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Nope, mine is still there. But it is SLOWLY going away with strength training and exercise in general.

You will have day to day fluctuations so definitely quit comparing those numbers. Day to day is a good way to track trends but look more on the week to week fluctuations. As previous posters have mentioned, MFP does overestimate calories burned so I would start by eating back a small percentage of your exercise calories…

I did WW after my last pregnancy and it worked but I have had just as much success using MyFitnessPal. It all comes down to what you touched upon....sticking with it! Nothing will work if you stop working at it. Both MFP and WW come down to counting...one counts points the other actual calories so I really don't see a…

Yes this! I was doing Jillian Michaels' Six Week 6 Pack yesterday and was thinking that she has one of the best mid sections around but guess what??? Yep, she had rolls when she bent over! Best advice is to lift weights and have a relatively healthy diet. I say relatively because I'm a firm believer in eating what you…

I'll be eating, drinking, and being merry! ;) The holidays are a time for enjoying family and friends, not stressing about calories. I'm in maintenance so I'm not "dieting" but I'll be getting back to my normal eating routine after the new year. There will be too many leftovers until then :p

Celery w/ peanut butter, Greek yogurt, protein bar, almonds, or apples.

I love celery with peanut butter. If I take it to work already prepped then it's really easy to grab, eat and go.

I tend to get my bread fix in the mornings. I usually have a plain bagel but will occasionally splurge on a Quik Trip Glazed donut. Sometimes if I've had a few bad days I'll have a protein bar for breakfast and then skip my usual mid morning snack.

I had a bad weekend of eating as well but today is a new day. If I let it get to me then I'll enter that well known circle of eating too much because I'm depressed about eating too much. Remember it's a journey. Yes, you do need to figure out what your triggers are so these bad weekends occur less and less but don't beat…

Ditto previous comments. I used to weigh myself everyday but I became too obsessed with the number. Now I weigh myself once a week in the morning of one of my rest days. It's allowed me to focus more on the journey. But everyone is different so do what you feel is the best for you.

I don't, I'm barely awake as it is LOL. I just have my Pre-Workout drink and then eat a protein bar afterwards. But as previous commenters have stated...if you feel like you need it to complete your workout then yes eat. If you would be eating just to eat then I say hold off until after your workout.

Carrots! I eat little baggies of carrots and I get full on about 50 calories worth.

Usually one of the these three (lately it's been the smoothie): *Protein Fruit Smoothie (vanilla protein powder, blueberries, rasperries, water and a bit of spinach) *3 egg omellette w/ bacon and cheese *Cheerios w/ milk

My food strategy is to eat whatever I want...if I over eat, oh well, tomorrow is another. The only excercise I'm planning on is playing outside with the kids.

I think each franchise location is different in terms of how strict they are. I'm a member of Planet Fitness and my gym is very relaxed. Girls wear stomach showing tops, people do deadlifts and squats (me included). My gym will do the lunk alarm for extremely loud weight drops (they understand that it does happen even when…

Sad Truth! :sad: ETA: I was trying to reply to non-exercise days being sad but I hit reply instead of quote! lol :frown:

My base calories are 1620 plus my exercise calories. I usually eat between 1900 and 2000 calories a day. ETA: I'm 30, 5'4" and 128lbs

I like the Body Fortress Vanilla. I mix it with frozen fruit (usually some combination of blackberries, blueberrries, rasberries and/or bananas). and a few spinach pieces to get some greens in :) It's a great breakfast option for me.

My snacks are usually Quest bars, Fiber One brownies or cookies, or fruit.

I log beforehand as it works best for me and it helps keep me from overeating as I can prepare my meals and snacks the night before. If I don't do it before I'm more likely to over eat. Of couse stuff happens and I adjust as necessary.

A bowl of Cheerios...simple but yummy!

I eat a Quest Protein Bar. I'm a natural snacker so I make sure I have healthy snacks around my desk.

Not sure. Do you have a member card?

Same here. I'm going to eat all the yummy food and not worry (too much) about it. I'm having 3 meals....Christmas Eve, a Christmas Brunch and then we're hosting another Christmas dinner w/ friends the Saturday after Christmas. The days in between I'll make sure I save up a few calories and workout to give myself a little…

Where's the darn like button?!?! LOL I agree!

There's nothing to forgive. Life happens and you should enjoy it. One or two days of enjoyment is not going to kill your progress. Just get back to normal the next day.

Two egg omelett w/ bacon and 2% american cheese. Delicious and very filling!

Our party is on Thursday and it's a holiday dessert potluck! My strategy is to plan my day around a butt load of yummy desserts! :love: So probably a small breakfast and dinner. Not gonna skimp on the delciousness! LOL

A Quest Protein bar and then Cheerios and Frozen yogurt on most days.

Great Post! We (as in I lol) started doing meal plans a month ago and I was amazed about how I'm staying under the grocery budget and actually getting more. Also, it's alot easier to plan ahead healthy meals. It's one of those things that you know you should probably do but don't understand the full benefits until you…