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There's nothing wrong with Chipotle as long as you're getting something healthy on their menu. The sodium is the biggest factor in their meals that kills your weight loss, but if you're drinking 1-2 gallons per day anyways it doesn't really matter you will drain that over sodium use easily. As for me, I learned how to make…

thanks, i never smoked so comparing anything to cigarettes wouldn't really work. never been overweight either, just trying to lose a few pounds over the next six months and build up some muscle.

actually it was the mid-morning reese's pieces fun size cup combined with the donut after lunch that i will have to work off later today :D

yes i'm holding them accountable for bringing in bad food, hahahahahaha

Not sure I quite follow this? So I would have to eat like 50 florets of broccoli to equal out that donut, hahahaha.

lol that wouldn't work. their response would be "you had chocolate for breakfast? sounds like a good start to the day, here eat some donuts."

nah that's just weirdo germaphobic nonsense, that doesn't work for me i could care less about that stupid Howard Hughes nonsense. have fun living in your box.

lol

Yeah true I can always work it off later, but I'd rather not workout an extra 20 minutes later on seeing as working out sucks :P Nah just a regular sized glazed donut. I don't care that I ate it (well I do a little :P ), it's more that I get irritated that people I work with it bring it in and force it on others to make…

Eh, I want to try it and use it but $120 a month to replace one meal per day? It's way overpriced, even if someone was a BB coach it's still $90 a month which is overpriced. Whey protein is at an affordable price, so why shouldn't this be? If it was $60.00 a month I'd pick it up, easily.

Which Polar model do you own? I was shopping around yesterday to just try another model out to compare / contrast.

I have this HRM: http://www.amazon.com/Timex-T5G971-Unisex-Personal-Monitor/dp/B000P8VWQS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321387281&sr=8-1 My average Heart Rate doing "Insanity" is around 135 - 150 BPM, during the workout it's usually around 170-175 BPM. I've been doing the cardio workout aspects for about three months. I only…

On another note, how do people track their calories burned? I wear a HRM and when I'm finished with my workout and I wear it for another 15 minutes afterwards to get the "afterburn" calorie total as well. Is this correct?

Yeah that's way low at 16 miles at that speed you would have burned at a minimum 1400 calories. Definitely invest in a HRM with a chest strap.

as for breakfast yes it's my hardest meal to prepare for. i can't find anything that really wakes me up and still fits the criteria that i need for my nutrition plan. i used to just do a protein shake in the morning but i was starving within an hour or two.

lol that's actually my first starbucks drink i've had in about four months which i'm proud to say!

See this is where I'm confused and getting mixed answers. In reference to eating too much sugar I'm eating a lot of sugars found in dairy (greek yogurt, skim milk), and I'm getting sugars from fresh fruits. Now those will always get calculated into the daily chart as "sugar" but many on here are saying they don't really…

i'm usually hovering around 8 glasses. it's such a pain in the *kitten* to drink water every 30 minutes it's sooooooo boring and bland. i usually guzzle the majority of my daily intake during and after my workouts.

yes agreed, that's why it doesn't work for me unless i supplement it with some whey protein.

Yes I eat Greek yogurt later in the day it's definitely a good replacement, looking for other options though as eating greek yogurt three times a day is a little expensive and redundant :)

Wait so the sugar listed in the fruits isn't bad either? I thought if you consume too much sugar your body has to switch over to burning off that sugar first before it can resume burning off the other areas of importance.

I hear you loud and clear on reducing my sugar intake I struggle with it every single day. I've drastically changed my daily eating habits over the last two months and I still go over my sodium and sugar intakes on a daily basis. Even on days I'm 100% good I still end up going over with those 2 categories.

lol i've stated on here like 10 times that I have a Heart Rate Monitor to track my calories I'm burning.

I wear a HRM during my cardio and strength training. I do my strength training after cardio so I'm still tracking the residual calories that are still burning from the 10 or 20 minutes prior when I was doing my cardio workout or the "afterburn" effect.

Eh I only drink a protein drink immediately after my workout. I really enjoy it and it definitely helps in my opinion. There's barely any sugar in the protein drink anyways, it's a natural whey drink that I just chug down.

Sure anything to help out! Age: 28 Height: 5' 10" Weight: 188.6 lbs Goal weight is 170ish

Using a HRM to track my calories I don't use MFP to track any exercise calories I burn.

Well I'm going over 1800 calories because I'm working out and burning 1000 more. So I'm eating some of those exercise calories to compensate. On days I don't workout I try to stay at or below 1800 calories.

Using a HRM, workout is usually 45 - 60 minutes.

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