Raspberry Ketones for the rest of us!

sorry just feeling like dancing through everyone's posts today.... I already licked this one AND said something constructive, so I can dance right? I promise after this Ill dance in my own posts.

Really great points, OP. I especially agree with the weight-lifting and protein. Here are some of mine:

1. Move into your new life. This isn't a temporary retreat or quick fix. This is the way you will need to live for the rest of your life in order to have the kind of body you want. Build a new healthy lifestyle that suits you, that you enjoy, that gives you pleasure and satisfaction. The weight loss journey doesn't have to be unpleasant; it can be a time of discovery and joy.

2. When you start your strength training, do all exercises with no weight until you have learned correct form. Then do them with bunny weights. You can easily injure yourself if you start off with more weight than you can handle.

3. Listen to your body. Don't push on through if it tells you you're overtraining or ignore it if it tells you it needs some quick calories.

4. Eat real food. Learn to enjoy fruits and vegetables, prepared simply. Cut back on the processed and packaged stuff, including the stuff they sell at the health food store. The more a food has been altered from its natural state, the more nutrients have been left on the factory floor.

5. Eat naturally cultured foods. They're a great way to add zing to your diet without calories.

6. Treat yourself to fresh fruits and vegetables. Instead of splurging on a piece of cake, enjoy a bowl of fresh raspberries. Instead of getting ice cream, treat yourself to a luscious pineapple. Get some asparagus instead of a bag of chips. We're conditioned to think of the highly processed stuff as rewarding; the stuff in the produce aisle is tastier as well as healthier.

7. Know that you are worthy of love and care. You deserve to live in a beautifully maintained body. You deserve to be happy, healthy, and strong. If you are tempted to go off the rails, ask yourself if you will love yourself more if you give in to a particular indulgence or slothfulness. (Sometimes, the answer is Yes.)

8. When you screw up, forgive yourself, shake it off, and get back on track.

9. Find some forms of cardio that you love, and do those. For me, it's dance. The right dance class is a full-body workout with a high burn rate. It's also a chance to hang out with other health-oriented women, to groove to music, and to affirm my total awesomeness.

9. You can do this.