wnrobert Member

I'm not sure about Colorado, but here in VA - the best way to gain experience is to volunteer. As far as paid, usually new EMTs have better luck trying to get on with a transport company first to gain some experience. It's not nearly as exciting, but you gain a lot of knowledge about routing in your area, the facilities…

Yeah, we keep a cooler in the back side compartment - so it's possible to stick something in there, but there is no guarantee that you're going to ever get to a microwave to heat it up, so it usually has to be a sandwich or something you don't mind eating cold. (I'm really not big on salads - feels like I'm eating grass).…

I've been in EMS for several years now, but just started working for a busier system this year. I was used to being in a "sit at the station and wait for a call" type of system and now I'm in a system that posts units at various locations in the city depending on past call statistics. The change has been harder on my…

Yep. Fire/EMT. Trying to avoid any weight gain due to the rough hours and limited availability of good food. Having (some) success at losing a little bit of weight too. Also want to build strength for lifting those bariatrics.

Just did 'em in my cubicle. 50 small - forward 50 large - forward 50 small - backward 50 large - backward

Make yourself go to the gym at least once a day. Always take the stairs (the elevators will be crowded anyways). DO NOT TRUST THE SCALE IN THE GYM. I have never seen it get my weight accurate on any cruise I've been on. I don't know if this is done on purpose to give us a false sense of security, if it has something to do…

Breakups are the worst... I've found that if I focus on the things I can control, it helps. I clean my house or do projects around the house that I've been putting off. I work out or play basketbal. I listen to lots and lots of (positive and upbeat) music. It will take time, but eventually you will find you two can be best…

Congratulations?? I said in the first quote I was new to it, you don't have to be an *kitten*. Whether or not it equals a squat rack really had nothing to do with my question, but please, continue on in your day being happy for stating that I was using the wrong term.

Yeah, I had to read the label twice. To be fair, there are four squat stations and only two of them have this label. They are the squat racks where if you rotate the bar, two hooks will latch the bar in place so it won't fall and it never leaves the tracks it is in. (only moves vertically). The other two stations just have…

My gym has the scale in the locker room... I'd look pretty ridiculous carrying the bar into the showers with me, but I'll keep it as a last resort haha.

Also, are you weighing your food? (all except liquids) There can be a bigger difference than you think between 1/4 cup of dry rice and 45 grams of dry rice. Only other advice besides weighing the food is to be careful when using nutritional information that other users have added into MFP. Sometimes they are not correct…

Are you working out now? If so, are you adding in your calories burned into MFP? I've found that if I enter all the calories that machines/etc say I've burned, then I don't lose weight. The advice given to me on here was to only enter 50-70% of the calories that a machine or calculator says you burned during your workout…

Thank you.

MFP gave me a goal of 1200 calories/day I'm 28 y/o Female approx. 5'3.5" 168.2 lbs I work a desk job 40 hours a week - so sedentary if I don't add in workouts

You would think, even if I'm slightly over eating 1200 by measuring in a cup instead of weight, that I'd still see some loss. Other websites like http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ have put me around 1600 calories a day. Regardless, thanks for the advice, and I'll try to be even more diligent in my…

I measure my foods out, but not usually by weight unless it's meat. (If it says I can have a 1/2 cup of rice, I measure it in a a measuring cup, etc) For lunches I bring lean cuisines every day so I just add those in. I measure my exercise calories by using the mapmyrun app. I use it to track my walks at lunch to get (what…