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Yeah, mornings that I workout early, I actually make the smoothie the night before and put it in the fridge. I have a magic bullet so it's already made in the cup. In the morning, I just grab it, put it in an insulated bag with an ice pack and drink it when I get to work. I basically use the same ingredients above, except…

Personally, I'd go with the moderate. For me, I've calculated the difference in calories it gives me for lightly active and moderately active and divided the additional calories by the actual number of hours of exercise. The amount it gives me per hour is no where near what I estimate that I actually burn (and most of my…

It sounds like your body needed the fuel and your brain just grabbed what looked good at the time. I know sometimes I won't really feel very hungry, but know I need to eat and once I start eating, my body seems to be like "oh, yeah, I'm starving, let's eat everything in sight, lol" One thing that works for me is to prelog…

I hate mommy guilt and it seems like most moms have it for one reason or another. I try to fit my workouts during times that my kids are in their after school activities or in the mornings (2x a week dh gets them off to school). So, while there is time in there that I could be spending with them, it's minimal. I think the…

Yeah, we also do a cooler and have snacks in there as well as in a bag. We also bring at least a case of bottled water. Things for the cooler: apples, grapes, bananas, clementines, berries, other fruit cut up and ready to go, vegetables cut up and ready to eat, cheese sticks, yogurt, boiled eggs. Things in the bag:…

You've gotten some great advice already. All I wanted to add is that if you really want to continue with the shake for breakfast, you can add higher calorie foods to it to increase the calories. Try adding (not all at the same time; just experiment with flavors): peanut butter, avocado, banana, flax seeds, full fat Greek…

I agree, at 1200 and a bigger loss, you may have been loosing more muscle. We all know muscle weighs more than fat, so if you're loosing muscle, it's going to look like a bigger loss than if you're just loosing fat. I know I'd much rather see a smaller loss on the scale, but be able to eat more and know that the loss I am…

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Personally, I don't like to eat much before my morning workouts. Twice a week I am up around 5:20 and at the gym by 6:00. I eat 1/2 of a banana on the way. If I eat much more than that, it makes me feel nauseous during the workout. However, if I eat nothing, I will lack energy and feel shaky. After working out, I shower…

sautee it roast it put it in any soup pickle them (one of my favorites)

Bread in the microwave! I'm super impressed. I don't have all the ingredients, but think I will give this a try one day.

We have a pretty good sized veggie garden. I would strongly recommend you check out your local ag extension office as a resource if you have one. They will have good information for your area. I've also gotten a lot of valuable information from local nurseries. The bigger chains that sell seeds and plants are not nearly as…

I love making kale chips and put it in my smoothies. Love the different ideas though and will definitely try some of these!

I agree, I think the best approach is to up it by 100-200 each week until you hit your target number and then start the reset for however long you intend to before decreasing again. I'd also recommend decreasing by no more than 20% below your TDEE. Have you checked out the Eat More to Weigh Less group? There is a lot of…

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Personally, I'd change it to lightly active. I've done the math for myself before and the amount of extra calories the calculators I've found give you for the exercise is way more than I'd burn in an hour of even pretty intense cardio. So, for me, even though I work out at least 4-5 days a week for an hour each time, I set…

Thanks for posting! I also agree that rest days are important, but personally I try to make mine on or near the weekends when I am much more active than during the week anyway.

Just try cutting back rather than cutting it out. I LOVE garlic as well and have switched to using garlic powder and a tiny bit of regular salt instead of garlic salt. Pasta isn't too bad either. Just watch your portions. You could also try whole wheat pasta or even spaghetti squash or tofu noodles. I know those may not…

I use unsweetened almond milk because I like it and it has a longer shelf life than regular milk and I don't drink it that fast. I use it in protein shakes and oatmeal usually. It's true that it doesn't have as much protein though, so that's something to consider. I think it's really mostly a matter of personal preference.

Feel free to add me. I'm also working on maintaining and toning up by lifting. I also work full time and have 2 elementary school aged children, so am pretty busy, lol

I almost always leave enough calories for a nice snack at night, but I suppose if I didn't have any left and was really hungry I'd go for some popcorn.

Full time working mom with 2 kids here as well. Hubby works part time and is a full time student. He is a big help to me and I couldn't do it without him. I have found that you have to make exercise a priority and do it when you can. I know my exercise routine isn't "optimal", but it's what I CAN do, so I don't worry about…

I also pre-log as much as I can and tweak throughout the day if I make changes. Before I started this and just logged on the go, I wasn't eating enough and had tons of calories left at the end of the day because all day I was afraid I'd go over my calories. This way, I can balance out my eating more and save enough to have…

I guess it depends on your goals. If your goal is simply to be skinny, then I would say it's simply a matter of calories in/calories out as others have said. Personally, my goal is to be fit and healthy. Being "skinny" is just a nice side effect of that for me. I choose to eat clean as much as possible because it has…

I go to the gym twice a week to lift heavy and do a Body Blast class twice a week that's more muscle endurance, lower weight, higher rep type of stuff. Feel free to friend me!

I entered your stats into the scooby calculator here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ It gave: sedentary: 1672 lightly active: 1916 moderately active: 2160 Hope that helps! Personally, I have set my maintenance calories to lightly active (even though according to their definition I would be moderately…

You could also make your own, just an idea. I pickle my own as well as pickled green beans, okra and most recently turnips. I use far less salt, can add my own spices (I like them spicy with a lot of garlic) and they're sooooo good!

I can relate a little to this. Like others, I try to have healthy, calorie dense foods around to snack on when I need the calories. I find things like a slice of peanut butter banana toast, homemade granola with milk, nuts, protein powder, avocado, cheese etc., to be good, clean sources of calories. Also, try to have more…

I usually cook 4 meals for the week on Sunday and sometimes breakfast and snack stuff too. It's a lot of work on Sunday, but totally worth the money it saves and the convenience for during the week. I get a lot of ideas from websites like skinny taste and skinny ms, and just make up my own sometimes. Here is an example of…

Sometimes I put 1/4 in a smoothie I often make a salad of chopped avocado, tomato, a boiled egg and cottage cheese; sometimes I add other veggies or lettuce too in my omelet with spinach and siracha mixed with tuna, plain Greek yogurt or cottage cheese, and siracha mashed with plain Greek yogurt, salsa and jalapenos as a…