irisheyez718 Member

If you don't mind losing muscle along with the fat, that's probably okay......

Awesome!!!

Way to go! Keep up the great work!

Have you tried the Marie's yogurt dressings? They are SO good! I really like the feta cheese one. Most of them seem to be about 70 calories for 2 tbs.

If you open your diary I bet you'll get some great suggestions! :)

I have dessert, I just plan for it. Knowing that its coming at the end of the night helps me pass up other things that I might not have otherwise.

Oh my, please don't listen to the person that told you to eat less than 1200 calories. 1200 is low in my opinion. That is the OLD SCHOOL way of thinking. Including exercise calories I eat in the area of 2,000 calories per day. If you leave it set at 1200, I would definitely eat back the calories you burn through exercise.

I really can't think of anything to complain about, with my Zumba class! My instructor is great, I sweat up a storm, and have FUN! I love a good mix of hip-hop and Latin music, and my instructor changes it up fairly often so you don't get bored. I'd MUCH rather do Zumba than the bike or treadmill. I have fun and burn more…

I've gone to Golden Corral for dinner a few times since starting all of this. I believe I could eat pretty well and keep it around 1,000 or a little over. Just make sure to get in a good workout that day, and maybe eat a little less than you normally would earlier in the day. As long as you're not doing it often, I don't…

I eat my exercise calories. I feel much better when I do!

Yesterday was my birthday, I wasn't concerned about going over calories, and I did. I started off logging, but didn't finish, I had all kinds of things and it wouldn't have been an accurate log anyway. I don't feel guilty, I don't feel bad, its one day and its not going to hurt my weight loss. Next week, I'm going out of…

My vote is that if you are using an HRM and know how many calories you burned, then yes, eat them back! If not, then I would eat some back, but not all, since MFP usually overestimates calories burned. I DO eat my exercise calories.

I still eat the same foods I love, if that's what you mean, and just practice portion control. Some things I definitely have more than 1 serving of.

1260 is VERY low. I would exercise and eat those calories.

Monday is my birthday. I'm going to eat what I want, and I'm not going to worry about it. It's just a day! :-)

67 + 4,079 is 4,146! Woohoo!

I'm sure you'll be so glad you came back! Feel free to add me if you'd like, always room for a fellow Texan :-)

I'm about to turn 43 next week, I eat back my calories and its working fine for me. I feel MUCH better than when I first started and had this same mindset.

I'm in San Antonio, also. You've come to the right place!

Although I do love to workout now, I look at it like its a job. I HAVE to go to the gym. I just do it! :-)

Mine is open! I love reading other people's diaries too, it gives me ideas on different foods that I should try.

Yes, I do eat back my exercise calories. YUM!

I wear mine for water aerobics, it is the FT4 also. You can wear it in the pool, just don't push any buttons in the water. Have fun!

I've learned that I DON"T have to starve myself to lose weight. I can still have all of the things that I love, and the weight will still come off!

I eat my exercise calories, yes, that is the way MFP is set up.

Sorry, but I have ice cream every night. It's one cup now, instead of the big bowl that I used to have in the past. Having that cup of ice cream at the end of the night, helps me to stay on track, it helps me to say no to things that I might not have during the day, just knowing that its coming later! You have to do what…

I'm confused about this too. I was measured and used the Tanita body composition analyzer, and it told me my BF% was 47.8%, but when I used the Military Calculator on Fat2Fit it gave me a BF % of 56.4 (ouch!) That's a big difference!

My Mom told me I could lay eggs. I would sit on the floor cross-legged, and flap my wings "bawk, bawk" and when I would get up, there would be an egg behind me! I always wondered why the eggs I lay were brown when we visited by Grandma's farm :blushing:

I go to Zumba class 3 times a week and its my most favorite form of exercise! I burn 400-550 calories for 55 minutes usually. It's so much fun!

I really like turkey pepperoni! My husband ate it a couple of times and didn't know it was turkey until I told him.