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I may have to try this on mine. It's been working fine for a couple months and it still works fine most days, but some times it will suddenly stop reading my heart rate. It really sucks cause it's usually in the middle of a workout. Today it stopped when I was running. I took the chest strap off and put it back on and it…

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I just ordered a Polar FT4 on bodytronics.com. With the 5% off code, it came out to $58 shipped. I'm super excited to get it!

nope. just hungry :( I am still nursing my son (yes, he's 18 months, please no flames for that. Nursing a toddler is an irrelevant issue here) and he nurses at night so that might have something to do with it. but even before he was born I would need to eat fairly close to when I get up. DH can go hours before needing…

see, I feel hungry all day, but I need to eat often. I wake up, sometimes at 5:30 (I have an 18month old) and I'm hungry. Then I snack about 9 or 10, usually a shake with fruit, flax seed and protein powder after running or lifting. Then lunch at 12-ish. I would like space this out more, but I feel hungry. Then I'm hungry…

thanks for all the advice. I probably do need to eat more fiber

If I am eating because I'm bored, how do you stop that? If I stick to eating 5 meals a day, about 350 calories each or so, I don't want to feel hungry in between you know?

I get enough calories. I recently started tracking again because I was slacking and gained a few pounds. my daily allowance is set at 1800

i thought about this, but I only have resistance bands and cap dumbbells at home. so it does take some time to switch the weight amount between exercises I was doing c25k m,w,f and weights tu,th,sat. It's been really difficult to find time to run on mondays lately and I dont want to lose out if I can't go. I'm up to week…

ok so what happens IF (big if) I ever reach my goal? Do I switch to more 3 cardio and 2 weights to maintain?

thanks. I'm a full time mommy and work from home. So on top of working, I have to watch the kids, clean, cook, do errands. Yeah ... I'm short on time, so can only do one a day.

IDK why I kept thinking I needed cardio at least 3 times a week. I guess I'm not going to stress if I can't make my run on Mondays. I still 2x a week and lift 3x if I skip Monday

that scar is nothing. it's hardly even noticeable. honestly, if you posted a bikini pic, the first thing I would think is "she looks great!" definitely not "omg she has a SCAR!"

when I'm busy counting, I CAN'T think about anything else that could distract me. For me, I count to keep my pace slow and I breathe in on every left foot. or every other. I can't remember now LOL. If I'm feeling tired, I will breathe in deep through my nose to fill up my lungs (think pilates) and then let it out through…

i run outside so I do this with teh music. I also find that concentrating on my breathing helps. or I watch my pace. LIke I count with my steps. Like left foot goes down, that's one. right foot, then left foot, two. I usually go one, two, one two and just make sure I'm not going too fast or I will tire myself out too fast.…

This thread is awesome. Tnx for all the great recipes!

this! I immediately noticed that your posture in the second pics is straighter and more confident. great job!

I never eat the instant stuff, but it oatmeal seriously does nothing for me in terms of keeping me full. I've always heard it's supposed to keep you fuller, longer. Nope. Not in my case. I had protein and veggies yesterday and I was definitely fuller longer.

I use an arm band. I use my honking big phone because I'm doing c25k and I have the app on it that tells me when to run and when to walk. I have the c25k app and music going at the same time. the arm band is huge but it works.

thank you for the great ideas! Last night I cooked some breakfast sausage (it turned into crumbles) in olive oil with chopped up red and green bell pepper and broccoli. It's going to be breakfast for a few days and it's awesome. I noticed when I did have oatmeal for breakfast, I was starving an hour or 2 later. so…

I will try that, thanks. Right now I'm aiming for about 1900 calories but limiting my carbs. I cut out oatmeal in the mornings (seriously just leaves me famished about an hour or 2 later) and trying to avoid bread and rice. I will see if it helps with the weight loss and hunger.

I remember this video. I cried everytime I saw it.

That boys II men song for mama or whatever its called (from soul food) My mom passed away a year and a half ago and I heard it in the radio tgis past mothers day. Im not a crier but I couldnt help it

I just finished week 5 of c25k. Just 6 (repeated a week) I could barely run a minute. Today I ran 20 minutes. Feel free to add me :)

BMR is 1350. I'm honestly not sure about the blood sugar thing. I know if I eat carbs, my body craves carbs, and I have a hard time losing when I eat too many carbs. oh, I say 200 because my son is almost 16 months old. he only nurses for naps and at night now.

You're welcome :) It's so confusing sometimes cause there are a bunch of different calculators. I've used F2F that uses your goal weight and the scooby workshop one that tells you your TDEE-whatever percent you choose. Good luck with your weight loss. this eating more business is kinda scary but it just has to work cause I…

did you use the fit2fat calc that asks you to input your goal weight? if so, the TDEE they give you is for your goal weight, not what you weigh now. so you can eat that much and you should lose steadily until you get to that weight, and then you will just maintain

I found that doing pilates is helping me. I just started doing pilates again as a warm up for the days I lift and the breathing is helping me when I run. I find myself concentrating on my breathing as I run (in through the nose to fill up my lungs and out through my mouth). I completed w5d3 today! I ran the entire 20 min,…

ok that makes sense now. I needed to have it explained to me. sorry as far as my calories, I was losing consistently for about a month on 1400. (actually closer to 1600 because I ate an extra 200 because I'm breastfeeding my son) I decided to try raising the amount cause I was just always hungry. I raised it to 1800 on May…

I have a question. if your bmr is what you burn doing nothing, why are you not supposed to eat less than that? Wouldn't you want to net less than that so you lose weight? I was eating 1400 and losing, but always hungry. Upped to 1800, nothing happened. Upped again to 2000 to account for breastfeeding calories and still,…