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You can get some pretty caloricly dense soups - potato, etc. Greek yogurt is higher in calories and protein than normal yogurt. slim fast shakes are heavy on the calories. You are right to want to keep up your calories during your recovery! Good luck,

take about 1-1 1/2 tablespoon of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil). add a dash (1/2 teaspoonish) garlic powder and a dash of black pepper (less than 1/2 teaspoonish) add a pinch of salt unless you are avoiding sodium. Pour this into a bag (about 12oz) of frozen brussels sprouts. (just snip off a corner and pour it in) Shake…

Every Day is my BEST day. This is my life. I'm not going to have this moment again. Someone posted that on facebook one day and it really stuck with me. It's on the way across from me at work and on the fridge at home.

1. weight loss isn't as important as overall health - this is supposed to be a lifestyle change for lasting results. 2. I always lose quickly when I start logging my food on any type of program but it tapers off to about 1 lb per week. 3. I lost 6.4 lbs on week 1, but i know that will decline to about 1 lb per week...…

ALSO - there are NO "bad foods" ALL foods are okay IN MODERATION. :) A relatively safe snack that I like for my sweet cravings: Take 1 bag LITE microwave popcorn, Cook it Immediately upon taking it out add 1 TBSP chocolate chips (or Peanut Butter chips) hold the bag closed and shake it. The chocolate chips melt and get on…

I sip on coffee made with 1 tiny half and half and two of the Splenda Flavors for Coffee (Mocha flavored!) It helps my cold feel not so crummy and also gets my sweet cravings. It's like a treat, really! (and under 25 calories!!) I also keep snacks on hand that are sweet but NOT things that are insanely bad. I have, right…

Pros - it's an all-women gym so you don't have guys ogling you while you work out. It's a super supportive atmosphere. They have all of the equipment so that you don't have to make a big investment. Cons, at least locally - the hours don't work with mine. A gym membership is totally out of my budget, especially with gas at…

I am a desk jockey by day and a roller derby girl by night, so protein is REALLY important to my snacks. I have lots of Tuna at my desk - a pouch of the generic tuna in water is 90 calories, 19g protein and only like 75 cents! It is REALLY filling. I also keep whole grain tortilla shells in a ziploc in that drawer so I can…

I was over on calories all weekend - but only by a little bit. My advice: 1. use the extra hours on the weekend to go for a run or do a workout video or something to burn those extra calories. 2. Don't overstress about it. These are supposed to be lifestyle changes - otherwise the weight will come right back when you stop…

Where DO you put the weight!?

Please go get your mammogram Karin!!

I have a ton of really weird food allergies (like certain dyes, flavors, and seemingly most things that are supposed to be really good for me - tomatoes, strawberries, grape juice, pineapples!) Here are my top 10 snacky foods: 1. 100 calorie chips ahoy 2. pouches of tuna (90 calories and tons of protein!) 3. LIGHT…

If you start your morning with protein, your stomach is triggered to process protein and produces the right digestive enzymes accordingly. If you start your morning with sweets and carbs your stomach thinks you will need to go crazy with insulin and preps for that - which leads to a sugar high, followed by a crash. On days…

I use garlic-infused olive oil (a very tiny amount) and a dash of Louisana brand Chinese red pepper. Sometimes I add minced garlic. It's awesome!!

when you selected your daily routine it was considered (in determining your calorie allowance.) I am super active after work (yay roller derby!), but by day I spend a lot of time at my desk, so I had to be honest with myself and pick sedentary.

I also recommend wii games or dance dance revolution as "fun" workouts but they are harder to warrant purchasing! I ordered the Roller Derby workout video this week too - It looks like a blast and should be modifiable to most body types but is really good for toning for derby, which is what I wanna do!

The Jillian Michaels workout video is really fun, even though she yells at you. :) Plus she points out that she has 400 lb ppl so the same workout AND it doesn't take a big investment - just the dvd purchase and floor space to do the situps and such.

The best low cal/high protein is going to be lean meats - fish, chicken. etc. I know that isn't super convenient, so I usually go for Special K protein bars. 10 g protein to 180 calories.

Two of my Roller Derby League mates are on here now with me, all of us are losing for derby. I'm Dread Pirate Robyn - an homage to the best movie of all time (The Princess Bride). We don't register our girls until after they have passed their 2nd skills test - those girls are the ones that are likely to stick with us.

Muscle is more dense than fat and therefore 1 pound of muscle takes up half the space of 1 lb of fat. You should still exercise, but try adding more lean protein to your diet to help feed those muscles. Don't look at weight loss as the only thing that you get out of exercise. Take your other measurements - see if you lean…