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I don't know if you're in the States or Canada, but there is a tea company based out of Canada called DavidsTea. They make some absolutely scrumptious chocolate teas, and I do believe they ship to the US. I would highly recommend the Chocolate Cake, Read my Lips, and Chili Chocolate Chai flavours. If you want to avoid…

Personally, I'd be looking for feedback on my nutrition. I know I often have "crap" in my diary--a couple candies here and there, because I'm a compulsive/bored snacker and EVERYONE around me at work has candy all the time. But I do make an effort to make sure everything else that I'm putting in my body is good for me, and…

Leftover turkey pot pie from dinner last night. :) Homemade, so low in sodium, and with lots of delicious veggies!

Yes. MFP already puts you in a calorie defecit--which is what you need to lose weight--right off the bat. It's simple math once you get your head around it--I know it took me awhile! :) I'll use myself as an example. To overgeneralize, you basically need to take in 3500 LESS calories than you need to maintain, in a week,…

I was just going to edit my previous post but I guess no dice... Despite the -33 degree cold outside this morning I somehow managed to drag my butt out of bed and went to the gym. First day of Week 4, I can tell you, I was actually TERRIFIED, haha! I decided to take it easy--I've been doing my run intervals at 7 mph, but I…

I am the Doctor - from the Doctor Who Season 5 soundtrack. This is such a nerdy answer but it's the truth, haha! No matter how tired I am, how much I ache, or how much I want to quit, when this song comes on I just HAVE to run--and give it my all, too! I use a lot of visualization/imagination exercises when I listen to it,…

Starting Week 4 Day 1 tomorrow--was supposed to be today, but we finally hit our traditional Alberta mercury and I of course hadn't plugged my car in, so I couldn't make it to the gym this morning. Actually felt disappointed rather than guiltily relieved, though, which is a bigger indicator of my change in outlook than…

I've started cutting out a lot of crackers, breads and pastas. I used to eat them all the time, but now I try to do so sparingly, and get my carbs from things like brown rice, instead. It's not because of any "carbs are evil" fab diet or anything like that, but...let me tell you a story... When I first started watching my…

I tend to eat the same thing for breakfast every day...but that's because I've been eating the same thing for breakfast every day since I was in first grade XD I love me some cereal and milk! Dinner is pretty much always different, and I usually try to save some to have for my lunch the next day. Aside from that, though,…

I used to love going rock climbing with my bf (when I had one). It's fun, challenges your body and your mind, and makes for some great friendly competition (who can get to the top of their route the fastest?!)

I'm definitely not an expert, but I'll regurgitate some of the advice I've gotten from hanging around the MFP forums: Losing 1lb of fat per week is equal to having a deficit of about 3500 calories for that week, or 500 per day. I would say that as long as you are reaching that number by the end of a seven day period,…

I took a HRM to a Zumbathon (100 minutes straight of Zumba!) and it told me I'd burned 1005 calories. My Zumba teacher estimates her classes (1 hour long) at about 600-800 calories, depending on how hard you work, which is consistent with what my HRM told me--approximately 330 calories per half hour. I think that it is…

I would highly recommend the Couch to 5K program. It's free online ( http://www.c25k.com ), and it's just a running plan that is designed to get a person from being an absolute couch potato up to running for 30 minutes straight over the course of nine weeks. I'm fairly healthy, but lacked endurance; I'm on the third week…

Ahahaha! Well, there is that, too. ;) Although it does create a quandary--would you ever actually want to catch up? Because sure, then you'd catch him...but I think the view would be rather more advantageous from a few paces back! :P

My nerd is about to show... I tend to visualize when I'm running on the treadmill, usually things related to the music I'm listening to. I have a lot of soundtrack music on my playlists, so I'll often try to recreate the scenes the music is from in my mind, or else create a montage of movie/tv scenes to go with the…

Nuts are an excellent source of good fats and protein, and as has been mentioned, they are filling besides. I love pistachios, but almonds--raw, unsalted--are an excellent choice as well. I can't recall where I read it, so I don't know how valid this claim is, but I did see once that something in almonds can actually act…

I've found that it's difficult to do other activities, like training on the elliptical, that I used to enjoy before I got started on C25K. It just feels so much better to run, I feel like I acheive more, work harder, and am doing more to improve my fitness. Probably perception, but there you have it...I'm fairly fit, but I…

I'm on my...third week of Week 3, I think. Though not officially; it's not that I couldn't complete the week in previous weeks, but rather because I was having so much trouble getting my butt motivated to go to the gym! I've gone two days in a row now, though, and run W3D3 both mornings. Haven't had to stop or cut any of…

Bumping for later reference :)

Amen, my friend. :D Also, not sure about you guys, but when I'm running or doing cardio I tend not to excrete sweat through my hands anywhere near as much as I do during my circuit training. And in terms of concentration level--I tend to play games that DON'T require a huge level of concentration (that is, action based…

Yes, but the GAME doesn't make you obese--your reaction to the stress does. I agree that people need to be aware of the possible downfall so that they know to counteract it, but the act of sitting down to play a game is not going to make you gain ten pounds. Having a bowl of baby carrots or a couple sticks of gum at hand…

This is an important point. If I'm getting really into whatever else I'm doing while I'm running, I find I don't notice my legs getting sore because I'm not paying attention to them and I'm not fooling myself by thinking, "Oh man, I've been running for half an hour, shouldn't my calves be seizing up by now...?" Because…

I believe the WiiFit uses METs + your age and weight to estimate the approximate calories burned.

Why wouldn't it be?

WiiFit is good if you're jut getting started, you REALLY hate working out/going to the gym, or you need to begin with low intensity workouts. I found it was good for helping maintain weight, but not as much for trying to drop pounds. The hula hoop and free running exercises were super helpful in getting me moving…

Just to point out--people who are saying that this is "doing it wrong" are people who do cardio to increase their cardiovascular fitness. In those cases, your heart rate needs to be up, you need to be doing interval training, etc. But it seems to me (and I may be off base here, this is based on high school science which…

I have a slushie after my cardio workouts (not a convenience store one, I have a mug that will crystallize pretty much any liquid and slowly freeze it until it's slushified, nothing added; just juice/apple cider/what have you). It's extremely refreshing, and the solidity of the slush tricks my mind into thinking I'm…

A little extra information... I tried the treadmill again last night and felt the same discomfort after about 20 minutes of running/walking. I wanted to get in my full 30 minute workout, so I thought I'd go back on the elliptical for the last ten minutes, and it wasn't aggravated by that motion. Makes me think that it…

All right, all right--you've all convinced me. :D I figure if I start the program this coming week, I'll be graduated by my birthday, and I figure that's a pretty awesome birthday gift to give myself! Thanks everyone!

I have really odd music tastes... If I'm trying to really get going during cardio workouts, I like to use the "Kingdom Dance" and "Something That I Want" from the Tangled soundtrack...Dance is good for starting out at a moderate pace and forcing myself to increase speed, Something is just fast and upbeat and makes me…