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Do you exercise? I walk briskly 1.5 to 2.5 miles per day. Sometimes I jog short distances just to get my heart rate up. I maintain a 500 calorie deficit per day and add my exercise calories into my diet so that I can eat them. I'm always finding ways to keep active such as mowing the lawn, doing the dishes, shopping for…
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I totally cheat on cheat days but I always go back to the diet the next day. Visualize cheat days as going on a vacation. You're on vacation to relax and play. You need vacation to unwind and as a reward for all of the hard work that you did during the year. Therefore on cheat days, eat all you want and enjoy foods that…
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My calorie deficit is 500 cal/day and I usually burn 200 cal/day with exercise (walking). I eat all of my exercise calories back and have been losing 1 lb every 9 days. I've lost 57 lbs in nine months. I'm a male age 44 and live a sedentary lifestyle with a desk job. Important!!! You need to eat before you exercise. The…
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Don't overdue it. Start out walking briskly for 10 minutes each day. Use a pedometer to record gained calories. Gradually increase walking time as you start losing weight. Over-exercising will deter you from exercising and injuries will add negative re-inforcement to stop you from exercising. More serious injuries will…
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My secret weapon is oatmeal. I never liked oatmeal as a kid but learned to adopt it into my diet because of the following benefits: low calorie, appetite suppressing, low glycemic, delicious. Whenever I'm starving, I hit the oatmeal first and then some protein (string cheese, low cal ice cream, meat) if I'm still hungry.…
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The following foods fill me up, taste great and are very satisfying: Polly-O-String cheese = 80 cal/stick Quaker Instant Oatmeal Low Sugar = 120 cal Quaker Quick Grits = 130 cal/serving Idahoan Butter & Herb = 220 cal/cup Werthers Original Sugar Free candy = 8 cal/piece Wrigley's Extra Sugar Free gum = 5 cal/stick Breyers…
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Not sure if this counts but I eat girl scout cookies for breakfast every morning and I'm losing 1 pound a week. Breakfast: 4 Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies = 214 cal 1 Polly-o-String Cheese (80 cal/stick) or Aldi Ham (30cal/slice) or Oscar Meyer Turkey Bacon (15cal/slice) It's important to eat protein with the…
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Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Fiber Onions - Raw, 345 g 145 35 0 3 10 5 Generic - Olive Oil, Extra Virgin , 2 TBSP 240 0 28 0 0 0 Swanson's Cooking Stock 33% Less Sodium, Chicken - Chicken Broth, 6 cup 90 6 0 12 3,420 0 Rice - Rice, Brown, Basmati, 1.5 cup cooked 308 67 0 6 0 6 Water - Bottle, 8 oz 0 0 0 0…
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1. Quaker Quick Grits (1/4 cup dry (130 cal) + 1/2tbsp light butter with canola (25 cal)) = 3/4 grits 2. Polenta (1/4 cup dry corn meal (110 cal) + 1 tsp chicken bouillon (10 cal) = 3/4 cup polenta 3. Idahoan Instant potato packets Butter & Herb just add water. Yields 2 cups at 220 cal/cup 4. Look for 90 cal english…
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Don't run. Walk briskly. Don't use treadmills unless it's bad weather or too hot/cold. Natural walking is better than treadmills because treadmills make you walk in an unnatural gait. Also, treadmills cost money whereas walking outside is free. Walk briskly every day for 10 minutes. The best time to walk is two hours after…
