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I get frozen turkey burgers at Trader Joe's (could make your own) and cook one each morning while I'm packing my lunch. Stick it in the freezer for a couple minutes to cool down, pack it up and bring a pack of guacamole (the Wholly Guacamole 100 calorie packs or homemade). I heat the burger in the microwave, top with the…

It sounds reasonable to me. I'm smaller than you (5'2", 120lbs) but average a higher HR when I run (around 165 because I do intervals...run til 190, walk til 150, repeat). In 35min (about 3.1miles), I burn about 330 calories. With a higher weight but much lower average HR during your workouts, yours seems reasonable. I had…

I bought a lunch bag (the Lock&Lock one) and pack all my food from morning til right up to dinner for the day in that. I bring breakfast, lunch and all my snacks so I have no excuse to hit the vending machine or cafeteria and no opportunity to make poor decisions for most of the day since it's all planned out.

This. They don't call me a M@sshole for nothing.

I'd only use it (and do only use it) if I'm having trouble hitting my protein goal or if I need some quick calories. I keep some at work for times that I run out of food and don't want to go to the vending machine or some other unhealthy option.

40 calorie fudgesicles were a huge help to me. When I wanted something terrible, I'd have one and usually had no interest in the sugary food after that. With that said, I have my weak moments and my wayyyy too much sugar moments. But I try to be awesome the rest of the time so that those times don't kill me. I managed to…

I agree with the poster who said to avoid the smith machine. Unless you want to do inverted rows...then the smith machine is great. If you're having balance problems, you can work on that without the bar at first too. Start from square one (bodyweight balance) before adding any weight or objects. I also 2nd (or 3rd, 4th,…

There are lots of different types of squats. Try goblet squats with 30lbs and see how it goes. If you can do more than 8 reps, move up in weight.

She has some good exercises but I find that I can get a better workout in less time on my own. I use mostly bodyweight and some free weight (dumbbell) exercises and can get my workout done in just about 20min with much more results than I was getting on 30 Day Shred. I found 30DS to be mostly cardio despite the supposed…

Once you know how to bake fish, just put whatever you want on it and bake. I like lemon pepper bread crumbs if I'm going higher calorie or for low calorie, just lemon juice, salt & pepper (and maybe some garlic powder). Citrus is always a good choice. A REALLY easy one is to bake salmon plain, top it with Maille whole…

I've surpassed my weight loss goal and eat bacon 4-5x a week. Obviously there's issues beyond calories (like fat levels and types of fat) but I have had no issues from it.

Same. I started just trying to figure out which supplements I need and do it separately. I use the gentle iron which is fine but if I take regular iron, I'm tossing my cookies in no time.

I have the Polar FT7. I'd suggest the Polar FT4 since I've never used any of the fancy features that make the price difference. I got mine at heartratemonitorsusa.com with a coupon code (just google to find some codes) and it was the cheapest place I could find. Mine syncs well with all the treadmills I've used as well.

If you don't have a HRM, I'd average them. I got a HRM and realized the machine is just about right for me but MFP says I burned far fewer than the HRM says. It varies by person so your best bet is to take the average or the lower of the two (unless you start feeling really tired in which case you might be underestimating…

I agree with the suggestion to do strength work (lifting or otherwise). I thought I wanted to lose a little more weight but after doing a good amount of strength work, I dropped some inches and I'm totally happy where I'm at. I don't know how to lift heavy and don't have anyone I can trust to teach me so I do bodyweight…

If it helps you hit your goal #s, go for it. I like them. I like to mix 1/4c almond milk, 1/4c coconut milk, 1T chia seeds, 1t honey and a pinch of coconut flakes/shreds. Shake and refrigerate overnight (or up to 5 days), then stir before you eat it. The seeds soak up the liquid and it's a little sweet from the…

When I started going to the gym (5 months ago), I had no idea what I was doing and was intimidated by pretty much everything in there. Here's what I did: Mon/Wed/Fri - couch to 5K program on the treadmill Tuesdays/Thursdays - 3 or 4 sets of each exercise, with a minute or so rest in between circuits (so do one set of each,…

I've had general anxiety, social anxiety and panic attacks for as long as I can remember (finally professionally diagnosed in high school). For me, yoga doesn't help prevent the things like clenching my jaw, hoisting my shoulders, etc. but yoga or stretching routines do seem to relieve some of the tension and muscle aches…

I personally don't but growing up, my mom did. We used to hide the junk food on her because she wasn't quite that dedicated while sleep eating so she'd just have something to drink and go back to bed. Can you have the junk food hidden or difficult to reach? Besides that, maybe just don't even buy it in the first…

Could you try alternating sets? Do a set of upper body exercise then a lower body one and cut your rest time down since a portion of your body was resting during the alternate set. I do circuits like this to save time since I work out on my lunch and between getting to/from the gym, changing and showering I only get 35-40…

No...as long as the PT was good. Too many of them don't know what they're doing or are straight up obnoxious.

I mostly do free weights and bodyweight exercises but the rule I've learned is to aim for whatever weight you can complete 8 reps with good form. When you can complete 10 reps with good form, move up in weight. Might be different for lifting heavy since I know a lot of programs have you lifting closer to your max with…

I'm not sure of sample meal plans but my diary is open if you want to take a look. I'm not logging currently because I'm testing out whether I can eat paleo without logging and maintain my weight (already hit my goal weight a few months back). If you go back to summer 2012 dates in my diary into fall 2012, there should be…

This...I've seen it in action.

At rest I burn about 28 calories in a half hour. Not enough for me to worry about it and my HR is probably elevated while I'm moving around getting showered, dressed, walking back to work and going up the 5 flights of stairs back to the office so I call it good enough and take the # from the HRM

Well, I was all set to get a makeup workout in Saturday even though I got voluntold to work the weekend. Then I was the only one in the office and a water pipe in the ceiling burst. Unfortunately I did not meet my goal for last week but hopefully I'll get back on track this week!

You can judge it however makes sense to you. I do my scissor kicks to the side so I count 1 rep as crossing my legs and then returning to the sides. I swap which leg is on top each time so it's 10 with my left leg on top, 10 with my right. I'm behind on strength stuff this week due to a wacky schedule but this is where I'm…

It took me a couple weeks and a couple rest days to even out after I started working out. My understanding is that your body holds onto water to repair everything. How much of a gain are we talking about? For me it was about 2lbs which is a normal fluctuation regardless.

Metal touching my teeth...which is odd when you consider I had my tongue pierced for 6 years.

People at work are fascinated by my coconut chia pudding. Never fails to elicit the response "you mean like ch-ch-ch chia? like a chia pet?" 1/4c almond milk, 1/4c coconut milk, 1T chia seeds, 1/2T shredded coconut, 1t honey. Shake/mix and refrigerate overnight.