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I dropped caffeine a few year ago for health reasons, and have cut way back on aspartame for migraine headaches. I don't miss either. I drink one soda a week with pizza night. I drink so little of it that the brand doesn't mean as much to me as the ingredient list...often Diet Rite is the best choice for me: no aspartame,…

And...congrats on your accomplishments! Couch to 5K is a good way to build up lung capacity.

I hope you will be able to stop smoking. Lost too many friends to lung cancer and it's awful, awful, awful.

This is pretty much me. Starting over after a spring and summer and fall running season prepping for a 10K where I gained back half of my inches and half of my weight. So, hopefully to do strength training in the winter and start in January ahead of where I was last year. To start over from the same place seems so…

Two weeks ago, I had a 10K to prepare for. We had Fall Break from school, and a week planned at at Disney/Orlando the week before the race. I did take running gear, "just in case" I had the pleasure of a run. No stress. We walked approximately 7 miles a day per day at the parks (X28 miles of walking). I got a big blister…

As I lost weight, I gained shoulder bones that stick up more than I'd like--I can see the benefit for me of doing them at some point.

I found an old weight bar at my hubby's house. We sort of stare at each other as I enter the room. I pick it up on occasion. I need to learn what to do with it. LOL

Yes. This. One lesson to learn is that complainers, whiners, and people who want to get you down are going to do it no matter what you do. Some people are just born with the "devil's advocate gene. It's just who they are. Don't take it personally. You are not going to find affirmation in other people for how you look. You…

I stretch. Running moves me forward, so I like to make sure I'm limber side to side so that I don't run stiff. Slow side lunges help me. I do stretches that loosen my neck, back and arms so that I have a more relaxed gait. I do slow stretches and hold them, stretching a bit more each time until I feel relaxed. I DO NOT…

I like this verse, "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but it produces a harvest of peace and righteousness for those who have been trained by it." It's from the Bible and it helps me to realize that all good habits come with a cost. Secondly, I look at it as treating myself better, not dieting. I am not taking…

If you have an App capable device, the Nike Training Club app for women is something I love. On a pretty day, I can go outside away from the TV and just train away. Videos help show you moves, and a timer is built in for each segment.

High Intensity Interval Training got me out of a rut also, as well as caloric cycling (less calories on days I was less active, more when I worked out heavy).

Most people are hindered in their workouts if they have a lot of problems with congestion, post nasal drip, and/or related asthma or allergy symptoms. So, technically, people are gaining weight off of it as well.

Just log the calories as they do have calories in them. When I am craving or eating too much, usually I find I have a protein deficit or am not including enough healthy fats throughout my day (try to get a nut, olive oil, dark chocolate, or legume source in at each snack or meal for a week or two and see if you do better),…

The time of day doesn't matter to your body...a calorie is a calorie. Try to move up in small steps and let your body readjust to the new calories. You may gain three pounds or so, but it will normalize over the next several weeks. Something I do is calorie cycling. First, I moved my calories up by a couple hundred (a…

For a person who is used to being sedentary, it makes sense to incentivize the building of new muscle that would boost metabolism the rest of the time. It's not just about the calories burned during the session, it's making new muscles that burns more calories.

I increased my calories by 100 calories for every body fat percentage lost once I got within 3 pounds of goal. Worked. I increased calories again to keep from losing too much, too fast once I got to goal (needed more muscle). I bounced to three over goal, but then slowly lost three pounds back, and inches. Now, doing TDEE,…

Yup. Sounds like a good change of pace for you. (Eat back exercise calories and you'll actually lose more.)

I don't think I'd have enough energy reserve to do that much HIIT AND lifting. You have to toy with the balance and see what your body will allow you to do. When I first started lifting anything, I was so sore, I had to take more "off" days after. Now, I can fun a day (2-3 miles), lift a day, alternate with one day of rest…

Yup. Much better this time around than ever before, too. Makes the journey mine.

Running with a heart rate monitor has helped me know actual calories burned. Because running does make me more hungry, but it doesn't justify four slices of pizza. Know how to eat back calories appropriately on running days has helped me a lot.

Healthy Life. 2 slices are 70 cals, 3g of carb per slice. Nice taste similar to white, widely available, not expensive. Good shelf life.

The first few weeks were scary. I lost 2 more pounds, but quickly gained back four, then got back down to goal and have stayed their for several months. Now, I'm focused on body fat. To start lifting at this stage has been a safety net because extra calories convert to muscle and muscle burns more fat: boosts your…

I had a goal of 15 minutes initially. Bumped it to half an hour, then to 50. Then, I could do what I was doing in 50 minutes in 30, so I backed it to 30 and added circuit training. Then, I limited it when I started weight training so I wasn't over-tired. Now, I'm bumping it back up because I have time to run while the kids…

5'3": Lost weight on 1200. Since moving up, have not lost weight, but have lost inches.

I found, in the beginning, that it was easier to spread my calories out throughout the day if I avoided more than 1-2 servings a day of anything "white" (high starch, high carbs). If I eat like I want to, I'd OD on carbs. So, I limited myself to Healthy Choice bread (35 cals per 2 slices), thin bagels, wheat low fat soft…

I love a nice wrapped gift, but I'll swear...gift bags are just so much easier and faster!

For losing body fat (which may be more what you need to do than actual weight by other's comments), try the MUFA diet, and some Interval Training instead of all Jillian. She definitely using interval training, but I feel like if I do her same workouts 4-5 days a week, I was getting bored, and my body was getting used to…

Great after a 105 degree day out running! About all I can stomach is something cold with cals. Food sounds so blek. Lifted the last two days, heavy cardio today=ice cream and lots of it. Measure it, log it, and skip supper. Okay, probably not the best macro plan, but that's what I did! LOL Protein smoothies are nice, too.…

I was just 15 pounds over goal last year and it wasn't a huge deal. I could have stayed happily there. The problem was, I wasn't staying there. It was an undisciplined approach. I was slowly creeping up a pound or two every month, truth be told. It was time for a reset of habits, an examination of what worked, and a…