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I make a big pot of soup on Sunday and then portion it out for the week. If you don't mind the same thing each day for lunch, it works. This week I am having minestrone. I do a lot of chicken noodle, beef and vegetables, chili.

search for aerobics, step. There are a couple options based on the height of your bench.

Cauliflower is not potatoes, rice, or anything besides cauliflower. Greek yogurt is yucky!

foam roller

If you like Autumn, you might enjoy Hammer and Chisel. There is a calendar that only has the Chisel (Autumn) workouts.

I would encourage you to look into the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. My dr suggested it to me when I was put on meds...30 lbs down later...off the meds:) Good luck!

I think the problem is cooked vs raw. If you weighted everything before it was cooked and are now trying to weigh the cooked portions, you will have variances. I think the best thing would be to take the cooked meal out of the pot and weigh the whole thing cooked and then separate your portion. It will make more dirty…

I have been doing BB for the last couple of years. I am currently working on Hammer and Chisel.

I also had a lunchtime gym routine for many years. When I changed jobs, that had to change too. I tried after work, since I was never really very good at the morning workout. In the last year, I have changed again to the morning workout because the evenings have become very busy too. I think you should work it into your…

I use my instant pot frequently for meal prepping. I put it in frozen with some chicken stock for about 15 minutes and when it comes out, it can be shredded for sandwiches, soups, whatever really. I like it a lot and my 8qt pot doesn't really take up much more room than a regular soup pot in my cupboard.

Garmin VivoActive 3. I have had mine for at least a year and I rarely take it off.

21 day fix is lower impact than Morning Meltdown. I found MM100 to be a little more jumpy and choreographed than I like. There is a modifier in either workout so you could always just follow her.

put your utensil down between bites?

Depending on the workout, just use generic cardio or strength training or Yoga.

fitbit often over estimates the additional exercise calories. I would just stick to the calculated calories without the extra fitbit calories and see how you feel and what you weight loss looks like over a few weeks.

research the DASH diet.

slow down and keep walking. you will need to build endurance.

Some days are more cardio and others are more like circuit training, I would just log it day by day depending on the workout completed.

37 year old lifter!

I try to combat this by responding "move more, eat less" when people ask what I am doing. The idea of eating less, typically generates the response, "oh, I can't do that" or 'oh, that doesn't work for me"

cut the recipe ingredients down to a more appropriate serving size or eat one serving and put the rest in the fridge for another day or freeze it.

LIIFT4 is great. I am currently working on Hammer and Chisel which is a good combo of weights and cardio.

That's tough. My daughter was beginning to pick up some weight at about 13 yrs old. We went to the dr for her well child check up and she was upset by the number on the scale. We started talking about good portion sizes and calories. Since I am the primary cook it was easier for me to control the amount of food I was…

Check out Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. She has recipes that will do just what you are describing, hide the veggies and fruit in the food you already like.

I plan my meals for the whole week on paper first. There are lots of duplicates and I may end up with the same lunch for 3-4 days in a row. I choose simple recipes that often have like ingredients (chicken, rice, sweet potatoes, etc) so I can batch cook some things.

freezing is a great idea. Perhaps you could just try it for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. If you end up throwing a bunch of stuff out then on to plan B. I find that I am more likely to eat it if it is all ready to go. meal prepping once a week for 6 days (lunch and dinner, I often make breakfast fresh each day)…

Single mommy here! When my daughter was smaller I had the same problem, I didn't want to get up in the morning and I couldn't stay awake after bedtime. I started working out at a gym near work on my lunch hour. I had it down to a science, I would head out, change, workout for 30 minutes, shower and head back to work in an…

Could you take the pill before you leave work to go home? That would take care of the hour you are unable to eat.

I would see my family doctor for a referral to a physical therapist.

I have the vivoactive 3. It was an upgrade from my forerunner 220. I like the features it has including that it syncs with my phone.