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We talk about this a lot: weight loss is the process of getting your body active and healthy. While the scale may not be moving, you are losing inches, gaining muscle and confidence. Try focusing on measurements for a few weeks and you'll see a difference. Try doing the same activity once a week and note your improvement from one week to the next. Adjust your fitness and nutritional goals to keep yourself challenged, interested and motivated.

And EXERCISE CALORIES.....

Eat them. Eat half of them, eat all of them, eat as much or as little as you're hungry for, but *please* just eat them. When you don't eat your exercise calories, your body goes into "starvation mode" and starts burning muscle for fuel and storing fat like a squirrel with nuts. Teaching your body to do this will only make it harder for you to become permanently healthy and keep the weight off. You may "lose weight" by putting your body into caloric deficit, but you're not doing your metabolism, your overall health, or your future weight loss any favors. Your body is a well-honed machine--please don't grind it like a student driver with a stick shift.

Just take it slow and be healthy! Be proud of your accomplishments thus far and don't sweat the small stuff. The key is having a solid nutrition and exercise program and sticking to it.