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Raising my goal
The beginning of June, I looked at myself and didn't like what I saw. I was extremely overweight. I made a vow to lose weight. I wanted to lose 51 pounds before my 25th anniversary, the first week of December because we were going to Mexico to celebrate and I didn't want to look like a beached whale on the beach, I thought…
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Fat burn mode vs. Cardio mode
The machines at my gym have a couple of modes and I don't know which one I should be using. I'm wanting to lose weight. The fat burn mode is meant to keep your heart rate lower(114 for my weight and age) while cardio mode raises your heart rate(141 for me). I started using the fat burn mode and noticed small weight…
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Major calorie difference
I have noticed that when I put in my exercise in MFP that their calorie numbers are significantly higher than what the number on the machine at the gym is showing for the minutes I put in. I always change it to what the gym machine says since it's monitoring my heart rate and taking into account my age and weight. I just…
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I'm hungery
I know this sounds funny, but it seems like not too long after I eat a meal I feel I am starving again. I have been steadily losing weight so I don't want to feed my appetite, but I need something or I will eat everything.
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Making good progress
After going to the Dr a couple of times, they weighed me in at 301 lbs. That was my wake-up call. about a month ago I joined Planet Fitness and started keeping track of my eating, weight, and exercise on myfitnesspal.com. When I weighed myself this morning I was down to 284. I have been working out about 5 days a week and…
