lynn1982 Member

Are you eating breakfast before you workout? I eat half of my breakfast before I workout (usually a piece of fruit or a small piece of toast with peanut butter) and the rest after my workout. I get nauseous if I eat a full breakfast before or if I don't eat at all.

Exactly!! I only "unfriend" for rudeness or if people clearly have different goals than I do. (ie. using MFP to perpetuate eating disorders rather than for getting healthy or seeking help.)

What about exercise do you hate? If you don't like lifting weights and running on a treadmill, then how about a class? Yoga is great for weight lifting (you're lifting your own body weight). What about an aerobics class for cardio? I thought I hated cycling until I tried a spin class. Sometimes classes add an extra layer…

Tell her you're walking faster as part of your workout routine and ask if she would like to join. Alternatively, you could pull out your ipod or whatever you have and stick ear buds in your ears. But I'd try option #1 first...

I plan ahead, only buy a couple of things at a time, and go grocery shopping for produce multiple times per week. I still sometimes feel like I'm throwing money away, but for the most part I have found planning ahead seems to be key to reducing waste. (Which I realize was not really your question...how to keep them fresh…

I took about 5 days off a few weeks ago due to an injury. I felt sluggish on those days, but I also paid much more attention to what I was eating. I didn't gain weight within those 5 days, but I didn't lose weight that week either. (I'm really short so it's hard for me to create a significant calorie deficit.) If you're…

I usually split my breakfast in two and eat half before I work out and half after. I know some people don't eat before they work out in the morning, but I just can't do that or else I get dizzy and nauseous in the middle of my workout. If I don't eat after my workout, then I'm usually hungry before lunch time. So splitting…

I know 30 DS is supposedly meant to be done every day, but I just couldn't do it, especially at the beginning. I do it every second or third day but I also do cardio daily at my gym and yoga classes twice a week. If it hurts too much, don't push through it. You could injure yourself further.

I eat around 1200 calories a day - I stick with lots of veggies, fish, greek yogurt, hummus... But...perhaps 1200 is too low for you. I'm a 4'11 female. Your profile says that you're male, so I'm guessing 1200 might be too low for you...

I bought my running shoes in the kid's section... I take a size 5 women's which is also a size 3.5 kids. They were much cheaper and I haven't had any problems with them so far...

[/quote] What doesn't flannel enhance honestly? [/quote] I think I lived by these exact words in the early to mid 90's!!!

Were you weighing yourself at the same time of day as when the scale read 124? My weight fluctuates around 4 pounds throughout the day.

I used to be a really big proponent of artificial sweeteners (there was a time when I was drinking 4-5 diet cokes a day!). Then I spent a year abroad where the diet coke tasted different because it didn't use aspartame and the only sweetener available in coffee shops was raw cane sugar. After ten months of living that way,…

I eat a square of dark chocolate (usually 85%) every day. It's so rich that there's no way I can eat more than two squares, so I don't worry about over indulging. It's my nightly treat.

At 5'1, depending on your weight, you might not lose 2 pounds per week. MFP just uses 1200 as the lowest number it will suggest. You can set it yourself to less if you like in order to create a larger deficit. (I'm just under five feet and I barely lose anything by eating 1200 calories a day, so usually I stick to around…

I have the bold 9700 and it works on mine...

Grilled fish and a baked potato? Or...work it into your calories for the week.

Well of course it's more difficult to lose weight on 1500 calories than 1200 calories (yes, I know, some people on here swear that only lose weight if they eat more, etc.). Basically, you're creating less of a deficit. The smaller the calorie deficit, the less quickly you will lose weight (which can be a good thing).

Sometimes when I'm craving something sweet, I'll make a strawberry smoothie using frozen strawberries, skim milk, and a dash of vanilla. You could always put protein powder in there too (or maybe there's strawberry flavoured protein powder as an alternative to the strawberries).

I don't know about Dunkin Donuts (since I don't eat there), but there are chain restaurants in the food database. Just type it in and see if it's there.

As has already been stated, you have to log everything! (Whether or not you "need" 1200 calories a day at your height, I won't even get into...I'm just over an inch shorter than you and that's too many calories for me to lose weight...I usually net around 1000.) If your food diary looks bad to you, then all the more reason…

Since you are short, it's very hard to create a large calorie deficit. (I'm not even 5 feet, so I understand!) Be sure to log everything you eat since you may actually be consuming more if you're not logging religiously. For shorter people like us, even an extra 100 calories can make a huge difference since it is so hard…

I'm 4'11 3/4 but I usually just round up to 5 feet. :) I'm currently 152, down from 180, but I still look (and feel) like a beach ball.

I took a look at it. It looked more like a marketing ploy to me...

I may be repeating what others have said, so please excuse that... As for partying/drinking on the weekends with your friends - try having a glass of water between drinks. That will at least slow you down and potentially limit the amount of alcohol you drink (and make you less likely to drunk eat later on). I dated a guy…

If I'm not hungry for a snack (especially in the morning), then I usually skip it. As others have said, skip your morning snack and see how you feel at lunch time. I don't see the benefit of forcing yourself to eat if you're not feeling hungry.

In addition to what others have said, it might also help if you can find a gym located close to where you work. That way, maybe you can go at lunch time or right after work. (If you go right after work, you might also miss the worst of the evening rush hour...) Unless of course you're a morning person, then before work…

I guess it really depends on the person. The NoNo did not work for me at all! (But I haven't tried laser either...)

My step-sister has been doing it and she's happy with the results. She first did her legs and now she's doing her upper lip. (She couldn't do her upper lip during the summer because she was told that she shouldn't be exposing it to sun between sessions.) In any case, she's been happy with the results so far, but she hasn't…

Agreed. Unless I can see the person's diary, I do not congratulate someone for being under. (It is possible that the person was under but close enough to their calorie goals that being under is not a big deal...) It's a fundamental problem though with this website. When someone closes their diary for the day and the…