RedneckChicana

Get a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) best investment I made so far, well next to the food scale! All FitBit and MFP can do is "estimate" your calories burned. Also what are you eating? If you jsut changed your diet you may not see any results until your body adjusts to less calories and healthier foods. 1/2 a pound a week isnt…

I spent the extra $10 and got a digital one and a new set of measuring spoons and cups. It becomes fun once you get going. But make sure you can do the calculations and conversions. I always sucked at fractions to decimals and all that. I have charts and a calculator handy. This site helps also:…

Walked 2 miles did 200 ab exercises, dusted, vacuumed, mopped, scrubbed kitchen, scrubbed bathroom, mopped more, cleaned cat box, took out trash, changed sheets, did some laundry. Now I have to shower get pretty and make fancy food for dinner with friends tonight. All while listening to Pandora Disco Radio channel. Oh yeah…

Amazon.com has the Polar FT4 for $58. I bought that one and am totally happy with it. It works awesome. And I think it is the best for the price. I think they are about to phase it out this year and thats why its so cheap. that and it isnt Bluetooth capable.

Go out and find Tofu Shirataki noodles! I made easy goulash with them and was like omfg happy. The whole meal was 222 calories. And yes I used real ground chuck. I didnt skimp on anything but the pasta. With those noodles you can enjoy pasta dishes again and not feel guilty. Also look into using cooked and pureed…

I am a massive salad eater. If you really wanna have some fun and mix it up. Look up Salads in a Jar to see all the fun mixes and things you can make. Basically its salad in a wide mouth canning jar. Start with dressing on bottom and work way to top with leafy greens being the top most ingredient. they can keep for up to 5…

Yes Please! And if you are Scottish, even better. Here I brought you a stool.

I bought a scale for $20 and its the main tool in my kitchen next to the measuring cups and spoons. http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-3831BL-Biggest-Kitchen-Platform/dp/B001DQOEIE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392846072&sr=8-3&keywords=biggest+loser+scale I found mine at a Rite Aid. But most stores carry them. And find a good kitchen…

I use cauliflower in place of any potato dish. Mashed, baked etc. Hell I put sour cream, green onions and cheese on some the other day (sour cream and chive baked potato) I was seriously missing the bacon bits here. I have also prepared it with chili and cheese. And then while flippin thru a magazine in the waiting room I…

Too damn complicated! I am sending it back. I was hoping it would help me out when I walked outside, rode my bike around or roller bladed. I guess basic math is what its gonna have to be and guesstimations. The online calculators are far better. Maybe money is better spent on a decent pedometer. Or better yet a new…

This watch does not have a chest strap. It sensors from the back and 2 buttons on front. Here is the instruction manual if you are interested. I stepped off and measured heart rates 4 different times. 70 at resting...130ish at warm up and 165 at peak..back down to 130 at cool down. I checked. Weight in Lbs as it asked for,…

You should not eat anything right before bed. Stop eating 3 hours before. That way your body while you sleep goes into "starvation" mode and begins to feed off the already stored fat and calories you have. But if you absolutely cannot give up eating try warm milk with honey and a banana, The banana the milk have tryptophan…

1 small lick of chocolate, 1 lick of ice cream, 1 Raddiz erm Radish, and some Vegetas...Vegetables are negative calorie foods. If I was you I would ask Master Roshi his advice. *grin* Or chalk it up as a good day that you didnt have to save the world from some alien being by eating that last calorie!

I do both. If it says on the label its in grams it gets weighed. If its liquid it gets measured. I have a scale and all the measuring tool. I have come to find that some of the database is in one or the other. So do both if you have to. Keeping track it a bit time consuming but so worth it! Make sure you have scrap paper…

Boobs consist mostly of fat and are one of the first things we lose with significant weight loss. Especially if you are doing a lot of upper body workouts. Sorry Men :( I am a full D now after spending most of my life between a B and C. I will be extra sad to see these puppies go. But smaller boobs means less gravitational…

Full on open diary here. I love to cook and modify recipes to make healthier or easier so I will be adding things I make as I go. I am also on daily off and on. :) Add Me!

I am in the Saginaw area..or as we like to call it...Sag-nasty :glasses:

I jsut posted a whole lotta info about me in the Introduce Yourself section of the main group :) I am from Saginaw area. I am only working out at home right now because I cant see going out too much, especially sweaty, in this frozen arctic weather. Hell even the snowmen/ladies want to wear coats its so cold :D hehe