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I agree with the person who suggested eating before your workout. I started doing this about a year ago and it has made a HUGE difference to the quality of my workouts. I have so much more energy and I enjoy them a lot more! Protein also makes a huge difference in my satiety levels. My best energy/food days are the ones…

Yes - I track everything that I eat. If I didn't track fruit and vegetables, my macros would be completely off. If you are eating the recommended servings of fruit and veg, you are eating at least 200-400 calories, depending on the types (i.e. berries vs bananas, broccoli vs. sweet potato). If you're not eating at least…

Hi! I’m 44 years old and 5’10”. Started at 195 pounds so very similar to you! I wear a fitbit, so even though my calorie goal starts low, I usually end up eating between 1800 - 2000 calories per day. Someone else asked about food tracking accuracy, and I want to echo this point. The average person underestimates their…

Hi! I'm vegan, too, anyone feel free to add me! My goal is to lose 20 pounds while maintaining muscle and gaining strength. I'm a pole dancer and my progress is more important to me than weight loss. Am currently trying to increase my protein, aiming for 20% of calories from protein.

I tried one once, was starving and miserable by the middle of day 2, and went back to eating real food. Felt like a sucker for the money I had wasted! Just eat real food and track it.

Tim's Cascade Jalapeno Chips. I will eat them all and then lick the bag clean!

That has not been my experience. Perhaps your period is just late, and that accounts for the bloating/weight gain? Your body might be adjusting to your new diet, something like that can definitely affect the timing of your cycle. I recommend the book, Vegan for Life, as it highlights how to get all essential nutrients on a…

Vegan here, feel free to add me! I support and applaud any and all steps taken to reduce consumption of animal products.

I'm 5'10", weigh 162 lbs, and have been losing weight at 1900 cals/day. I tried to speed things up by dropping to 1400 cals for a couple of weeks, and it slowed my progress almost to a stop. I actually lose faster at 1900 cals, plus I'm not miserable. :smile:

Unsweetened vanilla almond milk, at 40 calories per cup, is my favorite. I've never had a curdled carton - you must have had a bad one! Yes, it's not a big source of protein, but 2 cups per day is only 80 calories, leaving plenty of calories available for me to get adequate protein from my food.

I'm so sorry. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer this year and is in the midst of chemo. We are in the early stages, but it really does put everything in perspective. Makes me realize how very loved and essential my mom is to me and my husband and kids. As mom/grandma, she's the glue that holds our family together. For…

This is exactly what I do! I prefer to eat the same number of calories every day. That way my rest days aren't sad and hungry days. :) And on days that I exercise a lot, I don't have time to eat all the extra calories, anyway.

20 grams of carbohydrates per day sounds very unhealthy. How could you possibly even eat enough fruits and vegetables on that regimen? I eat 50-60 percent of calories from carbohydrates and I am losing weight.

The yo-yo dieting may have changed your body composition - each time you lose weight, you lose both fat and lean body mass, but when you gain it back, you mostly gain fat. This might be why you aren't happy with your current physique. Maybe focus on body recomposition for awhile. Track your calories at maintenance and lift…

Log your whole day in advance, that way when you get hungry or have the urge to eat, you will know when/what you get to eat next and can look forward to it. Make to plan in some snacks! Also, I find it helpful to keep a list in my wallet of distraction activities that I can do when I get the munchies. Like watching an…

Make sure to include nuts and seeds that are high in omega-3 fatty acids, like walnuts, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, and chia seeds. I like to sprinkle seeds on my salads or oatmeal, or blend them into smoothies.

Strictly speaking, it shouldn't affect weight loss, as long as you stick to your calorie goals. However, it could affect body composition, if you aren't getting enough nutrition to support muscle growth and repair. Also, high levels of sodium might contribute to bloating and weight fluctuations. I think it's much harder to…

You are probably experiencing withdrawal symptoms from several things, the number one culprit likely caffeine. Can you take it in stages? Change out your breakfast for a week, then dinner, then finally lunch? (That'll be the hardest since it's getting you through your work day, at the moment.) Then tackle the caffeine. I…

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I'm 5'10" and currently weigh 166 lbs. Eating about 1900 calories per day as my base, plus often half to all of my workout calories. I've been eating this amount for 6 weeks and am down about 10 pounds. Most of my workouts are pole dancing, and I also go swimming with my kids a few times per week.

I have never restricted bread or carbohydrates in general. Bread is not a food that I get excited to eat, though, unless it's a really good, freshly-baked kind. It's just kind of a boring food! People crave what they've restricted, so maybe that's why I'm not especially drawn to bread?

It gets easier if you stick with it. Your stomach and your brain will get used to eating less. Start with a small calorie deficit and increase the gap after a few days. Also, eat plenty of high volume, filling foods so that your plate looks plentiful, like a big green salad and a cut up apple with your sandwich at lunch, a…

Can you find a type of movement that you love? Something social and fun? I pole dance and am surrounded by an amazing community at my studio, I've made so many great friends there. When exercise and your social life overlap, it is so much easier!

I use soy milk. Soy is so out of favor lately, but soy milk is pretty unprocessed. I make it myself sometimes and it's literally just cooked and strained soybeans and water, plus a little sugar.

Yes! Would love more vegan inspiration so fellow plant-based eaters, feel free to add me!

I heard about intermittent fasting on a podcast one evening last week as I was driving home from dance. It made so much​ sense to me that I skipped my usual post - workout snack and didn't eat again until 11 am the next morning. I'm doing 16/8, 11 am - 7 pm and I love it! It's so much easier to stay within my calorie goals…

I'm a vegetarian transitioning to vegan! Feel free to add me, fellow plant-eaters!

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I'm 5'10" and just getting back to this today. Currently 176, goal of 155.

I'm a daily weigher. I like gathering data frequently, it gives me information about how my weight fluctuates in response to many things. How my weight varies the morning after an intense exercise day vs a rest day, a few days of overindulging, TOM, etc. The more information I gather, the less surprised I am by the number…