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In addition to weighing and logging I've learned that *I* cannot eat anything after dinner. I seem to be incapable of just having a reasonable sized snack. One reasonable sized snack always turns into a minor binge that puts me over my calorie limit for that day. So now I just eat dinner and call it a day.
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Have you just started feeling tired? How long have you been eating 1300cal/day? When my second baby was 9-10 months old it felt like she was sucking the life right out of me. Even though she slept well at night, I was just exhausted all the time, even though I wasn't restricting my food at all. As soon as she was able to…
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I'm still pretty early in my journey, so I haven't noticed many physical changes yet. However I'm thrilled that I seem to be cooking and grocery shopping less. I've always eaten well and cooked from scratch so I've only needed to watch my portion sizes and quit late night snacking. Surprise! When you eat less, you buy less…
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Though it seems counter intuitive, the best thing to do is to keep moving a little bit throughout the day. Get up every hour and walk around the room and stretch a bit. The worst thing you can do is to keep very still all day. Drinking lots of water will help, plus then you'll have to walk to the bathroom 97 times ;-) A…
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I used to have one when I was competing in triathlon and again when my kids were too young to leave alone while I rode. It can actually be a better workout than riding outside since there are no downhills or traffic lights ;-) However, it can also be insanely boring which makes it hard to keep the intensity up. Most people…
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Joints, tendons and even bone strengthen in response to exercise. The trick is that they take much longer to strengthen than muscle does. They also take longer to heal after being injured. So it takes consistent activity over several months to strengthen them and you have to be careful not to injure them. Since you've…
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What about getting some warmer clothes? Granted, I'm Canadian and believe fully in "there is no bad weather, only bad clothes", but there's a lot to be said for going outside. What kind of weather are you dealing with exactly?
