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The question was LOW CARB. And yet most of these answers say rice and noodles? Low carb choices would be some soups, meat/tofu and veggies. No sweet dishes or rice or noodles.

Make up your own playlist on youtube and do that. Doesn't cost anything. Well we already had the xbox and TV. If you have a smart TV probably don't need the xbox. I just find the xbox more user friendly than the TV. I did purchase some hand weights from craigslist so that was a small amount of money. You are doing this!…

I had been doing Leslie Sansone walking videos for a couple months and went to the track near my house and did a mile without having to take a break. Who needs couch25k? And I am very overweight, still got 60 pounds to go and am OLD! (gasp!). I did run very old lady like and have since worked on my stride but it was pretty…

Just use the scales at the health care place at the university. When I was going to Iowa State i also got free counseling from nutrition students. Am sure there are many options for you there at the school. Just ask! You don't need to weigh yourself very often, once a week is adequate.

I use Leslie Sansone alot. Now that i am able to get outside not so much, but a friend in Feb. challenged me to a 5k in June. All those hours with Leslie is paying off. I can jog! Did a mile on the track 2nd time I tried to. Who needs couch25k? I do her faster videos and I also carry my zumba sticks (one lb hand weights…

Do a google search for crunches and situps. I never do situps (my gut is too big) but I was doing a lot of crunches now am seeing that's not good either! I do do leg lifts and rotations, etc. Will have to do more research on it! Lately I been doing a stand up core work out from youtube. Its fun. Youtube has tons of…

Why do you have to do it away from the house? I do most of my exercise at home in front of tv doing the youtube videos or dvds. If you have younger kids you could do WII or Kinect with them (I don't have either, but I think I would like one!) Like today its very windy and rainy out. I am not going out there and walking!…

Get some friends who are active here and dedicated to logging their food. I have learned so much from my friends and they are so supportive. I started out just to be a support to a friend who was struggling with his last 20 lbs (he had lost over 80 on his own). Low and behold I found I was logging daily and losing weight.…

Just got book from library this week and I like it. Makes a ton of sense to me, but I have had some experience with visualization from classes I took last year. For someone new to meditation and visualization might be a bit outside of their comfort range. There was a wonderful review on Amazon from a…

Could go to a sports shoe store and get properly fitted and then find the shoes cheaper elsewhere or online. Just make sure you write down the make, model, exact size, etc. Then you know what you are going to get if you order em on line. Might be able to find em 20 to 30$ less online, etc. If you are going to try running…

I do some biggest loser and leslie sansone on youtube. There are a ton of full videos on youtube. I like Tiffany Ross (?) also on youtube. Just make up a playlist and you can exercise for days. hahaha.

You can try it out on youtube for free to see if you want it. There are quite a few JM and Biggest loser exercise videos (complete) on youtube. Anything that gets you moving is a good thing.

I want one or kinect but don't want to part with the money so I do youtube on TV. Tons of free exercise videos on youtube, just that the game part seems so cool! Anything that gets you motivated and moving works.

My weight loss slowed way down in Feb. and I have a wonderful friend who just keeps dropping the weight. So I messaged her and asked what I needed to do differently. I have been eating much cleaner (not always) and started exercising since starting in Sept last year. She said EAT MORE, weigh my food when in doubt, and eat…

Would help if you opened up your diary for people to comment. Make sure what you are eating is clean and use food scale when in doubt of what something is caloriewise. I slowed way down in Feb. with only 1 lb loss. Upped my calories from 1250 to 1600 and am eating more often and eating back my exercise (which isn't…

Just found his interview on youtube. I like the ideas he proposed. Am going to see if my library has him, if not going to ask them to order it. Definitely something to look into. I love the visualization ideas!

I had mine set at MFP settings but changed it to up to 1600 cuz I wasn't losing, I also wasn't eating back my exercise calories, so was not eating enough. Am back to losing, still slowly but at least it is moving. There is lots of info on here why to eat more. You can do a search and google for calculators.…

You are committed to logging it appears and that is good. I am losing very slowly too. Am blaming on age, but mostly its because i don't weigh my food often enough and I certainly sit at this desk way too much. I have learned to eat cleaner since starting last Sept. and in December I added exercise (still not into the…

Ok, I am a bit older at 56. And the weight is coming off slowly! Lost 28 since Sept. My advice would be to fill out your profile and get some active committed friends. Committed to logging their food daily and active on MFP. I have learned SO much from my MFP buddies! Have a couple friends who really are taking the weight…

This site is awesome. There are alot of great people here for support who are into living healthy and NOT dieting. There are no quick fixes. Its just one day at a time. I have some pals who are amazing and their success helps me get motivated and helps keep me on track. OMG, some of them even take the time to look at my…

Could use soy milk if allergic to almond. Has fewer calories than 1% milk. I use 1 cup almond and 1/2 cup of water with my protein drink. If am out of almond use the soy (my daughter prefers soy to almond, I like the almond better).

I have some unflavored. Bleck. I use it in smoothies and ADD a teaspoon of stevia. Yeah, I am a wimp.

Not a big fan of peanut butter (even before I started watching what I ate). I bought PB2 cuz it looked interesting. Sat in cupboard for longest time and now that I am eating more tofu, I use it for my peanut sauce on tofu and veggies. Love it! Going to have to find some more soon as the company is behind the demand. Have…

You are eating too little, unless you are a midget! But if you follow the forums at all you are probably aware of that. I reset my weight goals and it bumped me down to 1250 to lose 1/2 lb. a week. Friend said I need to customize it and so called a friend and he walked me thru the process. (ok, I am a bit inept at some of…

Its a one day at a time commitment. I just commit for today. I try to stay in the now. Learning to mindful of my choices today, so that the rest of my life will be healthy. If I looked at I only lost 26 lbs in the past 6 months and have to lose another 60, I would want to toss in the towel. That for me is very negative…

I don't go to gym. I do youtube videos, Leslie Sansone dvd (one I bought is now free on youtube..sigh). and I have 5, 10 and 15 lb dumbbells. I wouldn't work out harder at the Y than here because the Y here doesn't have much stuff (joined for a year, didn't go much so didn't rejoin) and I am a real homebody. Its easier for…

Belly dancing! Check out youtube videos.

If you have xbox or smart tv do youtube videos. There are hundreds of free exercise videos there!

I have bad knees. Only done level 1. I just modified it and did what I could. Did modified jumping jacks, squats? Well i am getting better but I usually do assisted ones separately. The weights and ab part was not a problem. Did her last chance workout recently and had no problem cept for the jumping parts. I just marched…

chunky peanut butter on wheat with raisins and cheddar cheese. I know sounds weird but I tried it and now its the only way I have peanut butter sandwiches. Cept I haven't had one since I joined MFP . Someday maybe, but I can live without em for now.