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Unless you were wearing steel toed boots to lift before, I promise your shoes were not providing you any extra noticeable protection from a falling weight. Vibrams are actually better for lifting because your balance and foot grip are better than in blocks... I mean normal gym shoes.

According to this I should be at about 1700 calories a day to lose a pound a week (which I don't usually lose a pound a week). Instead I have MFP set for 1400 and then add in exercise calories, but I've always known 1700 a day is OK, so I don't fret if I go upt hat high even if MFP puts me in the red. The thing is, over…

The two tricks that work the best for me are to take a certain amount and put it on a plate or napkin and then take it to sit as far away from the snack bowl as possible or to find a friend I can trust to not let me take any more and ask them to stop me if they see me reaching for more..

I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be difficult but I was not clear enough in my post. I do not have access to a gym or bike nor can I currently afford a gym membership. Therefore swimming, biking and rowing are all not options for me. I was looking for suggestions of things I can do in my living room that will not involve…

I'm resurrecting this thread as I was just diagnosed with Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome and can't do my 2 miles a day of walking anymore. Just to pre-empt, I do not own a bike and do not have access to a gym, so no biking or swimming. What can I do at home for cardio? Somehow I dont' think strength training is quite enough...

On your phone app (or at least in the Android app), when you click add something to your diary, right next to the empty text bar with the magnifying glass there's a little bar code icon in a blue box. Click on that and it opens the bar code scanner. It's not the best bar code scanner I've ever used (it takes it a little…

This is when I LOVE the bar code scanner on my phone MFP app.

TGIF actually doesn't look that bad compared to most chains: http://www.tgifridays.com/_images/pdfs/Nutritional.pdf If I were you I'd go with a steak or salmon or shrimp. The dragonfire chicken also looked low calorie, as did the grilled chicken salads, but you'd have to get those with the light balsamic. I don't know what…

I haven't given up my favorite foods, I've just become more selective about them. I will still eat chocolate cake and brownies and french fries and burgers, but now I will only eat them when it is a truly GOOD version of it. And honestly, the less I eat the fast food/pre-manufactured varieties of my favorite foods, the…

Eating until you are satisfied vs. eating until you are FULL is not as easy as it sounds, but with practice is certainly attainable. And trust me, it's worth it. I do not at all miss feeling so full I need to be rolled to the couch and go into a food coma after every meal, even if that meal consisted of only a salad. Pay…

If this is what you actually want to eat, then I don't see a problem with it. As long as it's not a diet but a lifestyle. I usually eat mainly oatmeal and veggies/fruits (and an occasional protein shake) Monday through Friday lunch and the Friday dinner through Sunday eat a LOT of proteins and fats, but that's because I…

I go through phases like that where all I eat are raw veggies and fruit it seems. Those are the weeks I take full advantage of the weekends where I end up eating out every meal to eat plenty of protein and carbs. I find when I'm better about my weeks being mainly raw fruits and veggies (and therefore generally under my…

Oh, I don't count them before I eat them, not with sushi. But I do use that site afterwards because I make myself log everything, even my less strict meals where I just eat what I want. If I can't stand the thought of putting it in my diary where people can see it, it's not worth eating even on a non-strict day. (I really…

All you can eat sushi... so dangerous... so yummy... can you take me with you? I think it's pretty much covered here already. Sashimi is the best option because what makes the rice sticky is a mixture of rice vinegar and sugar (plus more sashimi=more protein and Omega 3's!), but you should eat rolls if you prefer them.…

I know for me, I had to find a way to make this lifestyle change work with eating out. I eat out a lot. With my BF, with my friends, with my family. There is no avoiding frequent restaurant meals at this stage of my life. I just try to make up for it during the week with really lite meals high in fresh fruits and veggies.…

I deal with this a LOT as I spend most of every weekend at my BF's and he doesn't really cook, so we basically eat out all weekend. I probably drive him crazy, but if we don't decide ahead of time where we are going to eat, I'll look up all the nutritional info on my phone at the table and hold up ordering. At first I was…

I'm 5'3. My starting weight was 173 and I'm down to 159 with my goal set at 135. Starting this journey I was wearing size 14/16 (It probably should have been 16, but I was fighting it and just wearing tight 14 pants). Until I turned 21 I was a stick figure who weighed like 115 pounds and wore a small in juniors. Then my…

Also, since making this lifestyle change I've found so many delicious recipes for decadent desserts that actually DO have nutritional value and no guilt associated with them. These are my two favorite sites currently: www.eat-yourself-skinny.com chocolatecoveredkatie.com

Try to stop thinking of it as "cheating". The reason I failed every other time I tried to get healthy was because I was in the mindset that I was on a diet, so desserts and fried foods and such were "cheating". I always ended up caving and then losing morale and giving up. This time I have drilled into my head this is a…

My staples are: unsweetened vanilla almond milk sour cream large curd cottage cheese fat free plain Greek yogurt eggs 35 calorie white bread apples grapes berries if they have any that look good cucumbers tomato's peppers (but not green) avocado oatmeal cheeses beans salad base unsweetened apple sauce truvia Wow, I didn't…

Sashimi is just the fish, no rice, so it's extremely low carb. And as a bonus, I always seem to get better, meatier, more delicious cuts of fish than if I order rolls. If you want to treat yourself or want sushi rice but think you can control your portion, order chirashi. It's sashimi served on a bed of sushi rice. I tend…

Chia seeds and lots of water. Extra servings of raw veggies will help also.

I realize that it seems to be just a fancy $100 pedometer, but I really really want one. I just keep waiting until I can figure out how to budget an extra $100.

I track calories, carbs, protein, fiber, fat and saturated fat. I like to be able to tell how much of my fat is saturated vs. unsaturated. And I always aim to go over on my fiber and protein, which I have manually changed my goals for as MFP is too low in my opinion.. I'm usually success in the fiber, but not so much in…

Check out www.eat-yourself-skinny.com She's got tons of desserts on there that look both easy, nutritional and delicious.

Wow, it feels like people are yelling in here. This is clearly a difficult situation for her, she has no choice but to eat what her dad buys. The problem seems to be convincing the dad to buy healthier things. I'm going to guess there's no chance you could convince him to give you the job of grocery shopping on the budget…

A lot of people seem to like coconut milk as well. Though soy is the easiest alternative. That sucks about the almonds, though. It's definitely my preference.

You guys are so good! I've been trying to moderate, but have only been partially successful (as shows in my diary). I have been stuffing myself with fruit to try and curb the fatty sugar cravings that seem to be even worse than the PMS chocolate cravings. Last night I managed to curb my salty craving with some spicy…

I stick by that when I'm naseus or having trouble keeping things down, but I'm not this time. I keep craving salty and greasy, and generally those are what I crave when I have a migraine because my body is telling me it NEEDS those things and I feel much better after I eat them. But being sick lasts much longer than a…

I love green tea. Not only is it caffeinated (normally) and taste delicious, but I find it always soothes an upset stomach and often times helps with my headaches. Plus, tea in general is good to drink because it's hot and soothing and opens up airways and expands blood vessels. In fact, one of my coined sayings is "tea…