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I think HRMs are the most accurate tracking tool you can get (without going into a lab with much more sophisticated equipment). Chest strap ones are the best, IMHO...they track you continuously. So I think you're doing the right thing. One technique I use for long workouts (like all day hikes) is to subtract off your basic…

Now that's funny.

I'm starting out, too. I just walked up to the treadmill and said "I'll do my best"...about two weeks ago. That "best" was a 12:40 mile during which my heart rate peaked over 170 and my HRM was telling me to slow down. Last night, I did a total of 2.5 miles with at an 11:00 pace (split into two runs with a 4 mile bike…

Holy crap! Good job! And you look great!

I'm with the earlier poster who asked for before-and-after picts. Let us judge the difference. ;)

Log what you eat. For me that was a huge win that made changes in behavior possible. Looking at my calorie goal, and how stupid foods impacted my progress got really easy once I started logging it all. Add exercise when you can - at the pace that works for you. Walk, running, a team sport, martial arts, gym time - if…

Portuguese water dog isn't listed. Hmmm. I'd say we portie-owners are smart - we had to be to learn to spell Portuguese. :)

You rock! I'm inspired! Good for you!

I have a cheap one I bought at Bed/Bath/Beyond for like $30 that does body-fat and weight and doesn't look too ugly. It works for me and seems to match the one at the gym and my doc's office.

I love validation, too! Oh! Wait. I thought you said "vibration". Totally different. My bad. Carry on.

That's a HUGE number. Think of it this way: 36 pounds is like dumping FOUR gallons of water out of your body. Go to the store and look at four one gallon milk jugs. You've gotten rid of that much weight. Good for you!

Nice! Actually, am I allowed to say "Hot!" :)

I like promising myself rewards. A day off work (kind of the opposite of a "sick" day - a "well" day :)). A trip out of town - Vegas, anyone? Massages are good. A nice bottle of scotch...stuff like that. :)

My rule is that I have to subtract off my basal metabolism if I wear my HRM for long periods of time. So, for me, I'd knock off 2500 calories off the 24 hour total.

I'm on. Like many of you all, though, with a focus on well-being at work, I think this would pass muster.

If I'm serious about dropping pounds, I log in every day. I find the community really helps and keeps me from sliding back.

Answer 1: Maybe taking a few days off won't kill you. Let your body heal. Answer 2 (the one I used when I had a town achilles tendon): Go swimming. You can still work off a lot of calories and not beat up any particular muscle.

I lost 3lbs a week for about six weeks and it's slowed down since then...although this week, it picked up again...I'm 14 weeks in and down 40lbs as of today (so, almost 3lbs/week again). What I've learned about weight loss with my body: It's nonlinear. It's not related to what I ate today or yesterday (my loss lags my…

Salmon. Full of "good fats". Tasty, can be made with lots of different sauces (I usually just lightly salt and rub it with olive oil, but my wife likes it with pesto).

Don't beat yourself up. Well, OK, fine, beat yourself up. But then get over it. We all fail. It's not about how many times you fall off, it's about how many times you get back up again. What in you is enabling that behavior? Is it hunger - change your habits so you don't get hungry enough to make such a decision. Is it…

I gotta jump in here, too. 40lbs in two months is not a healthy/realistic goal. Not if you want to keep any weight off, anyway. I dropped 3lbs a week at my fastest clip...even with that rate, you'd only be down 24lbs in two months.

Use a heart-rate-monitor?

Hey, Mike...I'm Dan. I started this in January and so far it's been fun and easy and I'm down 30+ pounds. We all have different things that work for us...For me, it was the iPhone app that lets me log my food as I eat it and get realtime information on how many calories I've shoveled in that day. With that info, for some…

I have to ask...if you're losing inches, who cares?! If you want a number to track, though (and I am obsessive about numbers), you should track body fat percentage. I'd you 're losing inches and not weight, then your body fat percentage must be dropping...

Is that due to a change in alcohol consumption? :)

I have an FT7 and love it. Definitely get one that has a chest strap - they're far more accurate and you can use them without thinking (no silly remembering to touch the sensors so it can sample you or anything). They're waterproof, too...I also wear mine while swimming. Fun toys. :)

I aim for six days a week, too. But my workouts vary: 2x of skiing (in the winter), 2x of karate, 2x of 300 calorie swimming sessions, 1x of 600 calorie spin class. (Yes, I double up and usually swim Sundays after skiing and driving home). I've found that once I settled into a routine, I really like the schedule.

Oh, you give me hope. Back in Nov, my doc added a second med for me...and it was in January that I got motivated to change. I'm down nearly 30lbs but my BP hasn't dropped much yet. My doc says 20 more and I'll see the changes I want. Grind Grind Grind... I'll get there.

I forget the name of the scale I bought...but it does weight (obviously) and body fat and tracks four profiles (so four adults can track themselves). It looks nice (cool modern glass and aluminum look) and I think it was $35 at Walmart (I hate shopping there, but the equivalent scale at Target was $65).

I've had the same thought. But why not start now? Yes, we've already started down the road (hopefully)...but we're going to keep making progress, right?