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Great! You've just learned something. You've learned that not stepping on the scale and not paying attention to what you eat does not work for you. So, now you go and try something else. You've just found a way that doesn't work. That does not make you a failure. The only way to fail is to give up. Now my tip would be to…

There are no reasons for not losing at all. But some do make it harder. Next to the ones mentioned above also quite some medication have an influence on this.

I'd much rather find the magic pill that'll help me lose 20 pounds of fat a week (for a week or 2), than do all the hard work for most of the year. And honestly I don't believe most people who say they do not want a miracle cure. I wouldn't bother about maintaining much either. It it just takes 1 day a month stay at my…

calorie counting is the one method of losing weight that has the best long term effect and teaches people the most about the stuff they are eating. So, yes absolutely teach your kid that. That's not 'omg you ate like 1250 calories today while you should only do 1200 you're always gonna be fat!' It's 'With your length and…

The actual energy you use while doing a c25k is quite low. So you don't really need to eat differently. However, it is a good idea to keep tracking your eating habits. A lot of people gain weight doing running because they feel hungry after and easily eat more calories extra than they have burned.

I've doing fine while eating them almost daily. Good fats, some protein and nice to nibble. Sounds like the devil :)

Walking definitely isn't a problem. There's (at least) two reasons for beginners to take 'rest' days. 1. You build muscle while resting. During exercise you get micro tears in your muscles. That's a sign for your body to make your muscles stronger. But it takes some time to do so. So, if you do not get enough rest you're…

Absolutely! Strength training including upper body strength is part of runners training. By getting a strong upper body you can move your arms stronger and faster which will help the speed of your legs. I'd be very surprised if they can't do 100 push ups without problems.

Tmartin, just eating more protein will not make your body burn more fat. But it will make it easier for your body to build muscles while you do strength training. And muscle uses up energy all throughout the day, while fat just sits there. So with more muscles you'll get a higher calorie maintenance level. But in the end…

It sounds like your problem is that your is you're changing everything at the same time. And every change takes willpower to accomplish as long as it's not a habit. And you only have a limited amount of willpower. So, by doing too much and trying to hard your setting yourself up for failure. So how about not exercising 2…

I strongly recommend exercising even if you don't feel like it. It'll keep your mind off things and while exercising your body releases chemicals that make you feel better.

You forgot that becoming a prophet of the flying spaghetti monster and no longer eating massive amounts of pasta combined with a healthy diet and exercise can result in weight loss. ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

Who has ever told someone they're not fat because they themselves feel like a failure? Seriously? When then are other people always blamed for doing this thing? In my opinion it is more likely the huge taboo surrounding fat. Basically saying to someone they're fat is seen as one the worst things you can do. So much so,…

If your not normally eating a lot of fiber this can increase the waterweight of the contents of your intestines. Ie. You get soggier poop, and that extra water weight quite a bit.

Backlight edit: replied and then edited to say something about the actual person's profile pic above me ;)

I wouldn't keep friends with her, just because she's not a friend. But weird? nah. I like stuff about people I know, and that sounds what she's doing. She doesn't know you that well so not much care (or likes) go into your normal updates. But she's dated your bf for a while, so she's more connected to him. Not so strange…

Congratulations, you've learned something :) Now the question is what are you going to do with that knowledge? How will you make sure that it doesn't happen again? And since it's your fourth attempt at weight loss also think about how you are going to make sure this is the last time as well? Make a plan for the future,…

What? So, because the food doesn't get digested it gets stored as fat? So how does it become fat? By digestion maybe? Now I'm not saying that drinking a lot of liquids with a dinner could not dilute your stomach acid, but I'm not seeing how this will turn stuff into fat. Do you have any sources for this?

^ This exactly.

Don't freak out. That's really the best advice I can give you. Just see what happens next week and the week after. I very much doubt you gained 1 kg of fat in the last week, nor muscle. So that leaves some water weight (4L a day?! That's crazy much), some extra stuff in your intestines, and maybe you stood at a slightly…

What do you plan on doing differently this time to keep your weight where you want it to be? I strongly suggest thinking about this now, because it will really help you if you got a plan in place when you hit your target weight. You already know how to get there, so your half way already :)

Do you like brushing your teeth? Do you like cleaning the toilet? Do you like getting up at 6am to go to work? So why would you need to like exercise? It's just one of those things that are part of life. And like brushing your teeth, you like being able to smile and chew.. And you probably also like a clean toilet that…

It stores detailed data for just one week, but amount of steps and such for a longer time. Not sure how long. For charging, you can hook up the base station to any USB adaptor for loading, it doesn't need to be plugged in to a computer for power. So you can just look at your daily steps on the fitbit as you could with…

If it's just 2 nights you can easily skip a workout. If you're going for a week or longer it'd be good to find a way to do some workouts during your holiday/worktrips. For example with this 20 minute hotel workout: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/12/20/the-20-minute-hotel-workout/

Nope. Sorry. If you eat at a surplus your fat build up will not go away. There is no reason for your body to use it's fat storage if plenty of new food is coming in. You will need to eat at a deficit for that. I'm guessing you do not want to gain weight but gain muscles right? So do that for 3 months, then move on to a 6…

I cannot do anything without breakfast. I'll get dizzy cranky and can't concentrate. But I also don't need a very big breakfast, tend to get about 300 (carb heavy) calories in the morning. Which is good, I can then start the rest of my day.

Or alternatively you can look for apps that change the bpm of other songs to your favorite 166. I don't know any by name but there are apps that do this. They also change the pitch so it does't sound like an army of chipmunks invaded your phone :)

There's a few options: - Get up early for a 6:30 am run - Run on a treadmill indoors - Run slower and use sunscreen and bring water (for longer runs)

Your body isn't going to say "Ow, it's past 12 o clock, so all exercise now is for calories later in the day." You could just as easily log from 3pm to 3pm, your body doesn't care. So just make sure that over a period your getting enough calories.

You could also try the "zombies! Run 5k" app. It starts out with 15 second runs for the first week, 30 second runs for the second week. It does pick up the pace a bit after that, but if you can't keep up just add in some c25k runs to get a slower build up while keeping it challenging. And as everybody says. SLOW! When I…