jiggy66 Member

I'm a high school teacher, but it's all online. I work for two different online high schools and have close to 350 students in total. While having tons of flexibility it can be rather overwhelming at times. I am also a single mom to a 5 yr old who doesn't go to school yet (she missed the cutoff). I will add you to my…

Yes you have to sign a contract, but for me it's worth it. I pay $31 a month (a dollar a day) for personal training, towel service, day care service, and obviously use of all gyms. If you don't plan on going to the gym then it might not be for you, but I go 6 times a week, so I feel like I get my money's worth. The daycare…

Thank you all for the replies. I suppose the simplest, yet best advice would be to keep doing what works and doing what I enjoy! It's interesting what Uncle points out about how the HRM will over calculate if HR is too high but underestimate if HF is too low. Go figure, huh? :-)

Thank you! I think I will adjust my calories and see what happens. I think you guys may be right that 2600 is my TDEE. I hope so at least. This can be confusing. I think I may be over thinking it, but I want to be successful, you know what I mean? Thanks again.

Thank you for the reply! I thought the 2600 was awfully high when I looked back at my paperwork and saw that it was over a thousand calories different than my BMR was listed at in 2011. If I do an online BMR calculator online it says 2,000 and the funky formula 655 + ( 4.35 x weight in pounds ) + ( 4.7 x height in inches )…

PS: I'm afraid this means I am going to have to RUN instead my enjoyable cardio workouts :(

Old Navy padded sports bras - awesome!

Womp, womp. This is why "cute gym clothes" is one of my motivations. Instead of complaining about it, get to that size and just deal with it.

Sorry to bring this topic up from the dead, but I wanted to see what the message boards said about this. When I am a couple weeks out from starting my period I get these CRAZY protein cravings and I am SO hungry. It totally sucks! It is nice to know I am not the only one...

I had a heart attack at 31, so I feel your pain! It's awfully early for us to be having these sorts of problems. Best of luck to you on your journey!

Good for you, his loss!! :) Looking fantastic.

Guilty as charged...lol

Okay, since we got slack for not posting a meme...here is one lol

This is cute! I love this one

I am going to try to just eat back 1/3 of my exercise calories. I usually have about 600 at the end of the day and between all the information here on MFP, I never know if I should eat them all or not! Some say yes, some day no. At least you have been successful.

You can make a ground turkey chili with no beans (I dont care for beans, but I like chili). I love using it to cook my meat for tacos....I like roasts (you could make a turkey breast roast I suppose) with veggies in it. Lo-cal soups maybe....

I would have never thought to use cabbage as a noodle substitute. I tried spaghetti squash, didn't care for it because of the consistency. Will try this tonight though and see how it goes....thank you for the suggestion!

MFP calculates my BMR at 2650. A month ago, I went to a weight loss doctor who connected me to some fancy machine and had me do a breathing test that calculated my BMR and guess what - my BMR is 2600. It's actually correct. I can't believe it either, it's crazy to think right? But it's pretty accurate.

This is good information, I have never heard that!

The same thing happened to me. I worked out super hard all week, watched my calories, and I lost *one* pound. When I got off the scale, I would be lying if I said I wasn't sort of disappointed. Then I thought about it and I realized that 1) I had way more energy this week than I normally have 2) I wasn't constantly hungry,…

Nice pics, but did you really lose 198 lbs? WOW!!

I'm in Henderson :)

Hi, I'm from Vegas too! Do you have a gym membership? I go to LVAC. Could use the support and motivation as well!

I noticed you said that it "takes the edge off a full day of work". Are you working out daily? Our bodies relieve stress naturally after exercise. I would have never believed it (I dont drink, but I relieved my stress more "naturally" if you know what I mean), but after working out after a long day of work I feel as though…

This is interesting to hear. I have only been at this a week, so I am not sure how my weight loss will fair, but I am usually left with about 500 calories at the end of the evening. I will splurge and have a banana with some nutella on it, or an apple with some peanut butter, or even the other day I had a Starbucks cake…

Las Vegas, Nevada!

Haha! How funny! I was going to say in response to the NY post "I beg to differ!" I went to NY and was out on the streets around 2:30am and it was dead compared to Las Vegas..the real city that never sleeps :P

I go to live Zumba classes four days a week. I am an ADDICT! I love it! I have never gone to the gym this much in my entire life. At the end of this year, if I am successful in my weight loss, I will owe a lot to Zumba, no doubt!

THIS!! Seriously!!

Oh, where do I begin? *Being uncomfortable in clothing because it's all tight *Heart Attack *Uncontrollable diabetes and the underlying issues that will come from it *My beautiful, 4 yr old daughter...I don't want her to say I am "fat" or be fat... *My loving, beautiful, amazing boyfriend who already thinks I am beautiful…