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I have a wrist one and I like it. I recently got one with a chest strap and the wrist one and the chest strap one are nearly identical in the calories burned, so I assume it was pretty accurate.

In order to have gained 2 lb over the weekend, you would have had to eat an extra 7000 calories on top of your maintenance calories. If you didn't do that, it's probably just water retention.

Weekends used to kill me too. Sometimes they still do! Saturday I binged and ended the day with 2100 calories eaten, although I did exercise extra to compensate for the 600 over I was. A lot of what I ate was high sodium and just garbage, though, and my scale shows me 4 pounds heavier today. I know that's impossible,…

Thank you everyone! You guys are always full of great advice. :happy:

I'd like to join you guys! I'm on week 1...I've been on week one for many weeks now, but am gradually starting to get to where I can complete more and more of the runs. I've got a feeling this program will take me many, many months! I started off not being able to walk around the block without getting winded and my calves…

that is my plan too, though I think I will get some exercise in too on turkey day! I really miss mashed potatos, I won't deprive myself on that one day.

I've been on MFP for 5 weeks and I've lost 11.2 lb. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 years old. Once hitting puberty, I put on a lot of weight despite how often I'd exercise--I was taking dance classes for 4-5 hours a week and was on the pep squad with practice 2-3 hours per week and still steadily gaining. My…

I'm up to 21.5 miles. :smile: Hope everyone is well!

Probably since you're already in a healthy weight range, your BMR is lower, therefore when they make a 500 per day calorie defecit you are brought down to 1200.

I exercise every day. 3 days a week I do water aerobics/swimming. 7 days a week I ride my bike for 15-30 minutes as fast as I can push myself. 4 days a week I walk/jog (c25k three days per week, one day of alternating laps around the middle school track on my bike and jogging/walking). I do DVDs a minimum of 3 times per…

It's so frustrating! My period was late by a week, so I've been holding on to the same weight for weeks now with going up and down a pound. Finally started yesterday and I gained a pound yesterday while eating under my calorie goal. Being a girl sucks sometimes!!!

Yeah...if it's not in between two slices of bread, it's not a sandwich! The double down makes me gag, yucky! It is relatively ok calorie wise, if you ignore the rest of the info...whatburger's fries are 680 for a large, at least this way you're getting protein. But I'd never eat it. Ew.

My mini goal is to lose 50 pounds by March. That is 10 lb per month, which is what I lost last month. Will I reach it? Not sure, but I'm sure as heck going to try! My overall goal is 115 lb lost by December of next year, which is totally doable.

I recommend the C25K and take it as slowly as you need! I am over 100 lb overweight and jogging and running takes a lot out of me, but every time I do it I can push myself a little bit further. When I started, I couldn't even walk around the block without feeling tired and breathless, now I can walk for 30 minutes before…

I usually ride my bike every day and I walk/jog (C25K) three times per week, as well as swim 3 times per week. I try to get in an exercise DVD 3 or 4 times per week too. As soon as I get down ten more pounds, I'm going to buy an elliptical machine (250 lb limit and I'm at 262) and add that in to see if I can see a…

I really like the podcasts from runningintoshape.com. Carlie has a very inspirational story and kick-*kitten* background music!

I agree. I have over 100 pounds to lose and it won't happen if I don't log in every single thing every single day.

Yeah, I bought 3 tubs of cookie dough from my kids fundraiser the week before I decided to change my life for the better. $44.00 wasted. I plan on baking a bunch and sending them back to school for sweet treat donations for the fall carnival and making the rest to send out in tins for Christmas. :bigsmile:

We love Disney! You can bring in outside food and drink--I don't plan on obsessing over calories when we go in a few months, but but you can always bring sandwich fixings and make sandwiches to bring with you to eat in the parks. Bring water! Also pack 100-cal packs, nuts, things like that. Even when I eat burgers and…

It varies from person to person. I do best when I *don't* eat mine or eat just a small portion of mine. Some people eat half and that's their magic formula, others eat all. If I go over on my calories, I make sure I exercise enough to cover what I've eaten *plus* 100 extra. Also, remember to subtract out calories you would…

I try not to--but only because I know that my version has less calories! :smile: I usually just break down every ingredient--gives me something to do at work besides work.

I'm going to wear a bikini, buy some new clothes and finally get some family pictures taken!

I bought one so I can track calories burned, it's a more accurate estimate than gym machines or MFP's guestimate. They have some with chest straps and some cheaper ones (mine was under $30) that are just a watch. The downside of those is that you have to constantly push the button to check your heart rate to have accurate…

Ice cream is my TOM weakness....they make mini snickers and twix ice cream bars that are only 90 cals. :happy:

I think a lot of fast foods are high in sodium. Snacks, though, you can vary up a bit. I snack on goldfish crackers, peanut butter and apple slices, wheat thins (sometimes with pb), nuts, etc. I found that an apple and one of the 'to go' peanut butter servings will fill me up for lunch with nothing else alongside it.

Sounds like a nice change from biking/jogging/walking though! I'm going to do some research on it. Today I mostly played around in the pool, I'm going to go look for some water weights and whatnot for my pool time Friday. Thanks for the information!

Yes, when you view your food diary, arrow over to the next day to fill in information for the next day, and so on.

I have a question too for any graduates--does it ever get easier? I've been doing the program for almost a month now and am still struggling on week 2!

I think MFP would be closer to accurate. It takes your size into account. Good workout, by the way!

How fast were you going? If you don't use a HRM, I'd go with the lower number just to be on the safe side. :smile: