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I was going 1200 calories, but I found it to not be sustainable. I plateaued because I wasn't eating enough. I too am in the "last legs" of getting to my goal, and I found that it was much more helpful to up my calories to about 1400 in order to better sustain my activity, enable muscle growth, and make me feel better. I…

I like my food in small pieces-- especially chicken and broccoli. I just like it being one-bite size, not hunks that I have to cut up on my plate. Big chunks of food just seem gross to me.

Yes, it is. Make sure you are getting enough protein (and enough calories to sustain your workouts in general) and your muscles will become more conditioned. IMHO (and most others) cardio should be accompanied by strength training in any weight loss plan anyway.

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As others have said, that's a great goal. Another good place to make training plans for specific time goals is halfmary.com :)

I run half and full marathons, and I train 50+ miles/week. I follow the advice from Peter Pfitzinger, author of Advanced Marathoning, for macros during training, which is 60/20/20 (c/p/f). Another way to look at it is getting 0.55-0.75 g/lb of body weight of protein and 3-3.5 g/lb for carbs (not sure what that is for fat,…

I initially stopped eating meat because it was too expensive. Now the thought of eating it just turns me off 95% of the time. I would just rather get my protein from eggs, Greek yogurt, beans, quinoa, etc. I still eat eggs because they just seem healthier to me (I usually poach just the whites), I use them a lot with…

So maybe next time we are feeling nauseous and sick we should just eat some of our most tempting foods ;)

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