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Calculating Calories from Heart Rate
Hi All, I usually depend on the exercise machine to tell me how many calories I burned during a workout. Maybe I'm the only one that didn't think of this before but of course, there must be a formula to do my own calculation if I know what my heart rate and duration are. I looked online and there are calculators. I also…
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Goal
I'm getting really close to my goal weight. My thought right now is to adjust MFP to 1/2 lb loss per week and keep my carbs between 50 and 100. Any suggestions?
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Benefits
Six months and 70 pounds ago, I decided to lose some weight. I wanted to look better and maybe feel better. I don't know about looking better but I certainly feel better. The big surprise though is that other things have changed for me along the way. To start, I changed jobs. As I started feeling better about myself, it…
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I Wish
I wish I was perfect. I wish I had a million bucks. I wish my sprinklers never broke. I wish I had bought three pairs on running shorts last week, not two. I wish my house was worth what it was worth three years ago. I wish that I wan't hungry right now. I sometimes wish I was an airline pilot instead of an engineer. I…
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Surprise at Macy's
I started this diet not quite fitting into my 44 pants. I even had a couple of expandable waist pants. Yesterday I order some pants from Lands End, size 40. They're back ordered so I went to Macy's today. I tried on the 40s and they were huge. Even the 38s were comfortably loose. I got pretty excited. I walked out of…
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Airplanes
I'm a frequent flyer for my job. I've noticed over the past few years, as I've gained weight, that the seats were getting narrower and the seatbelts shorter. Yesterday, I noticed the seats have gotten wider and the seatbelt longer. After buckling up, I had a fairly substantial tail left on the seatbelt. I almost showed it…
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Big weight loss
I've dropped 3.2 lbs since my Friday morning weigh-in:smile: . I'm sure some of it is water. I average 1 to 2 lbs per week. I'm terrified that tomorrow I'll get on the scale and it will all be back. I know I shouldn't step on the scale for a few days and enjoy the good feeling but I'm addicted to getting on that scale…
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Black T-Shirt
HI All, I wore a black t-shirt yesterday. My wife and daughter thought I looked good. I'm not saying I look like Simon Cowell yet but at least I don't look like Randy Jackson any more.
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Pants size
I have pants in 3 different waist sizes. I call them fat, medium and just right. I'm down 28 lbs and just moved from fat to medium. The big question for me now is do I have the confidence to throw the fat pants out.
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Weight loss as a hobby
It struck me last night that my diet has become a hobby. I log onto MFP every morning to post weigh in, exercise and breakfast. I anxiously record meals as soon as I finish and read the blogs. I look at the graphs even thought they barely change. Now I'm posting. Maybe the next thing I will do is buy t-shirts with weight…
