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SIZE 8!!!!
Yes, finally! I've had these pants in my closet for ages. I bought them in August, along with other clothes when I'd lost some weight. Each month, I would try to put them on and not be able to get them over my hips. Well, I put on a pair of pants yesterday morning and they seemed large, so I checked to see if they were a…
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Advice on new HRM....
My Polar F6 is, I think, dying. I know the chest strap is over two years old and likely ready to go anytime. I replaced the watch battery and the jeweler didn't seal it, so I sealed it with silicone and now it occasionally has "brain freeze" where the screen goes blank and it loses whatever data has not yet been stored -…
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HR question...this is a new on on me!
I recently had to change the battery in my Polar F6. For a few days afterward, the thing went a bit haywire. It appears to have settled down now back into its normal modes (after much fiddling and consulting the guide by me). Now I notice that there is a steamy haze to the screen. I haven't looked since taking it off, but…
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Nearly healthy BMI!!!
Just did a check of the BMI thingy having lost a load of weight this week (combination of massive exercise, a bit of negative stress and careful eating). I'm within 0.6 of being in the healthy BMI range!!! YAY!!! I've been VERY careful with eating the last two weeks - staying within my WW points, not using much of the…
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What a sweet compliment!
I went out this holiday week and bought a new work wardrobe, thanks to the help of a friend. I'm down from size 18 to size 8 in just under 2 years of hard work at it (and I have at least one more to go - or to tone the arms and upper body flab, such as it may be left). Anyway, as I was sitting down to work with one of my…
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Slimming bodices...
Wasn't sure where to put this one but I have a question that has been nagging me forever: Where does all the fat go that gets pushed about by those slimming bodices that are being sold around? I've heard good things about them, but I'm worried about the excess body being put in a place that may not really make me look any…
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Total daily sugar intake
What would be an acceptable total daily intake for a goal - including natural as well as added sugars?
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HRM question - erm, rather morbid actually
If you're wearing a heart rate monitor while exercising and you experience a heart attack, what would the HRM start reading? Just curious as to whether having it on actually would help identify if one is happening?
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Max Heart Rate now that I'm 'fit'?
Question for those in the know: My resting HR is now around 55. I'm a 46 year old female. How do I figure out if my upper heart rate has changed? My exercise level is such that I get about 40-50 exercise points a week. I can comfortably do 150 beats a minute for 6 minutes on the elliptical, at level 18. I do puff a bit but…
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Polar F6 - reset base info?
Does anyone know how to re-set one's resting and active heart rates? I remember doing it when I first got the watch but want to re-do it (e.g. take the fitness tests on it again) because I've come so far since then. I know there was a setting where you can take the watch's version of the fitness tests (recall sitting down…
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Too hungry!!!
Hi Y'all, I'm having a problem and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Been to the doctor who's done the blood work and nothing's showed up. FYI: I'm celiac and have to be dairy-free (allergy AND intolerance for dairy). I eat a really good breakfast - high protein, reasonable fiber. Usually 3 egg whites, apple and potato…
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"Batwings" - best weight machines to tone?
Yes, I know, I know, I know there's no such thing as spot reduction. BUT, I want to do toning as well as possible on the "batwing" part of my upper body. Right now I do twice a week weights on the upper body - about a half hour of varying machines. I'm not sure which ones are the most effective for that part of the body,…
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Back on the wagon, thank goodness...
And I'm hoping to stay here. Had a bad several weeks. No WW, no MFP and lots and lots of binge eating. Not eating to be stuffed - just eating things I know won't do my waistline any good. Also skipped gym, although I did go to my ballet classes - feeling the worse for not doing a warmup beforehand! So now I appear to be…
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L'Carnitine vs. Lecithin
Heya! My local N'Rgize cafe ran out of the L'Carnitine supplement they use in their fat-fighter, which I love. I use L'Carnitine in the morning, in pill form. Anyway, they tried to substitute Lecithin granules stating that it's pretty much the same thing. I stopped them as I wasn't sure where the lecithin was derived from,…
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Finally broke the plateau!
Hope it lasts! What did I do? I didn't pig out on the weekends, as much as I had been, at least. I didn't eat a huge meal after coming home from ballet classes (which are very late at night). I did eat - at least a protein of some sort, but not the usual dinner. Oh! And I increased morning L-Carnitine supplement to 2000…
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I dunno how it happened but....
