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  • Start by walking an hour or 90 minutes if you can. Better even if you walk briskly for 30 minutes after three meals or after two meals and as a mid-day/evening activity. Then see if youi can walk farther during those same times--that will be your cardio! Take one 1-hour television show, which has 20 minutes! worth of…
  • Revival .Soy peanut bars--6 servings of soy protein in one bar--delicious! Taste like Rice Krispie treats. I always have a supply on hand. Order on line.
  • Don't forget that MFP figures your Basic Metabolic Rate--mine is 1700 cal a day--and then subtracts 500 because I said I wanted to lose 1 pound a week (500 x 7 = 3500-one pound) So if you exercise you should defintely eat back those calories, just perhaps round exercise calories down and round food up to make up for any…
  • I know that 500 calories a day deficit equals one pound a week (3500 cal). So since my basic metabolic rate was computed to be 1700, the 1200 NET calories each day should represent a one pound a week weight loss, right? I'm barely making half a pound a week right now, but have vowed to keep doing it exactly for six weeks…
  • I'm 61 and also working hard to shed pounds......just started two weeks ago and I like how easy it is to log calories in and out. I had back problems and strongly recommend you have a handy neighbor or friend build you a computer stand that you can mount over a treadmill. It's easy to work at a computer while walking at 2…
  • I'm discovering it's better for me to round calories up if I don't know the exact brand of something I've eaten to the highest one listed and round calories burned in exercise down to the nearest 100 since there are lots of discrepancies out there. 2 weeks on program, 2.5 pounds shed.
  • just joined mfp: we have same start and goal within a couple pounds--163 towards 133. I love your trackers.
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