Sorry for the delayed response everyone. It has been a tough few weeks, and finding time to exercise has been hard. That being said I found a few days a week last week and this week. I thank everyone for their suggestions. I appreciate your help in trying to find the best exercise for me. However, I...

Thank you both for your comments. I have purchased a tape measure about a week ago and have been using it. I have not measured today so I don't know any results. However, if initial measurements are correct, I have a lot further to go than I thought I did when I used just the scales! That being said...

Thank you for your response, Vamp. I understand that you think that the weight of a person doesn't matter as long as the muscle tone is there, and the person looks as they want. To an extent, I agree, which is why I have changed goal weight from 145 to whatever looks good. However, weight does play ...

I understand what you are saying. However, these are problems. 1. I have weighed 170 for four weeks. No 5'6" woman wants to weigh that for the rest of their life, even if they have muscle replacing the fat. Can you imagine how much muscle would replace that much fat? It seems like it would be q...

Thanks for the comparison, Vamp. That helps me understand how two people can weigh the same but look completely different. However, I still don't understand how to lose the layer of fat that is over the muscle, if that makes sense. I constantly hear to keep doing what I am doing and it will happen, ...

I don't want to sound like Negative Nancy, but I haven't gotten a chance to exercise much in the past two weeks due to an injury from falling through a porch with rotten wood, and low blood pressure problems, so I doubt I have gained that much muscle. I also realize bodybuilding women weigh more an...

Well, I have given the 2000 calorie diet a try and have had no success at getting over the plateau. I did lose the couple of pounds I gained, so I am back at the same weight I was four weeks ago, but that was probably fluid. I know that weight is not the entire package when trying to get healthier a...

Thanks for your help, Vamp. I realize that weighing every day is not healthy, but it is impossible to throw the scales away, since I work in a hospital and I am surrounded by them. I was able to avoid them last night, but only because I was the only phlebotomist working and was so busy I couldn't ta...

Thanks Chris. Let me just start off by saying that I know I shouldn't weigh every day. However, it is a compulsion I have had all life. I can not walk past a scale without weighing. I have tried to work on that, but meds and work have not helped so far. Also, I don't know when to weight, since I wor...

Thanks for the input musculArgirl2 and Boss Man! musculArgirl2, I had not thought about that! I will mention that to doctor and see what he says. Thanks! Boss Man, I think I finally figured it out, thanks to a friend who pointed out I wasn't factoring in the calories I expend on a daily basis, such ...

Thanks for the info, Vamp, but it confuses me more. I don't keep up with how many calories I burn versus how many I take in myself. I use MyFitnessPal, which asks how many minutes I have done certain cardio exercises, including calisthenics, and calculates it for me. It is obviously not an exact sci...

Thanks for the compliment, Boss Man, but I can honestly say no one has ever made the mistake of calling me a lady! LOL I realize I am very obsessive about things, and, of course, life and problems are not as bad as other people's lives and problems. I see that all the time at work. However, I try to...

Thanks for the input Vamp and Boss Man. I am sorry this is delayed. Crazy schedule. Anyway, I hate to sound like I am hung up on the "burn" but I kind of am, as that is the only way I know to describe why I feel the left side is getting a better workout than the right, besides the size dif...

Okay, one thing that doesn't make sense to me (well, there's are lots!) is something we discussed before, in that I do not feel the burn on right side as I do on left. For instance, I just got through with walk/run, and I felt burn on right side while running, but less than the left, and even less w...

Thanks again Vamp! But I must say, I don't think I can skip properly, or at least to the point I don't look like a blooming idiot! That is another reason I don't go to the gym, but I did LOL! Thanks again!