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Wait, so sandwiches are okay? Oh that sandwich thread was a joke - the interweb fooled me again! All kidding aside, this approach works for me too. Essentially I treat calories as currency: I have so much to spend each day and make choices based on "cost." I don’t like to carry balances forward so I either stay within my…
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No, I can control it! Wait, are you telling me having something between two parts of an English muffin should also be considered a sandwich? Is it a breakfast sandwich if I eat it for dinner? Oh, you are right they are insidious in how they have infiltrated my thinking! If awareness of the problem is the first step, what's…
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Okay, I am confused. I had a chicken sandwich yesterday, but only ate it with the bottom part of the bun - so was it still a sandwich? Is it okay to eat broiled chicken with a piece of bread, as long as it's not on the top and bottom? Perhaps my partial confusion comes from eating a partial sandwich? Who can help me? Am I…
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It depends on the activity for me. I use a HR monitor when I'm really serious about measuring what I'm doing. When I run MFP significantly underestimates the calories burned, but at lower activity levels, like walking it's usually significantly over estimating the calories burned; best to get a HRM and see what you learn…
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No, never an athlete, but until college I could eat anything I wanted (loved pizza and French fries - at the same meal) but put a little on once I was in the dorm (freshman 15) and not working a job where I was walking around all day. In pictures I can see my weight grow just a little year over year after that but it…
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This! I had a friend with a trainer who told him "When you go out to eat, just eat half and bring the other half home" = portion control.
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I eat out lunch a lot and find most restaurants offer lower calories choices - which I know isn't the same as "healthy" but I'll take what I can get. I like Red Robin, Texas Roadhouse, SmashBurger, Cheese Cake Factory - really any chain works in my experience since they will have websites with information on the choices.…
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31g AllBran w/4 oz. skim milk; 4 oz. Chobani vanilla w/1 oz. blue berries & 1 oz. whole almonds
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Mostly "on demand" from my cable provider. It's how I watch the shows I don't want to watch in front of the kids - "True Blood", "House of Lies", "Game of Thrones", etc. When I run outside it's all about music.
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We have a treadmill. I don't like exercise bikes, but perhaps as I get older that will change (running=higher impact v. a bike). I know you can run outside (of course you can do either activity outside), and I do at times, but love the ability to watch TV while running on a treadmill. I think it comes down to personal…
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It worked for me. Took it for 2.5 months (read it only works once in your life and for about 3 months - although I have read people can take it again - maybe at higher doses, but for me it was a way to kick-off the process) and used it to learn my body did not need the calories I was feeding it. Had some minor side effects…
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Married 18 years this month, together 27 years (since grad school)!
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My wife was my inspiration - she's been working at it for most of her life and really started buckling down a year or so ago. I wish I could say I just wanted to support her but I was tired of looking at Christmas photos and not being who I thought I should be. I decided I would work toward "50 for 50" and essentially did…
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A couple of years ago I realized the BMI measure meant I wasn't "overwieght" but actually obese. I remember being upset when I went into a mens store and had to buy my shirts from the big and tall section and I wasn't tall. My blood work was always okay, but it was getting worse each year. I had been able to "hold" my…