DancingDreamer

greek yogurt (about a cup or so), some frozen berries of your choice (about a cup, or a half depending), a banana, and some rice or almond milk. thats my go to smoothie. i usually add flax seed to it as well but some people arent in to seeds so its really just optional. tastes like a milkshake but is healthy for you. you…

i second this. i think keeping it public makes me MORE honest instead of less. i have people other than myself to be accountable to and i'm going to be honest, if i go over from something really bad for me i WANT a slap on the hand. also i personally feel like people who's diaries are closed have something to hide. "why…

totally go. and have fun, its a cheat day, you arent supposed to over worry about cheat days. and you can always enter the ingredients that are in the tacos/burritos and figure out around how much will be in the food you're eating. sounds fun! enjoy your cheat day!

i try to stay within my limit but if i slip i dont beat myself up about it. TOM sucks and personally (since i am forced to through the fact that i am a woman and i get cramps and PMS from hell) i think i deserve a small amount of giving my self something to enjoy when everything else sucks. that all being said. i usually…

greasy food works. but so do pain killers and sleep. if there's nothing to do sleep shouldnt be an issue right?

is there any way to change your meal plan? honestly that sounds like a pretty crap system. :/ either keep some instant breakfasts (like oatmeal) or some instant dinners (soup cups, etc) so you're still having enough calories. having too little calories can slow weight loss too if it puts your body in starvation mode.…

thats way more than "not much"! thats great! keep on being awesome with the great work! go you! ^__^

tofu is a sponge. it will soak up any marinade and flavor you want as long as you drain it before you soak it. i agree with TheMaidOfAstolat that vegweb.com is pretty good, so is vegetariantimes.com. i'd be careful with quorn though, a VERY small population of people are deathly allergic to it, but you never know if you…

if you didnt put your weight in the machine it wont be accurate. i would use MFP.

i know that sometimes its impossible to bring your own food at college. eat at the cafeteria and just wait in the lines, remind yourself that like erinkaha said, waiting in the line WILL actually burn more calories and that vending machines are evil XD. dont be like me and gain 70 lbs during three years.

my words of wisdom are dont beat yourself up about it. 1) TOM sucks. it makes you cranky and hungry for bad foods and tired and lazy and you know what? you cant help it. you're a woman, and once a month...yeah it pretty much sucks to be one. and while it shouldnt be an excuse to give up and laze around and eat like crap,…

always a good idea. i shop at goodwill. super cheap and when the new clothes dont fit any more, you just give them right back and get new ones (or go to an exchange store, sometimes you can end up with "free" new clothes over and over again). also bargain hunting. hunt down every sale you can find and go search for the…

natural sugars are the sugars you SHOULD be eating. try to remember that your body actually NEEDS all the things we seem to get all freaked out about (fat, sugar, carbs, etc.) its the processed stuff that we eat too much of (a small amount of the processed stuff wont kill you but the less of it you have the better) the…

they're allowed in all ametur races in my area :/ i dont see why they wouldnt be. its not like they give anyone an advantage. AND: my advice is to train your head to say other things. its much like training yourself to know when you are in a dream and then taking control of the dream (its not just fiction for the movie…

this! this always works for me, if its in the calendar you HAVE to do it!

i dont have this problem (wheeee~ i'm that annoying morning person who is way too happy when she wakes up) but i have friends that do and i know some things that have helped them. set your alarm an hour (or more) before you set it now. that way you still have time to hit the snooze three or four times and ALSO get a…

they also help people who have crap balance. my grandma used to wear them (now she cant walk at all) and they helped her with her balance issues. i dont think they help with toning at all but somehow they've found a usefulness with people for other reasons. (has anyone SEEN those shake weight commercials!? its like really…

the most accurate would be to wear a heart rate monitor but if you dont have one no big deal. just take the exercises that are IN the video and log them all individually, or take what ever the exercise is CLOSEST to (like me, i do zumba from dvds and there's no log for it so i just log it as heavy cardio dancing)

i'd log it as cardio personally, that way you get to add the burned calories. i would look up how many calories crunches burn and then ad a calorie or two on to that since its a bit more than just a crunch? i dont really know i'm just guessing. good idea to do something like that during your shows!

totally count it. i even count green tea that has caffeine in it. if its base is water, it can be counted as water :)

dont peel it. thats why yours are going all brown. they'll only go a tiny bit brown on the outermost edges if you dont peel it and leave the pit in until you've eaten it all. its only brown from touching the air, its not going bad, just getting oxygenated. the less oxygen it touches the less of it that is going to turn…

as a fellow big calfed girl i really dont think there is anything you can do about it. and while it makes it harder to find knee high boots that fit me i've also been told that "gymnast's calfs" are hot.....so....i say just embrace them and learn to love them. like other people have said, there are some things that are…

its worse when you're in middle school and this weird guy in your class asks you that. 1) made me want to die i felt like a giant fatty and 2) HOW DARE HE!? I AM NOT A *kitten*! D8

1) 300 calories is actually about what you SHOULD be having for a meal so i wouldnt worry about that AT ALL. (just make sure you're drinking lots of water to balance out all the sodium in it) 2) that person is probably jealous that you have the will power to lose weight so thats why they act all judgemental to you. i'd…

the thing is, most "holiday weight" is going to be water weight, not fat. and if you drink lots of water and stop eating lots of crap salty and carb-y, starchy foods (which is most people's reason for weight gain over the holidays) than yes you should see those 5-10 lbs come off faster than most other weight. (unless, like…

you arent crazy. some people are just built for muscle (like you said) and are just GOING to be heavier than the average person but not look like it because its MUSCLE and not fat. do what feels right to you. as long as you feel good and are healthy, thats all that matters.

CONGRATS! thats awesome i bet it feels great! i cant wait until i can say that!

this exactly! i find when i deny myself i crave it more and eventually i cave and eat an entire tin of shortbread! D: if i have one or two pieces a day i dont go over my calories and i still get my satisfaction!

personally i think if you're not hungry that eating those calories is rather silly. that being said that is A LOT of calories left over. maybe only eat 200 or so in to them (easy to do). but like i said....if you're not hungry there is no point in over stuffing yourself with food.

welcome to the world of dieting when your BF is not. i really dont know what works because nothing i ever tried did. but i do have two things to say. is 1200 the number MFP set for you or is that the one you're trying to meet? because i dont suggest starting out at 1200, that seems way to drastic to me, working up to 1200…