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In my experience, you will have a lot of "wiggle room" in the earlier part of your weight loss. I see you still have 30 pounds you would like to lose, and I can almost guarantee you that when you are within 5-10 pounds of your goal, you will need to be logging as accurately as you can in order to keep losing. I had gone…

As others have said, you have a lot of time to train. Get some books from the library or go online and seek out a sprint-distance triathlon training program. Take some swimming lessons if it's your weakest sport of the 3 (and it is the weakest for MOST people, so don't feel alone...). Make sure your bike is in good…

Now that you know how to accurately measure and log, why on earth would you keep doing it INaccurately? Your choice, to be sure, but I guess I don't understand what the advantage would be to continuing to do it wrong.

I also turned up several threads by searching Atkins, Paleo, etc. It seems people following these "alternative" ways of eating are in the minority here, but there is definitely a presence if you search it out. And yes, there is a fair amount of intolerance of these alternatives--I would have been intolerant myself up until…

I find the numbers posted here to be very high for me also. I would recommend getting a heart rate monitor, as that will be your most accurate way to monitor calories burned. Be sure to get one w/a chest strap, and be sure to get one that asks for your age, gender, weight, activity level, and so on to be input. The Polar…

Regarding coconut oil, it is available thru Amazon and will likely be a better deal there than elsewhere, especially if you go with the delivery subscription.

As far as the reason why the HRM does not automatically subtract the calories you would burn even if you were just sitting on the couch, I can't say--they just aren't set that way. However, you are correct in noticing that they do not subtract. As far as whether to subtract those resting calories manually or not, it seems…

Click on "Home", then choose "Goals", then choose "Change Goals", then choose "custom". Once you get to that page, set things the way you want them. I did this also, as I didn't want to keep hearing about how I was eating too much fat and not enough carbs... Best wishes!

Polar is kind of the standard of the industry, and they also have the advantage that if you wear it while on an elliptical or other piece of gym equipment, the equipment will pick up the heart rate transmission and display your heart rate on the screen on the equipment. Kind of handy. (Others may do this too, not sure, but…

Try not to eat or drink anything too close to your exercise time to prevent this problem. Also, if it does start up, you can sometimes get them to stop by really exaggerating your breathing, really pushing your belly in and out as you breathe in and out. I've also heard that a quick set of situps will get rid of this, but…

Yup, you need to go to a running store and get some knowledgeable advice. Shoes are made for different types of runners--how much do you weigh? How many miles a week do you run? Do your feet roll inwards a little? A lot? Do you have high or low arches? Will you be running on paved paths or roads? On rocky trails? All these…

It's totally a personal choice. I hate to have anything extra on me when racing, so no, I absolutely would not bring a bottle. But then again, I saw someone that said they were going to wear their Camelbak for a marathon, which astounds me! For myself, I cannot IMAGINE schlepping 26 miles w/several pounds of water on my…

I suggest googling "wheat belly" for some reading regarding wheat and how what we call "wheat" nowadays is almost unrelated to what it was even 50 years ago. We have been hearing about the evils of genetically engineered organisms for years now, but what an eye-opener as to what are considering "conventional" methods of…

Along this theme; A person doesn't HAVE to spend $$$ for Vibrams to get a simple shoe that lets your foot do its own thing w/o a bunch of "support" and "cushioning"; you can buy cheapo pool shoes/water shoes/whatever name you know them by and they will do the same job for much less. They are also a good option if you have…

Try going over to the Runner's World forums and checking out the Barefoot section there. They have a couple of permanent threads sticky'd at the top that give a lot of good info on how to get started. You can get hurt, really hurt, if you don't start out easy (recently volunteered w/a guy who has run 22 marathons, a very…

Gotta tell ya, this is not as unusual as you seem to think it is. Better get started building those fat camps for all the kids we're going to be taking away from their "abusive" parents. What's the plan once the kids get to be 18, are released and gain weight back? B/c of course none of us ADULTS are overweight..... I work…

I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know--no such thing as a magic bullet.... If it sounds like something you WANT to eat, then go ahead, but if it really worked, MFP would likely be out of business by now.

This, in spades. Educate yourself, advocate for yourself. You are not just a passenger along for the ride. There's a ton of info available on the internet and at your library. Thyroid problems are not a "one size fits all" issue, as many docs seem to believe. I can't stress strongly enough so will repeat--educate yourself,…

Good explanation, I'm sure others didn't know this either, and as I mentioned in my post earlier, not a huge deal if you're talking about 30 cals a day but much more of a deal if it's 200+.

Regarding the question of whether HRMs automatically subtract your basal metabolic calories (the calories you would burn just sitting on the sofa), no, they definitely do not. Go ahead and contact Polar; it's always good to get the info for yourself, but no, they do not. For a female my size and age, it only amounts to…

I have thyroid issues also and have read that while kelp is touted as "good for your thyroid" b/c of the iodine it contains, most of us nowadays are NOT suffering from an iodine deficiency due to the almost universal use of iodized salt. If you stop to consider how common sodium (salt) is in your diet, it doesn't make…

Just 2 very brief suggestions: 1. Google Overeaters Anonymous and give the website a quick read. This may or may not address your problems but it is definitely worth a look. Please don't dismiss this out of hand but keep an open mind. 2. Not sure what your trigger foods are or how you are eating now, but for me, going to a…

"A seat belted child has a better chance of only minor injury than one that's not seat belted in if there's an accident. Even though the chances of getting into accidents daily by responsible drivers are slim, you still would seat belt that child even there was no law in effect. Right or wrong?" I happen to agree with…

Kunibob, thanks for your thoughtful reply. I am having a tough time finding info regarding the risk of G-B syndrome from flu itself rather than the vaccine. I did find the following http://www.aan.com/news/?event=read&article_id=8618 which I will quote a portion of here: "The CDC asked all state health departments to…

I put "deathly diseases" in quotes b/c that is what a prior poster called it and I am quoting that term, but I was not aware we were limiting the definition of "vaccine" to only polio or pertussis. I believe we are discussing vaccinations in general, including flu and chicken pox. .

Just 2 things I want to address: 1. Those who are worried about their kids getting "deathly diseases" from unvaccinated kids. If you are concerned, then YOUR kids should be vaccinated. Then they are safe, right? Oh, wait, there is always a slim chance that the vaccine won't be effective in that kid's particular case and…

To clear up what seems to be a fairly common misconception--there are NO wires involved in wearing a heart rate monitor, no "robot" look, nothing weird at all. The chest strap will go around your chest (if you are female, it will sit just under the edge of your bra). The watch part looks like, well, a WATCH...and that's…

On a different tack, I work as a medical transcriptionist and the health care system I work for is requiring ALL employees to get the flu shot this year or lose our jobs as of January 1. We have to "protect the patients." However, as I type the visit notes of these same patients, I see that about half of them choose to not…

Agreeing--this will likely not take much over an hour, and possibly significantly less, depending on what kind of pace you run. There is no way you are going to be "hitting the wall" in that amount of time. The one thing to be aware of on your pre-race food, tho, is to keep it simple. Eat stuff you have had before that you…

Since you are female, the transmitter strap will sit just under the bottom edge of your bra. No big deal. As others have said, this type is much more accurate since it monitors your heart 100% of the time you are working out. The type w/o the chest strap will only monitor when you touch the fingers of your opposite hand to…