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Eat a handful of nuts. Almonds, peanuts, cashews or whatever you like best. They're calorie dense and contain lots of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Get the unsalted ones if you're watching your sodium. They'll do your body a lot more good than scarfing down a bowl of Ben & Jerry's!

Protein and fiber are probably two of the best things to go over. The default setting for protein is very low (15% I believe). You can safely double or even triple that number. As for fiber, you will know if you are eating too much of it if you're spending most of your day running to the washroom! The protein and fiber…

If you have enough room in your daily calories, try a handful of almonds or unsalted peanuts.

Agreed! "Kickstart My Heart" and "Wild Side" are always on my workout playlists!

If this workout routine is something that you have just started, then it is probably just water weight. When you start a new exercise program, your muscles tend to retain a bit of extra water to help repair themselves. Don't worry, it's only temporary and should disappear after a week or two.

It really depends on what type of workout you are doing. If it's a strictly cardio workout, then it is recommended that you don't eat anything for about an hour afterwards because your metabolism is elevated and in calorie burning mode. After that I would probably have a piece of fruit or something with whole grains and…

It doesn't matter what time you eat. Your body burns calories 24 hours a day. The reason that late night snacking has a bad rap is because that's usually when people break out the Doritos and Cheeze Doodles. Have some almonds or nuts. They're calorie dense and provide protein, fiber and healthy fats. According to Men's…

Search in the Cardio section for "Strength Training". It will give you a rough estimate of how many calories you have burned.

It's only been four days. You didn't put on the weight in a week, you're not going to lose it in a week! Besides, with diets like South Beach or Atkins, the vast majority of the weight lost in the first week is simply water, not fat. Don't sweat it. Keep at it, and the weight will come off eventually.

Did you take a break from exercising over the holidays? If you haven't done a strenuous workout in a while, it is common for your muscles to retain a bit of water when you start again. It will disappear after your body gets used to exercising again.

It sounds like you already know what you're doing wrong, and what you need to do to fix things. So smarten up, stop eating crap for late night snacks, log your food, and get off your *kitten* and exercise! Stop whining about it and do it! If you can't stay away from the junk food late at night, then don't buy it in the…

Free weights are superior. They work more muscles than machines for comparable exercises because you have to balance and stabilize them. Most trainer's will tell you to use free weights first in your workout, then do the machines. Of course, if you want to skip the machines altogether and stick to free weights, all the…

I would actually bump up your calories a bit. If you're only eating 1200 calories a day and burning 500 calories per day with your workouts, you are only consuming about 700 calories per day net, which could put you into the dreaded starvation mode. I would try to eat at least 1500 calories per day, maybe a little more.…

I really wouldn't worry about it. The calories in most gums are fairly low. If you were chomping on sugary bubble gum all day I might, but otherwise no.

A handful of nuts (peanuts, almonds, cashews, etc) would do the trick. Protein, fiber and healthy fats. :smile:

I would either alternate days so that you're not doing the same thing two days in a row, or else do circuit training where you alternate between strength training and cardio. Switch up your exercises on a regular basis so that you don't get bored doing the same things over and over, and also so that your body doesn't get…

Your body starts breaking down and digesting food as soon as you eat it. Some things, like sugar and simple starchs, are easily broken down and digested immediately, while other things like fats and protein, take longer to digest. If your body needs what is being digested, it will use them right away, like carbs and…

1 pound a week is a very good weight loss. If you're still looking to speed up your metabolism though, I would eat more protein and less carbs, and try strength training if you're not already doing it. Adding muscle is the best way to speed up your metabolism. I couldn't see your diary so I couldn't tell if you were…

I agree. You're not getting nearly enough calories. Try bumping them up a bit and see what happens.

Sounds like it could be that the new scale may weigh slightly different than the old one. If you have some weights at home, put them on the scale and see how accurate it is. The old one may have been wearing out and not giving an accurate weight. Other than that, it could be excess sodium attracting water weight or maybe…

Keep up the weight training! You're seeing muscle pushing out the fat. As you lose the fat, you'll see more tone and less bulk. Women generally have a very hard time bulking up because of their low levels of testosterone.

One arm or two?

If you need to find a lawyer, go to the grocery store and pretend to slip and fall. You will be surrounded by more lawyers than you can shake a stick at before you can blink.

I just don't track my sugar. MFP sets the sugar levels very low. If you're really worried about this, don't eat so much fruit. Most fruits are high in sugar, although some people think that because it's a natural sugar that it's better for you. On the other hand, they're full of nutrients and fiber. It's much better to eat…

I would go by the numbers that you're getting from the machines at the gym because the numbers on MFP are just general guidelines. Or, if you wanted to err on the side of caution, you could always average the two.

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Try adjusting your calories a bit and change up your workouts. If you haven't been doing strength training, now would be a good time to start. A lot of people stick with just cardio, not realizing that they're losing muscle along with the fat, which drops their BMR and makes it harder to lose weight.

I usually have some almonds or unsalted peanuts as my nightly snack. I just make sure that I've budgeted my calories for them!

Another suggestion would be to purchase the Women's Health Big Book of Exercises. I've got the Men's Health version and it's great. Hundreds of exercises that you can do with dumbbells or body weight, exercise programs, diet tips and suggestions, stretches and more. My girlfriend and I use it a lot. I would highly…

It doesn't matter so much when you eat. It's what you eat. Your body burns calories 24 hours a day. The reason that some people like to tell you not to eat after 8:00pm is because that's when most people are most likely to break out the Doritos or Cheez Doodles! As long as you are eating something healthy and trying to…