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great job congrats!! hope your labs are all wonderful!

Heart rate monitor (Polat F4 I think...not at home at the moment) made me so much more accountable and encourages me to exercise.

Great job!! Stretch a lot and get it done! I need to make the same goal when I get back from vacation in a week!

What I asked myself when evaluating if I should add these exercise calories in was---did I do this job (I'm a an RN who works 12 hour shifts. Can be very busy/active at times) while gaining all the weight? My answer was yes. I was doing the same job I did when trying to lose as I did while I gained the weight. So for me…

Great job!! you look wonderful and I know you will acomplish your goal this year. That last picture is so cute! don't ya love wearing high boots? cannot do that and look good when you are big (well I never felt I could anyway!) congrats!

Cool picture! downtown where? The last couple days have been gorgeous, if a bit windy. This is the fountain in the downtown plaza- note people frolicking in it. [/quote]

2/01- 15.79 miles 2/04-10.31 miles 2/08-13.94 miles 2/10-8.30 miles 2/15-19 miles 67.34 miles....need to step it up this month!

I did 164 last month so think I will stick with 150 for a goal. 2/1/14- 15.79 miles

1/1/14-13.2 miles 1/3/14-12.8 miles 1/4/14-15.67 miles 1/5/14-10.39 miles 1//7/14-4.11 miles 1/9/14-4.34 miles 1/11/14-16.11 miles 1/15/14-14.71 miles 1/17/14-9.71 miles 1/20/14-12.78 miles 1/23/14-4.66 miles 1/24/14-11.47 miles 1/25/14-15.11 miles 1/26/14-9.86 miles 1/29/14-10.02 miles 164.94 total! goal!!

Congrats Blanphere!! that is awesome!

1/1/14-13.2 miles 1/3/14-12.8 miles 1/4/14-15.67 miles 1/5/14-10.39 miles 1//7/14-4.11 miles 1/9/14-4.34 miles 1/11/14-16.11 miles 1/15/14-14.71 miles 1/17/14-9.71 miles 1/20/14-12.78 miles 1/23/14-4.66 miles 1/24/14-11.47 miles 1/25/14-15.11 miles 145.06 total....can make my goal tomorrow! yay!

I work 12 hr nights 3 days a week also. I tend to be a night owl also and rarely go to bed before 1:30-2am. I log midnight to midnight and break my diary up by time 12am-8am, 8am-6pm, and 6pm-12am I found once I changed my logging into 24hr and timed blocks instead of trying to play around with which of my meals was…

1/1/14-13.2 miles 1/3/14-12.8 miles 1/4/14-15.67 miles 1/5/14-10.39 miles 1//7/14-4.11 miles 1/9/14-4.34 miles 1/11/14-16.11 miles

1/1/14 13.2 miles 1/3/14 12.8 miles 1/4/14 15.67 miles 1/5/14 10.39 miles 1//7/14 4.11 miles 1/9/14 4.34 miles riding at night the last 2 rides. not my favorite thing to do so only short rides.

Hi Neesey! welcome to MFP. Congrats on your upcoming wedding! that is a great motivator to lose weight :o) You can do this :o)

1/1/14 13.2 miles 1/3/14 12.8 miles 1/4/14 15.67 miles 1/5/14 10.39 miles 52.08 total

1/1/14 13.2 miles 1/3/14 12.8 miles 1/4/14 15.67 miles

1/3/14 12.8 miles

Polar FT4 . Totally helped me lose when I was getting stalled out. The phone apps and MFP can't see your HR so I think are much less accurate! enjoy whatever you get!

oops thanks for noticing! I am a nurse and working tonight...so it has been a chore to write 1/1/14 all night! LOL

1/1/13 13.2 miles

I'm in. I have slacked off in the colder (haha I live in so cal so I'm a wuss) weather so need to challenge myself. My end of 2013 months were Sept 199 miles Oct 143 miles Nov 115 miles Dec 72 miles not seeing a good trend here :o( So going to set a Jan goal of 150 I have not particatated in one of these before....do I…

congrats! great job!

I eat low cal snacks. Fruit usually helps. I also love Outshine frozen fruit bars and most of them only have 60-80 calories so if I eat 2 it is not so terrible. sometimes I am terrible and sabotage my whole day though....sigh late night cravings are hard!

Hi, welcome to MFP! congrats on the working out! keep it up it will make all the difference :o) Send me a friend request if you are looking for support Trish

Hi Kerri! welcome to MFP. It is a great free site with so much great info. Logging is so easy and reallllly eye opening (at least it was for me) I hope you like it here and are very successful! send me a friend request if you are looking for some support Trish

Hi Sarah, I was a "walker" for any years and still gained a lot of weight. I think walking is great but you may have to add another forms of exercising (I started riding my bike) to jump start your metabolism. Don't think of this as a diet...it has to be a lifestyle change for it to work. Are you logging all you eat?…

Love this thread and so need it right now. Weight loss seems to be coming to a stand still .....so just for today I will not be disappointed with the miniscule weight loss I achieved this week ( .3 lbs) and continue to be motivated to keep going in the right direction!

awesome post!! made me cry :o)

live in Cypress. Work in Long Beach. Love socal weather for being able to exercise outside all year long!