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Strength Training w/o Gym
I got a Zumba membership today - trying to get back to it all. The first time I did MFP I lost 25 pounds rather quickly (but healthily!) and well, wow, that was already two years ago! I have gained back all of it and then a little, although most of it within the past few months. Anywho. The first time I did it I did 30DS +…
How to log walking in place?
websites appear to be giving me different answers.... I get home late every night and nowadays I've had no energy to do strenuous exercise. I also dearly want to watch TV, so I began walking in place at what I think is moderate pace of 3mph. Do I log it as simply walking, or do I take off calories? I walk holding/using my…
Doing it the second time around
I lost 25 pounds in two months of MFP and have gained back 15 of it over six months. I've been back on MFP for the past two weeks or so, and noticing that even when I am eating less/exercising I am not noticing the weight loss at all. I'd lose a pound or two and then gain it back; in fact, I weigh more than when I started…
Diet Soda v. Regular Soda
This was probably asked before, but please bear with me - Of course, NO soda would be ideal, but when it comes to regular soda v. diet soda, what's your take? For example - Dr. Pepper has 100 calories per serving. Diet Dr. Pepper has 0. Can I eat those extra 100 calories if I have Diet Dr. Pepper, or should I be logging…
HELP, My Weight is Coming Back
I managed to lose 20lbs in 2 months, and I feel (felt?) great. I hit the 150s (158ish) and I was happy, but plenty willing to go further. Well, with the end of the 30DS and a bit more frequent "cheat" days (in which I still logged, meh), I'm sneaking back up to the 160s. I am clocking in at 162-163ish when just two weeks…
8/15-8/21 CRUNCH WEEK CHALLENGE
I have definitely fallen off the treadmill, as they say, and have gained at least two pounds back. Monday I am starting back 30DS (but instead of everyday I will be doing it every other day, with sprint/walks on the days I don't do it), trying to keep intake down, et cetera. I realize that this first week back on it will…
Exercising...in an apartment.
I'm at home now so I can stomp around as much as I want doing my videos, but soon I'll be moving into an apartment, possibly with people underneath. I suppose I could do ab/strength moves, but anything that involves jumping around wouldn't be too good. Any video ideas? I found that that's the way I exercise the best, but…
What goes under "aerobics"?
Probably a stupid question but I gotta ask- what exactly goes under aerobics? I do Cardio dance and list it under dancing.
5'6" Ladies
What's your current and goal weight? How much have you lost? I think I'll be more motivated by seeing weight loss for people around my height (as in, if you are 130lb, it's hard for me to think of you as overweight because that would be thin for ME!). Please tell me your weight (at your current height of 5'6")! So heaviest…
Kids of the House - Doing With What You Have
If you are the child of a family, you don't get to make the food choices. You don't get to choose what the family buys or eats. This is very tough. I used to blame this for my weight (despite I was the heaviest in my family) but now I've changed my perspective somewhat. I just do with what I have. Today we went shopping to…
Way to screw it up the night before weigh-in!
I give myself these excuses to eat (like I've been doing well or whatnot), and afterwards, I feel awful. Today I went to a seafood buffet. Had two plates full of food and a lot of ice cream, too. I don't know how many calories that is, I just put in around 2600 cal for that one meal. It's been hours and I still feel sick.…
I *feel* like I'm eating a lot...
It's the weirdest thing. I am clearly eating less than I did before, but more and more, I keep on feeling as if I'm eating a lot. Sure, several times I'd eat as much as others, but other times, when I'm eating less than they do, I get the creeping suspicion that it's THEM eating MORE than they should and me eating a normal…
Questions on JM30DS - probably asked before
Hi - I have a few questions on the 30 Day Shred, and I am sure some of them have been answered already - so sorry :P 1) I've been logging it as 20 minute calisthenics. I am 5'6" and 169 pounds, I do not have an HRM, and MFP says It's around 200 calories burnt. Is it even 20 minutes? Should I be logging it as more or less?…
Skinny Cow fans?
Anyone else a fan of Skinny Cow? I'm having a "Heavenly Crisp" milk chocolate candy bar and loving every bite...and the fact that it's only 110 calories. I also like their ice cream sandwiches!
"You're putting your exercises before everything else, you'r
Never thought I would hear THAT, in my life. So I just finished doing level 1 of the 30 Day Shred without weights. I am sweating like crazy, which is quite abnormal for me, so I went downstairs to tell my sister. She was being quite nonchalant saying, "so?" I suggested that she does it too, but mostly I was just excited to…
30 Day Shred Level 1, No Weights?
So I just tried the 30 Day Shred Level 1 today. I did not have any weights today so I just did without them..and I don't know if I could have done it WITH weights! Most intensive workout ever. I usually don't sweat very well - I have to run 6mph for ten minutes for me to start sweating, and right now I am SOAKED in sweat.…
12:52am and I am STARVING.
It's 12:52am and I am starving. I was under my calorie intake today, and by more than 800 calories in my 1200 calorie diet. This was not necessarily on purpose. There simply wasn't anything to eat during the day (I had all three meals at work- I work for my parents). Then we went to the gym, thus making the 500+ deficit…
Girl, 19, trying not to go down that path.
Hello. I've been using MFP on my iPhone for about ten days now, and I have lost 8.9 pounds during that time. Some history first: I have been on the heavier side since I was ten years old. I am and have been 5'6" for few years now. At my heaviest, which would be around when I was sixteen, I was 191 pounds. Ten days ago,…