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I opt for fish in can, oatsmeal (does not taste good but high proteins and produce satiaty), beens and lentils. I definitely eat fish, chicken and turkey most of the time (never red meat). I also eat 6 eggs/week. The only fat I get is from fish, cheese and milk...they are considered as good ones and I have enough proteins…

I was at 2 lb for healthy BMI when Christmas dinner came...I had a really great December until I gained 7lb in 24h:grumble: So I am back on control and will start my first MFP challenge in 2 days :drinker: The point is not to give up...if I gained so much in 24h, let's see how much I can lose in 6 weeks! Let's consider…

Hi, I used to have the same problem and get back to bad habits from time to time. 1°) If you exercise regularly, you will notice your performance goes according to water intake..so if your muscles hurt or you are tired, drink a lot water...your body ask for it 2°) A study showed that if you drink 1l before breakfast, you…

Hey, I think about it every year since I had a marketing course where we all fu**** up the seasonability of the sport devices: we thought the major sales were in April-May, when every one thinks about getting in shape for the beach but most marketing efforts are made in January (we thought it was only "diet" time). I woud…

Yes, be carefull to listen properly to your body. I sometimes change my rest day if I have such little inconveniences (it is below pain) or go for a swim or, in your case, would go for upper body weight lifting. Sometimes I simply go over it because I know it will desappear during my warm up. It is impossible for me to…

I have a real breakfast (>500 cal), light lunch (300 cal) and normal dinner (500 cal). My healthy snacks (carrot, banana, oats, egg, canned fish) between them and fruits after dinner allow me to get a ighter dinner. As soon as I think "I would like to eat something", I put something in my mouth. That is more between 3PM…

I prefer to run 2h than 2 times 1hour, and it might be better to lose fat under certain circumstances. Anyway I enjoy long workouts. Even if I bike and run, I would tend to link both workouts but only if I can keep the pace (or I drop it): the speed is more important than the time. The point is that rest is very important,…

I took the decision 1 month ago I would run amateur 20K in May, and a marathon in September if the first event is ok. I can now run for two hours at the pace I could initially not keep for 10min. I also train home biking and will go back to swiming pool in January as my ultimate goal is to be abble to make olympic tri…

I really invested a lot of efforts in December...and left junk for Christmas. I am not sure of the calories, I just ate fat for 10h and gained 7 pounds. I already lost 5 coming back to habits and exercises. I am not sure I will repeat the same behabior on New Eve (but I say that every year): nothing to do with weight but…

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I do not run below 2 or 4°C, only because it hurts my throat, but you really do not feel cold when you run. I finally bought myself a home bike (90% of people use them 10 times, leave them somewhere for a couple of years and get rid of them at 20% of original price on ebay) and a stepper (25 euros for a new one...I used it…

When you want, you can Enjoying the journey is the only way to keep on the efforts tomorrow For success consider only what is in your sphere of action (spending hours thinking about and trying to change what you can not change will not make you move a step forward; it is like a salesman who think about the bad advertising…

I love that one:love: I tried to explain that so many times in another context, very very good one

or when you get in front of your favorite food and think "well I am full now, maybe another time" or when you wake up with hard feelings in your legs, no more energy,...wondering how you could eventually walk to the car and end up on workouts the same day, for 2h, wishing you had more time to continue

when two weeks before Christmas you wonder 1)how you will log the food on 24th night as you do not cook (you are invited) and hardly see how you could ask the quantity of olive oil there is in the meal, what is the kind (or brand) of the zakouskis or the composition of the soup. 2) which workout you can do on 25th and 1st…

It may sounds stupid but I discovered...the carrot!!! I was not a fan if not cooked, so everytime I want to snack, I go for this f*** carrot. It is good without being extraordinary but you have to chew it a lot and you are not that hungry afterwards: I divided my spagtti ratio by 2 (I am a spagetti fan, I can eat 300g…

The first thing is to take it easy, I mean 80% of humans are like these. If as a kid you would eat chocolates after dinner if they were availale (30% would wait a couple of hours but most would eat them directly even if not angry), there is nothing to do but to keep that kid of food away. You are in the 70% and noone knows…

Hi, I sent a request. Anyone, feel free to add. I have a "pre-christmas" demtivation and might need some support too. I start a mini sportive challenge until 31/12/2011

I was looking for a callenge from 1/01 to 15/01 but 6 weeks is even better. Feel free to add me ^^

Have a small run in a nice green area , will make you feel really good. If you do not push yourself too much, you wil look forward coming back. My way is to slow down and keep thinking "the most important is not to run quick but to wish to come back tomorrow". That works! I enjoyed so much that I now have minus 2500 cal…

Well, for fat on the belly, this is how I think it works: this is usually the last area of fat to leave (for men; for women it seems to be on the butt; with some variances between indivudals) ....so it means you have to get rid of ALL the fat. Losing fat goes by cardio, not specific exercises. By this we mean that you…

To be successful, you might require to add several cereals to your panel too. I discovered russian cereals thanks to my wife, in addition to the arabic and european ones I used to eat. In addition, my parents never cooked lentils and beans because they had to many when being children (war and post war restrictions).…

Do not misunderstand me...I meant HER weight loss because she did not exercise. it seems we follow the same life style, or at least for the same reasons. I have seen these reportages, added a few scientific studies (the very few independant ones) and I can not eat such things since I realized that. Most of my proteins…

Same for me, I am crazy about beers :drinker: but it is once a week. By beer, I mean Begian special ones (double brown:love: ), not the kind of Heinenken, Stella-Artois and so on. One beer is about 120 cal and they are strong (8-10°) and kind of make you full. I try a new one every week...have 20 years to go. I always make…

So you lost muscles, not fat...I see you look forward using your bike. Keep on maintaining proteins...any time you will get them back, your weight will come back anyway.

I am really not a specialist, I try to find what works or me (I mean I always quit specific free program on the net). I go for about 1900 cal but I tend to run or bike for 2 hours 5-6 days a week...20 pounds in 2 weeks seems too much for me. I lost 9 pounds in the last two weeks but this is fat only...I also increased my…

Try a work out with this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEjgPh4SEmU)...when it comes in my ears while running or abs workout, I can tell you I aways break my record. The first times I went to karting, I would always get a result quite above the average but never spectacular even tough driving agressively without mistake.…

Well I have change a lot of habits since I understood the conditions we (European) put animals into to get our food in our supermarkets. I got much more disgusted by the ham in my supermarket when I think to the unhuman way the animal was treated, how it grow up in a cell, became in adult in 3 weeks instead of 9 months,…

I have to agree with everything that is said. Starvation diet are called "cannibalism" by nutrition specialists. Instead of weight, it is much better to consider fat/muscle ratio. Not eating enough without exercising leave the exact amount of fat around the belly but take the muscle off (so you would lose weight that will…

I had the same but I by passed my plateau by 400g while I was not really beleiving it would happen anymore. Sometimes you lose fat but increase your muscles, so you can feel better in front of the miror or in your mind but the weight is stagnant for a couple of days. Sometimes it is also due to the quantity of water you…