sshintaku Member

Oh yea! I second Fitness Blender if you haven't already checked it out. You can sort workouts by time allotment, intensity, body part, etc. It's great. If you only have 10-15 minutes, find a short HIIT video or something. Something is always better than nothing.

Currently, I have 45 minutes in between when I am off work and when I have to pick up kiddo from daycare, so I usually do a quick 25-30 minute workout then. Prior to having this schedule, I did a home workout first thing in the AM when she was having her morning cup of milk. It usually ended with me using her as a weight…

Sadly my horse is an old man now mostly in retirement, but for sure, I had some leg muscle when we were really in our hard training days!

Haha yea, I think part of this is that I just need to accept that realistically my legs will never look as lean as I would like them to. It is nice to hear from people in the same boat though :D

I know recomp takes a long time, but I am not quite sure what "a long time" looks like before I should see some results. Are we talking 3 months? 6 months? A year? I am willing to do the work but I would like to know how long to wait so I can make sure results are actually happening.

I should add: my leg weight routine is squats, deadlights, hip thrusts, single leg lunges, curtsy lunges, and other various things as time allows.

I know I will eat a little worse over the weekend, so I make a point to do longer, more intensive workouts. I also try to limit myself to ONE splurge. If I'm going out to brunch on Saturday, I'm not doing happy hour Friday.

I walk between 13,000 and 20,000 steps a day. I think this helps A LOT, at least for me because it gives me more calories to eat and allows me to easily stay in a deficit, even on days when I don't formally work out. It's hard for me to get time to make it to the gym for a formal workout, but I'm still relatively sucessful…

Soba noodles, broccoli, snow peas, tofu with a few gyoza

This week's meals are: 1. Cod and rice 2. Mushroom stroganoff 3. Pot Roast 4. Soba noodles with tofu 5. veggie burgers 6. spaghetti

I've always been a big eater, but also thankfully, have a decent metabolism. I also struggle with blood sugar issues and get sick if I go too long without eating, which sort of led me to have this weird fear situation with feeling hungry, like I MUST eat before I actually get hungry, and then I was eating all the time, and…

I'm a big fan of hearty soups. Pack with beans, grains, veggies, etc. Serve with some sort of biscuit or roll.

I've also been wondering about this. I set MFP to sedentary and linked my Fitbit. I have anywhere between 13,000 and 25,000 steps a day (average at about 17000). Today I was around 16000 and it said I have 2100 calories. That seems like a lot to me as well. On really busy days, I'll end up with something like 3500…

Exactly this! I know scale weight is just a number - I don't feel/look bloated or anything and I can certainly tell a difference in muscle tone, but it's frustrating to have worked so hard to hit a certain number and then not be able to get back there, even though I'm doing all the same things I did before that were very…

Mine is $36 per person and offers a student or teacher discount, so my husband and I pay $60 for both of us. It's smaller and has limited equipment, but I tend not to go during peak hours so it works for me.

My Fitbit has been trying to give me an extra like 800 exercise calories just from the walking I do. From experience, I know if I DID eat all the calories it says that I can, I would gain weight.

I'm 5'5"ish, weight 130, am 27. I usually maintain in the 127-128 range which is perfect for me but the holidays hit me hard :D I eat between 1600-1900 on normal days.

What helps me is drinking a LOT of water and tea, in addition to everything else you mentioned. Also maybe a couple hot yoga sessions to sweat out some of the crap.

What I like to do is cook up a big batch of something (usually protein) that I can easily mix with other things during the week. This week, I bought chicken thighs ($5), threw some salt and pepper on them and stuck them on the BBQ for 15 minutes. Yesterday, I ate chicken, green beans and potatoes. Tomorrow, I am having…

I don't get migraines per say, but I do get frequent killer headaches. Yoga is what really helps me. I typically go 3-4x a week, and if I get hit with a headache, I usually try to figure out why and then realize it's been awhile since I've been to yoga.

I make sure to workout more/do things that are more active, and then just have ONE bad thing a day instead of all the bad things. If I know I'm going to have wine, I go light on dinner. If I'm going out to brunch, I have a smoothie for dinner. This typically keeps me within my calorie goals while still allowing me to go…

How long have you been working out? When I first started, and I wasn't particularly out of shape - just not particularly IN shape either, I would shake badly doing postures and would be sore for 2-3 days in. After about 2 months of steady workouts, this more or less went away.

I typically eat around 1600, and my diary is open if you'd like to check it out (although I have been eating weird this past week or so). A typical day for me is... Oatmeal with fruit and honey or a smoothie with protein. Snack of Greek yogurt and almonds or fruit Lunch of soup and crackers, salad or yesterday's leftovers…

How does this work? Does it use data constantly?

When I used to travel via car a lot, I would typically have breakfast somewhere, for lunch have a granola bar or something, and have dinner somewhere. I found I didn't really get hungry midday because of all the sitting and sleeping in thhe van. Maybe try packing granola, dried fruit, nuts, etc as midday food?

I also think yoga is a good place to start toning, particularly for your core.

Question about this - if I eat about 1500 cal a day, I can maintain at 126-127. If I eat more than that, say 1700-2000, I pop up to 130 (what I've weighed most of my adult life) and stay there. Shouldn't I theoretically be able to maintain my weiht on the same amount of calories? I've been experimenting with this for about…

I do this. My calls are set at 1600, I really maintain at about 1800-1900. So, if I go a little over day to day (which I normally do) or my logging isn't super accurate (which it isn't), I don't freak out. This also gives me more wiggle room on the weekends for extra treats. :)

Well, I think it's normal for your belly to be more "bloated" at the end of the day because you have consumed things. I know for me though, when I eat carb/salt/sugar heavy I am definitely MORE bloated. So looking your sample meal, I see fibre bar, oatmeal, Chinese food and ice cream. Carbs, sugar, salt. Not saying these…

Noodles will keep for 5-6 days just in the fridge. You might run them through hot water again before eaten to freshen them up. The calorie trade off between high sodium for a little higher calories will probably help you in thhe long run as high sodium tends to cause bloat (at least for me).