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Be open to new sights, sounds, tastes and opportunities. Walk a lot. Savor what you eat and all your other experiences, too.

Track everything and move your body every day :)

I like your post, OP. Keep doing what works for YOU.

Here are some suggestions: broccoli, spinach, green beans, carrots, beets, brussel sprouts, kale, tomatoes, squash (winter and summer), avocado (OK it's a fruit, but if you eat one a week your skin will love you).

I think you are under-eating and depriving your body of needed nutrients. You may be feeling full thanks to carbonated drinks. What jumps out to me is insufficient calories overall, and specifically, insufficient calcium, insufficient protein, insufficient sources of vitamins and other minerals - all of which can affect…

Just keep your goals the same regardless - i.e., just because your carb # shows a higher amount doesn't mean you need to meet it. You have free will here :)

Both - because that is what my body likes.

Sounds to me like you are dealing with hypoglycemia. Stay nourished, and consult a dietician for the best way to stay fueled for the whole day, including your trail work. Also if you are on an 8 mile trail walk/run, take food and water with you and replenish along the way.

One thing you can do is walk everywhere - doesn't require anything but decent footwear, and you could easily build up to 5 miles a day. Another thing is to check out facilities at your school and find a physical activity that you enjoy. Those are two go-tos. Then, for shedding extra pounds, start tracking what you eat and…

Chocolate is totally awesome. This is probably mostly crackpot science but it's interesting: http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/why-do-women-crave-chocolate.html#b

If you continue to have pain in your arms along with fatigue, please contact your primary care provider to rule out any medical issues that might be contributing (not related to diet but to other concerns). With regard to your food intake, pay attention not only to calories but the nutritional value of your foods - in…

Awesome :smiley:

Motivation actually comes after the fact, in my experience - I made a habit of putting my gym gear in the car when I had to go out, with the idea that swinging by the Y on my way home was more likely to happen than starting from home (I used the principle of momentum lol). Sure enough, after a few times of doing that the…

My go-to work lunch for ever consisted of a two-cup plastic container with 2 TBSP of hummus at the bottom and topped with sliced cherry tomatoes, slices carrots and sliced avocado, along with a carton of fat free greek yogurt (or two cartons) and an apple to end the meal with.

No, it may well not - if it measures using bioelectrical impedance, especially (which fluctuates tremendously due to water content).

You refrigerate it after opening - no problems with mold. There is also no added sugar, which for me is a side benefit.

Peanut butter (I prefer the kind that has two ingredients: peanuts & salt) has about 8 g of protein, 16 g of fat (much of it monounsaturated, which has health benefits), about 2 g of fiber and various phytonutrients (good for you) per 32g serving, for ~200 calories. It can certainly be a part of a healthy diet - a person…

The reason for the lifting and protein level is to maintain your muscle, so that when that 25 pounds is gone what is left is "toned" and not jiggly mess. You can do it :)

Not sure what you are looking for, Ellaskat - however, my experience and idea is that weight is not a linear thing. If you continue to gain weight then look at your calorie intake. If you don't want to weigh/measure, that's up to you - but it's a simple way of checking your data.

My advice to you is to keep moving, first of all. As you increase your fitness, you can increase your walking - and no need to do it all at once. Then, because you are a big person, your calorie goal doesn't need to be reduced in my opinion, anyway, but it will be very helpful for you to find a way to weigh and measure…

Sounds like you are on track to me.

lol. same here - several times a day

If you are asking me this question, for me if i eat a lot of easily-digesting carbs (like things made out of white flour, things like cookies, to name a few) in the middle of the day or early afternoon, i crave them for the rest of the day and I also want to take a nap. Carbs in vegetables or fruit don't seem to have that…

Truthfully it depends on the time of day~

Given that you have 60# more to lose (more or less), you can stick with 2# weight loss for a while yet. Your physician and you are working closely so clearly this is advice to ask that person - if it was me, I would be slowing the rate in another 15# or so to 1-1.5#/week.

If you continue to lift weights using progressively heavier weight, and do cardio, and are not eating at a surplus, you will let smaller looking. If you are also eating at a small deficit (small, to support your maintaining muscle mass), you will reduce body fat as well. The key to the weight training, as I see it, is to…

home made pizza :smile:

Anytime you go to a website for information and you get a longwinded, impossible to quit sales pitch, run. Whatever product is being pitched is BS.

I know nothing about run keeper. However, in the MFP "reports" section you can request data for both net (total calories minus calculated exercise burn) and gross calories consumed.

I use the website information. I let my data (calories eaten and calories burned log, activity log, weight, measurements) be my guide. There is no way to be exact on any of this so I don't try to over think things.