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Getting started. Again.
Hey there! I'm Crystal. Stay at home mom of 4 and I royally messed up my weight loss. :-( I started MFP almost a year ago. Kept at it. Recorded everything and did walking and bike riding for exercise. I did GREAT!!!!! I got with in three pounds of my goal by last Thanksgiving! I was wearing a size I had not worn in a dozen…
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Wanting to start with weights, need some direction. Please
Obviously I have read enough from people saying cardio and eating right/better isn't all there is. I believe I need to start doing something to TONE my body. How do I do that? I can NOT afford to go to a gym. This is what I have at my home: One pound hand weights (guess I can't get away will big changes just using those?…
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Scrapping wallpaper and popcorn ceiling - calories?
:-) Before you ask, I did look these topics up in the search and didn't find any decent answers. Looking on line I found sites that said you can burn 200-275 calories an hour PAINTING in the house. I'm wondering how many calories I might have burned stripping wallpaper in my friends house and scrapping her popcorn ceiling…
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What's the point in exercising?
Seriously, most posts/threads I've read have said you need to eat your exercise calories back. So, what is the point of exercise? I'm not an exercise fan but I thought it would help me with the weight loss. So, if I'm supposed to eat the calories back, what is the point? In addition, why do most say eat it back but I see…
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Minimum calories required, before or after exercise
I have read that you should try to have a minimum calories of 1200 per day to keep from going into starvation mode. Is that calories not including what you burn in exercise or including them? For instance if in a day I eat 1370 calories, that is over the 1200. But then I do exercise and burn 340 calories which at the end…
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This week is so much harder than the three other weeks.
I just totally blew my "diet" for today. :-( This has been a rough week. I didn't see any weight loss when I weighed myself this week. Actually gained a pound. That frustrated me because I've been riding my bike 3 times a week for 50 min each. Why no loss? I'm tired of counting every last bite I eat. I've got the blahs…
