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Debbie - doing sprints doesn't sound like a fail to me at all! If you pushed hard on those, then it's maybe not the run you were shooting for, but still a pretty successful outing exercise-wise. I'm supposed to be finishing my last 4 workouts of the Jillian Michaels Body Revolution, but I'm getting bored and fizzling out…

Also some carry overs from May for me, but with a few tweaks: 1. Stay as close as possible to macro goals of 40/30/30 (c/p/f) on a weekly basis. 2. Lift weights 3x per week (starting NROLFW) 3. Continue 3x/week weightlifting even (/especially) while on vacation in Vegas :drinker: 4. Do outside exercise (e.g. golf, biking,…

My results: 1: Still just a few workouts from the end of JMBR...I am so looking forward to focusing more on weightlifting and some outdoor sports, and less on jumping a lot and doing a ton of plank variations in my living room :laugh: 2: 5lbs was very much wishful thinking, lol, but I am down about 2-3lbs. I'm looking…

If you only have 30 days to work with before vacation and want your tummy to look less puffy and more defined, you need to: 1: Track your food on here RELIGIOUSLY. You need to NET above your BMR (which you can calculate here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/). If you are netting below your BMR, your workouts…

I have been where you are. I wasn't a "whiny teenager" at the time - I was in my mid 20's and in grad school - so I don't think you're being a whiny teenager at all. What you're feeling can happen to anyone - it sucks, but it's legitimate, and you need to do something to deal with it. Seriously consider talking to a…

I just made low-calorie AND low(ish)-sodium stir fried green beans for dinner, and they were delish: Ingredients: 1 lb french green beans (french as in skinny beans, not cut - you want the whole beans not little pieces); washed and trimmed 1 tbsp canola oil 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp stevia extract (or splenda) 1 tbsp…

I buy the cheap vanilla Archer Farms stuff from Target. It is delicious on it's own (in milk), OR.... You can mix milk (1 cup) + whey (1 scoop) + coffee (6 oz) + coffee flavoring syrup (like Torani sugar-free french vanilla; 1 tbsp) and pour it over ice. It's an iced coffee, but it's also a protein shake. Pure. Awesomeness.

I second the :love: :flowerforyou: :love:

OK, so I hate (HATE) pink as a color....HOWEVER, it looks awesome on you - I vote for the hot pink. The tankini is really cute, too, so it would work as a second option if you wanted two, but the hot pink is definitely your color.

I'm doing Jillian Michaels Body Revolution (like p90x...but Jillian's version). Wheel pose is basically holding yourself up in an arch (tummy up) with hands and feet on the floor....like bending over backwards but you get there by pressing up from the floor (I tried to post a picture, but it's not coming up). Anyway, from…

Happy hump day, all! My biggest victory of the day: making my protein shake taste like a frappuccino. Surprisingly, all I had to do was add 6oz black coffee + some sugar free french vanilla coffee syrup to the usual shake and pour it over ice. Win. This is a big improvement over yesterday, when I seriously pulled/tweaked…

It really depends on what exactly you mean by "gardening". For example, when I am turning over soil and actually doing a lot of digging and planting, and it's hot and sunny outside, I can *easily* burn over 300-400 calories in an hour. But when I'm doing some basic weeding, watering, and other miscellaneous garden-tending,…

This. I drink coffee in the AM, and water through most of the day, but if I want a Coke Zero (with or without rum or vodka in it) or some red wine or Gatorade or a beer, I drink it and log it. But mostly I drink water. That said, right now I'm drinking a protein shake that tastes like a Starbucks Frappuccino: 1 cup milk 1…

I'm going to be doing NROLFW. I'm reading the book and I've already made up my workout charts for phase 1, so they'll be all set to go when I finish JMBR (I'm halfway through week 11 now, so I finish next Saturday). I will probably add in various cardio as well - biking (stationary or the real thing; I have an 8 mile loop…

I also haven't seen much in the way of encouraging changes in numbers. Actually, in phases 1+2, I GAINED 6lbs (I'm not following the meal plan, but I am tracking on MFP and eating reasonably for my age/size/activity level). In phase 3 I am slowly starting to see those 6lbs go away again, and I definitely see more…

