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Try one or two new foods/recipes a week.mroasting veggies with a little oil and favorite seasonings is a great way to go. Make stir frays. Add blended veggies to pasta sauce. Try smoothies. Just don't try to change everything you eat all at once.

Weight fluctuates day to day. There are a myriad of reasons the scale is showing a gain. However, unless you ate 10,500 calories over what you burned, you did not gain three pounds of fat.

You lose fat by eating in a deficit. My doing resistance training, you can help hang on to muscle while losing, without it, you'll lose both muscle and fat. Eat at a reasonable deficit, lift and do cardio.

I do salads or wraps or sandwiches for lunch most days. Sometimes soup, sometimes leftovers. Sargento has Balanced Breaks and there's Luncahbles P3s that are decent snacks. Apples and strong cheese, crunchy veggies and yogurt are good, too.

Wraps or sandwiches should be ok for eating standing up. Maybe add one to your soup. I find apples and carrots on the side tend to help fill me up as well.

I saw scale loss, when I first started losing, fairly quickly, but it took awhile to see changes in my body. And, I swear, the first 8 pounds all came from my face! I would say give it 4-6 weeks before expect any noticeable changes.

I'd set the higher weight first, then get there and see how I feel. You can always adjust your goals as you go.

I think there's breastfeeding as an option in the fitness or food trackers. Not sure on water.

You can eat them back, but you don't have to. Just make sure you're eating enough to support your activity and not feel ravenous or overly tired.

I'm the same as you. One high calorie meal, and I feel like I've blown it, even if I'm under, and I just end up eating whatever. I try so hard not to let one meal derail me, but I've been having issues with that. I am trying really hard to get back at it. I've found that "just having one" doesn't work for me. I do realize…

No reason to skip fruits and veggies. As was said, buy a scale, measure portions and log. Consume less calories than you burn.

I'd talk to a lactaion consultant or your doc. I think eating at maintenance would work. Just keep a close eye on your supply and your baby's weight gain. I wouldn't try to lose quickly, just focus on your overall health and your baby.

If it's not in the budget, don't go to the gym. There's tons you can do at home. Fitnessblender.com has great no equipment cardio workouts, and you can also use them for some no equipment resistance or try something like you are your own gym. As for eating, go for as healthy as you can in your budget. Buy in bulk when you…

3500 calories = one pound, so to lose one pound a week, you need to have a weekly deficit of 3500. Look at your BMR, plus exercise, then subtract 3500 and divide by 7 for a rough estimate of daily intake. Hopefully that makes sense. If I did the math right, using 1800 as a daily burn, 1300 would be about right, but I'm not…

This. Add in strength training, concentrating on the area you want to build up. You'll lose fat when and where your body decides. Once you get to your goal weight, you can work on adding some muscle to areas, but you can't target an area to make it smaller or lose fat only from there. It's genetics.

If you know the tests, I'd do a dry run to see how close you are to the requirements, then go from there. Maybe segment the requirements and work a different one, with some complimentary exercises each day. But, it's hard to be helpful without knowing what the requirements are and how close you are, as others said.

I record it as listed on the package. I would not try to subtract calories for grease soaked into a paper towel, personally,

It's less about the exercise you do and more about your food. Are you weighing, measuring and logging? Are you in a deficit? Have you readjusted your caloric needs based on your new weight? If the answer is no, work on that. If the answer is yes, then just keep doing what your doing and give it a couple more weeks. If you…

I'd log it as circuit training, but realize it could be over estimating calories and not eat them all back.

1. The women's moderate KB package from Onnit. That's really it. Maybe the set of 12 kg KBs, or another 8kg to supplement the set. Maybe a new yoga mat. I have running shoes I like, but a new properly fitted pair would be nice. I pretty much have what I need, the KBs are my only "want" right now.

Daily activity is included in my TDEE, so I don't count things like standing. I only count intentional exercise. Occasionally, I might get called out for work and end up standing around for two-three hours when I might otherwise be sitting or sleeping. I don't typically log that, either. I think I've added it in the past,…

I'd just google search for recipes. You can do stir fries with any veggies and meat. Pizza on a thin crust, you control the toppings. We do a lot of burgers and tacos and breakfast for dinner.

If you want to follow the labels, you could not eat any animal product, including eggs and dairy, beans, soy, or grains to be both vegan and Paleo. So basically, fruits and veggies would be it. If you feel restricting grains and dairy would be helpful, do it. If you want to eat beans, do it. If you want to eat eggs, do it.…

I don't do separate meals, for the most part. I portion mine out to stay on track. I also don't tend to cook super high calorie meals, for the most part. I already have cut most rice and pasta because my husband cuts those things out. We do eat a lot of the same things over and over, but it works for us. Plus, I'm the one…

If we get antsy, we'll probably do a dance party. My husband might take them sledding. (I hate being cold.)

Oatmeal with egg whites added. You can go sweet with some honey and fruit or savory with some sausage added. Bacon and eggs. Sausage or bacon veggie scramble/stir fry, with or without eggs. Roast some sweet potatoes or little potatoes as a side. Home made Egg McMuffin - English muffin with egg and meat of choice.

Stay away from trigger foods that you have a hard time stopping eating. First, go for protein, then fill your plate with veggies, then add some of the fun stuff like mashed potatoes, stuffing and sweet potato casserole. To eat slowly and not over eat. It's so hard, I am hoping I can stick to these tips!

Boiled eggs Cheese Less starchy veggies like cauliflower and broccoli Celery w/ nut butter Cottage cheese Nuts

Why not start with a free weight full body routine? All Pro's at bodybuilding.com is pretty good, and lots of people like Starting Strength and Strong Lifts. If you really want machines, I'd browse muscleandstrength.com and bodybuilding.com.

The dietician will help immensely, mine helped me. When I had GD with #2, it was a lot of trial and error. You'll probably be given a specific carb to fat to protein ratio, and that helped me, but then I had to tweak some things for me. Milk was a no go, even if I balanced it with something else. Carbs in the morning made…