ClaireElanB Member

WOW! I really enjoyed reading your whole year long journey on your blog. Well done! Thank you for sharing your inspiring journey!

Hi! I've been vegetarian for 26 years, vegan for over 2. The main advice I would say is the thing thats easiest to get is protein!!!! The harder things to obtain are Iron, Calcium (if vegan) and B-12. If you are eating a variety of beans, whole grains, vegetables & fruit with some nuts (1 brazil nut gives you your daily…

Hi! I weighed 167lbs this morning! Good luck everyone!

100 calories of spinach has more protein than 100 calories of beef, fyi. Where do you think all those cows get their protein from? GRASS!!! Plant based amino acids are the most easily digested forms of protein. Fruits & veggies do have protein & healthy fats, and again, its a cleanse, not a permanent way of eating. I…

Dont take Bronkaid as a stack. It messed up my adrenal & thyroid glands permanently and I became chronically fatigued when I used it a few years ago. You could drop around 10 lbs short term following the cabbage soup diet for a week. Its pretty nutritionally balanced if you plug everything into a calorie counter (though…

Oh yes definitely try the free trial week or 3 sessions whatever they offer - make sure they let you do that before you commit to anything!

I really dislike Bally Fitness :) They never stop calling. Their gyms are cramped, dated & too packed. My friend joined Golds Gym so she could go with her trainer. I think its one of the few chain gyms that let you use your own trainer. I personally have not been in one, but I hear they are 'no frills' which can have its…

Parking will be better at all the city lots in Santa Monica - parking is hell in Manhattan. Also it depends on where you live. Have fun!!!!

Thank you GetFitKimmy, and everyone! I think I may go for a Bodybugg via ebay if you say the sleep portion's pretty accurate!

The best thing to do is break the snacking habit. Take up knitting sewing or something that occupies the hands! For snacks, seasoned 94% fat free popcorn is great and a wholegrain. Baking Kale chips, or any thinly sliced root vegetable sprinkled with seasoning makes a pretty good snack. I like to boil edename beans in…

Bodymedia (same company, different model armband) tracks your resting time as time lying down & time actuually asleep, and your sleep efficiency, and (the main reason I am interested in it) it tracks your calories burned while asleep to get a 'true' 24 hour reading. http://www.bodymedia.com/Shop/Learn-More/How-it-works I…

- If you are juice fasting and buying premade juices with sugar then you're not doing a proper juice fast. You have to juice your own veggies & fruit to consume the fresh enzymes, which die within an hour.

There's a diet on the bodybuilder forums that advocates not eating anything all day then all your calories for dinner - supposed to mimic the old caveman hunter thing of being out all day and eating the rewards of the hunt at night. At the end of the day there's no 'right' answers - some do well on different regimens than…

Thank you for posting this :)

I'll have a go too. Will also post Thursday.

Firstly, to the cynics, its not like doing a chemically laden soda fast. Vegetable juice doesn't contain much sugar, and its packed with live enzymes that drank as a juice may be digested more efficiently than as whole fruit. If your system is not processing food well, it can be an efficient way to get nutrients. I was…

I love Nutribiotic Rice Protein Powder - it comes in Plain, Vanilla, Chocolate, or Mixed Berry, has only 55 cals per scoop, 0.5g fat and 12g protein. And its vegan. I buy it online at Vitacost.com and its about $13 for a big tub that last for ages. http://www.vitacost.com/NutriBiotic-Vegan-80-Rice-Protein-Powder I also…

Thank you for the great feedback! I will definitely be raising my daily calorie goal. Thank you so much for reassuring me I should trust my instincts & not the calculator!

I think I'm calculating something wrong because it seems 1200 cals would cause a significant weight loss. I wish I had one of those bodybugg thingies to workout my real daily metabolic calorie burn.

Am I too late?

I have also had good luck with the $16.99 Target Bras, but for running I double bra it with a regular non-wire bra underneath. My sister also loves the Target bras so much she wears them all day at work because they are comfier than regular bras. Enell are supposed to be the best support but they are pricey. Champion's…