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Help! I've hit a Plateau!
Hello everyone! I am here for some advice. Since November I have been using MFP religiously and exercising 6 days a week. I lose weight at a very slow pace but its usually consistent. Today marks my first plateau so I am here for some advice. I have opened my diary for people to see. A little about me: When I started in…
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Fat people can run
I would like to put out there a bit of motivation for people looking to start running who are overweight. I am overweight, 5'4'' and 190lbs. I started running about two years ago. I run slow like 5.0mph. My goal was to run a half marathon. In October I fell down my steps and had a really bad high ankle sprain, posterior…
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FIT bit acting up
Hello all. I got the fit bit this weekend and love it however I have found one major flaw! While running it thinks I am going up steps....is there anyway to fix this?
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difficult to lose any weight
Hi all! So i have been tracking on MFP since about March/April, I have yet to lose more than 8lbs. Initially I was eating 1200 cal and lost 4lbs the first week, then for 3 weeks I lost nothing. So I increased to 1300cal and lost like 1.5lbs or so. Now I increased to 1400 because I can't think of why I won't lose weight. It…
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Running
Hi all! I had a quick question. When you all run how do you shut off that inner voice and space out? I know this is an odd question but when I run all my mind says is, "stop, stop, stop, don't do this, don't even think about another mile, what are you doing, just stop!" but my body doesn't say this. How did you all…
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New Beginnings
Hello all! My name is Michelle (mecaseyrn). I am currently a Nurse Practitioner on an internal medicine department/ orthopedic unit. I am super busy all the time as I have been for the past 4 years. This is my first year out of school since kindergarten. That being said I am here on MFP looking for support. I do not want…