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You can do it. Slow and steady wins the race. Do not beat yourself up for the weight you put on....look at it as a motivator instead. You already know what it feels like to be there so it gives you something to aim for....the feeling...You Will do it. Today is not the day you "pick yourself up" but merely the beginning of…

Get yourself a HRM (heart rate monitor) with a chest strap. I have the polar ft7...the ft4 is just as good. they run about 89 at Academy but its so worth it its not even funny. The plain wrist ones arent as good. You cant feel the chest strap so it doesnt bother you.. It will tell you the calories you are burning as well…

I like will smith radio for my workouts...its not just him of course but a lot of the hip hop tunes from the 80s 90s and today that have a similar beat....great to walk to and get you motivated:)

Thanks so much....Im sticking with it......felt great this morning...just having a rough afternoon;) the laughing cow light swiss is only 35 calories a wedge and I eat it on celery...thats a pretty good snack.....I just feel like Im constantly eating....ironically enough Im not used to that...I used to eat 3 meals a day…

cool...thanks for the info:)

Okay...Im new...what does Bump mean??? noodles sound great btw:)

Oh, and btw...I have a step-daughter that suffered for a year with a VERY dangerous and critical eating disorder....hospitalized for months..I am proud to say she is a healthy young lady now. People that do wierd stuff like that in front of their kids or obscess about their weight when they are just a few pounds over or…

Thats ridiculous. You are doing the right thing...learning how to eat and how exercise lets you eat more....its just simple math. If you take in more than your body burns, you gain, if you use your calories and think about the things you put in your mouth, its a sustainable life time change.....that other stuff is NOT…

Hey all...I got a polar FT7 and LOVE it....I was actually able to see the calories burned in a snap....THANK YOU ALL for the advice!:)

Thanks smurfette:) didnt see this but will go there too!

Thanks, Kamoira!! I finally figured it out under the help section...I should have just come back to this:) I also found another site with a database for zumba so I added it to this sites exercises:) hopefully will get that polar today if they have one at academy

awesome...I have one for my wrist on my watch but how do you plug it in and calculate it?? I wll go to the zumba site for that also...funny...I work with ecgs on a regular basis but didnt put HRM together...LOL....Oh and btw..how do you put those cool tickers and little snippits about your weight loss on the bottom of each…

HRM??

Great Story...very motivational! I just started a few days ago and I have a friend that has lost 30. She started in January..I enrolled in March but let it go....after seeing her progress, I am FINALLY ready to do this thing. Thanks for sharing..you look wonderful. I feel your story because mine is pretty similar...many…