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I think its fine as long as you make it up the rest of the week! I have good/bad days all the time but if by end of the week I'm still in the green, I'm good and still lose. You can't deprive yourself totally or you won't make it long term.

I pick from either oatmeal, almond milk & slivered almonds with cinnamon or 1 egg cooked in coconut oil with 1 slice of swiss cheese & a slice of wheat toast. Both are filling and so darn good!

I think my question is, am i better off to do just elliptical one day, and calesthenics another day or should I keep doing both during the same workout as described? I just want to get the most bang or my buck! Thanks for any help you can give me!

Oh I can tell you I sweat up a storm! My hair is even soaked which is a very new thing for me. I do as many crunches as I can, as many squats, etc in between. May try level 5 on elliptical to see if that helps with weight loss. I got the idea watching a trainer on the Today show a while back. He suggested runners stop…

Any thoughts why this routine may not work? I don't want to spend months on this routine with no results again.

Thanks for the P90x suggestions as I know they work but I can't do any videos. My elliptical is in my family room (only place I'll actually use it) and hubby will not give up the TV remote for anything!!! I printed a bunch of exercises and mixed them up so that I never do the same exercises 2 days in a row. While he's…

I think any form of exercise you add is great! Even if its all you do, its 100% better than doing nothing. Its just that you may not get the results you want, doing just biking. I'm a complete novice and don't go by just me! Its just my experience with the eliptical.

Love these! Thanks!

Rhode Island! Love summers, hate winters! Speaking of which, damn blizzard predicted for Tuesday. All I can say is, glad I can log in my snow shoveling into MFP! Looking forward to moving south in a few years. Any SC, GA, FL residents on here? If so, where do you live and why do you love/hate it? Great thread!

I think it's a great addition to other exercises to mix it up but by itself, probably not. Just like my beloved eliptical. I'm now mixing it with strengthening since alone, it did nothing for me. Make sense?

Sorry, I ended up with 2 threads here. Thank you all for your replies! I didn't realize "real food" was touchy! I eat it all, fresh, sometimes packaged (boo) and a lot of home made meals. I'm just not a big fan of shakes unless its a dessert! :) If they work for you, that's awesome! I've requested a bunch of you and if I…

lol with the "plastic food". Thank you all for the replies! I eat it all, good, bad and ugly and the only time I want a shake is when its for dessert! I get it though. So many do so well on them, especially those working out really hard who need the extra protein. I've requested a bunch of you and if you didn't get one, I…

Don't mean to offend anyone using protein shakes! There's nothing wrong with them, they are just not for me! My brain does not accept shakes as food and make me want to eat more throughout the day! Besides, I love food! I think I eat pretty healthy already. I just need some tweaking in my diet and I'd love it if you shared…

By real food, I mean full breakfast, lunch, dinner and typically 2 snacks. I know some people are having great success drinking protein shakes and that's fine for them but I prefer to eat fresh foods I prepare myself. I have herbalife on hand that I use as an emergency meal when I don't have time to make something, but…