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100-300 more daily calories needed per day. You're welcome. http://www.livestrong.com/article/295115-calories-burned-while-on-your-period/

Love the red pepper kind. Spread it on a low fat soft shell, roll it, and heat it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Love it for a fast eat running out the door! Also great in celery!

Similar situation. Reading Prevention Magazine is a huge help to me. Good tips on healthier eating and reducing fat.

Yeah, and almonds. Or some Greek Protein instead of regular. Also, give it time. As I increased my workouts (not just walking, but like running or biking, treadmill, or aerobics), I got flat out HUNGRY for even a couple days after. As a note, my maintenance wouldn't be that high unless I were working out. It's like…

I guess it depends on what you both want out of the relationship. Our finding (married perspective) is that to have private areas outside the view of the other partner for these kinds of social interactions allows no accountability. I wanted to commit to someone who was comfortable with some boundaries that would make each…

Your arms look GREAT! My 16-yr-old age son said, "Mom, your abs are starting to show some more definition there!" Doesn't hurt.

Yup, I usually sit my watch in a window while warming up, or let it try to get satellites while doing a warm up walk...if the bar doesn't load ALL THE WAY, it's not connected and will not log the run. Your distance will show "O", so you know to wait or run without it. (I have a 305).

What Garmin model did you use? Do you have the GPS feature enabled? Did it show that it linked to the satellites before you began? Sometimes on a cloudy day or under heavy tree coverage, you may have difficulty getting it linked (especially the first time you use it). Edit to add: even though I'm signed into my Garmin…

Cross Train. That is all.

Not recommended by MFP to go under 1200 for anyone. No matter your size, your body needs a certain amount of energy for normal processing, irregardless of size. Short-term, or here and there , probably not a problem for someone your size...long-term, probably need to add some exercise and muscle so that you will eat more,…

Yes, you can. I added lean body tissue at a deficit. Most people will who have been used to sitting all the time and start running or walking or lifting. Beginner's gift: embrace it! Measure monthly lean areas and fatty areas so that you know what is happening with your diet and regimen and adjust accordingly.

Functional fitness is key. Do both. Cross train. If you get an injury in one, you can move to the other (hopefully). You'll truly be fit, look great, and stay functional.

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Wow. Not sure if I looked that good before I would have done the challenge at all, but they look even better now! I have to ask, did you get your hair cut, or did you have a weave before?

Thanks for posting your journey! I'm not keeping up as well with the challenge as I'd hope, but having to simplify to keep up with the summer schedule and a house full of kids needing to go here and there. Great job! Hilarious tire story! I can't believe you all can do this challenge and other videos. Sounds like a ton in…

I recommend a search for IPOARM for those lifting and needing to find their calorie deficit advice. The spreadsheets are SO helpful. I use it to find what I need to be eating, then set my MFP to 200 calories under that. If I workout (any kind), I calculate an extra 200 calories for that day for workouts. If I workout twice…

I am still trying to pin down why I am having more of them. Mine have changes in the last year. Right now, I'm watching diet sodas. Most of them, as well as much drink flavor additives, contain aspartame. At one time, it didn't bother me, but now, it may. I also watch what has caused problems for others in posts like this…

You can google the link and it will pull up the post first thing. The OP called this an "article". It Isn't an article, it is a blog post. Big difference. The writer of the blog has a valid point: we do not need to glorify "skinny" at all costs. But, she is throwing out the baby with the bath water. The mass level of…

You run into this a lot. People making rules out of their own story to feel good about themselves and incorrectly applying those rules to the rest of the population. That doesn't make it gospel. Many people will tell you that you are out of balance if you are not like them. In my favorite weight loss story, a doctor gave…

I have found a sandbags to be very helpful to just have something heavy to lift--cheap, easy, adjustable, good for a small space (or lack of motivation to store barbell and weights). I do a modified StrongLifts program and it doesn't take that long, but it's demanding. I do a combination of workout A and workout B, 7-10…

Dorito Taco, or not at all. Throws my fat macros out the window, so I do it rarely, save up for it, and enjoy it.

Yeah! But, great job getting this far. Wow.

Do the "In Place of a Road Map"(search on MFP) and it will help you adjust your calories per your activity level using the excel sheets. I found it useful to transition from weight loss to where you are wanting to be. I also find that as I build muscle, I have more room for desserts in my diet without them turning to fat.…

A lot of this depends more on lean body mass than simply height and weight. At this same weight before, I wore a 6. Now I wear a 4. I'm lifting this time. I'm 5'3", 114-116. At 129, I could by no means wear any size 2 like some of these girls are saying. Especially since I've had three kids and am 40. I'd have to be very…

Not a DVD, but I have loved the few workouts I've done with the free Nike Training Club app. Great circuit training style and something new every day, no distracting people to look at, a friendly voice, good instruction and video help when you aren't familiar, timer set for you. I may like it better than videos. Check it…

I think it depends on the amount of running you intend to do. I do not plan to run past about a 5K. I average 4-7 miles a week. Therefore, the special at TJ Maxx usually works fine for me if nothing rubs and the arch feels like it does something for me and the heel doesn't rub. In this way, I can wear them a lot (more than…

Yup! I've found that if I can prepare the veggies in advance, it helps, but I need to be better on multivitamins on days when I don't eat my veggies. I try to keep a good "quick" variety of foods so that even thought choices are not stale: like breakfast, greek yogurt, or greek yogurt with fruit, or whole wheat Healthy…

When I was trying to form a habit and "condition", I decided at Christmas that I would walk at least 15 minutes every day on the treadmill, no excuses. I think this did a couple things: it reminded me DAILY of the cost of my food choices, my responsibility to my health overall, and it caused me to want to increase to break…

That's what my husband said to me. I kept telling him that Couch to 5K was one of the best running programs I'd ever seen, and that if everyone started with it, they would avoid cramps, stiches, and all the other YUCK that is associated with running. If you'd not done that, I recommend it. You'll knock his socks off. If…

I usually try to "save up" some calories. If you can NOT eat the white rice the minute they put it on your plate, you do pretty well. Limit your intake of white rice...mix it with the veggies and then the chicken and say, shrimp, if you like that. Do not OD on the "YUM YUM' sauce. I've seen people dump two or three bowls…