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^^^^ I feel fine during the day on very controlled meals and find I feel less deprived and more in balance if I leave a bulk of my calories for dinner and my evening snack too..then I can have a treat and not feel like it was not a binge

Sometimes I will use the reports feature of MFP and look at the average Net Calories over the past 7/15/30 days and see that the binge is not terribly detrimental in the long run. I tend to not have huge binges but feel the same kind of guilt for days in which I go over or eat without being thoughtful of my consumption and…

>>>>>>>>>>You havent convinced me with this statement, and a lot of DVDs these days are hosted by celebrities who have been seen in the media to have lost a stone. Why would I pay to listen to them just because they had a good few months when I could get a free show from someone that appears to have been in fitness for…

I do a general "avoid added sugars". I don't really work that hard at it but when craving something sweet I look for the least added sugar choice that will satisfy the craving. I always consider, will an apple or orange satisfy this need for something sweet. If after a day or two or going that route, the desire for…

Sure you can get the workouts on youtube but having a few DVD's is a good thing. The treadmill i used to have was awful but when my husband was at the firehouse for 24 hours and a few years back when the kids were too little to leave by themselves for a while, if a run were to happen outside some days I had to line up…

likely, there was not that much thought into it. People have aa hard time adjusting to other people's changes.

I get this. My boobs shrunk and are now itty bitty...but button up shirts fit better and a padded bra does wonders....now my undergarments can make clothes look kick *kitten* or whatever. you have more control this way.

5 to 6 min miles are pretty fast. In fact Olympic marathon runners MEN..run 4:50 pace...women run sub 6..in the 5:45 range. These are amazing athletes who spend their entire lives training and have been running fast always. To drop from a 15 minute mile to a 5 or 6 min mile is unlikely (nothing is impossible) This is not…

This, AND....setting specific goals...ie I will run a 5K in May, then find a 5K in May and register. Or I will work abs at least 3 times a week, instead of I will have a flat stomach. It is unfair to expect a flat stomach if you have 75 lbs to lose, but it is fair to set goals that will get you closer to that ideal.

I am a vegetarian. I have not eaten meat in over 16ish years. I was 90% of the time ovo/lacto veg meaning i would eat eggs and dairy. That other 10% of the time would be when I would select a fish dish if it were significantly healthier than the veggie option. In the last 12-18 months I have even stepped away from the fish…

What if you logged exactly what you are doing right now. Log for a week or two, and just log what you are eating. First of all, the act of logging will often times subconsciously prompt you to make better decisions. Second, you can have a base number as to what you are eating now and the approximate average calories you…

almost everyday for 1195 days..the few days I did not log in all that time were chosen before hand. I log for a number of reasons...one being weight control, one being to monitor intake so I can keep on top of migraines etc, one is to make sure i eat enough and the right things when training for big races, one reason is…

Try the mini meals but don't stick with it if it seems hard. When I tried a bunch of mini meals I always felt like I was missing out on an actual meal and that i never really ate and that was unsatisfying to me. For me, I eat about 300-400 cals for bfast and lunch, about a 150 cal snack after school, about 500 cals for…

I have been annoyed by it but I remember that I was new to a gym, a spin class, a race once too and I might have taken someone's favorite spot without meaning too. When I feel frustrated I try to find it in my heart to have a positive thought and hope that each and every person there finds a groove and that we all find a…

fear Panic is born of fear and not a lot of other things like basing one's self worth on the scale etc. People are putting forth an effort. They are working hard and a 2 lb gain seems like a set back. Likely if they are new to the journey a little reassuring that this is how the body fluctuates is all they need instead of…

I agree with this..but not because I think the treats are going to make the kids unhealthy for life. My son starts to get sugared up at some point. He does not typically eat a lot of sweets and once he crosses the line of sugared up he starts acting goofy and then gets in trouble for being too wild. If I can make sure he…

I get offered cookies, which I often said not to as I just don't love cookies so why eat them if I don't really love them??? but now I am gluten free and dairy free at DR advice so I say no to things more often than I used to and people get all huffy about it and say things like "why don't you have a few more carrots?" and…

Thank you for your thoughtful responses. If I could walk around all day in fitness wear I would be all set. :)

>>>>Oh...one other thing I noticed you talking about. Get the "Eek heavy lifting will make me bulky" crap out of your head, because it won't. Need visual proof? Go take a look at the US and UK female Olympic Weightlifting teams. >>>> I know I won't get bulky but I only like how I look wearing workout clothes..which I admit…

How does that jive though if I burn less on strength days than I do on cardio days? I am sure I am thinking too much about it. EDs are hard to overcome and I feel the need to earn calories and knowing my goal helps me stay focused to eat enough but not too much. I feel blind here.

The above advice is perfect. I am 5'1" if I stand up really tall. After having kids I was not the size and shape I wanted to be, about 140 lbs as well. Which also looked thick, frumpy and a bit chubby. When I first began, I started hitting the gym. I could only get about 30 minutes of exercise in. What I started doing with…

My husband doesn't seem to care. I have a short pixie. I find that when I grow my hair longer that it draws my face out and I look tired constantly. Even men would ask why I was tired. I think pixie (little faux hawk) has got to look better than exhausted.

I preemptively feel guilty for not giving a **** tonight...I will feel awful tomorrow, and I don't even have any fun plans tonight, just doig nothing and I will hate myself for it tomorrow...does that count?

Go get XYZ shoes because they are perfect for me. Always run more and faster. Slow running is bad for you.

I am neurotic but I do count them except for once in a blue moon...but I like all kinds of food so if I can decide what I want to eat before we go out I do and I have found that I am AS satisfied with the kids sized treat at an ice cream shop as I would have been with a giant treat and thus I can still have ice cream. Ask…

Chicago is a big city. The particular neighborhood this OP was visiting are very well to do and trendy. To live there, you likely have money, are young and have roommates and no car, and you are likely well educated. Other neighborhoods, like Englewood are very poor, crime ridden, lots of health issues and obesity. No one…

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I have not read a lot but I can say that with a basic knowledge of Biology as a high school biology teacher, that selective breeding is a bit different than GMO. With selective breeding you allowed plants to germinate in a more natural way...you might control which pollen gets to what flower to increase the odds of getting…

I buy the smallest amount of candy, let my 4 kids eat 3 pieces the night of halloween and 1 piece a day for the week after. Once they have picked the 10 total pieces out of the hundreds they get, we use the rest for the trick or treaters that come to our house.

I don't wear them. Running shorts have a liner and one time I had weird undies on, I was going to wear running tights to go for a run with a few kids that I teach (I teach high school) those weird undies looked super obvious and weird under my tights..so I ditched them...and haven't gone back. Assuming the tights are a…