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I eat a lean cuisine most everyday for lunch and my sodium intake for the whole day is always way under the allotted amount. It seems now that I've been doing this, instead of eating out everyday my body is adjusting for the better from the junk I use to put in it. (see:…

I did that last weekend. I actually wanted a whataburger jr, but when I looked in the sack at home it was a regular whataburger. Did I cut it in half and eat only that? NOOOOooooooo........... I went ahead and ate the whole thing. I was sick the rest of the day. The Jr burger would have been perfect. Everything in…

3500 calories = 1 pound

The article above is beneficial, but in short and sweet terms: if you eat the calories allotted (even counting the ones for exercise) that figures to a weight loss of 1 pound a week. If you don't eat all the calories allotted that is additional weight lost that week. Don't fall too much below calories allotted on several…

Bumpity-bump-bump-bump....:laugh:

It's all a matter of perspective.... I remember when my oldest brother turned 28 ( I was 11). MAN!!! :noway: That was SUPER old!!! My mom was 43 when I was born. Everyone else's parents were like so YOUNG.

You know what I discovered? Even if I'm not "doing it right", I'm still burning caloreis. I'm such a type "A" personality, and I (seriously) thought if I don't do it right, I'm not burning calories. It sounds silly, but that was such a revelation to me. Just keep moving. Cardio of any kind burns calories. Maybe get a heart…

I use a Health-O-Meter (?). I got it for about $20 a Walmart

That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Although I do weigh myself in the morning first thing. It's kind of a "dry weight", ya know, like a car without any fluids in it. I find this very motivational. The calorie tracker allots calories to loose a pound a week, so if you stay within that guide line you should see results. Any…

As I turned 30, I finally felt as if I had come into my own. It was 40 that was a slap in the face to me. I'm now coming up on 50 in a year and a half, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. I still FEEL 30...:ohwell:

Fort Worth, TX born and raised and still here

False, natural blonde.... True or false: The person below me wants to be my friend!.....

May 11, the 20th anniversary of my 29th birthday :noway: :sad: :blushing:

Hey, Dude!! and Delton says "hey, brotherman!" OK so you know we will hold you accountable, right? Best blessings in the universe to you!! :glasses: :tongue: :laugh:

If your out of shape (like I am) and would like a cardio workout that's intense but short, try this DVD. In 10 minutes I burned 93 calories, according to my Polar. And if you're a Netflix subscriber, it's free in the Watch Instantly selections until Feb 1st. I think I'm going to buy the DVD. It has several 10 minute cardio…

Well, I was in bed at 9:30pm :embarassed: but I've been sick since Christmas. I've got this horrible bronchial thing that's going around....It's real hard not to just eat and eat when I'm bored and feeling crummy...

And that's a heck of a lot of work eating a pomegranate. I wonder if the calorie intake negates the calories burned just trying to eat the @#$! thing...:bigsmile:

Last year I fasted 2 days, a full 48 hours, drinking nothing but water (a LOT of water) and it really seemed to kick my weight loss into higher gear. I had already been watching my food intake, and had lost a few pounds but it seemed after that fast, the weight just dropped off. I lost about 35 pounds last year. I've put…

:flowerforyou: bump :flowerforyou:

Oh, and the DVD I use is On the Ball Pilates Workout by Lizbeth Garcia. I'm using the beginner level. She gives good breathing cues and posture cues, I think anyway.

The ball works those core muscles even more because those are the muscles you use to keep you stable on the ball. And I think understanding the techniques that Pilates uses is easier to grasp for this very reason. I would love to go to a class, but my work schedule doesn't allow it at this time. So onward I trod...:ohwell:

I'm new here at myfitnesspal. I got the Pilates on the (stability) Ball workout video earlier in the year. I had been doing it very sporadically, but am going to try to do it 3 times a week going forward. I can see a noticeable difference in the way my clothes fit around my middle when I do, but I have "motivational…

Back on Thanksgiving, my hubby wieghed himself in the morning and later that evening as well. He gained four pounds that day. Yeah, I understand the boredom thing. It's also the munching m&m's at the desk at work thats hard to break. :explode:

Congrats!! I remember that milestone in my life as well. I'm just trying to stay there now. If you're going lower, good luck!!!

...especially because I have a stuffed up head, sneezing fits and in general just feel terrible. I may wait til later in the week because it's going to take all my strength to go to work tomorrow as it is.

... but lets stick with it!! I've already found out tracking calories is VERY eye opening, but you can count shopping as "walking at a slow pace" on your exercise diary. Woo-hoo!!! :wink: Best wishes to everyone!!