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I think the most disturbing thing about this machine is its crappy quality. Read the reviews. The thing is a good substitute for a real treadmill. Anyone remember what happened to Mike Tyson's daughter? The problem is that thing is crappy. I would consider buying it for my dog...as another poster suggested...problem is,…

I like this thing. I think it is a great idea. I don' t think that there is a problem with the machine itself. I think there would be a problem with people buying it and forcing their kids to use it. Inclement weather stops kids from playing outside. Kids like to do what adults do. SO...if a kid can imitate an adult in a…

What is this "tbsp of japaeno "?

eat it, enjoy it...drink a lot of water when you get home and do some cardio to get that salt out.

Pril2000 has a good suggestion. Bento boxes are useful, good for portion control, and they are super cute. I have looked at them a couple of times, but never purchased. I have a bento meal book at home. It is a very good way to get to know your food and what you are eating. Aside from that, and I might get some flack for…

I havent made them in a while...but fava beans and eggs. Awesome!!!! However you spell it, it is pronounced 'fool.' It is middle eastern in origin. You rock out with some fava beans, parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, tomatoes, and onions. You cook it down according to the recipe and you pack it away in the fridge. It…

It worked. Thanks...I like the one about eating breakfast. So many people in here say to eat breakfast before you work out because it boosts your metabolism. I keep saying that working out as soon as you get up will boost your metabolism, leave the eating until afterward.

Keep up the good work. If you are making it through your workouts and you are not getting sick or light headed, then don't eat before them. You are allowing your body to go straight to your fat stores to eat them instead of newly eaten food. You don't need to eat to start your metabolism, you are working out to start it.…

I, too, am a peeper...and I just want to say....I hate it when people throw towels over their numbers. Come on...why you have to ruin my fun? You covering up those little red numbers isn't helping anyone!!! We should all just share and share alike.

Thanks for the input. I don't know that I can be of any help. Most of the food types you listed are food types that I stay away from. In my mind, and I could be very wrong, they are generally unhealthy options. I would most likely only list options for you that were not really things you would consider. Good luck.

Seriously, depending on how much time you have to prepare food and what you are willing to do as well as what things you view as mandatory in your diet, you could seriously tackle this pretty easily. I make a mung bean dahl. Nice indian style lentils with spices and I eat it with brown rice and barley. It is delicious,…

Thank you...all these responses are directly to my point. I don't lift a lot, but when I have lifted, I NEVER gained multiple pounds of muscle in a month. I mean, think about a 1 pound steak and then think about adding that much meat to your body as lean mass. That is a pretty tough feat, especially when you are doing…

Definitely hit your treadmill in the mornings. Sometimes do a 35 to 45 minute moderately high rate. Other times do a high intensity bursts, like sprinting for like a 20 minute off/on stretch. It will give you tons of energy and motivation to last through your day. At night a few nights a week, do some yoga, some pilates,…

But Tina, it seems as though your suggestions would take up more fridge and freezer space which she says she doesn't really have.

Beans, canned or dried. Lentils, dried. Nuts, dried. Cabbage, can stay outside of the fridge. Apples, oranges, bananas, all can stay outside of the fridge. I would consume less meats, only because they are harder to store and easier to spoil. Peanut butter, oatmeal, granola bars, etc. Brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole…

Oooohhh me me me me!!! Just kidding. I like the P90X way. They just say use a chair or a prop and give yourself some help with your foot until you are doing it.

@Killing...also, what type of stressors cause you to undereat? This is potentially an eating disorder. I imagine you might already know this. I also do it, but only during breakups or the loss of loved ones. It is a coping mechanism that I use to regain control in situations that I would otherwise feel like I had…

Marnie, I feel like a free or spike day actually helps me to control myself. It is like raising a kid with too many restrictions. At some point, when the kid feels like everything is pointless because he will never get what he wants, he rebels and does everything he wants and more. Eventually, he winds up doing stupid…

I do this. I eat under my calories all week. Usually a good amount under. I havent been losing muscle, because I can still lift what I was lifting before. I come in at about 1100 calories a day and the on Saturday and Sunday I take it a bit easier. On one of those days I dont have a problem killing calories. I have been…

I have tried to encourage people with advice about their calories. I've gotten flamed, or ignored, so I stopped. I agree with you. People are going to eat bad stuff here and there, that bad stuff has been built into our lifestyles and is part of our culture, so to expect someone to stop it completely might be far fetched.…

I had a free night on Friday night. I felt like I was on top of the world. I generally run calorie deficient throughout the week. My calories are healthy calories, but because my food is so clean I just dont take enough of them in. I use my free nights to revamp my calories and jump my metabolism. It works for me. This…

I had a free night on Friday night. I felt like I was on top of the world. I generally run calorie deficient throughout the week. My calories are healthy calories, but because my food is so clean I just dont take enough of them in. I use my free nights to revamp my calories and jump my metabolism. It works for me. This…

Agree and disagree. It is better to plan to eat poorly and succeed than to plan to eat healthily and fail. That is my reasoning. If you are going to want to eat crap here and there, my mentality is to plan it in. If I know that I am allowed to eat whatever I want on a Saturday, then on Saturday I eat what I want. It…

My nephew was born on October 19, 2010. On October 20th, 2010 my sister-in-laws father drove to NJ from Kentucky to say hello to his new grandson. He was a great big bear of a man. I had never really had many conversations with him, but from all of the photos I had seen and stories I had heard, he was a guy in love with…

I lie to myself about the time I have left. When I get on the elliptical I tell myself I can stop in 10 minutes. At the 10 minute mark, I push a 10 minute more. I do that again at 20 minutes. Once I get to 30 minutes, I remind myself that I am through all of my glycogen and sugar stores and at that point I am straight up…

Same thing happened to me, with the same HRM...I think there is a whole batch of defectice FT7s just waiting to ruin everyone's day. On the real though, the posters in here are right. The HRM knows your stats. Stupid elliptical machines dont know anything. As a poster said to me yesterday. Regardless of the actual calorie…

Men naturally have a predisposition to have more muscles than women. Go to google and type in 'strong woman' and then look at the images. I can assure you that I do NOT have more muscle mass than 97 percent of those women.

Somebody posted something in here about starvation mode a while back. REAL starvation mode is serious and it isnt something that people in here seem to be outlining, as far as I can tell. There was a post about someone who was seriously obese and she had restricted herself to a really low caloric intake. She was eating…

Listen...guys don't lose fat easier than girls. Muscles lose fat easier than no muscles or less muscles. You take a guy with a little girly frame like the one I have and you put me up against a chick who has some muscle mass, she is going to burn fat alot faster than me. I am not at all slamming women here, so please don't…

Thanks for that...it is a very good post. I do find it interesting. I dont know if I am walking away with the right message though. I think that I should be walking away with...dont be skinny-fat, eat close to your calories and workout and let the lean mass build while I burn my calories. What I internalized was, skinny…