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I wasnt stating I have planned cheat days or something like that. But some days I give in to the co-workers and eat with them or order pizza with the kids or go out to dinner with my girl. And it happens. But I don't get down on myself when it happens. I know that it's a marathon and not sprint and there will be bumps in…

Indy, Like others have said it's a marathon not a sprint. When you fall off the horse, get up. Shake off the dust, grab the horses ear and whisper "you're mine *****, and get back on. You'll tame the beast. I'm just not happy with the title you have for this. "I failed myself".. no you didn't and that mentality is like a…

Don't make excuses!!! That's so easy to do when you are trying to get into a groove. Yes, there will be days when everything needs to get done today.. But don't let that be everyday. Make working out as important to grocery shop and laundry. Make eating healthy a priority everyday like brushing your hair and teeth. And…

Track your fruits and veggies. If not like the others have said (because they have calories) but it also is good motivation to look back and see them on your tracker instead of french fries and burger. Cheat days, yes we all have them. But don't plan them, that would take the wind out of your sails. If you cheat, cheat a…

If you are not hungry, don't eat. But beware of the 11pm fridge monster calling your name.

I agree... somewhat. Yes if you eat a health diet, then you will get fuller compare to the unhealthy diet. But calories are not the end all in dieting. A calorie in food is a unit of energy. Calories is to your body as gas is to your car. You need the energy to move the vehicle(your body or your car) or you get stuck on…

"Why would she need to eat six meals per day?? Some people like to do that, personally, I stuck with just the three and it was fine." You could that. But all the reading I have done has said to space out your intake of calories to use only what you are going to use. Your body will store any extra calories it does not need…

every challenge is an opportunity for success as is every failure.... great line.

Wait... what? are you serious..... You are such a buzz kill. Wait till my best friends Ben and Jerry and my German friend Haagen Daz here about this.

Caffeine was my drug of choice. I would walk into work every other day with a 6 pack of 20 oz diet pepsi (it's diet right?!). At that was just work. Instead of drinking water or juice or something like that I would just grab a pop(soda for you non-Chicagoans). I would also stay up way to late with it(usually getting 3-4…

Diets don't work, lifestyle changes do. -- food coach at my gym I was once an athlete and still ate the way I was when I was 19-20, continued on that lifestyle eating without catching on that I was sitting at a desk for most of my waking hours(instead of on a field or gym) and then came the kids that took away even more…

I'm doing 2200 and eating back my workout calories(so 2400-2600 daily). But I am also 6'4 male, so I need more! I divide my meals into 6 meals; every 3 hours. I try to do 400 calories every three hours so that I can hit my basic life supporting calories. Then I walk almost 2.5 miles during my lunch break at work and then…

You're body will start to go into starvation mode if you keep it up. Kinda bas ackwards but you will start to gain weight, lose will power and back peddle in your plan if you keep that up. 1200, if you eat 6 meals a day is 200 calories a meal. Yes it looks great on the scale the first week, but then it slows so you try to…

Nicola... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH someone who has felt my pain. My son has been sick the last couple of days, so I stayed home with him and of course in between the sleepness and cranky days I noticed my kitchen had lots of goodies. Halloween candy, where did all of it come from?!?!? I have been so good and then my last…

NO SLEEP will affect you. Sleep is so important to your health. You are forcing your body to work when it's not suppose to be. With that being said your body will try to either a) tell you I"M HUNGRY I NEED ENERGY or B) You want to stay awake, then I will keep these calories because I don't know when I will need them.…

I'm in... this is my weakness. I work till 10pm, hit the gym at 1035p, get out of there by 1a and get home just in time to snack! But my snack always turns into a meal, so I am so in. I need to get back into a small meal/snack when driving from work to gym

Just remember it's a marathon not a sprint. You don't want to go all gung ho at it from the top and think you can bench 200 or run a 8 minute mile if you haven't done it in a while. Work your weight/stamina up or you risk injuring yourself which will take you back to no workout! You want to be sore, but not sore where you…

Great way to say it. We all(including myself) look at it as a 24 hour period. When in reality it's not. I just started to change to a 350 calories every 3 hours instead of 24 hours total

weight in every one a week. but make sure its around the same time of day. I like to do first thing in the morning.

Sleep more, less stress, less sodium 1) sodium makes your body carry more water. 2) sleep more, less stress when your body is tired or stess your adrenal glands produce more cortisol which causes your body to store more fat in the "belly area" for future use. (this I learned at my health club class) So relax more, don't…

My mom use to always tell me about this when I was a kid, of course I was trying to eat so fast so I could get back out to play. So you could also add on eating slower, chewing more(try 25 chews for each bite, it is hard!) which helps with the digestion of the food and making you fuller. It gives your body time to signal…

I used gold bond medicated lotion, and learned not to walk in jean shorts.

Or if you have an smart phone; the runkeeper app is free and uses GPS to track. The free version does have a couple of bugs but nothing major that will effect what you are really looking for... Plus it works great in corn mazes here in Illinois. Was able to track were I was and how to get out. Ryan

You don't have to sweat to be burning calories. Here's a link that is a "general" calculator that you could use. Of course everyone is different even at the same weight/height so I would use it with discreation. http://www.internetfitness.com/calculators/calburncalc.htm

Have more smaller meals... instead of having 3 meals a day split it out to 6 meals(not snacks) every 3 hours. Your body still needs it's basic calories to do it's basic jobs(brain functions, pumping blood, breathing etc). So you body is telling you that it needs its basic calories. Keep the same number of calories but…

Sorry didnt finish my thought about the hybrid... So you want to have enough calories to get you up to 'highway' speeds but then you want to shift over to the body fat to take you through. Since the goal is to burn the body fat and not just the calories I just ate.

Are you losing weight or building muscle or a mixture of both? At my health club we have classes and one of the teachers explained that our bodys are like hybrid cars. We use both body fat(electro) and calories(gas) to support our exercises. So what I do is eat a mid-size dinner and after my cardio/weights programs I eat…

You can use walk or run. There are multiple choices of speeds, just not incline levels.

The drive-thru diet was something I was on for the longest time, and it packed on all the bad stuff. Now I've stayed away from them at all cost and it has saved me money and cal/sodium/fat/etc.

I would say it would depend on the speed and terrain of the walking you are doing. I walk about an hour everyday on my lunchbreak and every other day 45 minutes at 15 minute miles at the treadmill. My walks during my lunchbreak help get my juices flowing after sitting a couple of hours at my desk which is beneficial. But I…