Athena413 Member

Almost a year?! :noway: Must. Find. Solution!!

Thanks! I'll definitely take that in to consideration!

I'm not sniveling - I'm having a discussion. And what you don't know is that I sent her a personal message to apologize if that came off wrong. Unfortunately you can't always catch someone's tone via electronic communication.

I'm very leary of eating back exercise calories because of the fact that it is just an estimate. What if you're burning way less than you think you are and then you eat back all those calories that you haven't actually burned? Seems counter-productive. I do eat SOME of them back, just usually not all of them.

I actually just decided to do that. Usually I wouldn't take Friday off, but since Tues-Thurs is so intense, I decided Friday would be a good second rest day.

Pardonnez moi. Deleted. Best of luck. [/quote] No offense - I often don't read all the posts on a thread because there's too many and I don't have time to read everything.

Seriously? That seems so random... :huh:

You obviously have not read all of the posts...my workouts are very different, involve intervals, and my current schedule has only been what it is for the last 3 weeks...

Agreed - but I have been changing things along the way and nothing seems to be working yet - just trying to get ideas in case there's something I haven't tried that I should.

Hmm...I guess 10 days can be considered a plateau if you weigh in every day...I only weigh once a week, though...officially...

Go in to your profile settings and change your goals.

I was working with a personal trainer from July 2011 - January 2012 and my workouts are different every day because I'm in a tri club and do most of my workouts in a group setting. Training season just kicked off 2-3 weeks ago, though,so I may just be adjusting to the new workouts still. This is my (new) current schedule:…

I only said don't respond IF you haven't been working at it. I hate when people are whiney about not losing weight only to find out they haven't been trying. Sounds like you're actually trying, so your input matters! :smile:

Re-set it to 1lb/week and it's now saying 1,630/day - that seems more reasonable to me. When I was working with a personal trainer, she told me to consume between 1,400-1,600/day and 1,800 on days that I worked out really hard, but not to eat back all my exercise calories. We'll see what just upping the calories a little…

I set it to maintenance and it says 2,130 calories/day - that seems like A LOT!

I'm 5'3'' and MFP currently has me set at 1,410 calories/day. I'm set to sedentary because I'm an accountant and have it set to lose 1.5lbs/week. I had it set at 2lbs, but then I was only getting 1,210 calories/day and that just wasn't enough for all the working out I'm doing. I changed it to 1.5/week hoping the extra…

I don't really believe in low-carb dieting unless you're specifically trying to build muscle. I'm a runner, and runners thrive on carbs, so my diet is by no means low-carb. I probably need to re-evaluate the value of my carbs and check out some of those articles. Thanks for the input!!

Body fat % has gone down some, but overall inches haven't really changed. As far as workouts go, I was running 3x/week, weight training 2x, spin class 2-3x, and some Zumba and toning classes here or there - a pretty decent mix of cardio and strength training. Within the last 3 weeks the schedule has changed a…

Usually anywhere from 900-1,600. And that's NET, not consumed. I very rarely ever consume less than 1,200 - because that's just stupid. And I don't usually eat back all of my exercise calories. Some, yes, but I don't believe that eating back all of them is necessarily a good idea, especially since calories burned is just…

When I started running I weighed around 280 - I now weigh 218. The more weight you lose, the easier it gets and the faster you get, but it's a long process. My pace is still pretty slow - between a 15-16 minute mile, which is a brisk walk for some - but that's the fastest I can go and hold that pace. However, when I…

Seriously? I don't know where you got that from, but pretty sure juice and milk definitely don't count as water... Tea and coffee, maybe. Adding Crystal Light is fine, if you want all that unnatural stuff in your body, and it would still count as water, but for the most part, I think water is the only thing that counts as…

I tend to agree with this. I DID gain a significant amount of weight around the same time I started taking the pill a little over 5 years ago, but a lot of other things also changed in my life - I got married, I was working 2 jobs, I was going to school full time, we didn't have a lot of money so we ate cheap (crappy food…

Aside from MFP: 1. my running shoes 2. motivation/support from friends and family 3. getting away from processed foods

I'm going to get a tattoo of a cacoon on my inside ankle bone hanging on a vine that wraps around the back side of my leg and down to the top of my foot where there will be a butterfly and somewhere in there the verse Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Couldn't have said it better myself. You may actually gain a little bit of weight, but it will be lean muscle and you will look a lot better, which is ultimately what every girl wants. As women, we rely WAY too much on the number on the scale, when really, we just need to be paying attention to our bodies.

Why don't you just ask someone at the gym? I've never seen anyone use one of the treadmills barefoot, but I do know someone who will run the track barefoot because she's trying to get in to barefoot running but it's too cold to actually run outside barefoot. It probably just depends on the gym and what you're wanting to do…

This. She eats like crap because you let her. She doesn't buy groceries or prepare the meals, you do. If she doesn't like what's made for dinner, tough. If she gets hungry enough she'll eat it. She's old enough to learn to be appreciative of what she gets and not just get her way all the time. As far as getting her off of…

There is no best time of day if you're talking physically. It's whatever works best for you. A lot of people like mornings because there are less distractions and less chance of you getting tied up doing something else. I am NOT a morning person, so evenings work much better for me. As long as you do it some time…

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I try to stay away from cereal, or anything else that comes in a box that has more than just a few ingredients, just because it's so processed. If we do buy cereal, though, I try to look for one that doesn't have any high fructose corn syrup in it - frosted mini wheats and honey nut cheerios are some of the best I've…