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I did. After trying FitBit Force and then Flex. Force was starting to malfunction after 3 months, Flex after just 1 month I LOVE the FitBit app and especiall how it integrates with MFP. I just wish the darn thing worked better! So I bought the Loop. I have the heart monitor and figured, "Great-they'll all work together."…

Which Bump?

My favorite is from a dance warmup class I used to take every morning. It's a Dance CD with no breaks: NY Underground Party Vol. 3 I know it sounds silly, but it's club music and it keeps me going.

Workout 30 minutes 6 days a week moderately or 300 calories burned a day. Don't eat the extra workout calories you burned. Check out this article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/is-30-minutes-of-daily-exercise-a-sweet-spot-for-weight-loss/

Invest in a heart monitor chest strap and wristwatch. Best investment for improving your fitness. Everyone burns differently depending on metabolism, weight, fitness level.

I bet you'd discover you don't eat as poorly as you think. We are often hard on ourselves. Remember: if you ding your car door, do you go ahead and total it?

I went to Club Med last week, and met lots of interesting people. Coincidentally 2 people said the same thing to me on the same day, at different times and places: "Choose your actions not for today's results, but for the long term." Translation to MFP: You might not get to be under your calorie goal every day. But if you…

I don't know about the Acai berry's efficacy, but I can tell you this: DON'T ORDER IT ON THE INTERNET!!!! It is a huge scam, they take you credit card, keep charging you more and more, add other charges on without your permission. I had to cancel my card to stop them and file a criminal report.

What kind of monitor? Does it know your weight? Is your weight programmed in correctly? Do you wear the chest strap walking to the train? 350 sounds about right for a 30 min. walk @ 3.5. Is your 600 count after doing weights as well? How much time elapses when it counts 600? I am not a personal trainer, but a fitness…

I use Lifetime Fitness whey protein. :smile:

Try going tomorrow and, if possible, swimming. And drink A LOT of water.

Some suggestions: Listen to Weight Watchers, which states the first week it's not uncommon to lose even 15 lbs, but 2lb a week is a goal, not an absolute requisite for success. Go back and look at your calorie, carb, fat and protein balance for the past 5 weeks compared to your weight. Learn from what your body and the…

I like Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thins. Delicious. Usually, I just don't eat bread, though.

I look at myself in the mirror and I am so in love with the new shape. I look at my breasts and don't miss the EE breasts who fed my babies Breasts who arrived too early along with puberty and for years provoked apologies and embarrassment and ogles from men who thought I wouldn't notice as they drooled and looked back at…

Thank you-excellent advice.

Yes! Both at the same time. I wouldn't want to go through this twice.

They never diagnose me with it, but I suspect I have Insulin Resistance, which can be glopped with menopause and hypothyroidism. Read Jonny Bowden's book, "The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer". His chapter on hypothyroidism, isulin and the adrenals is comprehensive and a great resource. Nutshell: consider breaking down…

Where Lifetime Fitness pushes a $245 Polar Heart rate monitor featuring chest strap and wrist watch that stores all info for your workout which is downloadable to your computer IF you have an infrared USB receiver (another %60), it also records calories, time in fat burning zones, and of course heart rate. It talks to all…

What does "bumped a thread" mean? 700 calories is enough to shut down your metabolism and damage your adrenals forever, by the way.

What is your exercise routine? do you have one? If so, change it up. Try a class that really gets your body moving, something different than you are used to. Lifetime Fitness does cardio-point assessments that tell you exactly at what point your specific body switches from burning fat to burning carbs. I'm 53. My optimal…

How awful. What's creepy is, from reading your story, he's "into" big girls but what a pickup line! I'm so sorry.

Sounds like tough day, and the universe just sent you 2 major reasons to get to a gym! Good luck with your presentation. And you next 3 workouts.:wink: :wink:

Light weight lifting, and I mean maybe 3 sets using 10-15 lb weights, burned 41 calories for 15 minutes for me. I have a Polar heart monitor. In it, I program my weight, height, etc. I tells me how many calories I burn based on my heart rate. But remember this most important part: When you build strength, your build…

A cup of food is about the size of an orange. What you can hold in the cupped palm of your hand. A cup is measured by 8 oz of water, so 1 cup of water weighs 8 oz as well as = 8 fluid oz. Hope this helps!

I did it for 5 weeks. Great workout, tough to maintain because it's INTENSE. I recommend it for those who are already in the "I must exercise 6 days a week or I feel dead" mode. But those 5 weeks I worked hard!

Just found this via my coach on BeachBodies.com. I was using FitDay to log everything, but their food database is really frustrating. This one is MUCH better. Danced, weight trained all my life. Moved to suburbs from city and gained 50 pounds in 15 years without really changing anything except driving instead of walking,…