It's definitely better to put your other foot on the floor and get the reps done than to spend the whole exercise just trying to keep your balance, so what you're doing is absolutely fine. If you *can* try to balance for short bursts at a time, you'll get better at it. At the start of phase 2 I had a ridiculous hard time…

Yeah, if you shoot to net 1700 on days you work out, and 1700-2000 on rest days, you should be golden! Of course, it's possible that you'll gain a little at first (since I think you've been netting below your BMR before this, right?) - just don't panic and give it at least a month or so before you decide for sure whether…

To the OP: the title of your thread is asking for help, so here's the best I can offer: 1. Go to the "Groups" section of MFP and look up the group "Eat More to Weigh Less" 2. Read through some of the posts on their main page about hitting weight loss plateaus, "starvation mode" and all that jazz - there is a lot of info,…

Right. If you go by this plan, you need to NET at least your BMR, but your total food intake should be below your TDEE. Setting this up to work with the MFP settings can be a little weird to get used to; you just need to pay attention to BOTH your net calories AND your total food calories. Basically, I have my MFP settings…

Alright - good info! There's a great group on here called Eat More to Weigh Less. They have a ton of info that's super useful, so you can read/watch videos there, but here's the idea in a nutshell: If your BMR is 1580, then your NET calories should never be below 1580 on any given day. You should also calculate your TDEE…

Also, what do you have your macronutrient ratio set to? Your carbs look high and your protein looks a little low, so I'm guessing you're using MFP's defaults? If you go into My Home -> Goals -> Custom/Continue, you can see what your % is set at for carbs, protein, and fats. I have mine set to 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30%…

I don't know your height, but I'm 5'4", and if you're close to that, then your total calorie intake looks OK to me (especially since you look like you're getting a lot of exercise in). It does look like you have a lot of processed foods in your diet - are you tracking your sodium at all? I only ask because it doesn't look…

Sounds like we're all in about the same boat with clothes sizing frustration. I also detest most shorts. For me, it's mostly because I have a stupidly short torso (no joke - my husband is 5 inches taller than me and we wear exactly the same length pants). So women's shorts with a "normal"/mid-rise dig into my ribcage, and…

Good morning, all! I also ate way too much yesterday. We had friends over and busted out the charcoal smoker for the first time this summer - spent the entire day smoking and slow cooking a giant beef brisket (and it was SO good), but starting off healthier this morning with a bowl of steel cut oats flavored with peanut…

Feel free to add me. I only just started adding friends on here, so I could use a few peeps with similar goals. Anyway, I'm 5'4", 158lbs. I'd love to shoot for about 135 as a goal weight, but honestly I'm more interested in gaining muscle and losing fat, and less interested in just "losing weight". I have my target net…

Definitely quiet on here the last few days. Beautiful (hot) 90-degree day near Chicago today. The husband and I got a lot of shopping done in preparation for dinner guests tomorrow - we're going to be hickory-smoking a giant beef brisket, so we just put a BBQ rub on that to sit overnight, then it gets a mustard crust, a…

Happy birthday, CurlyPep! I'll add myself to the list of those *not* in great form today... I have rotator cuff issues and woke up in the middle of the night with my left shoulder SCREAMING in pain (this happens fairly regularly, and it sucks big time), so, needless to say, I slept like poo. Anyway, I attempted a Jillian…

The strap takes getting used to, but honestly it's no worse than wearing a bra (which I manage to do every day without too much discomfort, lol). The straps are typically fairly elastic, so as long as it's (comfortably) snug to begin with, I never feel like it's going to slip or fall off, and I've worn it for hiking,…

I have a Timex T5H881 Zone Trainer. The chest strap is very comfortable, and I think the readings I get from it are pretty consistent. I picked this one because it was quite a bit less expensive than a Polar (I got it on sale for like $45 on Amazon). Also, I've owned a ton of Timex sport watches - I just like how they…

For this, all I've heard is that the strapless kinds don't give accurate/reliable information, so you're better off getting one with a chest strap. If cost is an issue (I know everyone on here swears by their Polars, which can easily be $100), I got a Timex off Amazon for like $50, and I love it - totally worth the…