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  • It depends on what you want to accomplish. We tend to work out harder earlier. So, if fat burn/weight loss is most important, do cardio first. If building muscle is more important, do weights first.
  • The day after a Chinese restaurant I am about 2-3 pounds heavier. Italian (tomato sauce) is almost as bad. It's all water weight.
  • Try not to lose more than 1% of your weight per week. So, the number of pounds depends on your current weight. And, if you are serious about losing, you need to exercise regularly, not "when you can". If you diet without exercise and changing your lifestyle I absolutely, positively, 100% guarantee that you will just put…
  • Do the math… With a BMR of 2,500 your TDEE is about 3,000 calories a day or 21,000 a week. On a treadmill for 30 minutes at 2.5 MPH you burn about 300 calories (gym machines underestimate calories for overweight people). That is about 900 per week. So, to maintain weight you would need to take in about 21,900 calories per…
  • We live one day at a time. And you make choices every single day. Eating the food that your husband prepares is a choice. Failing to exercise is a choice. Every morning, get a piece of paper and a pencil. Decide what is most important to you that day and write it down. If living healthy and being able to play with your…
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