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Take this free time to learn to shop for & cook healthy delicious meals. If you live at home, your family will appreciate it, and it will be a lifelong skill. Go on recipe websites or Youtube to learn the basics if you don't already know. Won't your folks be pleased to come home to a great home-cooked meal!
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If you are retaining water, try to drink more water to keep it flushed out of your system. Other than that, you may have just hit a temporary plateau. Doublecheck your portion accuracy. But really, your rate of loss is very good.
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I've been going for just a month, and also have trouble hitting my protein goal (the weight is coming off, but I want to have a better balance of macros, plus I'm still healing from a hip replacement, so need protein for muscle repair). I've started adding meat, legumes, cheese, and/or hard-boiled eggs to just about…
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I just passed my one-year anniversary of my hip replacement. Although I have other health problems that restrict my activity, I will say that you should easily be able to get back to your former levels of activity and be PAIN-FREE in the hip! I found that the Bonesmart.com website was a tremendous help - forums for knee &…
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Also make sure you are drinking a lot of water ... if you moved to a warm part of CA from a cooler state, you may not realize how dehydrated you can get, especially with 2-3 workouts a week. And even if 1200 calories is enough (which it probably isn't), you could just bump it up temporarily (especially proteins & healthy…
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I find that a shot of dairy helps my mid-afternoon slump ... chocolate milk, cottage cheese, a cheese stick, yogurt, or a few spoonfuls of ice cream. Also sounds like you need to get a lot more sleep. Due to pain, I can't sleep 8 hours at a time, so I do my sleep in 2 or 3 shorter segments. .. an afternoon nap, then maybe…
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Good for you! :) Sometimes it's just a little thing that can make all the difference in our lives!
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I don't always use them as a main or side dish, but like to throw a handful of various lentils and/or nuts on my salads, veggies or main dish as a protein-boosting garnish.
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Don't get discouraged about "messing up" your first week. It will give you a good analysis of how you WERE eating and what direction you need to adjust your nutrition program. If going cold turkey from a high-fat, high-carb, high-sugar diet is going to be too difficult to adjust to, just tweak it a little bit here & there…
