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This is probably the most talked about subject here on MFP. Search "exercise calories" at the search tab and you will find an abundance of information. The answer is YES. Some people will disagree. This is the way I look at it. Our metabolism is like a fire. The more we exercise, the hotter the fire burns. What do you to…

You must exercise! There is no way around it. If your kids are the age to ride in a stroller push the stroller while you walk. Put them in a wagon while you walk. Hold their hand while you walk. Do jumping jacks during commercials. If you have cable TV with On Demand go to Exercise TV and pick out a video to exercise to.…

The first thing is to make sure you get one with a chest strap. Ones without a chest strap are not accurate. I have a polar FT4. It was under $70 on Amazon.com and shipping was free. It allows you to enter your personal information such as age, sex, height, and weight. It allows you to track your last 10 exercise sessions.…

Interesting article. Although I no longer eat any pasta, I think this guys article is very misleading. He says pasta (Dreamfield's) is "slow carb", but that it is all slowly absorbed. Foods can be "slow carb". They are also called resistant carbs. Cold pasta (even the regular kind) has more resistant carbs than hot pasta.…

I don't eat any pasta. I have just chosen to eliminate it from my diet completely. I found that eating any kind of pasta made me crave pasta and other carbs even more. I eat spaghetti squash now instead of pasta. It is delicious. 8 oz. of spaghetti squash has 44 calories and 10 carbs (most of which are fiber). A serving of…

Can I get an AMEN!! Very well said!

Listen to your body. For me personally, at the advice of a trainer, I was not eating my exercise calories and it ended up actually making me sick. I was dizzy and light headed and had heart palpitations. It was not from dehydration, it was from not eating enough. I was only netting 600-900 calories a day and in addition to…

What is even worse is when a woman wears a thong that is pulled up too high and pants that are too low!! :noway: That is just nasty!! Makes them look like a cheap perfume, 2 cent hooker!

I have a Polar FT4. It was under $70 on Amazon and shipping was free. Which ever one you choose, make sure you get one with a chest strap. Ones that are just a wrist watch are not as accurate. The chest strap follows your heart rate the same as an EKG would. The chest strap is not uncomfortable. It is made of soft,…

I have it and I love it. It allows me to learn the different steps in my own home instead of in front of a class. My 9 year old autistic nephew even does it with my sister. It's well worth the money.

I wait until my heart rate gets out of the zone. As long as my heart rate is still up I count it.

When I was younger I used to be a "cutter" and I used Mederma and it cleared up all of my scars. I have some really bad ones too. They are all gone now. It is kind of expensive, but you just a very small amount at a time. A tube lasted me over 6 months.

Heart rate monitors are a great investment! If you get one make sure you get one with a chest strap...they are very accurate and actually tracks your heart beat like an EKG does. I have a Polar FT4 and I love it. It only cost me $70 off of Amazon and the shipping was free. It keeps track of my last 10 workouts, how long my…

I keep corn tortillas forever! I haven't had a problem with them going bad. If they taste ok, smell ok, and look ok...I wouldn't worry.

You need to NET at least what MFP has suggested your daily calorie goal should be. If you exercise and burn 400 calories, then you need to eat back that 400 calories. Some people disagree...and that is fine, but I went to my doctor and my dietician and they both told me I needed to eat those exercise calories back. It is…

I find this funny because I just went through and deleted several friends. I say 21 days. It takes 21 days to form a habit. Once someone has not logged in for 21 days I assume they have gotten out of the habit of desiring a healthy lifestyle and picked up the habit of not caring. I choose to friend those who have the same…

Maybe you use MFP as a dating web site...it seems that way looking at your friends list. However, I have never thought of it that way. I have many friends on here and none of them have used this site as a platform for dating. I think if you come here for that reason, perhaps you have your priorities out of whack. There are…

I don't drink...personal decision. I am a recovering addict (with 3 years 4 months clean), so drinking is out of the question. I have different rules than most. It's all part of recovery. I've had fun reading all these responses though.

I will walk at night after it has cooled down, but not after dark.

You can enter an exercise yourself under "Cardio". Enter in "Zumba" and then scroll down and it will say something like "didn't find what you need". Click on that and you can add whatever you want. Either use a HRM to calculate calories burned or find online the average burned in Zumba for an hour. I think it is between…

Have you read the ingredients in those products? You can't even pronounce half of them. If I can't pronounce it, I don't eat it. They are both processed. Whole, natural foods are the best. One ingredient....sweet cream.

What's your secret? Great pics!!

It just works for some to eat their exercise calories. It works for me...so I do it. You are close to your ideal weight, I am not...I have lost 40 pounds and have another 70 to go. I don't know if that makes any difference or not. When I was not eating my exercise calories I plateaued.

Leslie Sansone's walk videos are good. She has a 1, 2, and 3 mile one. They are really easy but they will give you a good burn.

The best way to prevent going over or under is to pre-plan your meals and log them before you eat. Anything that is 400 or 500 calories is way too many calories for one meal. That is nearly half of your daily allowance. You should be eating 3 meals a day and 3 small snacks (meals around 300, snacks around 100....a little…

I love it! There are a lot of vegetables I don't like, so I think it is an easy way for me to get my veggies.

Mine was only $62 on Amazon with free shipping and handling. The best investment I have made since I have started working to lose weight. MFP was really over-estimating calories burned on many exercises and that can really cause problems if you are eating them back. It is also because of my HRM that I discovered I had an…

A heart rate monitor is just a tool. I didn't have one the first couple of months I started this. My exercise and ways of eating have stayed the same. The only difference now is I have a HRM to accurately calculate how many calories I burn. However, when I was using MFP's exercise database and some certain exercise had a…

Good Lord! Sorry, I can't keep focus for long enough to read this whole thing.

I have medical reasons for needing one too. The weight of the skin pulls on my c-section scar. I just had 5 hernias repaired because of it. My doc said if I don't get it done it will happen again.