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Fit bit question
I'm confused on what I should log in to My Fitness Pal when using my Fitbit charge HR. I noticed when I do my elliptical it doesn't give me an accurate step account I like to wear it when I'm on my elliptical, so I can accurately measure my heart rate. But do I go ahead and log in to My Fitness Pal 30 minutes of elliptical…
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questions about cortisol
I recently read that said working out over an hour raises testosterone levels in women causing your body to release stress hormone cortisol.if that's the case then should you work out in say 30 minute increments twice a day? or not to work out more than an hour a day? and has anyone ever heard of this as well?
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Day1...completed!
Here I am starting over again! In sept 2014, suffering from severe pain in my joints and extreme exhaustion I decided to start a weight-loss program. I did great I stuck to it I did my elliptical 30 minutes to an hour a day. The weight just started coming off and my pain went away. I was happy and excited and my doctor…
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quesion/debate about women weightlifting
in the past I have been able to lose weight just doing cardio. the older I get the easier it tends to come back on. So, I am wanting to try lifting weights and improving my muscle tone. I am currently reading a book "the new rules of lifting for women" and I am wanting to try lifting weights that are more than the typical…
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Exercise options
Okay so my usual is to get on my elliptical for 60 to 90 minutes a day. I have done good losing weight this way but I've hit a plateau for the last couple of months. I still want to burn about the same amount of calories each day but I think I need to either up the intensity or add something else. Whatever I do I have to…
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Just curious
If you end up throwing up everything you ate throughout the day, do you still count those calories? I caved yesterday and ate a grilled cheese sandwhich (non Gluten free).... Needless to say I am paying for it today! I know better, but feeding a family of 7 and when you are the only one having to go gluten free, you have…
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Where to start back up at?
I had to take a break from working out for over a month due to have some bad poison ivy... I did do some here and there but not everyday like I was. I was working out on my elliptical 90 min a day. Yesterday, just because of time restraints, I only got in 50 min. Should I start back at where I was before, or ease into it?…
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Feeling so good!
About 9 months ago I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. My thyroid went crazy and ontop of being over weight I gained 18lbs. I started vigorously working out 6 weeks ago ( dr supervised) and have lost 21lbs!! I have never lost weight this fast.... I know that God has seen me through this all the way!! When my dr…
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Counting yard work as exercise??????
The last couple of weeks I haven't had time to "workout" on my elliptical. It's spring and I have a HUGE garden. So I have been spending atleast 4 hrs outside a day working in it. It is a lot of hoeing, weeding, tilling, pulling up sticks ect... Saterday alone, I hoed between 20 acres of corn! I have only been logging half…
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Hi
Hello I am excited to find a thread for gluten free peeps! There are days I feel like an army of one in my gluten free world, especially with my family. Just our household, we are a family of 7, and I can't have gluten, and it gets too expensive to make gluten free meals for all of us....but, I have learned a few tricks…
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Burning calories gardening????
I have a LARGE garden. It does take a lot of work, but it's hard for me to think I burned over 400 cals doing some of the things I do in it..... Ex. Pulling weeds, it's back breaking time cunsumming but it is exhausting work. Now, when I use the tiller, that's a work out! And I do a lot of hoeing and raking.... But still…
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Scale stuck..... Now what?
I have lost 10lbs but have atleast 20 to go. I have been working out daily on my elliptical for atleast 60 min a day but I shoot for 90. I am keeping my cals to under 1300 a day but my scale hasn't budged in a week. Do I need to add a different exercise or up my time? As for intensity, I try to push myself every couple of…
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Should I try protein shakes?
I don't know much about them. I think I need to be incorporating more protein. I have lost muscle tone due to my thyroid. Am back on my meds but for once they are not helping me lose the weight. So I am trying to workout atleast an hour a day and just up my activity. I am also eating only 1200 cals a day ( my rmr is 1400)…
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Got off track :( but trying to get back on!
I was doing so good and then I ended up with strep (plus my two youngest kiddos) and got the dreaded visit from the hormone fairy! So the last two weeks have been a no go for me! I did run in my first 5k this weekend but didn't get to run the whole time. I must say that I loved it though and it has made me eager to keep…
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Calories burned question
Ok my main workouts are on my elliptical. I have stepped it up by doing the Juilliard michals ifit challenge. After 30 min of intense workout on it my elliptical says I burned almost 500 calories but the myfitnesspal report says only 300 something. Which one should I go off of?
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Calories burned question
Question..... When I workout on my elliptical I work out at a medium to high resistance. So, my calories that I burn are a lot more than what MFP calculates it. So which one should I go off of?
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To exercise once a day or split it up
I have heard pros to both, but works better and has the best beifits? Two hrs of continues exercise or an hour in the morning and then an hour in the evening ect....
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Calorie consumption confusion
There is so much info out there that I am confused about how many calories I need to take in daily. My dr. Had okayed me to lose 3-5lbs a week for the first 2 weeks and then taper off to 1-2lbs after that. I need to lose at least 25lbs. I started off cutting my calories back to 1200-1300 cals a day and would exercise about…
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Confused and frusterated
For some reason I am having a hard time losing weight this time around. I have come to terms that I will gain weight no matter what with each pregnancy.... Thought I had it down on the weighloss afterwards but can't seem too this time. Don't know what I am doing wrong! I have calculated that I need to cut my calories to…
