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Same food but vary the serving size and relative portions. For my family They might do pasta with a veggie rich sauce and a meatball. My kids and husband with have a much higher portion of their plat filled with pasta and a small amount of sauce . I might have just sauce with the protein. If I needed to add additional…

Welcome to the journey. Last year around the holidays I had a firend who is a few months older than me mention being in the best shape of her life by 40. At the time I was struggling with my weight and decided that was a damn good goal. So I adopted it. The tricky part for me was the long term aspect, since 40 was almost 2…

rolling massage. I started with a raquetball under the foot and have since switched to a knobby roller. I do it standing up with strength the fascia. I also use a roller on my lower calves. The two went together for me, so I do recommend working on both. Both areas were tender, but it got better after about a week of…

The reality is you might just be eating at maintenance right now and what you are experiencing is water weight shifts that naturally occur with your cycle. You might need to tighten up your eating for the other three week and also expect it to be super slow. Personally I loose no weight for 3 weeks and then 2 lbs in the…

that is 8% of your body weight you want to lose. 1% per week is maneageable, but at the lower range you need to be close to 1/2% a week. for you that is around 1/2 lb per week. It really should take you 4 months to safely lose 10lbs. The best way to do it would be to maintain what you are currently eating and add a…

I think you got great advice. My husband is your height and weight with a bit more muscle and is definitely not too thin, but on the small side for a guy. Are you currenty using a strength program. You may find doing a recomp or a very slight deficit with weight training might be a good way to ease into maintenance.

Face first, then hips, but then fairly evenly overall. Which is actually a bit annoying since I carry a bit extra fat in the hips stomach and under arm. By the time I did start losing those problem spots I was getting a bit thin other areas. I had lost 45 lbs and gained about 10 back, mostly evenly, but the places that had…

The problem with yoga and colds is the amount of time spent upside down. I often find a brisk walk or light jog enough to get respiration up does wonders for colds above the neck. There is in fact some "clearing out" that can aid in healing as long as you are not making your body sore enough to require "repair". It also…

Fasting is not inherently unhealthy, but what exactly are you resetting but doing so? 4 days also seems a bit long if the goal is just to get your head in the game. weightloss does not need to be a battle of willpower, so "prepping" for that battle may not be a sustainable approach. For me I know sugar can put me into…

If your steps are automatically added it should be upping your calorie intake based on exercise and step/general activity. If you are getting a sizable bump daily in calories based on steps alone it might be worth upping your activity level to give you a better baseline.

Its also figuring out which types of calories are more satisfying for you personally. Certain foods for everyone I would assume are just not particularly filling and it can be easy to over eat. For some it is calorie dense items. Others carb heavy and so on. CICO is like a giant experiment trying to figure which food…

what are your current stats? How often are you doing that routine. 1500 calories does not seem like enough for running 5 miles daily. You may also find incorporating lower body strength work will actually help, not hinder your running. I have personal found after doing a quick drop in weight and regaining a bit of it, that…

My weekend eating habits are different than my weekday habits so there are changes that fluctuate there. I am a female with a menstrual cycle so I see changes that fluctuate throughout the month as well.

I with the no wagon crew. Weight loss is stressful, literally on your body. Acute stress coming from other areas can be the proverbial camel. Your mental health is taking priority right now. Are there any small habits you can focus on to keep things stable until you are ready to recommit to weightloss. Setting strict goals…

Height and weight? Are you eating back your exercise calories? Are you tracking everything you are eating? How accurately are you tracking what you eat. Even without a scale are you counting oil used in cooking etc.

No experience with quiting nicotine, but I did go off a medication that had appetite suppression as a side effect, wellbutrin. A brief google search and knowledge that this med is used to help quit smoking says that dopamine is affected with nicotine use as well and that can affect hunger. For me I added a tyrosine…

since you are vegan, do you eat Seitan? Does this cause bloating or not? Seitan is straight gluten and can be a good indicator. You could still be sensitive to wheat, but determining if it is gluten or not might help you keep some key items in your diet.

It may be worth looking into FODMAP sensitivity. I just attempted and failed miserably at an elimination diet myself, but I had been tracking symptoms over the years and had a sense of what things might be triggers. Apples, onions and garlic for me. Cruciferous vegetables as well, but if I keep them to a minimum I am fine.…

The treats table at work and lunch with Hubby are two separate beasts. Changing your diet should not necessarily cause you to have to overhaul your social life. I gave up all sugar for about 6 months before I was able to slowly reintroduc treats in small prtions. The treat table at work is mostly avoided. But the other…

2 oats and eggwhite crepe filled with 1/2 cup of smashed cottage cheese and a very small spread of jam. 338 calories 27g carbs, 7g fat and 41g protein. They are my new favorite morning fuel.

I drink it black, but I good coffee matters to me. Right now a low acid french roast cold brew, served hot or cold is my favorite for a smooth cup.

I am a big fan of seitan, which currently gets a bad rap with all of teh gluten free fads going around. I make my own to minimize the sodium and processed nature of it. It is really pretty easy to make a chicken style seitan that can work for patties, strips or crumbles. there are recipes out there for fancier version like…

The upside to using a food scale is knowing actually how much you are eating. sometimes that means I use less peanut butter than if I eyeball it. But sometimes that means I get to eat more and be confident in that. I do not weight everything. But if I am making a large pot of something I like to weigh the ingredients. I…

That does not seem right. I am 5'5" 148lbs right now set to 0.5 per week, lightly active and my baseline with no exercise is 1640. So in theory at 170 you should be well above that. If 1500 is doable for you try that for a month, and use you weightloss over that period to calibrate your goals.

Your numbers do not add up. if you are in fact at 23% body fat, losing 36lbs at a 2:1 fat to muscle ratio would put you at 10.5% which is below necessary levels assuming you are a female. So either your goal weight is way too low for your current muscle mass or your body fat% measurement is way off. I I am 5'5" and around…

My trainer is getting me on the turkish getup bandwagon.

Very verydark chocolate. Montezuma absolute black is my go to, its 100% cocoa. Usually 3-4 small squares is more than enough and it hits my chocolate craving without triggering the sugar hunger cascade.

If you have no gluten sensitivities Seitan is an excellent source of low cal protein. It is relatively easy to make at home which avoid the high sodiem concerns in packaged products. Soycurls are also a good low processed for or soy that is easy to incorporate into meals along side tempeh and tofu.

I was going to ask about BF% or waist size which you responded to above. It definitely sounds like you are at a healthy weight. If you want to try and get under 150 (also 5'5") working to do it very slowly sounds like the right idea. I have run into the same issue myself. I did get under 150 but my body reacted and I got…

I am about 8lbs up and just realizing it has been a summer thing thinking back over past years as well. A 2 week cruise did not help this year either and September is a chaotic month. Getting back into this week and ready to really buckle down.