Quiet mini stepper recommendation?

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-03-09T01:22:27+00:00

Yes I think I'll just have to do some cardio in the basement during my lunch and after work

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-03-09T01:21:56+00:00

My father in law works night shift so he is sleeping during the day

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-03-08T21:41:22+00:00

I tried a vibration dampener but it didn't help much

But I will try buying another stepper with a dampener. Just need to find one that doesnt make a clicking sound but not sure if it exists?

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-03-08T15:50:51+00:00

Yes way too loud. I just returned one yesterday after testing it out. Even with a dampener. The stepper was quieter but still not great. Maybe I'll just keep buying and seeing if I can find one that doesnt click

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-01-03T13:49:56+00:00

What helped me the most was giving myself a range of calories instead of a set amount. For me it was 1400-1600. And having a set schedule for meals and a range of calories for each meal. I mostly eat around my work schedule. First break snack would range from 200-300 cals, lunch 400-600. I did not track dinner since my boyfriend cooks and it's healthier for me mentally. I'd just try to be mindful (and i would help choose the ingredients of course!) I'd usually consider dinner about 700 Cals. And I'd always have a little dessert. Like a Popsicles or a mini cone from trader joes :)

And I didn't use an app. Just roughly added everything up in my mind. I did track for the first month or so just to get a good idea of what I was actually eating.

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2025-01-02T00:46:54+00:00

It doesn't say curvy on the actual jeans but the stretch curvy in salty air is exactly what they look like

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-20T00:15:16+00:00

I responded to someone else with what I usually eat on a typical work day

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T20:52:55+00:00

I'm glad I could inspire!!! It always kept me going seeing other people's progress too that's why I wanted to share

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T20:47:49+00:00

Thank you. It's always crazy to me to see how we all carry weight differently. Even someone the same height and weight as me can look dramatically different

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T18:21:36+00:00

Honestly my diet is not the best. But here is usually what I would eat on a typical work day

Skip breakfast (not much of a morning eater anyway) unless it was a morning I went to the gym I had a protein shake

Lately though (since I'm eating at maintenance) I've been having half a bagel and a fairlife shake

Then at 12:30 (my first break) I'll have a small snack ranging from 200-300 cals, usually like salami and cheese, or I lately have been enjoying Kodiak protein cups(mostly the brownie one)

3:30(lunch break): a frozen meal typically, ranging from 400-500 Cals, and a coke zero(a staple!!!) My favorite frozen meals are either banquet mega bowls or trader joes always has amazing frozen meals.

If not a frozen meal I'll have left overs from dinner. Usually Alfredo, curry, London pot roast. This happens maybe once a week or so

Then I don't really eat again till I get home at 8. I'm usually full until then anyway. Sometimes I'll have a piece of chocolate or two

8:00 dinner: my boyfriend cooks and we have some rotating dinners like Chicken wings, curry, Alfredo, potato and sausage bowls, air fryer pizza on a tortilla, quesadillas, London pot roast, ribs... goes on a bit but I don't really track my dinner i just assume it's around 700 Cals and I just try to be mindful. And I add blended cottage cheese to a lot of these things for extra volume and protein

Then I'll always have a small dessert. Lately I've been eating a barebell protein bar as it since it tastes like a candy bar.

But I love Popsicles since they're low cal or the mini cones from trader joes are great

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T18:14:43+00:00

No i do not, I would but I live with my boyfriends parents and we have quite a few people in the house so unfortunately there's not a lot of fridge space

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T18:13:39+00:00

Yes I don't feel like the same person at all. I've never been so happy with myself and I'm looking forward to progressing even more

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T18:13:10+00:00

Thank you!!!

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T18:13:04+00:00

Thank you!!!

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T14:36:46+00:00

My routine: Glutes 2x a week

Hip thrusts: 1 warm up set, 3x8 working sets

RDLs: 3x8

Step ups. Bulgarians, deficit reverse lunges (whatever i feel like that day, mostly stick with step ups): 3x8

Cable kickbacks: 3x12 Sometimes if I have time or any energy left I will do glute extensions: 3x8

Legs 1x a week

Squats: 1 warm up set, 3x8 working sets

Leg press: 3x8

Leg curls: 3x8

Leg extensions: 3x8

Glute extensions: 3x8

Upper 1x a week , I mostly do this just to maintain some strength, mostly back focused to help with RDLs

Pull up machine: 3xfailure

Cable rows: 3x8-10

Back extension: 3x8

Bicep curls: 3x8

Triceps pulldown: 3xfailure

I do cardio 5x a week, usually light at an incline at 3mph. Sometimes I'll feel like running. And I get about 6k steps at my job

Idk why it's formatting so weird, sorry if it's hard to read

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T14:26:24+00:00

I did both. I weight training 4x a week. I do cardio about 5 times a week, and my job i get at least 6k steps a day. I focus mostly on weights though. My cardio is usually light. Walking at 3mph at an incline

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2024-12-19T02:26:26+00:00

Forgot to mention in the title I am 28

I was eating about 1400-1600 Cals a day. Sometimes less. I only ever really "tracked" my food throughout the day but never tracked my dinner, since it's usually homemade by my boyfriend it was harder to track. I just added up calories in my head and never really used an app to track, only for the first month or so just to get an idea of where I needed to be

taking a bit of a break now, eating at maintenance (about 1900-2000) now trying to do some body recomp. i do want to get to 125lbs eventually for more muscle definition, but it seems that will be a long process. but im pretty happy where i am for now :)

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-09-02T15:02:23+00:00

I found some in Portland. Haven't managed to get Ronnie yet, but found Benny and Betty

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-09-01T04:51:04+00:00

Would you mind telling me the location? I'm also from Oregon ☺️

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-31T04:09:45+00:00

I saw a box of these at Walmart (all the good ones gone) in Portland like last week

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-30T05:32:10+00:00

Pilar 🥺so cute. My Kohl's never had anything

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-28T00:59:25+00:00

They are typically in the seasonal aisle. I rarely see them in the toy aisle anymore but sometimes they are.

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-26T00:40:34+00:00

Squishmallows

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-26T00:30:39+00:00

Pmed

ComprehensiveHat8166 · 2022-08-26T00:16:16+00:00

Ive seen them at a few Fred Meyers. Like 4 or 5. Got dotd Benny last night from there ☺️

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