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125-ish day in, 100 day streak..32lbs gone!
171 to 139! I never thought the day would come I would be back into the 130s!
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First day back in the gym after a illness
Hello. I had to take an entire week to recoup and recover from something that I an pretty sure came from hell itself. I feel 95% better, except I do have a lingering chest cough. I do plan to take it slow, but need to get my butt up off the couch and get myself back into this. I have lost 30lbs so far and this sickness…
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illness and fitness
I have lost 29.8 pounds as of today, and 4-5 days a week I am in the gym between 45 minutes to an hour. Well, I just woke up to something very nasty. (fever, chills, headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat) I don't think I will be able to make it to the gym this week, and right now I don't have the energy to do much of…
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28lbs lost..19 more to go
I have lost 28lbs as of today. I started at 171.4 and as of this morning was 142.2lbs. I have lost 5 inches off my waist, and 5 off my hips. I am pretty proud of the accomplishments I have made so far. Onward to the last 19! :)
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how often do you update your weight in your heart rate monitor?
I keep forgetting to update mine. I mean I know my burned calories are probably off when I forget to do it, but I am down 27lbs so it doesn't really seem to matter. I just forgot again and when I fixed it, the difference was 4lbs. Do you do yours with every pound lost? how often do you update yours?
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TDEE -20%
I have lost almost 25lbs as of today's weigh in. I have noticed it has slowed WAY DOWN over the last month or so. I know this is normal the closer you get to your goal weight and I am perfectly ok with that. I also switched to TDEE -20%. Around the same time I did this, stress with school and dealing with a deployed…
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How to figure out servings of home cooked foods?
I am making a batch of soup in the crockpot. I added all the ingredients on here but I don't plan to eat it all. How do you figure out what you're eating when you make a big batch of something? Any tips? I don't know how much this makes.
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Planet fitness
Anyone a member of this gym? I'm considering joining because it's only 20 a month. But I want opinions since it's national.
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C25k advice
I have been doing this along the beach. I walk the beach anyway, so figure I would just do it there. I completed week 1 today but now am wondering if I'll get the results of being able to run a 5k by doing it along the coast? The first 30 minutes is c25k then I continue my beach walk. Usually I do close to 5 miles. Do you…
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Chris Powell weight loss edition boot camp DVD
Anyone do this? Is it decent or not even worth it? How would you log this workout on mfp? Aerobics?
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Fitbit exercise calories
Do you ignore the random calories fitbit adds to your exercise total? It added 80, and I haven't done anything but regular walking. I never know how to treat these extras. But sometimes it throws my net off at the end of the day so I'm not sure how to handle them. fitbit said I burned 216 this morning during my beach walk,…
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Polar ft4 shock
Good lord. I've been calculating my burn too high. I got a polar ft4 and today was my first workout. Before, mfp said I burned 332, elliptical said I burned 415. My polar said I burned 275!! So I added minutes until I got to 300, to at least feel better about the workout. How frustrating. I eat back calories too, so since…
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Fitbit and a hrm
So I have both a fitbit and a hrm. I got the fitbit as a bday gift where I got the polar early few weeks earlier. Anyway, I wear both when I workout and am confused. I do 46-1 hour walking the beach and according to the hrm I burn anywhere from 400-500 calories. I've found that if I stay in the looser sand I burn more,…
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I was able to jog for 15 minutes straight today!
May not seem like a lot, but that was a first for me!! I have been working toward my goal for over two months now. (Been on mpf for a month) in that time I have completely given up soda, took my endurance up on my elliptical from 5 minutes to 30-45, then kept up with the rpm speed it wanted me at, then started walking…
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I had active minutes, but they have now vanished
Does anyone know why this happens? I went on a 1 hour speed walk/jog along te gulf coast. When I was finished I had logged 7,000 steps and 41 active minutes. I then went to eat lunch and log it and now my active minutes say 0. This is confusing. How did I do 41 active minutes to nothing?
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Confused with my fitbit
I synced it to mpf and it keeps adding exercise calories burned when I haven't done anything except a 400 calorie burned workout this morning. I'm up to 900 calories burned and I don't know where it's coming from. It's screwing with my food log. Where are these burned calories coming from? Ugh.
