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How much cardio vs. strength should I do for weight loss?
Hi Everyone, I workout four times a week. I've been alternating each time doing cardio, then strength, then cardio, etc. But I'm not seeing any results with weight loss and have been doing this for at least three weeks. I know there are lots of other variables, but I'm wondering if anyone has any insight as to how much of…
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EA Sports Active 2 - Anyone else using this to work out?
Hi Everyone! I'm doing the 9 week Program of the Wii EA Sports Active 2. I love it, and I occasionally go to the EA Sports Active 2 website to check out my results online. I formed a group on there, but what stinks is that you can't communicate or leave messages with ANYONE in your group! You can't talk to them or…
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Help! I think my Polar FT4's batteries died!
Hi All, I've had my Polar FT4 for almost two years now, and the battery (or batteries) have never died. During my workout today, my watch kept saying, "Check Heart Transmitter", was making weird beeps, gave me a heart rate of 215 and then 0.....and that was it. I think the batteries are gone! What do I do? I don't know how…
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Ok to combine calorie tracking w/WW's system of free points?
Hello All, I am in a huge slump. Last year I used MFP for four months and got to a weight and pants size that I don't ever remember being. It was awesome. I was so dedicated. This past year, I've tried multiple times to start it up again and just can't get going. What sends me flying off the wagon the most is the…
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Accurate way to track calorie burn aside from HRM?
Hi Everyone, I need to pick everyone's brains. I have a Polar F4 that I absolutely love. But I'm not going to lie....sometimes I get real lazy with going through the motions of putting it on every stinkin' time I want to exert myself a little. Having to wet the sensors....put it on....put on the wristwatch.....then…
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Disappeared for a while - now I'm back but my "old friends"
Hi Everyone, It's really true that we support each other on this My Fitness Pal thing.....I was an avid, daily logger-onner between January and May of this year. I made a whole great bunch of "friends" on here and they truly helped motivate me as we'd share stories and ideas and just general support. Then my family and I…
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Attention All Wii Zumba Users!
Hey Fellow Wii Zumba users! Here's a question: when you go into Zumba Party, and take the different classes, and it lets you choose between "Nightclub" and "Factory" or whatever else you eventually unlock, what on EARTH is the difference between those two modes? I've tried both and can't tell the difference!!! And the…
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Attention All Wii Zumba Users! Help!
Hey Everyone, So I've been using the Wii Zumba Fitness and love it.....but wanted to ask any of you out there who also have it - what's up with establishing your "Difficulty" level? Regardless of whether I set mine to "Easy" or "Medium", the dance routines are always the same! At least they are for Zumba Party and Zumba…
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Why is my PolarFT4 chirping during a workout?
Hi Everyone, Some of you may have seen my post yesterday about cleaning and caring for a Polar FT4, which I just got yesterday. I noticed yesterday and today that during my workout, I keep hearing it chirp. I have no idea if it does this when my heart rate changes to a certain level or what. Do any of you know why it does…
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NEED ADVICE ON CARE OF POLAR FT4 STRAP/ELECTRODES!
Hello all you fellow Polar FT4 users! I just got mine today, and had a blast using it tonight. I'm definitely thrown off by this "wet the electrodes on the strap before using" and "wash in a washing machine at 140 F after every 5th use but don't put it on a spin cycle" business. I need some advice from all of you users out…
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Really.....when you buy a HRM and try it, how can you possib
Hi All, I'm about to buy a HRM....and really I'm thinking, regardless of which one you buy, when you wear it and see how many calories you burn, you're ALWAYS going to think, "did I REALLY burn this many calories? Is this accurate?". Anybody have any insight? Or has anyone out there ever worn two different HRM's at the…
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Final opinion of an HRM to purchase....
Okay, so I'm about to purchase a new HRM online today. Is it true that the Polar FT4 seems like the way to go if you want a HRM that works great but is pretty basic and not a FORTUNE? I'm an amateur athlete at best and I don't need any bells and whistles and this one seems to have gotten good reviews by everyone. True?…
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Who has Zumba for Wii?
Hi Everyone! Who has Zumba for Wii? Do you like it? Does it calculate calories burned? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! :) Lisa
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Who has Zumba for the Wii? Let me hear from you!
Hi everyone! I really want to get the Zumba for the Wii - do any of you out there have it? If so, do you like it? Right now the EA Sports Active 2 is my main source of exercise, along with the Gold's Gym Dance Workout for the Wii. Would like to throw something else in there and I KNOW I'd love Zumba from what I've heard…
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Ok to work out when you're sick?
Okay, so I"m not talking about a fever, lying in bed hacking, throwing up stomach virus kind of sick.......I am congested and my throat is sore. I caught my son's cold. But it's not knocking me out completely - I still have some energy. And I think I could work out today. Do you all think this is safe and/or okay? I think…
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How do I log my time on Wii EA Sports Active?
Hi Everyone, I use the Wii EA Sports Active 2 for my main exercise source. Here's my dilemma: on any given day, the program will tell me how long that day's workout is - usually it's about 30 minutes. However, that's 30 minutes where you do an exercise, then they stop the clock. Then they introduce the next exercise. Then…
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How do I know how many calories I burn doing certain exercis
Hi All, I workout regularly usin the EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii. On my "off" nights I sometimes use the Wii Gold's Gym Dance Workout. But I'm ready to throw something else into the mix - anything - just to change things up. Problem is, unless it's a Wii program TELLING me how many calories I burned, I have no idea how…
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When to weigh yourself
Hi All! Okay, so I firmly do NOT believe in going by your weight first thing in the morning with almost no clothes on - that is SO not a real representation of your weight. I won't be trying to wear a bathing suit or lingerie or a new dress first thing in the morning and worrying about how I look. So who cares if I'm…
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Working out during "that time of month" safe?
Okay, so I've heard all sorts of things about exercising during "that time of month"......some of which alluded to the fact that you're not supposed to do certain exercises while menstruating, among other things. Can somebody give me the facts? Is it safe for me to be doing cardio and strength training during "that time"?…
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Which scale should I go by?
Hi Everybody, I use the Wii Active 2 and Wii Gold's Gym Dance Workout as my exercises. With the Wii Active 2, you weigh-in every week on the Wii Balance Board. I also weigh myself once a week on my bathroom scale. This week, I lost NOTHING on my bathroom scale, but a pound on the Wii Balance Board. In all of your opinions,…
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I AM STARVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, so I've already posted a message about looking for ways to not be so starving all day, but I don't know what to do!! With the last message I posted, I got a lot of responses that were great about spreading out meals and eating a lot of small ones through the day. Which I'm trying. But I'm still starving. Not only…
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Hi All! Nice to meet you! I need help about the whole "dieti
Hi Everybody! Nice to meet you all! I need some input, big time. I don't have a ton of weight to lose, ideally and initially I'd like to drop anywhere from 7-10 lbs. I'm a busy stay-at-home mom of twin boys, age 4, and though I cook and prepare meals at home, it is SOOOOOOO hard to always prepare separate "diet" meals for…
