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But if I eat following the right calorie deficit I should be able to reach my 140 goal no matter how much weight lifting I do? Weight lifting builds muscle which in return makes you weigh more not less from what I understand which is why I ask. Yes you will look skinnier but will weigh more. It would be nice to see the…
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Yes but that doesn't tell me if I can get down to my 140 lb weight goal by lifting weights. I'm trying to find out if the trainer was right or not when he said he didn't think I would get down to 140 by weight lifting. Because if the answer is no that I can't reach that goal I might as well ditch the weights and stick to…
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Never heard of fitbit. I am guessing this is a calorie counting watch? I will be sure to look into this anything that can help me make sure I have an accurate count would be good.
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Well this is good to know I wasn't sure because I just see the machine adding up my calories for an hours worth of running all I know is it said close to 700 burned so I figured the machines must know what they are estimating and how they got to that number but I'll keep this in mind so I don't over estimate them then.
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I'll have to try that then. I wasn't keeping track of anything other than the calories the treadmill said I burned and my total time running on it which was just over an hour. I'll have to keep track of my my average speed and the distance it says I walked I wasn't paying much attention I'll have to check into that then.
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Well if that works for you then kudos whatever works best for you. I hate the scale too sometimes. Especially if I go to weigh myself and I know that I slipped on my food intake a bit I know that scale might slide up by a pound or 2 which is not cool but I know I need to do better. Now I just make it a habit not to weigh…
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Thank you all for the responses. Weirdly though I have run on the treadmill before and I have not had any sort of pain or problems on the treadmill itself. It's when I started running outside that I start to experience these problems. I'm never out of breath so I felt the need to challenge myself and run a bit faster and I…
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Thank you all for the replies at least now I know. Well I should have mentioned that I am diabetic so I am going to guess that this might not be the best option for me if only I could find an alternative that works and is healthier.
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Yes I am type 2. So I have to watch everything that I eat and I have to check my blood sugar levels a minimum of 2x a day.
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I guess I was confusing sugar free from no added sugar. I just always thought both terms meant the same thing. The question is would these smoothies be good for a diet? Or would you say that 26 grams is too much sugar? I didn't want to buy it because I wasn't sure how much sugar is too much when it comes to a diet and…
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Thank you all for the replies and recommendations. Yea most people I read about here on MFP have stated they did each of the 3 workouts for about 10 days each. But I just kept plugging away and did each workout for about a months time each. This one (level 3) that I am on now has been just over a month since I haven't…
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I guess the question is what would cause 2 scales to be completely off in my case by 11 lbs? I could understand if it was a few lbs like 2 or 3 but 11? Well that threw me for a curve ball because here I am thinking how closer I am to my 140 lbs goal weight and then I see the doctors scale and realized I'm farther behind…
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Usually when I weigh myself i am wearing my gym shorts and a tshirt. At the doctors office I had on a pair of jeans and a tshirt. No matter when or where I weigh I always weigh with no shoes on. But I highly doubt my jeans and tshirt weigh 11 lbs. I mean I could understand if the scale added a pound or two for my jeans and…
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As for the responses thank you everyone. I appreciate the advice. I might just take it easy for today and see how I feel later on. I don't usually do my workouts until the late afternoon anyways.
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Correction. I do not ave a gym membership. I work out from home. Why on earth would I want to get other people sick? Obviously if I didn't go to work it's because I don't want others to get sick. So why would I go to a gym and work out when I know others can get sick as well? I do all my weight lifting and cardio and…
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Today I went to see my therapist this morning like I do every week for our weekly 1 hour session and first thing she says to me is "Have you been working out? You look like you've lost weight." That just put the biggest smile on my face that someone finally noticed. I looked in the mirror again when I got back home and…
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Well its just hard seeing the scale going down but not the way my body looks. Some days I just can't even look at myself that's how bad I hate the way I look. So far no one has mentioned seeing anything different. So I really don't know aside from a few shirts I kept tucked away in the back of my closet that fit me great…
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Often times when I find myself short of breath I find out I just needed to drink more water and this usually fixes the situation for me. But since you said there was coughing involved that makes your situation different then mines. I'd say just to be safe consult a doctor to see what the best way to get into working out is.
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Maybe this is why my scale seems to get stuck sometimes from time to time on the same number? Like how many resting days would you say a person needs in order to properly lose weight? I was not aware resting days were as important I just know when I work out I feel amazing each time when I am done.
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No I am not taking any days to rest at this time and I feel great. I have worked out each and everyday in a row for the past 2 months with no days off and I have not had a single problem so I didn't think it was a bad thing to work out for an hour each day. I just wasn't sure about the working out for 2x a day.
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Well I do a lot of cardio and I am trying to get into weight lifting exercises more now. Some days I will take it easy and do the 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels along with some other form or cardio or weight lifting after, But I always make sure to finish and complete my full 1 hour of working out per day I have not…
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Maybe you should take some time to ask her what you can do to make her feel better. Just sit down and talk and listen to everything she has to say and let her vent her frustrations and headaches to you and let her tell you everything that is on her mind and you simply just listen and when she is done ask her what she…
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Although it has been hard for me lately as well one thing that keeps me going is looking in the mirror and seeing the guy in the mirror and how much I hate how he looks and wanting to change it all. I can't speak for your personally if that would help but it keeps me going through my 1 hour workouts everyday. Do you have…
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I always make time no matter what for my 1 hour workouts everyday and I make my food in advance so I don't have any excuses to not eat healthy. As for salads and stuff I try to stay away from the dressing if possible. Every once in a while I might use some blue cheese or ranch but very little not even that much. I use a…
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Thank you all for the responses. I should consider logging more of what I eat this is where I feel I lack. Mostly I eat chicken salads or I try to eat like chicken with veggies or something. Either I forget to log what I eat or I just don't because I didn't think logging salads and veggies was all that important but I will…
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Thank you for the reply. My doctor has already put in paperwork for the diabetes education classes but the classes won't begin until the start of next month as I was told they are booked and don't have any available spots until then. But the only orders my dr. gave me for now was to keep up my exercise routine and to just…
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Hello all. My name is John and I am new to this group just thought i would stop on in and introduce myself. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes earlier this week by my doctor which came as a complete shock considering my physical from last week went surprisingly well for me. But the blood work finally came back and there…
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Thank you all for the help and responses I will take a look at the diabetes support forum now. It's just been so stressful and hard because I had a physical last week and then doctor literally said I was fine but just needed to get blood work done was all and now this. This morning I emptied out my fridge from any of the…
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I know this post dates back to 2010 and we're in 2014 but upon doing some searching on here for more inspiration to workout I found this. So I decided to dig it out of the archives for anyone looking for more inspiration you can read this persons story I know it's motivated me 10x more now. Cheers :)
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Oh no 30 day shred isn't the only thing I'm doing. I like to combine jumprope and I'm also using the C25K app on my phone as well for running. So I usually alternate like one day I'll do 30 day shred but then the next I do jumprope in combination with the C25K. Idk if jumprope or running are able to help with this though.
