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What was your distance on the treadmill? 110 calories for 30 minutes on the treadmill actually does seem low. That would suggest that you only went "about a mile" So that would suggest that your treadmill speed was at "about 2 mph" Not very effective for training for a 5k race. I don't know much about HRM's so I don't know…

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. I agree with a few other people that it does sound more like a confidence, self esteem issue as opposed to an actual weight issue. I really think a few sessions with a therapist will help. I'm also a believer in the "fake it till you make it" attitude. ie don't let the negative thoughts…

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Love mine. By far the best fitness purchase I've made. This is what I tell people when they ask. I wouldn't want someone to buy one thinking that it was the end all and be all to weight loss and calorie counting. The Fitbit is a pedometer. Only. It is a pedometer on steroids. And it is pretty cool. It uses the same…

Another day in the life of a healthy person. What would a healthy person do? Eat in moderation and enjoy yourself. If you do happen to overindulge, make it up over the next few days.

If your main activity is walking or running it's great. If it's classes at the gym, then your best bet is an HRM. The fitbit is a pedometer only. It is very accurate. It will count steps and elevation. It uses math to calculate your TDEE. It has some pretty awesome tools like the glucose and BP recording. It's sleep…

Lifting heavy is what's going to do it. The issue is not the size of your ab muscles, the issue is the layer of fat that covers them. You need to lower your bodyfat percentage to decrease the size of that layer. Cardio / calorie deficit alone won't necessarily lower your body fat %. Because cardio / calorie deficit alone…

I've just recovered from an ITB injury. I spent a month in physiotherapy. Running very little. 10k was my max. Usually 5k's. I found running on the treadmill easier as well. My PT gave me strength and stretching exercises to do. Which I did faithfully everyday. And they he followed up with ultrasound and another machine, I…

The incline is fine. Start with the couch to 5k program. It is a run / walk program that will get you running up to 30 minutes at a time. You can't work on both speed and endurance at the same time (well you can, it's just harder) If you can run at 7.5 km/hr for 15 minutes than at the end go for either an extra 30 seconds…

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I've been hearing about quinoa chocolate chip cookies. They don't look to be that bad in the calorie department. http://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-chip-quinoa-cookies-487232

If you do a google search on posing for pictures, you'll find some really good information. Most of the time, the reason why you "don't look good in pictures" is because you are not posing correctly. It's an actual art and if you look at people that you do think look good in pictures, you will start to see what they are…

Snot rockets or tissues. I personally haven't quite mastered the snot rocket, so I'm a tissue person. Plus, tissues are better on a treadmill anyway.

I just have a pair of dollar store gloves and headband for really cold. For slightly chilly I wear one of my buffs. I'm quite surprised at how versatile they are.

Preplan your day. You'll know what you will be eating and when. The reason why you are binging is because you are not eating enough during the day. By the end of the day you are starving and eating whatever is in sight. If you truly find it difficult to eat during the day, then make sure what you are eating at night is…

Keep doing what you are doing. It's going to take more than two weeks to see results. Make sure you are taking measurements. And take pictures also.

I have a fitbit. I think it's great. I will also add that customer service is awesome. It's very accurate with the steps. I think somebody has been messing with programming lately though. It used to be very accurate for calories and now lately it seems not so much. 3 mile run used to be about 300 calories. Lately it has…

There is absolutely NO NEED of any common sense in this thread. *high five*

3 oz of chicken is approximately the size of your flat palm without fingers. ETA: Yep. Playing cards work too.

If you have 44 lbs to lose and 1200 calories is a 1.5 lb loss per week, and you plan on eating more on the days that you workout, then you will be fine. As you get closer to your goal weight, you are going to want to change that to 1lb and then .5 lb.

Neither is better or right or wrong. It depends on what your goals are and like a previous poster said, whatever keeps you motivated.

Take your BMR x 1.2 for sedentary and then add in your pedometer calories.

It's not cheating. Your weight is your weight. It's no more cheating then if you weighed yourself after you drank 2 litres of water. Or weighed in the day after you had a binge day of salt. It's just not consistent. In order to get a realistic loss number then you need to make sure that your water weight is relatively the…

Running and yoga.

People are just resistant to change They will get over it. You are doing a good thing by making healthier alternatives for your family. Keeping the family faves in the rotation but just less often is a great compromise. Save those meals for your heavy workout days.

HAHA! That's awesome. I love the giraffe metaphor. I will never look at a diary nazi the same way again.

Keep doing what you are doing. It will go eventually. Unfortunately it's genetics as to when that will happen.

This is the one I used. There might be something comparable for android. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/run-5k/id313494823?mt=8

Coffee, water, herbal tea, exercise

If this has been bothering you for a year, and he's made other comments to other women, then I think it's time to move on.