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FWIW, I have known many people that have lost a bunch of weight on herbalife. I do not know a single one of them that did not put it all back once they stopped herbalife. Make sure you are learning good eating habits along the way.

I take potassium supplements. You'd have to eat 9 bananas or 3 1/2 potatoes per day to get the MFP recommended potassium in your diet.

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Chobani Greek yogurt is my favorite. I tastes great and comes in many flavors. It's thicker than regular yogurt so it's more filling. Contains 14 g protein in a 6 oz cup. Plus I think Chobani gives 10% of its profit to charity.

Many existing threads on this topic. My opinion...Polar FT60. Will evaluate your fitness, count your calories, plan a workout for you, provide feedback on your performance, tell you when to lighten up, sync with your computer and the polar training website, and tell time...the list goes on.

^This. I had been telling myself I didn't have time for the past 6 years. I work 13 hour days. I rotate between dayshift and nightshift. My weekends are not always on the weekend. My job is very stressful. I'm also currently going to grad school and have family responsibilities and three children. I seldom get enough sleep…

I recommend eating many small meals/snacks rather than 3 large ones each day. This maintains your blood sugar levels more stable and prevents much of what you are experiencing. I try to eat something every 2-3 hrs, even if it's just a handful of almonds, a cup of Greek yogurt, or a piece of fruit. If I even think I'm soon…

I do mostly cardio these days, but when I lifted I did chest/shoulders/back/abs one day and arms/legs/abs the next. I like this split because the arms are used heavily when training chest/shoulders/back but not when training legs. This way arm fatigue didn't limit the torso training and had no impact on leg training.

I have the FT60 and am very happy with it.

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I use Sony in-ear buds ($50). Good sound. Don't fall out. Bose makes a good pair too, but they're $99.

Mueller patelar knee strap

You can set the volume at different levels from quiet to very loud. Very loud is similar to the alarm volume on a typical digital watch. I can hear it over the treadmill but not over my iPod earphones. I don't worry about the beep anyway, I just look down at the digital display occassionally. It's very easy to read at a…

Buy the Polar FT60 HRM, tell it to create the program you want, and do what it tells you to do. Ditto on the intervals.

I work crazy shifts. I rotate nights to days and work different days every week. My weekends do not always fall on the weekend. At any rate, I use the iPhone app for logging my foods. Since we tend to eat the same sorts of things, it's rare that I enter a food for the first time, so I just grab it from a previous add and…

Buy some Mueller knee straps. There are other brands as well. They are thin neoprene/velcro straps that wrap around your leg just below the knee to stabilize the knee cap. Barely notice they are there and they made a world of difference with my knee discomfort while running.

Greek yogurt. High in protein (14 g). Zero fat to low fat depending on which you buy. Tastes great. Balanced carbs and protein.

I use the Polar FT60 and love it. The FT80 is similar but with features for strength training as well as cardio. There were a few HRM posts yesterday you might want to check out. I discussed the FT60 features there so I won't repeat.

Depends on the HRM. Polar monitors with OwnZone (FT60 for example) can be used to check your state of fatigue/wellbeing before your workout. It compares the current reading to past readings and adjusts your workout accordingly. It will lower your target heart rates for the workout and prevent you from overdoing it.

I use the Polar FT60. You input age, weight, height, gender, and max heart rate. The watch does a resting fitness test (similar to VO2 max) based on this info and your resting heart rate and heart rate variability. It uses this info to estimate calories burned during your workout. It is much more accurate/personalized than…

I should add that it also tells how much of your calorie burn was fat (as opposed to carbs). Higher intensity workouts burn more carbs for fuel, lower intensity burns more fat. HRM's are still only estimates, but much better/personalized estimates than a standard chart or a treadmill computer. I find by following the…

Polar FT60. Accurate calorie count plus it's a training coach. It can assess your fitness (VO2 max) based on resting heart rate and heart rate variability, as well as height, weight, gender, and activity level. The calorie count is based on this info, so it is much more accurate than a treadmill. It will design a workout…