-
rounder in the middle
Some of you have seen my other posts but here is a quick run down. Cervical cancer survivor here! Had surgery in Oct '13 and finished chemo & radiation mar'14. I have joined a gym and eating "better". Some days calorie def, some days not so much. I am already seeing a lot of improvement in my legs ( which is where I lost…
-
I'm Back and Looking for friends
I started My Fitness Pal February 2013 after seeing photos of me and my husband out for my birthday. I hopped on the scale and like WOW I didn't think the scale went this high. I did really good for more than a few month before life got crazy and I started to notice I wasn't checking in on more and more days. Then in…
-
Autism Speaks NEPA 2013 Walk... Anyone from NEPA?
For the last 3 years my family has always helped to raise funds for the NEPA Autism Speaks walk. It is held in Blakeslee, PA normally around the end of August. In 2012 our team was one of the highest teams for funds raised and I'm looking to go bigger and better in 2013. Not only will I be getting myself healthy and fit…
-
Niacin
A friend of mine who is always super fit suggested I start taking Niacin to help increase my metabolism. I have read here in MFP and other online sites that it is a great diet and life style aid, but I have also read a few horror stories. I started MFP on 2-18-13 @ 260 lbs. I am currently 250 and have been for my last 2…
-
I don't understand exercise calories
This may be better in the Nutrition thread, but I want to give it a try here first. I am currently set to eat about 1400 calories a day. I try to work out 3 days a week with cardio. If I burn 300 calories my daily intakes on MFP goes up to 1700. How is this helping me to loose weight if I now have to eat the number of…
-
Encouraged by my patient
I have been working on my new lifestyle since February 18th. My goal is to drop from 260 to 175lbs. So far I have lost 10 lbs. Today at work one of my patients that I have not seen in about 6 months looked at me and said OMG girl what have you been doing. You look great! I was so thrilled that even though I'm not near my…
-
Late dinners
I need some advice. My daily schedule isn't the most productive for my diet, and my work hours don't really give me the best eating schedule. Here is what a typical day look like for me. 6am wake up 630 start cadio 7 get kids up for school 730 shower 8 eat break fast on go to work ( normally bowl of special k or oatmeal…
