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Sounds frustrating. What about walking?

Mine's not exactly a model diary or very exciting, but it's open so feel free to check it out.

I'd go with the lower number. After I got my HRM, I found that MFP overestimates pretty much everything for me. Although machines aren't exactly known for accuracy in their measurements, it at least knows your speed, level, and HR. MFP doesn't know any of that and therefore can't use it to help determine how many calories…

Welcome to MFP! I had lots of success on WW and (thanks to a note from my doctor saying that I'm healthy at 10 pounds over WW's max "ideal" for me) am a lifetime member. I switched to MFP a couple of months ago mostly just to see if I was eating too much despite following the WW plan. I was. Transitioning away from points…

Maybe buy a new board game and play as a family? Or go out bowling, ice- or rollerskating together. Or take some sort of a class together (not sure how old your kids are, but maybe a family cooking class or dance class)?

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Thanks for posting this. My extra skin is mostly on my belly and thighs too and I've often daydreamed about losing it....though I won't even consider surgery until I've had kids (or get too old to have kids) and I'm not going to waste money on "miracle-working" lotions. But making an extra effort to incorporate certain…

I just go through (long) periods of time where I think about food almost constantly. Even while I'm eating, I'm thinking about how soon I can eat again and how much I can have and what it will be and what time I can start getting it ready. Ugh, I suck.

Actually, I seem to remember a passage from David Sedaris about a little bag he invented that you tape to your leg underneath your pants. You'll still pee, but it won't be so disruptive. Unless, of course, the bag breaks.

Weekends are hard for me too...I try to plan ahead as much as possible. It takes the fun and spontaneity out of eating with friends a little bit, but does help control calories. Or at least I try to set aside (using the "quick calories" feature or whatever it's called) a certain number of calories for each meal and snack.…

(I'm not by any means qualified to give advice like this, but...) I think it kind of depends how close your gym exercises are to the 30DS moves. For me, the weights with 30DS are so much lighter (3-5 lbs versus 12-20 at the gym), that it's okay. But if your weights at the gym are lighter, it might be too much for the…

I thought of something else that I do when I feel like I've been slacking on my water. I set little "water goals" throughout the day. Like I say that I have to have one glass before I leave the house in a morning, and then another one must be finished by the time I get to work, and the next has to be gone by lunchtime,…

I don't drink much else besides water now, but I used to never drink water and remember how hard it was to get into the habit. My suggestion is to drink it with a straw (I get the colorful, bendy kind). I drink about twice as much of anything if I use a straw.

Towards the end of the school year (I work in an elementary school), I was often going to the gym as normal in the early mornings for either cardio or my usual strength training and then doing 30DS in the evening while dinner was cooking. It's fine to do both 30DS and the gym, though it's generally not recommended to do…

I didn't become overweight in the first place by eating too much fruit, but I can absolutely binge on fruit now.

Sometimes you just have to remind yourself that your BODY knows how hard you're working and its benefitting even when your HRM doesn't give you the exercise calories you think you "deserve"! After all, the end goal is health, right.....? (But I know it is frustrating!)

Today I had berries and dried cranberries. To his, my husband adds: butter, banana, chocolate chips, and pecans! I hate eating oatmeal together.

Are you anti-vegetable? Every night I cut up whatever we have (carrots, celery, peppers, cucumbers) into sticks and both my husband I snack on them during the day. If I want protein to fill me up more, I dip mine in plain yogurt, cottage cheese, or nut/seed butter. We love this healthy snack!

Rest days are really hard for me too and unfortunately, it's often not until I hurt myself from overdoing it that I remember I actually need them! I keep thinking I'll learn, but whenever I have a planned rest day, I find myself "sneaking" in a quick bike ride or something. I worked so hard to stop sneaking food and now…

Welcome! Dinner is often a hard meal for me also (but really snacks are my hardest--and favorite--"meal"), but what's helped me a lot is to plan my dinners ahead of time, usually the night before. It's time-consuming, a pain, and drives my husband crazy, but it works well for me. Good luck and feel free to friend me.

My family lived in Oaxaca one year and I loved the rainy season--every afternoon (which is when it rained) there was a perfect rainbow over the valley. Perfect. Que tengas un buen viaje!!

Make sure to get something with a chest strap. Also, since you're on MFP, you'll want to be sure it measures calories burned (some don't). I have a Polar FT4 and it's great for me--simple to set-up and use. But if you want more advanced options, you'll probably want something fancier. Definitely a good investment, though!

I work hard every day to eat according to hunger rather than emotion (for me, it's mostly anxiety that I want to soothe with food). Some days I'm more successful than others, but I consider it serious progress that now I'm at least usually able to identify why I'm eating... I do now eat less and healthier than I used to,…

A lot of people just make sure to wear (or change into) the same clothes at each weigh-in.

Just add another cardio circuit to the end and you'll be there!

I'm 4'11 also and started losing weight when I was just under 200 pounds (right now I'm around 130). My goal weight (which I'd be ecstatic to reach and maintain) is higher than lots of women who have a good 6" (or more!) on me. So I get what you're saying!

My HRM says I burn between 150 and 200 each time, which is fewer calories than MFP gives me for "circuit training-general." I weight around 130 pounds, if that makes a difference. Hope you're enjoying the workout!

I LOVE snacks! Sometimes mine are way too big, but some of my more normal-sized usuals: - veggie sticks with 1/2 cup plain yogurt or cottage cheese for dipping - rice cake with PB (and sometimes raisins) - cheese stick - apple with PB or apple with cinnamon - popcorn - dry cereal (maybe with a little bit of PB, almond…