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My wife found mommy groups to walk with when our kids were born. Good luck!

Don't fear good fats like olive oil. I make my salads with Balsamic vinegar and virgin olive oil.

i drink it cold, but family only drinks room temp.

If your goal is to lose, you should consume calories between you BMR and your total calories burned. Never drop below your BMR! MFP has a BMR calculator on the tools tab. On average you will lose 1 pound for every 3500 calories you are at a deficit. 2 pounds a week means 1000 calories below your total burned as long as you…

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As a general rule, 3500 calories equals a pound of fat loss. Your calories should never fall below your BMR, so if you can cut 7000 calories a week from your diet without falling below your BMR you should reach your goal. The other alternative is increased kcals burned but I don't think that applies to you since you are…

What scares me about Splenda is it's relatively new. There are no real long term affects known.

My understanding from the professor in my nutrition class is these sugar substitutes trick you pancreas to make insulin because your body thinks it's getting sugar. Personally I'd rather have a few extra calories than to put the strain on my pancreas by spiking production for no reason.

If you had blood work done and your levels are within acceptable parameters that's great. Whatever you are eating is nutritionally dense enough in iron. The blood don't lie!

You have to remember that you body has a goal to MAINTAIN your current weight. In order to TRICK your body, mix things up a bit and change your routine. I just learned in a nutrition class that it's best to do cardio after strength training. It allows the muscles to better utilize the glycogen stores in the muscles for…

if you are not losing weight but are losing inches, I would be willing to bet you are gaining muscle which weighs more than fat. That would explain lost inches but not lost weight. BE HAPPY!

traditional advice is losing more than a few pounds a week is unsafe and rarely provides long term results.

my physician has me on 4000 mg of omege-3 a day. You can always ask your doctor. They don't charge for phone calls...yet.

That should go without saying, but I've seen very desperate people asking for advice and getting "dangerous" responses.

I am often deeply concerned by the advise people give on the message board. Sometimes it's downright dangerous. I was talking to my wife the other day about how safe a message board is where people with no real nutrition training, read a few articles and spew out advice.

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I used to have a MAJOR sweet tooth, but after taking a nutrition course and changing my eating habits I found how to defeat it. By eating smaller meals and snacks through the day, I avoid spiking my insulin levels and eliminated my sugar cravings. I'm pretty amazed.

Don't make yourself crazy! You can never TRULY know your calories anyways. Not every apple has the same composition, not every piece of meat has the same fat ounce for ounce. Even the labels on food are subject to rounding rules. Your goal should be a range somewhere between your BMR and your total calories burned and…

It is extremely important to eat breakfast. After the 8 hour fast (sleeping) you body needs to know that it should not go into starvation mode. Ideally it should be your largest meal of the day with dinner being the smallest but that's not written in stone.

Stick with it! How did you determine your calories in terms of a goal? Are you eating throughout the day to keep your metabolism from spiking then dropping. I took a nutrition class at the community college and was shocked at how little I knew about how my body uses food, when to eat, and when to eat what. If meeting with…

I give a lot of credit to her husband. 7x's aday? Am I getting old?

Nutritionists will commonly tell you to log AFTER eating so you can log what you actually consumed. I think it's more accurate that way.

I don't plan on stopping. It's an easy way to keep myself honest.

12:27 722 kcals

BMR and BEE are for all practical purposes the same. The represent the energy for normal body function if you never got out of bed. TDEE represents the calories you burn in total, that is to say your BEE plus the calories needed to cover your activity. Make sure your intake of calories or nutrients are NOT below your BEE.…

With all due respect, I beg to differ. Consistency in eating prevents spikes in hormones including insulin. These spikes send messages to the body how to handle food. Additionally, consistent meals throughout the day regulate what your body is expecting in terms of food volume, and allows the stomach to shrink, allowing…

The TDEE is the equation plus energy for exercise. It is what I was calling the "total calories". Your BEE is the amount if energy your bode would require if you never got out of bed. The FDA defines a "defcit" as anything below ones BEE, ie the amount of energy for normal body function before activity. This is a great…

Make sure your intake of calories or nutrients are NOT below your BEE. (This is the minimum calories needed to sustain normal body function. ) The BEE is determined by using the Harris Benedict Equation. Once you have that as a base, you should NEVER drop below those calories unless under the advise of a physician. Adding…

The term deficit is thrown around loosely. Technically a deficit is when your intake of calories or nutrients are below your BEE. (This is the minimum calories needed to sustain normal body function. ) The BEE is determined by using the Harris Benedict Equation. Once you have that as a base, you should NEVER drop below…