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Let's just say that 2 months ago I was barely breaking 3,000-4,000 steps a day. Last night fitbit encourages me to reach for a new goal of 20,000 steps in a day. That's certainly not my normal day but it is muh higher than I would have imagined. My normal daily average, however, is now over 8,000 steps per day. That's…

The scale is only one tool. Tool 2: Take beginning pictures in some kind of form fitting clothing that you can put on again later to remeasure using the same poses from your beginning picture. Take progress pictures maybe once every 2 months or so. We get fooled by the mirror but pictures side by side are easier to see. If…

^This And you may even find some weeks without a loss but losing inches. That's normal too. I doubt there is a muscle gain this early but you can have some fluid retention in the muscles temporarily. The more likely cause, however, is due to that little quoted thing above. Perfectly normal. A loss is a loss and should be…

[/quote] Modify if you have to and pause it for a minute if you have to, but finish it. You will be amazed at how quickly your fitness will improve if you push through. [/quote] ^this

P.S. I could barely do jump rope about 4-5 jumps before resorting to marching in place. Now that I'm in level 2, they want double jump rope style. I can now do the full time single jump rope style. That took most of the 10 days to even get half way there. Now that I'm there, I can't believe it. I took a week off due to my…

1. Modify the modified if you have to. 2. Do some reps, take a short break, do the rest. 3. During cardio, do the exercise, march in place for rest and continue the exercise. 4. If you stop before she finishes every single rep, it's okay. Just watch for improvement each time. 5. Try stopping to drink water periodically. I…

I just saw that you started. What an excellent question you're already posing early in the journey. Kudos!

Here is a website that has 400 motivational quotes related to weight loss. Look through them and pick a few that you feel really speak to you. Write them. Post them where you can see them daily. http://www.fitnessforweightloss.com/helpful-weight-loss-quotes/

Another thing I want to ask is how often are you analyzing your log? How often are you asking yourself what you are doing over time? It helps to see the data plain and clear. It's not just about looking at the short term view but looking at your patterns overall so you can break them. It's also not about gut feelings. Let…

A friend and I have been discussing a power word.... RESULTS. Do you want it? I takes action to achieve it. It takes commitment. Commitment means you keep doing it past the point of initial spark of motivation. You do it regardless. Nobody said it was easy. Do you want it? Enough to consistently work for it? "It's not that…

Delete. I just did exercise at 10pm on a night (not my best time) and well... I'm too tired to read it properly. You already answered my question. Wish I could help!!

Ha! You'll be telling that story for years to come!!

For Zumba, my fitbit told me I burned 315 calories. My Polar HRM gave me 599 calories. You decide. It can't calculate every step you take because sometimes you are doing things in place. IF it could, it MIGHT be able to calculate some intensity based on frequency but Zumba is an exercise that doesn't use stride length…

I agree. They are a quiet bunch. There are a few that try to keep it going. I always appreciate that. :)

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I had a cheap sportline one first but mine didn't have a best strap. Even when I was hitting the button to take a reading approximately every 1-2 minutes throughout a workout, it still doubled the calorie output. The button thing was a pain but the fact that I couldn't even make it give a decent reading with many data…

I love GRAPHING daily weight. More data point. (via MFP).

I have both. I use fitbit to give me an overall idea of how active I am (daily stuff) and as a motivational tool to increase my activities in my daily lifestyle. It's pretty effective for that purpose. I use my HRM for certain types of workouts that have varying stride lengths (ie, Zumba, Yoga, Circuit Training). I keep my…

Recently I took a picture of my plate so when I got ready to log it, it was fairly easy. The downside to it though is the hidden calories. Taking a picture won't unearth those. If I suspect it was cooked with butter, for example, I add that in too. Sometimes I pad it a little if I think I need to. I stay away from some…

It's 9pm and mine has 200 steps left to making a badge for today. I suppose I can accomplish that! (I'm just reaching for the 5,000 step today. I've done 1.5 hours of circuit training. That's enough wear and tear on my body today).

Polar seems to be a popular brand for HRMs here. There are a few others but this one pops up a lot. Do a search for that and you will get lots of info. It is overwhelming at first.

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Sedentary doesn't mean you are lying in bed all day. Your BMR covers that. The fact that you take your BMR and multiply it by an activity rate number (1.2) to give you a rate for sedentary implies that there is some activity involved. Now this next part is less than scientific but it takes about 5,000 steps for my fitbit…

Lots of people are following this. Do a search and you will find tons of threads. I'm waiting for my book to arrive.

I started it. I had the exact same approach you do. I got level 1 off of YouTube. Then I went to go download level 2 from Amazon. It won't let me download because I currently live in another country. Blah. So I ordered the full DvD and have to wait for my copy. Truthfully, I'm glad it happened that way because my knees…

I can see plainly that you feel you have a whole new lease on life, especially in the energy department.

When I start eating very little, my body gets used to that. I actually don't want more food. I added just a little bit more at a time and I realize that as I increased it, my body started wanting that. So the trick is finding the spot that you need and training your body to stay there. I have some trigger foods where my…

I can't be obsessive even if I want to be. I live in another country and I can't read the food labels. I can tell how many calories are in something but I can't tell what the serving size is. If I go to a restaurant, forget it. I don't know what is in it. I look for generalized things and then overshoot it. Most of the…

I don't care for the Tshirt material but I LOVE the design!

It does count everything you do but the adjustment it gives MFP (ie how many calories you burned) is what is OVER the amount MFP has in for you for your activity level. As we are more aware, we do more moving than we used to even if it isn't traditional exercise. (For example, I noticed when I'm set as sedentary, I…