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Zann 02/14/13 replied to Wease59
Hi, Wease59!

Sounds like you're off to a great start! Good luck to you this year, stay strong and motivated!!

Ckhair 02/14/13 replied to Zann
I used to have m setting at sedentary, but as my trainer explained I NEED calories to burn. If my body doesn't get enough or eat often enough, my body will store what I have taken in as fat! I only eat 1300 calories a day, that's more than what I used to eat, and less than soe people. But I'm losing! Go figure! The more muscle you gain, the more you need to eat,because it takes calories to support th muscle. For every 10 lb I lose, I need to increase my calories by 50! Also, if I don't get enough calories, my body will start attacking the muscle mass I have instead of fat!

I am pretty much sitting for my job too, I drive all over my state everyday. I have learned exercises to counter all th sitting and I do things to alleviate my neck an shoulder pain from all the driving! I feel I have really been learning a lit this time. I've been doing things wrong my whole life. That's why I'm in this position now! It's really hard to eat 1300 calories, I'm getting my buns kicked in the gym, but things are finally making sense and clicking for me this time! It's a lot of hard work, but I'm determined!

What is MND? How does that work?

I'm not sure I would want a deficit of calories, I might be tempted to use them up or day and I know how hard I have to work to burn them off! I don't trust myself yet!

Zann 02/19/13 replied to Ckhair
MND = MyNetDiary :)

Makes sense about adding the extra calories to make up for the exercise. I may have to make some adjustments as I really get into my strength training....was only doing cardio for the first 8 weeks or so until we bought some weight equipment about a month ago. Thanks for the feedback, and good luck!! :)

Marco18 03/13/13
I have been overweight for years, however I think I've cracked it. I started in mid December I did not like the look of myself and kept hearing about all the downside health wise of being obese.

So I decided that I was not going to gain weight over Christmas and joined a Gym. I have been going to the Gym 4-5 days a week and on a spinning bike before I go to work.

It’s worth going to the gym with a small group of three so that you can give each other mutual support and push yourself.

I use the app to record everything including the calories burned. The calories burned are collected via a heart rate monitor. This gives me a total overview of how I am doing.

I was 15 stone 6lbs at the start and as at todays date mid March 2013 I am 13 stone 13lbs that’s is around 1.5lbs a week on average loss.

I am also avoiding alcohol, which gets easier as time goes by.

Another useful tool has been a set of scales that measure body fat as sometimes you might not have lost weight when you exercise, you could have lost fat and gained muscle.

My message is use the app, take regular exercise, stay focussed and be patient and rest assured you will get there.

Bloggins 03/21/13
Today I completed the first phase of my health-improvement campaign: losing ten percent of my starting body weight. I started on New Year's Day at 201 pounds, and this morning I weighed in at 180.5. Using the diary makes it much easier than I expected, and I seem to be well on track for my next goal: normal BMI by mid-summer.

A-n-n-e 03/22/13 replied to Bloggins
Fantastic! 10 percent is a significant achievement. Do you notice the changes in the feel of your body, and how much easier it is to do things?

I've only recently begun my journey; AGAIN. I needed to lose 30 lbs., lost 7 then my willpower fizzled out. Now I'm back on track and have lost another 5. Today for the first time I felt a difference in my clothes. I'm doing it one day at a time.

A-n-n-e 03/22/13 replied to Marco18
All good advice. It's so important to use weight bearing exercise in addition to cardio in order to build lean muscle mass. The body fat percentage is so much more important than weight, because muscle weighs more than fat.

I've found cutting out alcohol difficult, so I've limited it instead. I only use calories I've burned and no more than 100 three times a week.

I'm only losing 1 lb a week, but I figure slow and steady will pay off in the long run. I've lost it quickly many times before, and just put it right back on again. I'm hoping this time to make it a lifestyle change I can live with.

Brewebb 04/25/13 replied to A-n-n-e
I started my wt lose journey today. I am 55 years old and tired of being over weight
I need lots of support

Cbollin 11/30/15
Hi all. I have had bad knees for about 10 years now. overtime I became less active and before I knew it, I gained a lot of weight. The final straw was after two weeks of limping around and sleepless nights due to knee pain I headed off to the Doctor. My Orthopedic told my for every 1 pound it puts 3 pounds on my knee joints. I started off slow on Nov 11 but now giving it my all.

Kimdanurse 06/10/18
I do not count my exercise into my calories allowed for the day because I can’t give myself any wiggle room. I will grant myself an extra 100 calories for hard 2 or 3 hours of activity. RUNNING a full marathon is only 2600 calories! Moderate activity is an activity that gets your heart rate50-60% higher than at rest like walking 2 miles in 30 min. Bike 5miles in 30 min, swim laps for 20 min, run 1.5 miles in 15 min. I think any exercise is fantastic but knowing what is the definition of what is REALLY moderate activity. I got this weight by lots of areas that I gave myself “wiggle” room. I do not wear a heart rate monitor but know I rarely reach the definition (right now)

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