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Wiifit?
So in an attempt to show his support for my weight loss efforts my husband bought a wii with wiifit for me. I did about an hours worth of workouts today, and while doing them I was pooped but now I feel like I just lounged around all day. I mostly did aerobic workouts versus the push-ups and squats I'd been doing the last…
Super sensitive to sodium
I don't cook with salt, I never have, my parents rarely did, I've never eaten a lot of salt. I also never noticed just how much sodium effects me when I do eat much of it (for example a thing of nachos, or a side of fries, or even a salty sauce on my pasta), until I started tracking food here. I've noticed that simply…
All week I've been feeling chubby and lazy.
Last night I ordered a pizza and had a few beers, which would've been a non issue if it weren't for the way I've been eating all week. My husband begged me to make ribs, then pulled pork, then he bought a bunch of soda. It's frustrating, everytime I lose a little it seems like my husband does his best to throw me off…
I bought new jeans for the first time in two years today.
I took a month off of the scale to focus on getting my jog on and getting my tracking under control. I lost four pounds, which made me elated. Today I was stuck killing time downtown and found myself in a mall. My son fell asleep in his stroller and I decided it was time. I was going to try on pants, my prebaby jeans are…
Muffin top
A few weeks ago I realized the only pants I fit in now had holes in them, not wanting to waste money on new jeans when I am still trying to lose I bought a pair of Jeggings to hold me over until I got down a bit more. I grabbed a size medium being hopeful, they fit my butt and thighs like magic but gave me pretty serious…
Feeling down, because the scale isn't really.
Last month I lost 8lbs, this month I've lost, nothing. I know it's my own fault for getting lazy in my tracking, and letting my husband talking me into eating fast food and chocolate, and for not getting up early everyday to jog like I had been. I know that weight loss isn't easy, because if it were I'd already be thin,…
Menstral eating habits different than normal?
So far today I have eaten almost half of my calories for breakfast. I would feel guilty if my uterus weren't trying to escape my lower body in a fashion even Ridley Scott would be frightened of. Usually, I make eggs for my son and I, maybe some toast or an English muffin if I'm running late getting him to daycare. Today I…
Thigh size?
So I just realized that while I've been measuring my hips and waist I have been neglecting my thighs. Most of my exercise is running (mom jogging really) I've definitely noticed some serious muscle definition developing in my calves, which have admittedly always been very lean and pretty. Just by looking at my legs I can…
Spent three hours at the mall, Fitbit issue?
My husband and I took our son to the mall today, we spent three hours (minus lunch time, so maybe two and a half) walking around, my Fitbit only registered something like 1500 steps for the day which I normally break past by noon. My question is, do you think it is possible that the fact I was pushing a stroller instead of…
Fat macro, always go a bit over...
I am terrible at hitting my macros, not so terrible that I'm eating 90% fat or anything, but I have noticed that my fat especially and my protein are always a bit high for the day while I always lag behind in my carbs, which I guess would be awesome if I were aiming to go low carb but when I cut back on my carbs too…
Gained four pounds over the weekend...
It's been very snowy here, and so I've gotten a bit lazy withy morning workouts knowing the walks between busses will be that much harder (the last time we had a real snow storm was 2008). I have gone a bit over my calorie goal a few days, and been distracted at work and forgotten to log foods, but in general I've been…
Burned way more calories than I could eat yesterday...
Yesterday I spent around 6 hours at work shoveling snow, when I got home I tried my best to eat enough food to net even a single calorie (I am lightly active normally, not a lot of physical labor for me) and there was just no way to manage, not without eating fast food garbage. Today I am STARVING. The breakfast that…
Silly question for those of you in snowy climates...
Would you consider shoveling snow to be cardio or strength? I live in Portland, Oregon and usually by the time you can find a snow shovel any "snow" has melted and a lot I disappointed school children are looking for the sad soggy remains under shady trees. This week however we have gotten six inches of the damn stuff. I…
Oops, well that was dumb.
Yesterday was my skn's first day of daycare, so we had to leave super early and he had breakfast there, I had a banana after I jogged to work after his drop off... ... And then I forgot to eat until I got home and had him put to bed. I ate some leftover spaghetti and a grilled chicken thigh, I felt fine and full, took a…
I kick *kitten* at cardio, but am stumped by strength training?
