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i agree with whoever said "too much" is different for everyone. so give it a shot. if it's too much your body will tell you. part of being healthy is knowing what your body is telling you. so if your body says stop, stop. there's a difference between pushing yourself a little farther, and pushing yourself too far.

i don't know who told you you had a high body fat %, because 26% is within the healthy range for your age and gender. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/library/blbodyfatcharts.htm

I would go to a GNC or Supplement store. The people at all the GNC's i've been too have been extremely knowledgeable. Multi Vites are not for everyone, and the GNC people can help you find which vitamins you need based on your body and diet. That way you aren't putting anything you don't need in your body. as for shakes,…

hey, I'm not really trying to lose weight, but I'm 21 and married, so i can relate on those levels. I also feel like my only friend is my spouse. i have a few other friends, but they live hundreds of miles away. so i feel alone a lot. I'm a girl though, hopefully that doesn't bug you. if you want, send a friend request my…

i had completed insanity a few weeks before starting the shred. so really how much harder could it be? from what i heard, i really expected the shred to just be a light work out. the cardio, and abs, were easy enough. but the strength killed me. the most work i've ever done with hand weights was playing with my mom's as a…

You're really not fooling anyone at this point. You've been playing this game on here for a while "wah wah wah, i can't eat that much. how do i eat more? i don't know what to do." and everyone tells you exactly what you need to do. and you say that you'll apply that. What do you do instead? You changed your daily calorie…

losing weight may make you feel better, but you need to figure out what caused your depression in the first place. if you don't do that, you will either gain all your weight back, fall into an eating disorder, or lose the weight, keep it off but continue to live in depression. it's a serious problem that needs to be taken…

if you don't drink anything else during the day, it's a lot easier to reach those eight cups a day. i can't drink water though. i just can't, it gags me there are only two ways to get me to drink water, either i'm really thirsty, or during a workout. but through out the day, i have to mix it with a pack of propel.

three words. crock of s***. seriously, do some research. and by that i mean look up medical journals, not just fad diet sites. although a google search provides plenty of articles about negative calories and how in fact they are a myth. like this one. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/negative-calorie-foods/AN02040 lots of…

i've got one. forgetting about the wii fit for a second... i don't really like the wii, some of the party games are fun for a little bit, but are pretty lame by yourself. mario is fun. and shooting games like cabela's big game hunter are best on wii. but most of the other games, really aren't that great. a lot of the games…

when you don't eat enough calories your body burns what it already has stored. when you starve yourself you body stops burning fat and starts eating away at your muscles. it's simple math, if you want to gain weight, you have to take in more than you burn, and build muscle.

i can't tell you why you aren't, but i can tell you that if you do some strength training and work on toning you muscles, you will see better results.

that's part of becoming an adult, and part of being a woman. there's not much you can do, as you get older, your metabolism slows. losing weight won't be as easy, and not gaining weight won't be as easy. and as a woman your body is just going to keep changing, your hips widen, your breasts get bigger, all in preparation…

spinach is great, but unless you cook it, you aren't getting most of the benefits.

hello and good morning. our weather forecast says rain for the next 10 days, which is really going to disappoint my little man. i think he's missing his dad alot because he sits in the corner, not doing anything, and not making any noise. but you can tell he's thinking hard about something. after about 15-20 mins he gets…

yea, i've heard it happens with ketosis too. you mentioned prenatals though. is it possible you are pregnant, because that can sometimes be a symptom.

keep things like carrots, celery, and broccoli with you to snack on. also have a salad with either no dressing, or a spray or two of some salad spritzers dressing. that way you can continue munching throughout the day without adding huge amounts of calories.

the first week or too is brutal. especially if you haven't worked out in a while. i thought i was in pretty good physical condition at the time, and man i was i wrong. after the first day i was really second guessing myself, but my husband did it with me each day and he gave me the motivation i needed when i couldn't do it…

i agree, and just because a person lost weight. doesn't mean thats what they wanted. i'm already underweight, i'm okay with not gaining weight, but i'm trying really hard not to lose any more. eating enough cals has been really hard for me this last week, and because of it, i'm losing more weight.

it really depends on how big you daily deficit is already. if you already have a big daily deficit you really should get as close to your goal as possible. if your daily deficit is small, missing your goal every now and then won't do too much damage.

i've never been good at meal planning. my mother inadvertently taught this to me. i try sometimes to plan a few days ahead. if i can remember that pay day is coming, then i plan something for that day, because i don't want to be caught dead at the commissary on pay day. our downfall though is that we plan something in…

make your own with skin milk and light chocolate syrup? i'm not sure what the calories of that would be off the top of my head.

i try to have a small snack between meals. i have a rule that i can have as many veggies as i want. so if i'm still hungry after my snack, i can go ahead and have a salad with no dressing (or those salad spritzers), some carrots, or some celery.

i've been eating the morning star spicy black bean burgers. i love them, but your right, they aren't a real burger. i've learned to stop comparing things to what they are being replaced with, because i'll be disappointed. instead i look at it as the completely different thing. like trading cow milk for soy milk, you gotta…

just thought i would bounce on over and introduce myself. my name is brianna. i'm a SAHM to a little 13 month old boy. I guess you could consider me a single married mother, because my husband is gone right now. i'm trying to eat healthier, because with out him here, it's hard for me to remember to eat. and when your only…

doing a quick easy yoga work out in the morning usually helps if i'm feeling sluggish. you want something that is just going to get your blood circulating through your body nicely, not something that's going to leave you exhausted at the end, and i follow that with a protein shake. diet pills that use caffeine aren't going…

if you have more weight to lose, you are going to drop weight faster in the beginning, and as you lose more, it will taper off. also if you have just started on this journey and you are beginning to drink more water ate eat less sodium, that weight loss could be excess water weight that your body has shed.

http://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Michaels-30-Day-Shred/dp/B00127RAJY the dvd consists of 3 work outs, each one a little harder. the work outs are about 25-30 minutes each. you do a quick warm up then 3 circuits of 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs. then a quick cool down. it's not like insanity…

walden farms make a lot of "0 calorie" condiments. the salad dressing is the only stuff theirs that i think actually tastes good. be aware though, that their products aren't calorie free. in the US the FDA has made it so that any product with less than five calories can be marketed as 0 cals. if you look at their website…

i perfer dial scales over digital. also make sure your scale is on a hard surface. to test a scales accurecy, weigh something that you know the weight of, like a 10lbs bag of flour, a slight difference is fine, but if your scale says that 10lbs bag is 15lbs, obviously it has an issue.