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When I'm craving pizza, I pick up Boboli's 100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust, add pizza sauce, 2% mozzarella, and veggies. Half a pizza is usually around 500 calories and only takes about 15 minutes to make. My local grocery store carries the pre-made crusts by the pizza sauce.

Hahahah, but what if I don't like lifting?

Thanks for the suggestions on freeweight programs instead of machines. I will definitely look into the programs. My goals is somewhat weight-loss, but looking good and feeling good are more important to me than the number on the scale. I hate jogging, but I do if for the convenience factor of the lowest time commitment for…

Everything in moderation is fine. If you can eat out once in a while and still keep in your macros, go for it. The salt may cause a higher weight on the scale the next day, but it won't last. There are a lot worse things you could eat than Nandos.

For context, running is not my thing. I average about a 12 minute mile with walk/run intervals. My heart rate levels and calories burned are pretty much the same for my one hour boxing class or if I go on a 1 hour run. So if you can keep your heart rate up, it can be very good cardio. One common boxing warm-up that is…

Glamorise, but they only go up to G, so you'll have to try the 40G. I like the "Ultimate Sports bra" best.

That was exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Glamorise. They work great (the ultimate full figured is my favorite) and are reasonably priced at about $35.

Help please!

I love Panache, but they are pricey. If you have a normal band size (at least a 34) then I recommend Glamorise Ultimate Full Figured Sports Bra and High Impart Zipper Sports bra. They sell for about $35 on Amazon, and, if you are in the U.S., Kohls and JCP online. The zipper one is tough to get into, but awesome once you…

I take the X-It classes too and they are brutal. I definitely threw up after my first one. It does get better as you stick with it. I agree with the posts above, compete with yourself, not others. The calorie burn comparisons at the end are skewed b/c max heart rate is only based on age, which is not very accurate. Also,…

The increase in bloating may be dehydration. Try upping your water intake. For your weight, try 8 cups for non-workout days and 10 to 12 cups on workout days. What I have found is that when I start my increased water regiment, I will make more trips to the bathroom for a week or so and then it levels off close to normal.…

I add a tablespoon of chia seeds to my greek yogurt every morning. I've also baked them into breakfast bars that I take backpacking, mixed them into quinoa dishes, and topped veggies and salads.

I try to pick breakfast and lunch that I can prep on Sunday and then just pack into my lunch box quickly every morning, so this is my typical lunchbox: Chobani with chia seeds (1tbsp) for breakfast or make my own overnight greek yogurt oatmeal mix. Lunch is usually a bean-based salad rather than leafy greens so it will…

When you are too overwhelmed to get a good workout in, look for options where you can get some exercise and study like stationary bikes, stair climbers, or power walking on treadmills. It's not as good of a workout because you will probably need to slow down to read, but it is still something on the days where it seems…

Sorry, I forgot to come back with an update. I have been wearing both trackers and they don't seem to interfere. Also, the treadmills in the class don't seem to have a problem picking one of them up. I can't tell which one because they track each other pretty well. Thanks!

What I found helped was really upping my water intake. The recommendation is your body weight in ounces divided by 2, so for you that would be about 12 cups. Also, this is not supposed to including water during or immediately after workouts. Upping my water made a huge difference in scale fluctuations from day to day. I do…

As mentioned above, legumes, also nonfat Greek yogurt and chia seeds. I love this food blog: http://www.thegardengrazer.com/p/recipes.html . The food blog does use a lot of olive oil which is higher in fat, but is lower in saturated fats, so is considered healthy in moderation.

I agree with the other posts that it is more likely water retention than weight gain. Up your water intake. I found that my weight would fluctuate a lot while dieting, so it was really frustrating to notice progress. As soon as I started drinking more water, my weigh-ins fluctuated a lot less and would be less effected by…

If I want a new route, I usually map it out in the desktop version of Google Maps and then just attempt to remember it while I run. Studying the map to memorize the route will be a good way to learn your neighborhood too. While I run, I use Nike Run which will call out distances in up to .25 mile intervals.

Thanks!

My gym, XSport, does wash the straps between every use and the monitors get a quick wet wipe. They also sell the straps and then you can just get a monitor when you get to class. I'm not sure if OTF does it the same way or not.

I have tried wearing my watch and it didn't pick up the OT monitor. I'll look into syncing it, but I don't get a lot of time with the monitor before class starts, so for this week, I'll give both a try.