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You're really over thinking this and not using your common sense. If you're tired and need to sit down, sit down. It doesn't sound like you're doing any extreme fitness routines so I wouldn't worry about it. The only thing I can recall hearing about something like this is for runners that after doing a run you shouldn't…

The reason it's a good idea to have a little something within a couple hours of waking is because it's not good to starve your metabolism to it for 12, 15, 16 hrs. Eating breakfast isn't the end all be all of what will make you lose weight it's about keeping your body in check, keeping your metabolism steady which in turns…

This and if your fitbit says your burning 2200 and your only eating 1600 I'd say you need to go back up. Sounds like you are very active so you need to feed your body better.

It's how you feel. I really hate how society makes women feel that not wanting to bear children makes them a freak. I'm now 42 and have never wanted to actually bear children. The thought of being pregnant gives me the chills and I'm not a big baby person but I would like a family. If you don't want to ruin all the hard…

It appears you two are not on the same life path. Having been with him for so long at such a young age you probably feel that he HAS to be the person for the rest of your life. Relationships serve purposes for different times of our lives. You have had a wonderful one up to this point, but if your family wants/needs are…

Nope. The scale doesn't really have much correlation to what size you will be. It all depends on the type of activity your doing. Someone weight lifting and some one only doing cardio can weigh the same but the person doing weight lifting will fit into a smaller clothing size.

You probably aren't eating enough. You may be being too restrictive with foods that people call "bad". If you are exercising regularly, most likely you need to up your daily calorie goal or you need to be eating back your exercise calories. If you eat 1200 calories but then are exercising and burn off 200 you are actually…

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What the H are you doing that it takes you 30-60 minutes to log a meal???? 5minutes tops.

Hard to tell being so far away......30?

Wow, sorry to hear that. You've done a great job so far try to ignore what those people have said, but instead of letting little, *****y gym girls get the best of you, fire back. Call them on their rudeness. Say something like "doesn't it make you want to like kill yourself or something because your such a *****?" They're…

I just did my first workout of Stage 3. Oh my goodness! Those overhead squats are so uncomfortable. I had to lower the weight my raised arm held to 5lbs just so I could get some decent form. I HATE PLANKS!! I didn't even get to the BWM. I felt good though. I raised my weights as much as I could, where I could. I just wish…

Yes, you are correct. Your 1200 is a base number without exercise and already includes a deficit to lose weight. You should eat back your exercise calories so you don't fall below the 1200.

Do you have a true health concern that would create the need for the low sodium salts? How about just reducing the amount of salt you use? Cook with more herbs and spices.

I've been having the same issue as I lift at work during a combined lunch break and wellness time. What I've found that works for me is shortening the rest period between sets and then I don't so as long of a HIIT session. Actually my last HIIT was barely anything because I was so wiped from the lifts I just didn't have it…

I'm curious if I'm doing something wrong with the couple types of lunges because after my last workout (Tues) with the Bulgarian split and reverse lunge my thighs are very sore. And it doesn't feel like regular DOMS it lasts longer. Even if I hadn't been exhausted yesterday I wouldn't have lifted because my right thigh…

Stage one I didn't do anything extra but I'm now trying to add some extra cardio back in since I still have weight to lose. I don't see any issue with additional low impact cardio on non lifting days. Your muscles need time to recover from the lifting so heavy cardio like intense uphill bike rides probablly aren't a good…

Ya, the workout is short. I didn't usually do a warm up(guess that was bad of me) and yes the workout was only about 1/2hr or so. I agree, it was really weird.

You absolutely add the bar weight.

Maybe I haven't seen them recently, but how are chucks not flat? In my opinion any gym shoe/sneaker are flat and good for lifting but I'm by no means an expert on lifting. I'd say if a shoe is comfortable and you have good balance in them they're fine.

You remember using pay phones and they cost 10 cents.

I actually changed my calculations to include my exercise and it makes things to much easier. You might want to try changing your exercise to the medium activity or high activity level and then you don't need to worry about figuring out the calories for your exercise. When you log the activity you change the calorie burn…

I only took the 1wk break and it's been rough for me to get back into it but the workouts are a little tougher too. The Russian Twist....that's a good idea. I just used a dumbbell and did kind of a psuedo chop but it didn't seem like it did anything.

It was ok. I was in a better frame of mind but I couldn't get the HIIT in because I ran out of time. I have to make some adjustments though in order to finish it in my allotted wellness time at work. I only did about 5min of HIIT and shortened my rest times, when I could, when I did it on Monday. I agree, it's very odd…

I say do what works for you. If you can both then do both. I'm personally going to start putting more cardio back in as I think that is what helped me with my weight loss. Everything has stalled for me since I started lifting and I'm really tired of it.

I've never been a big drinker. I have to make a point to drink. I always have a cup of water at my desk and sip throughout the day. I still only get about 5 glasses of water a day but that's ok. It really isn't important to be drinking "so many" glasses of water a day as long as your body is hydrated that is the important…

I've never heard that there's a corelation between just cardio and lower cholesterol. If you've been losing weight and eating better while doing the cardio that is probably what has been helping with your cholesterol #'s.

All my exercise is already calculated into my daily calorie goal so I don't concern myself about logging but many people will make an entry and just change the calorie burned to 1 so it doesn't mess with the #'s.

I agree. I go into the stage stickies once in a while but otherwise I've never looked at the other stickies. If I have a question I would much rather make a new post to get interaction going then into one of the stickies.

I took the week between stage 1 and 2. My body was needing it but it's really a personal preference. As the book says I think a rest is good but it doesn't really matter when. Listen to your body.