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A good thing to do when you eat out of boredom is to stock up on celery, carrots, and cucumber. Then go ahead- eat them to your heart's content (just no ranch dip!). You'll fill yourself up pretty quickly with extremely foods that are great for volumetrics (food volume to calorie ratio) and also good nutrition wise. If you…

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"Exercise = slower weight loss" Yes. Always. When you diet you lose fat. When you exercise you gain muscle. When you combine the two, you become more fit, but the muscle gain will make your "weight loss" slower, because you are gaining muscle. But weight loss shouldn't be your goal, losing fat, and getting fitter should…

Yup, filling up on veggies works great, with light ranch (or light whatever is your pleasure) to help make it doable. Also, the reality is, is that you will have to deal with some hunger pangs as it is an inevitable part of losing fat with a calorie deficit. But employing volumetrics to make sure your belly is full is very…

Yessir. Run in the mornin, lift in the evenin!

Haha, the "nature's candy" concern. Worry about real candy. ;) No one is getting fat because of fruits and veggies. Log them of course, but when when factor in volumetrics, nothing beats fruits and veggies, you'd be painfully full before you starting making significant calorie impacts. (unless you're drizzling them in…

Dried spices are only relevant for sodium, etc. If you're not concerned with such things and focusing on calories, then no. Sauces however, should be logged, including salsas and hot sauce.

Eat a low-cal protein bar before you workout and you'll have the energy you need. I like clif bars and the harvest power bars, they're all about 200-240 cals. Don't worry so much about the time of day you're eating. Eating during certain hours doesn't affect you anywhere near as much as just sticking to your calorie…

Also, I eat out almost every day, but it's a bit easier to do in California since we passed legislation here that requires all restaurants to have the caloric information of their menu available. :)

As a general rule I don't ever let myself cheat in the form of "cheat days." I find that life already provides enough "unavoidable" cheat days (birthdays, parties, networking meetings, etc.) to meet the quota. Usually I find that you end up eating over your calories on more than just your assigned cheat day(s) because of…

Standard curls, hammer curls, and rope pull-downs should get you going.

Clif bars and the Harvest Power Bars. All from 220 to 240 calories and I think they're yummy. I use them for breakfast usually or as a pre-workout snack.

Food (as in meat, grains, pastas, etc.) in and of themselves aren't "healthy" or "unhealthy" (barring allergies, etc.) it's a matter of the preparation and the amount. :) If you're worried about calories stick to grilled meats and veggies, stay away from rice (unless it's brown) and noodles, and stir-fry. I'm Cali and here…

Calories are all that matter for fat loss/gain. Carbs, fats, proteins, etc. come into play for energy, muscle growth, general health, bla bla. They only really matter if you're at your desired body type and now you're trying to improve health/fitness, or your training for an event, etc. Otherwise it's all about the calories

Use the circuit training calories. Crossfit is a brand (Reebok) of circuit training.

Use the "circuit training" selection and you're goof to go. Crossfit is a brand (Reebok) of circuit training.