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Hello from your neighbor in the Netherlands!
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I felt the same way. The really bad part is she is a nutritionist that my company hires to give consultations for people who want them. I want so badly to tell my boss she's a quack but she's a "friend" of his. It even has a diagram that goes along with it!
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greek yogurt with fruit cottage cheese - sweet or savory cheeses protien shakes and fruit or veggies veggies in humus pretty much anything, really.
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According to the nutritionist I saw the "Carb Curve" is: 0-50 is considered Ketosis 50-100 is the weight loss sweet spot 100-150 - effortless weight maintenance 150-300 - Insidious Weight Gain 300-300+ danger zone This is all taken frm Mark's Daily Apple/The Primal Blueprint. She also suggested reading "New Atkins, New…
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holy wowza batman! You look absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for sharing this and being an inspiration! My weight loss is going so slowly but, like you, I will never give up! It's a lifestyle!
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this is a brilliant alternative to mayo in your tuna. Thanks for sharing that, I never would have tried it on my own! edited to add, the Dutch eat cottage cheese (Hutten Case) on bread, as a spread!
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I have a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Scooter, that LOVES to be outside and chase a ball. His legs are super short so long walks really wear him out and we sometimes have to take a rest inbetween. What he likes best is to run after a ball a few times, lay down and catch his breath and then do it again. This guy could chase a ball…
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I eat every 2-3 hours without ever going over three hours without a meal or a snack. I usually end up right in the 2.5-3 hour range and rarely find myself hungry at the 2 hour mark. I do this to keep my bloodsugar (not metabolism) as steady as possible all day long. Generally I end up eating six times a day but on days…
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I just had the same thing happen to me two weeks ago when I started lifting heavy. I gained two kilos (4.4lbs) on the scale but I "know" I didn't gain weight. I stepped away from the scale since then and am just focusing on doing healthy, good things for my body and will weigh in next month.
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this is what I started with too, my Wii. I have several fun games that I use to get my heartrate up, like Wii Fitness Coach where I can do low imact, easy aerobics, and Wii Just Dance, because I really love to dance and it's super fun. I also have the Wii Sport and love to do the boxing challenges on it and it seriously…
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holy crap!!! That's amazing!!! You were beautiful before already and now, wow, just wow. What an inspiration!
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HOLY AMAZEBALLS!!! You are such an inspiration. WOWZA. Just wow! Well done you. You look amazing.
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I swim, but I don't know if that qualifies me as a "swimmer". I do laps 2- 3 times a week and have been for about a year now. My distance has improved vastly since starting and I can really see the changes in definition in my arms and back. The reason I don't consider myself a swimmer is because I don't have good form and…
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you can't choose where the fat comes off of, so just steady, slow weight loss by eating at a deficit, a little cardio and some heavy lifting. There isn't one exercise that will help you lose fat in a specific place, unfortunately.
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They eat lunch around 12 and get home around 3:30-4:00, I assume. They should be hungry then and they should have a snack then. To keep their bloodsugar and energy up, they should eat every 3 hours, just like anybody else. The solution seems to be offer an afternoon snack not try to make their tummies so full at lunch that…
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that's a really awesome NSV (non scale victory!). I had one recently where my swimsuit bottoms kept creeping up on me when I was swimming so I went to "adjust" them out of my rear end, and there was a gap about 1/2 an inch from my skin to the swimsuit. So it's actually too big! I've had this same suit for over 10 years and…
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ours just opened last week and I am having my first training session today!
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As a Mom with a 4 year old, I totally get this. I often work out with my Wii Fit after she's in bed and I have some time to myself. I have the My Fitness Coach, which I love, as well as the Wii Sport, which I do the boxing on, and love. You can also do any of the home workout videos, like Zumba, that you fancy. If you…
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I swim in the mornings. I get up at 6, thrown down a small packet of yogurt (the ones you can squeeze into your mouth, so I can eat it while I drive easily) and then I swim at 6:30. If I don't have my yogurt I notice my swims don't feel as good and I run out of energy. I also try to drink one cup of water before leaving…
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A lifestyle changes for me, include a change in my sedentary life to a more active one. I needed to focus on both the food and the movement aspects of my life because neither were stellar. This wasn't just a change for weightloss but for overall health. It's important that I'm able to move and am fit and feel strong. Being…
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when I get to my goal weight I want to get a ribbon on my pelvis, kind of like the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness type of thing, but my ribbon will be a measuring tape! edited to add: some other rewards are: books, clothes, shoes, workout equiptment, massage, mani-pedi, collectables (whatever you collect), gift…
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i hope to start crossfit training this week in the new gym that just opened at my work. I"m a very big person, over 250 pounds so I'm not sure if it's really something I can do but I'm going to give it my all! Thanks for the awesome inspiration. You look phenominal.
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Dutch Kwark is delicious and I always assumed it was worse for you than the yogurt, simply because it tastes better! I was eating the Optimel Kwarks but man, they're just horrible. I do agree, the high fat varieties are gorgeous! I'm going to have to pick up a pack and compare, since they quit carrying the Fage Greek…
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my wake up call was when I was out buying pie for a colleagues birthday (a lot of people do pie in the Netherlands rather than cake), I bought an extra half a pie, drove to a secluded parking lot, ate it as quickly as I could and drove somewhere else to find a trash can so nodbody would know I did it. When I got to work I…
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I strongly disagree with this statement, as did the clinic that I went to for help with my mental issues surrounding eating. Celebrating with food (and self medicating with food, drowning my sorrows with food, curing boredom with food etc) is what caused me, and a lot of people who are emtional eaters, to get where they…
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Here are some of my "way to go you" rewards: massage mani pedi books shoes purse wallet workshops work out clothes new piece of equiptment a new ____ (whatever you collect)
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this. you're skipping meals to make sure you stay a size that makes HIM happy (because you've clearly stated that food makes YOU happy). You seem scared of him and that isn't healthy.
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it's only been a week. Give it time. It's not something that is linear. You'll be spot on target one week and not lose (or even gain) and then the next week you'll have a couple off days and you'll lose. Then you'll be perfect for a couple weeks, lose, be perfect for a couple more weeks and stay the same. It's not just…
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I have the same thing when I go back "home" to the U.S. every year. The Dutch tend to eat things more "pure" as they say (in the beginning it was more like BLAND) but now I have been eating that way for so long, when I get back to all of the foods I missed in the US, they taste way different than my mind ever remembered…