Lost over 5 pounds in the last three weeks. NOW, I DO know I went to a dance intensive camp for a week , so likely under-ate because of all the cals I was putting out. BUT, for the past two weeks, all I've done is laze around, read, NOT log, eat comfort food (which is mostly low cal for me anyway). I did 3 exercise…
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What would be an acceptable "fat calorie used" ratio?
Question I have is that when I check my daily exercise log, the Polar F6 gives me approximate calories and how much of that is fat calories burned. Most of the time, of the cals I burn, about 55% are fat cals, according to my Polar. Is that good, bad, or average? I will admit to not being a queen of cardio - I will get…
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Size WHAT???? (long-ish but triumphant!)
I went to the local Wal-Mart for just a few things, not clothes related, but since it was quiet at that time of night (late), I decided to see what they had in shorts, because I need shorts. Mine are way too big now (VBG) and also are wearing out badly. Didn't like a lot of what they had but did pick up a couple of Danskin…
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What to do while foot is being immobilized?
My foot is not broken, thank goodness - and no stress fracture was detected. For background, I train in ballet about 17 hours a week, do about 5-6 hours of cross training at the gym a week - 30 mins cardio, abs, stretching, and try to do upper body weights at 2x per week. I dance on pointe about 4 hours a week. So, well,…
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Not so much weight but WHOA! INCHES!!!!
I'm still struggling getting the actual pounds off but I did measuring today, courtesy of WW online's tracking thingy. I've lost 2.5 inches off my waist since May 23rd, 2 inches off my hips since then and the odd one here and there. Nothing off the arms and I'm not surprised. I think they're about as thin as they'll go due…
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Plank exercise question
I have pretty strong abs. When I do plank, I don't feel it so much in the stomach but I DO have extreme pain in my shoulders and across the upper back, which keeps me from staying up longer. I can just barely manage a minute before I have to stop because of upper back pain. What is the correct position and will this pain…
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Burned over 1000 cals today in exercise!
Only 150 of those were at the gym. The rest was from a 3 hour ballet class. Can you believe it???
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How to reset the start day of the week on polar f6???
I'd like to align my start day for exercise with my weigh in day at WW - which was today. My basic set up has my week for exercise going from Monday to Sunday. I now want it to go from Saturday to Friday to keep up with the WW week. How do I do this??? I can't seem to get it back to the original and the user guide is no…
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resistant starch question
If a product is considered a resistant starch, such as a very high fiber bread, does that mean it is also a complex carbohydrate, rather than a simple one? Resistant starches take longer to digest, I know, whereas simple starches absorb faster, but in terms of "sugar release" does it also make a difference? I use Ener-G…
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Hydroxycut warning just out!
I used this for a very short time - about 2 weeks - and promptly got sick with a cold, not that I think it had anything to do with it, but perhaps my immune system was compromised(?). http://news.aol.com/health/article/hydroxycut-warning/458414
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Metabolic Fitness Rate?
Where can I get this? And what does it usually cost? Just out of curiosity, I had to have a small physical on Friday to rule out other issues while dealing with what is now known as a cold (yuck!). She checked my oxygen rate via that finger thingy: 79 My resting HR at the time was 53 Can anything be done with THIS info? Or…
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Interval training...am I doing it right?
Hi to Banks or SongByrdSweet or anyone else knowledgeable about this (as you've all helped so well before!) I've been doing interval training using the elliptical now for some weeks. Saw major drop in weight for the first few weeks, got a bit off-track (sometimes that happens due to work, or as of right now, illness), and…
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Colds and eating....
I have managed somehow to contract a cold. Grrr...!!! I have abandoned any pretense of staying within various calorie levels, though (not eating junk - my body couldn't stand that I'm pleased to say). Is that what I should do when ill? I'm feeling really cruddy. It's not a very bad cold, as yet (just the first day today).…
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Can one wear the Polar F6 all day to check actual calories?
Just wondering. I wear it for up to 3 hours when doing gym and ballet, and noticed that it calculates heart rate and calories even when I'm in between gym and class - sometimes it's a half-hour between those. I was just curious if I could use it to do a real-time calculation of what I burn all day....
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YAY! Lost two more pounds!!
I hope this trend continues. Since starting the interval training, I've lost at least 6 pounds over the past few weeks. Thanks to SongByrdSweet for that info and to someone else for an Elliptical Interval Training site.
