fantastic! And I see quite a change between the two photos. I have heard great things about a book called http://www.thenewrulesoflifting.com/nrol-for-women I also have friends who swear by Jillian Shred CD Keep up the good work!

Agree, this advice is spot on and please be patient. It shows you only joined in Dec 2012. I didn't start shifting weight for over a full month.

As others are saying get off the machines, and lift heavy weights and do not increase your cardio. When I first started MFP all I did was clean up my eating and cardio and my body just got smaller but didn't look at different. Within a month of lifting heavy I saw some amazing changes. Definitely take photos monthly.…

Do you have stairs in your home? You could try running them and have the kids in on it too by racing and timing each other. The other things that gets a good cardio workout in is step-ups. A bench that you step up and step down on. Or some sort of obstacle course you could set up in your home to get the heart rate up…

I used to think about deducting my normal burn per hour for just being alive (around 100 calories an hour) and then logging the difference in MFP, but since I don't eat my exercise calories I don't bother. That's a good reason though not to eat ALL exercise calories though

I just do a different body part the next day so everything gets sore equally :)

YES, when I was on Prednisone for bronchitis last winter I was starving so I just filled up on healthy foods but I will warn you, they make you retain water like crazy so that weeks weigh in was frightening but once I was off them a week or so the water weight left. Made me very ragey and hyper, had trouble sleeping and…

That's how I feel about the Body by Vi shakes, till you add all the crap to make them taste good you could have a full meal.