tcdawley78 Member

I think it just depends on your body chemistry, heredity, etc... Every one says lost weight = lost boobs, but I'm down 120+lbs, and am still a 38G... :-(

fabulous!! keep it up!! :-D

my weakness in ben & jerry's (chunky monkey)... that's the one thing i can't keep in the house!! all the other junk food can stay and it doesn't tempt me, but if I have chunky monkey in the freezer, i can't resist it... :-D

Great job!! I'm starting running again too, and finding the more I run, the more I get back into enjoying it!! :-D

I don't east back my exercise calories, but I do log them... I use it to keep track of my exercise... If I have a week where I don't lose much, it helps me to see how much exercise I did (or didn't do) that week... It keeps me motivated when I don't feel like exercising. I can look back and say "last time I didn't exercise…

I start to feel like that whenever my shoes are wearing out... my hips feel it waaaay before my feet do... You're supposed to get new shoes every 300 miles, and i was averaging about every 650...

Also, check the weight setting on the machine if you didn't reset it when you got on.. 600+ calories is off for anything

I just put the lowest... But spinning and cycling are two different things... :-)

I realize that I don't gain as much as I would if I weren't at a deficit... My problem is with blanket statements that say "no one can do this"... there are exceptions to everything... :-D

No, I can FEEL how large my muscles are under the fat, and they are bigger than they were when I started... I do know a thing or two about my own body... ;-) i realize that IN GENERAL it's true, but there are some obese people that are extremely inactive (like I was), and when they start lifting REAL weight, they will gain…

Totally agree with this... I've lost 117 lbs (on a 1200 calorie diet). I had almost no muscle tone when I started, and have MUCH larger and stronger muscles now... I get that it's probably because I had so little muscle to begin with, but some people CAN build muscle on a deficit!!

I have a problem like that... to lose 2lbs a week, I need to have way less than 1200 calories... so I just eat 1200, and make up the difference with excercise... I know you're *supposed* to eat back your excercise calories, but I dont, and it's been working for me... I hit a plataeu every now and then and, when I do, I eat…

i had the same thing, then realized i was so excited to able to run again that i kept forgetting to stretch first (i know, i know, i knew better than that!!) :-/

I've lost 117lbs... feel free to add me... I'm not on all day, but I check it every mornin and hit up my friends to encourage them... And good job and getting started!! I found that that was the hardest part in losing weight... Saying "That's it, I'm gonna do this"... :-D

I have wiifit plus, and use it 3 times a week... My flexibility has increased tremendously, and i have lost over 100lbs... It's no longer the only thing I do for excercise, but when I first started (first 6 months) I would do a pilates/yoga routine on wiifit for about an hour... I don't think it's intense enough to be the…

I struggled with excercise in the beginning too... I think it's part making it a habit, and part finding a way to excercise that you enjoy... What helped me get into daily excercising was building a pilates/yoga routine on the wii... It's low impact so i didn't hurt myself starting out, and relaxing (but tough when you…

Don't get discouraged... when you first start excercising (or increase your load), you build muscle and it can slow weight loss, or even cause an increase!! My weight goes up a pound or so every time I increase my workload, but my clothes are getting looser... That's why it's important to look to things other than the…

This one is also good... http://fa53.com/ (just scroll down to "APFT and Body Fat Calculators"... also has some good apps to help prepare for basic (general orders, etc)

Rum!!! :-) Yummy!!

great job!! i have a pair of my old pants that i actually keep for the days i feel down and frustrated, to remind me of how far i've come... :-D

You also need to eat a variety of foods to make sure you get all the nutrients you need... no one food has it all, you need a balance... But I wouldn't think a few days will matter... Especially if you take vitamins... :-) (i know vitamins aren't as good as getting nutrients from food, but better than nothing...)

this is what i do, as well... i just log the time, and change the calories to match what the wii says i burned... :-D

I tried zumba for the wii, but I like it a lot better on xbox kinect... :-D

I've been using wiifit plus for a year now, and i've lost 100+ pounds. I usually excercise for and hour on the wii (strength and yoga) 3 days a week, and strength training (light weights since I just started the strength training) 3 days a week... And some extra times when we play wiifit as a family... :-)

I don't use a hrm, and I've lost just over 100lbs total... I usually eat about half my exercise calories, more if I'm hungry, less if I'm not. I think (like everything else involving weight loss) what works depends on the individual... :-D

WTG!! That's fabulous!! :-D

it's funny, i didn't feel like i was carrying that much extra weight until i tried carrying her around this morning!! Definitely a difference!! No WONDER I was tired all the time... lol

I go there about once a week or so, but I get a 6" veggie sub on honey oat w/ all the veggies and vinegar instead of mayo/dressing... Skip the chips and soda, and you've got a very filling lunch under 300 calories!! :-)

It's not just losing insulation... I had the same problem, and went to my doctor with it. She said i' ve been so cold because 1) lost insulation 2) since I weigh less, It's less work to move my body, so I produce less heat & 3) our body produces heat when we digest food... Less calories = less heat... It made me feel a lot…