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It's net calories. So, I'm also set up to eat 1200 calories a day, but my goal is to burn 400 calories per day as well. So, if I burn all 400 calories during my exercise; then I get to eat 1600 ( 1200+400) calories and still loose weight (10 pounds so far). In general you don't want to have 300 or more calories left at the…

I'm really not one for cooking shows, but there is an educational one called Good Eats with Alton Brown as the host. He not only shows you multiple things to do with food (such as tuna), but educates you about the food and where it comes from. I'm searching the web for the tuna episode, but can't seem to find it. It had…

Ha! The 20 pound marriage weight! I got that too, and that's what I'm working off. Although we're coming up on our 2 year anniversary. I'm down 15 pounds from my heaviest, but I would like to get rid of about 15 more pounds. We're looking to grow our family too and I need to be able to chase little ones around all day. The…

well, mrsyac2, it's like your quote says, we just need to get rid of the excuses. I'm lucky enough to have my husband pulling me to go to the gym with him, but when I do my cardio days by myself, it's hard to get going. Try doing it first thing in the morning so you don't keep putting it off (like I do), schedule it in…

I work out 6 days a week. I try to do 1 hour of cardio everyday with 100 sit ups and then 30 min. of muscle training every other day rotating between upper body (arms) and lower body (legs). So 3 days a week it's an hour and 3 days a week it's an hour and a half. As a newbie to exercise I don't think I could stick to it…