As a little preface, I'm 5'4" around 170lbs and looking to lose 30-50lbs. I've been tracking calories for about a month and doing at least a half hour of cardio (usually joggin) every morning before I get up and start my day. I have a full time job and a two year old, so the gym is out of the question for me. I have been…
I made burritos for dinner, it was a bad choice...
I started out so good, I logged the one burrito I planned on eating sat down on the couch to watch a bit of Modern Family with my husband, chatted about the really good day at work I had and everything seemed totally awesome... Then my husband did something evil (and in hindsight really gross) he grabbed a bag of chips…
Okay guys, really, how bad is it?
I need some objective opionons on just how bad of shape my stomach is in, because I feel like a humpback whale but my husband and friends are always telling me that it's "not that bad" Right now I feel like I need to lose around 50lbs to get to a point where I wouldn't need to be embarrassed if my shirt rose up in public,…
How much water weight do you gain on your lady time?
I had been doing really well sticking to my calories, and working out daily and finally got going losing weight, and then my lady time came along and I gained back about a half pound, and haven't seen my scale move at all either direction since. I'm only on day three, but I was just curious, how much bloating/water weight…
Do I really need to eat breakfast?
I hate breakfast, I hate eggs, and eating before noon or so has always either made me feel sick to my stomach or starving, but I know that breakfast is supposed to be good for you especially when you're losing weight, but do I really need to eat first thing or is it just another lie, like how many carbs the food pyramid…
Rewarding myself with exercise, not for it.
Today I did my usual morning workout and weigh in (I use my wiifit since I don't have a scale), and then I had to start getting ready for my day which meant sewing a baby blanket, cleaning my house and tracking down the pieces of a crib I'm giving away. As I was finishing up the blanket I found myself thinking "if you get…
Just over two weeks and less than a half pound loss.
I'll admit I've had my guilty moments (trying a sample of a new cake at work, a sip of soda from my husband etc) but for the most part I have been at or below my calorie goal every day. I've been doing a bit of strength training (push-ups, squats) and at least half an hour of cardio every day or at least days when I am not…
Where should my exercise hurt?
I've got about 50lbs to lose, and overtaken up running for the first time since school. Just little twenty or thirty minute runs, but I thought my legs and stomach would be killing me because everyone has always told me the best way to get rid of belly fat is good cardio and getting your heart rate up and keeping it there,…
Once you started did people follow you?
This is week two for me, I'm tired and sore from working out and slowly my friends and family are joining me in trying to lose weight. My mother in law (about 300lbs) is going to start exercising with me a couple days a week after she gets off work, and now my coworker/best friend has decided to buckle down. Apparently in…
Going out to lunch today
For the first time since I started trying to lose weight I'm eating a full meal outside of my home (salads and fruit at work don't really count as meals in my opinion). My mother in law is taking me out for Mongolian food. I've made it at home a few times and didn't have too much trouble keeping myself under control for my…
My TDEE and my MFP calorie goals are WAY different?
Just did my TDEE expecting to not see much of a difference between it and MFP. It's about 200calories more for my TDEE minus 25%. It's 500 calories more at the 15% everyone suggests. Which is more accurate, and should I up my intake again? (I had a tendency to forget to eat before I joined MFP and my food intake has…
Should I still eat my exercise calories?
Should I still eat my exercise calories if I don't FEEL like I worked out? I did a bit of cardio this morning and then walked a few mile tonight, and I feel like the number I calories it wants me to eat back are pretty high. I walk a fair amount every day(my job is just walking in circles really) so it didn't feel like a…
Your skin is looking fantastic
I'm less than a week into tracking my food and exercise here on MFP and I haven't weighed in yet, but I have had my first tiny victories. At work a customer I see every month or so (a lovely British woman that I always down too much time talking about tv with) was in and after catchin up on how her trip out of the country…
I forgot to eat today, again.
My son had a fever, which made him very clingy in the morning and making breakfast just impossible so I chugged a milk on my way out the door. At work I was constantly checking my pocket afraid I would get a text about how he needed to go to the doctor and I stressed my way through my breaks and lunches sipping ice water…
I work, like all the time
And have a toddler and a husband and a very needy cat. I normally, when I'm not dieting eat one meal a day, maybe a snack, if that, and always at night. Now that I'm trying to lose the "toddler tummy" I'm trying to eat throughout the day, but even including my daily "treat" of a non water drink I am still not eating over…