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Confused with fitbit flex
I didn't know my husband was getting me a fitbit for my birthday, so I also got a polar FT4 for myself. Well Saturday, he gives me the fitbit flex. I have worn it everyday since, but I'm so confused by it. Would it be stupid to wear both the fitbit and the polar when working out? I don't know what it is, but the flex just…
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How do you handle the holidays?
Labor Day. Multiple cookouts, multiple opportunities to self sabatoge. In fact it has been an entire weekend of cookout after cookout. Then Labor Day kicks off the fall festivities: Halloween and dreaded thanksgiving, Christmas and new year. So how in the world do you survive these next few months? I need tips. Advice.…
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Need some motivation right now
My son had a terrible asthma attack Friday morning that sent us to the the emergency room. He is 8, and it was the worst one he has ever had. I really was afraid I was losing him. Then our neighborhood is being hit with a group of people who are breaking into homes. Even with people there. I haven't worked out for 2 days,…
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14lbs down and today I found my collar bones!
Haven't seen them in years, and today I noticed they're back! I actually have collar bones now! Idk why that excites me but it was awesome to realize that while 14lbs may not be overly noticeable, it has allowed me to see something I haven't in forever Motivation!
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can someone explain water weight?
I am on day 8. I have reached a few goals already: no soda in 8 days, drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day, increasing my time on the elliptical from 5 to now 45 minutes, making sure I weigh, track, and watch my calories like I do my checkbook. I lost 5lbs in those 8 days and I know it is water weight, but can…
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Beach walking
Today I walked along the beach. I live in a coastal area but never have done the walk there because of tourists crowding the beach. So up until now I have done the elliptical at home. Usually I burn about 300 calories on the elliptical for 35 minutes according to my heart rate monitor. Today, I burned 428 walking the…
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Hrm and calories between workouts
I just recently got a hrm. I do 30 minutes on the elliptical then take a 5 minute break for water and move on to either my strength training DVD, Pilates , turbo jam or take a 15 minute walk outside. However my hrm still shows a burn when I'm in between workouts. I never sit. I walk and take a few drinks and stretch. Do…
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Broke down and got a polar ft4
I was going to get a fitbit. Had every intention to get a fit bit but the guy at academy said they're not used for tracking calories, and if I really wanted something for calories then the polar was the best option. So, that's what I got. Hope I made the right decision in listening to him.
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Can someone tell me if I'm missing anything important
I don't have a gym membership and cannot afford a gym membership. So for cardio i do 30 minutes on the elliptical 5 days a week. Then every other day I do some strength training with dumbbells. I started with 5lb and this week purchased 10lb and just getting through 3 sets of 10 is difficult. I also do push-ups, sit-ups,…
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One side of me is quite larger than the other
I took my month snapshot today and there's no denying that one side of me is starting to take shape, I have a curve and my live handle is nearly gone. The other side though, there's a definite curve forming but the love handle is still thick and sticks out. I work both sides the same when I do my strength training, so it's…
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Embarrassing problem. Has this happened to you?
I worked out last night and about 6 minutes till I was done, I got a pain in my groin/thigh area. The shorts I was wearing had dug into my skin and was really irritating it. I kind of pulled them down a bit, but didn't want to stop. Afterwards, it hurt badly and there is a rash/cut/scrape all along there and it's terribly…
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Anyone else fear running outdoors?
I really want to start jogging, but self conscious kills it the moment I consider it. I've been doing calorie programs on my elliptical and have been keeping up with the rpm at each intensity level but I really think jogging outdoors in the mornings would be fun. If you ever felt this way, how did you overcome it? I would…
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What type of elliptical to buy?
I'm looking at a proform that has a calorie program that changes the max rpm, intensity and resistance throughout a 30-45 minute workout. When people talk about changing intensity, is that what they're meaning? I don't know what to buy? One that doesn't have automatic programs and you have to manually change that or one…
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Working out more to eat more
So my mom called me anal because I needed to go workout for 30-40 minutes to make room for a sliver of cheesecake. I doubt I'm the only one who does this when they want a treat. I underestimated my burn and overestimated the calories so I know I'm definitely within range to eat it. So how many are "anal" when it comes to…
