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I just started doing her Rev 4 DVD. Was doing it a couple times a week (the full 40 minutes) but I am going to switch it up and do 20 minutes of strength using her DVDs on weekday mornings and supplement with cardio at the gym at lunch time. I have noticed more definition in my upper body already and can finally do…

Sodium can make me 4 lbs higher in ONE DAY! : o I have had big gains after eating processed and restaurant meals on vacation and I tend to lose it all within a couple days but I have to pound back the water.

Hard to guess how much the sauce would be. Hoisin sauce would be a good one to enter for calories. It's kind of a sweet soya sauce. Try using that for your sauce entry in your diary. Most of those sauces are high in sugar and eps odium. Drink lots of water to flush out the sodium. : )

I have started high protein and low carb eating for breakfas and lunch and then I try not to worry too much about dinner. For breakfast I have been having scrambled eggs with cheese. I eat lunch at my desk at work every day and I have been bringing sliced ham wrapped around sliced cheese (and sometimes i roll it around…

Oops walking the dog daily.

Thanks for all the replies and sharing your thoughts. I agree you need to stick with whatever works for you and do what you enjoy and keeps you active. I definitely will continue running. I'm only running 3x per week now and am dying to get back in to weight training. I stopped going to the gym when I went on maternity…

A friend of mine does this every time she has a wedding to attend or a big function when she knows she's going to see her ex-husband with his latest piece of 40-years-younger arm candy. She always loses A LOT and looks wonderful for her event and then the minute she eats normally again she gains it back FAST. I would…

I have been reading a lot about the effects of drinking water on weight loss and I read in several places that 8oz a day is a basic guideline and that for every 25 pounds you are overweight (I'm assusuming this is over your "ideal weight") you should add an extra glass and also drink during/after exercise.

oh and try this website for calorie counts ... it's pretty acurate. www.caloriesperhour.com It's pretty acurate and they wouldn't even put the elliptical on their website for the longest time because they were having research done ont he calorie count and wanted to finish the study before they added it as an exercise to…

I usually try to estimate my calorie burn on the elliptical because I find the machine count is usually way off. For a person around my weight ... FAST running burns around 10 cal per minute and walking is about 5 or 6 per minute so it depends on how hard I work on the elliptical. I usually do at least a level 5 resistance…

One great way to ensure getting a walk every day is to get a dog. : ) I feel guilty if mine doesn't walk at least 30 minutes a day - sometimes in this rough Canadian winter climate we aren't always able to get out in the winter but I will take him around the block if nothing else when conditions are bad. It's made me an…

Hi! I became an avid recipe hunter because I was having trouble finding things for supper too. The first month I was on MFP I told my husband that I wouldn't be making a lot of meals because I didn't know the calorie count for some of the things that I make regularly. I turned to frozen foods since it had all the…

Hi! I used to find this extremely frustrating as well. I had to buy a kitchen scale. The one I have will weigh your food in grams or pounds and if you want to weigh it on a plate or in a bowl you can weigh the dish and then zero the scale back off to zero so that it will only weigh the food and not the dish you have it in.…

A friend of mine found great motivation doing the same thing you are ... she lost a bunch of weight while her hubby was away on military duty. she didn't tell him about her efforts and wanted his jaw to drop when he came home and saw her. It worked! And she has kept it off for 4 years by calorie counting. I lost about 40…

I have read in Prevention and Health magazine that for every gram of fiber you ingest you are tying up 7 calories. ... So if you eat 30 g of fiber - you will excrete 210 calories. Not sure how acurate this is but I read it from farily credible magazines.

My Mom is a Nutritionist and all this low carb stuff drives her insane. She lived in Japan for 3 years and always says "Look at the Japanese! They are tiny and they eat carbs at EVERY meal"! They eat white rice with breakfast, lunch and supper. The key is that they eat very lean proteins (hardly ever fatty meats like beef,…

That's awesome! Good for you!! : ) I find that planning ahead is the key for me too. I try to plan meals a few days ahead of time and enter all my new foods in to the database if they aren't already there after I've come home from grocery shopping. I found a recipe analyzer that will tell you how many calories are in your…

While I'm trying to lose weight I told my husband I wouldn't be cooking as much until I drop the first 20 pounds. We are grilling our suppers a lot and I have a side of sliced cucumber or grape tomatoes with light catalina dressing. When we grill I have low-fat turkey sausages for supper and he has his burgers or whatever…

I am big on fiber too and LOVE the new All Bran Strawberry Medley. It has 10 g of fiber per serving! It has a tiny bit of sweetness and bits of strawberry 10 g sugars for 1 cup. Not great but it's loaded with fiber and actually tastes yummy. High Fiber Crisp is another favourited. Super tasty and crunchy.

Sometimes when you do really high intensity workouts you need to eat more calories. Are you eating enough? You should never have less than 1200 calories a day (My mom is a nutritionist) so if you are eating around that much and then working out on top of that ... you need to eat more. I am aiming for 1200 calories a day…

Sounds like you hit a plateau. Try an extra 10 minutes of exercise a day for the next week, maybe? I lost 40 pounds years ago and I hit my "plateau" after about 15 pounds. Took another 2 weeks for me to start losing again. My body was telling me "woah, slow down"!

My Mom is a nutritionist and this is one thing she always preaches about. Your body will go in to fat storing mode if it does not get the calories it needs. Your weight loss will plateau and your calorie cutting will have the exact OPPOSITE effect that you desire! The average woman's body needs a minimum of 1200 calories a…