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@wynonacook I have been doing LCHF for the past 6 months. I put benefiber in anything I can (i.e. cottage cheese, protein shake before the gym), it is 1 net carb per serving. I am able to cut those three carbs somewhere else to make sure I get my fiber intake.

Sunday I weighed 142 pounds, this morning I weighed 146. I was under my calorie goal Sunday and yesterday and so far my logging is under today. But...I had my tom start this morning. By Friday I will probably be at least 142 if not less. It all depends on what your body wants to hold on to as far as water. Fluctuations…

I love the CytoSport by Muscle Milk 100% Whey protein. I get it at Costco (don't know if you are near one) 6 pounds for $39.99. Low carb, low fat, low sugar and 27 grams of protein for 130 calories.

I eat low carb and I snack on cheese, edamame, hard boiled eggs, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, and nuts. For lunch I eat tuna in lettuce, spinach dijon chicken wraps made with high fiber whole wheat tortillas, stir fry without rice, Asian shrimp wraps. I chose to eat lower carb because I am trying to cut my body fat…

I have found that using a straw helps me drink more water, I think I just get more each drink that way, not sure why it works. I keep a 64 ounce water "jug" on my desk and aim for one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sometimes I only make it through half of the afternoon fill-up, but even if I just get through the…

I'm not sure where you live, but I keep a few Bistro Bowl salads in the fridge to grab and go in case I don't have time to make something. I pair them with a yogurt and a piece of fruit and it makes a great quickie lunch. If I have time, I take leftovers from the night before or cook a big batch of something on Sunday. I…

Have you tried putting a little vinegar in the water? It makes the white bind faster. I bring water to a boil, add a splash of vinegar, turn down the heat to a simmer, swirl the water with the handle of the spoon and slide the eggs in from a little bowl. Then I cook them for 3-4 minutes.

I start with cold water with a little baking soda in it, bring them to a boil, cover and take them off the heat, let sit for 8 minutes and then shock them in cold water. I don't like my yolks super hard in the middle. No matter what kind of egg I use, they always peel perfect. The baking soda adds alkalinity to the water…

I do 3 days of heavy strength training (2 body parts per day) with about 20-30 minutes of cardio and a couple abdominal exercises each day, do about an hour of cardio on 1 day (usually intervals on the treadmill) and a 30 minute abdominal workout, and yoga on 1 day. Then I take 2 days off, usually the weekends.

I take at least one day off a week to splurge...but when I splurge, it is more like 1800 calories instead of 1300. I am losing weight slower, but still losing. I am looking at this as a full lifestyle change, not a diet, so if it takes me 5 months to lose the 20 pounds I am ok with it. I can't fathom not having a really…

I was very thin and could eat anything I wanted until I was about 26. Then my metabolism changed and I have been fighting weight fluctuations ever since. Being thin was amazing, buying whatever clothes I wanted and not having a care in the world. I was never into exercise or sports when I was younger, so I had to explore a…

Sacramento, CA Close proximity to AMAZING vegetables, free range and grass fed proteins and of course WINE when it is allowed in my calories :)

I'm in the all of them camp as well. Beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin, turkey, buffalo, venison, white fishes, shrimp, etc., etc. Just go for lean cuts or trim off all the fat.

2.5 hours and 1200 calories is way too excessive if you only want to lose 5 pounds a month. 5 pounds a month is a deficit of 4375 calories a week. If you are doing an hour of cardio and weight lifting, you are going to burn between 400 and 500 calories at low intensity. So your daily burn will be by estimate 2400-2500…

I weigh just about everything. 1. because it is more accurate 2. because it creates less dishes.

Arctic Zero Peanut Butter and Chocolate.

Flavored vodka with club soda. When I am at home I like bubble flavored vodka and diet sprite.

Good job so far! Have a snack, make a list and stick to the outside edges of the store. Most of the chips, cookies and processed foods are found in the middle aisles. If I am hungry when I go to the store, I don't even look down the middle aisles. Also, you can pick up a pre-cooked chicken from the deli for a quick dinner…

When I drink, I make sure I account for the calories by either working out a little extra or by having a different snack to make sure I don't go over my daily calorie allowance.

I would not give up on eating healthy and getting exercise. I went to college full time (12 units), and worked a 40 hour a week job. It was very hard. I made sure I had healthy snacks in snack sized ziplock bags in my backpack as well as protein bars just in case i started to starve in class. I always carried a 1L bottle…

So did you weigh yourself in the morning and get 159 and then in the evening and get 170? Weigh yourself at the same time every day. I weigh myself for my official weight right after I wake up, naked after I have potty'd. It is normal to pick up pounds during the day with food, strength training and water. Moving the scale…

I haven't tried it, but I use yogadownload.com. They have multiple types of memberships and some free classes. You can either download or stream video and audio files with pose guides.

I love my BodyMedia. It links to android so you can monitor your calorie deficit at anytime. You can log food in their app, but, It also integrated with MFP, so I log my food in MFP and my body media calculates everything else. It does have a small monthly fee, but is free for the first 3 months.

That is the best advice. I am holding most of my excess ft there as well. I am now on a diet from my nutritionist where I eat six small meals every three hours with the largest calorie wise being at lunch time. I am eating almost a gram of protein for every pound I weigh and a half a gram of carbohydrates from whole grains…

Turkish get-ups with a kettle bell work every muscle in your body. Try them without weight first so you can get the form correct. Then start adding weight. bodybuilding.com is is a great website for ideas :smile:

I still eat pizza, candy, cookies, etc. I just don't eat them all the time. I still have at least a glass or two of wine or a 3 oz. vodka diet tonic every night and I have lost 23 pounds without exercising myself to death. I am 41. Could I have lost it faster if I ate cleaner and worked out more. Well of course...but I am…

There is a Couch to Half Marathon app for iphone and android. It is similar to Couch to 5K in that it gives you the run walk approach until you can run the whole thing. A training group is also one of the best things you can join to get there. You can do it, you have 21 weeks.

I weigh in every day, but I only count my weekly weigh-ins toward my success/failure. If I have a bad day, I want to know what it did to me.

I like to do leftovers, salads I make at home with hard boiled egg, chicken or shrimp and lots of good vegetables. Also, I have an all in one meal I like to make. It has a vegetable serving, a complex carb and plenty of protein. It usually keeps me full through dinner. It has 278 calories, 23 carbs, 9 fat, 26 protein and 6…