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club soda and juice mixed 1/2 and 1/2 get the fizz with less calories.

OMG Ezekiel Bread is sooooo amazingly tasty! Especially the raisin english muffins. You'll love it and you'll be ruined for any other type of English muffin. Enjoy!

I have the timex triathlon watch and the band broke the first 3 months I had it and it took Timex forever to make it right for me. The watch itself is great. I agree with you 100% you MUST have a heart rate monitor. More than the calories you are burning, what i love about it is it tells me if I'm really tired or if my…

Eat fruit without guilt, the sugar in fruit does not count. Craisins however do count against sugar, why? Because they are artificially sweetened. But regular fresh fruit and berries enjoy. Have 2-3 pieces a day. The fiber in fruit allows for your body to handle the sugar better. Don't drink your fruits though, in other…

I don't understand why you ask people their input then are critical and accusing of their feedback. Give me a break.

Looks amazing. I wouldn't worry about frutose for a post workout drink. When you are done working out you have to replenish the glycogen levels in your muscles, this helps prevent muscle soreness. The best way to do that is to have a little bit of sugar. I drink chocolate milk after a workout myself. Enjoy!

You burn as many calories walking as you do running, the difference is when you stop running you keep buring calories and when you stop walking you stop buring calories. Make sense? I've heard walk 10,000 steps a day or 5 miles. I think your doctor is wrong it telling you to stop walking unless he or she is aware of some…

I wouldn't take ANYTHING that made me feel sick! I'd stop taking it and take someother multivitamin. If you are looking to boost your metabolism, start working out if you haven't already. I had my metabolism professionally tested and mine is about as high as you can get it and it hasn't made me lose weight any faster than…

All the more reason to be motiviated and prove them wrong! Your healthy choices are convicting them. If you change, then that makes them think about their own health and maybe changes they should make. They don't want to change, so they are trying to control you and discourage your choices. Don't let them! Don't give up,…

@Taso 42 OMG your post was hilarious!

ooooh you got some great advice! A glass of water and a small piece of fruit is indeed the fix. You won't sleep good if your tummy is growling. Don't feel guilty about eating a small 3:00am snack, besides it counts for the next day's calories, not the day you just finished.

Wow your tenacity is absolutely inspiring. Truly. What a blessing it was for me to read your about your spirit of perseverance. Awesome. I pray the rest of your weight comes off easily.

It's about balance I am doing both. Muscle burns more fat and raises metabolism.

Try something new what do u have to lose? Exercise is exercise its what u like to do and pushing your heart rate.

Embrace the new number it doesn't detract from the progress you've already made. Ask god to help give you self acceptance. The number doesn't define your past success its just a metric to help you understand your journey. If the number is bigger will you quit trying or suck it up and dig deeper and keep trying? Also why…

Read my blog for my in-depth opinion. I hate south beach its a fad diet and while you'll find immediate success it cannot be maintained long term its not about healthy balance and gives you horrid breath. I'm about clean balanced eating. High protein diets are not the way to go. My blog. Http:competingiswinning.blogspot.com

Bummer! I'm using internet explorer, I wonder why the link isnt' working for you.

You are doing a lot, fast. Try 20 or 30 minute rides and work up to an hour. Biking is less painful but can be exhausting. Drink a chocolate milk after a work out or put coconut water in your water bottle. I'm an avid cyclist and triathlete and my biggest advice is to ride for the love of the sport :-)

Fruit does not count. Sports dietitian told me so. Unless u r diebetic have 2 or 3 pieces a day.

Look up on mfp how many calories are in the food before ordering it. When u order food first thing is divide your food in half take half home and eat only half. Fill up on salad ignore the bread.

If you are sore maybe you are doing too much too fast. For me it took a few months. Now I don't think.of exercise in those terms now I play sports. Exercise sounds like a chore playing sports is fun. Sounds like u have a lot of family responsibilities which makes it tough but you must be a priority to. If u give up you'll…

Not all calories are created equal. Are you eating lots of fruit and veggie? How much starch and meat do you eat? Also I work out 6 days a week. You need to exercise more for an hour is my guess. The 3x a week stuff is for maintaining not losing weight. I went to a sports dietitian and had my metabolism tested and she…

Sure go out to dinner but eat differently. You can't consume an extra 1000 calories and hit your goals. What you are asking is something like is like to make a new dress but I don't want to use scissors and thread. If you want to change you have to eat differently. This us a lifestyle not a diet. Sounds like you are…

You are a beutiful women, and you were as beautiful pregnant as you are now. Great job on your fight to being thin and healthy. Nice work! On a side note, how did you get photos to post here?

Take your heartrate, the higher and more sustained you keep your heartrate the more you'll burn and increase your metabolism. Strength training and muscle building is a huge help to lose weight because your body needs more calories to sustain muscle than fat, if you don't give your body the calories, it burns more of your…

6 days a week. I take every Monday off, your body needs a break. The pros say, build for 3 weeks, ease back the 4th week then start building again. I workout like a slave though, when I'm playing sports, I don't mess around. I don't mean to take anything away from people who clean their house and post that as exercise,…

Hi Erik! Thanks for those numbers, very nice.

I didn't know you could set it up to only share certain things, interesting. I don't announce every pound I lose on Facebook,I usually wait until I lose a couple pounds then make an general comment on facebook. That way, it's less obnoxious. But with that said, I do have the ticker on my blog so if one of my friends really…

PS Meat only feels missing because you have gotten used to eating that way. With change means you have to do things differently. Don't associate change with a loss of something, think of it as a way just doing things differently. You'll help the environment in the process too!!!

If your plate seems empty you aren't getting creative enough. I find eating vegetarian offer so much more diversity! Pick up a Vegetarian Times magazine, You'll be amazed at the wonderful recipes. Have vegetable lasagna or vegetarian shephard's pie. great recipe here:…