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I hate exercising early in the morning. i dont want to get up to do it and then I skip it. So my advice first is to find a time that works for you. I exercise everyday. If I skip, it is too easy to skip again, and again. Doing it everyday, it just becomes part of my day and what I HAVE to get done. Next, find an exercise…

Losing weight makes me cold as well. On a side note, I am not going to tell you 700 calories is too little - everyone else has already done that. You are losing weight very quickly and what I will tell you is usually when that happens, it is much more difficult to keep it off and it often leads to health problems. I know…

One of the things I do for exercise is step aerobics. It is actually very easy to do anywhere. All you need is a step. I have the plastic one - the actual one from the aerobics series but really, all you need is a plastic or wood box between 6 and 12 inches high (depending on how hard you want to work.) I set my timer at…

First off, congratulations!! Amazing job you have done. In regards to your post, I understand where you are coming from. I am not sure that we hit a number and all of a sudden feel better about ourselves. Celebrate what you have accomplished. You will have good days where you are very proud of yourself and other days where…

My husband used to have a 54 inch waist. He has flown lots and never had a problem. just ask for an extender. They are happy to give it to you. I believe the rule is that if you can put the arm rests down, you are fine. Yes, it is crammed but as long as the arm rest is down, you are good to go. Also, when you check in, try…

Before I started dieting, a typical meal consisted of meat, potatoes (or pasta or rice), vegetable, bread. Now, I still do the meat, but a smaller portion. I have cut out the potatoes (pasta, rice, whatever) and added a second vegetable. Usually we have a salad and then I add a cooked veggie like mushrooms, squash,…

16 pounds. Seems realistic to me but then again, you just never know. Good luck everyone.

The thing is, even though MFP says 1200 calories, I exercise and eat back about 600 more calories a day so really, I could go down to 600 calories on MFP and still be eating 1200 calories. This is the frustrating part. I know I can manually change the calories for MFP - anyone have a website that can figure out what MFP…

I dont like working out but I make myself. It is now part of my everyday schedule. I dont want to do it but I have to do it. There can be no skipping. It is like feeding the dog, or going to work or whatever, that you HAVE to do. Sucks but that is how it is. If I tell myself anything else, I wont do it. IT IS S NECESSITY…

For me, I HAVE to work out everyday. If I don't, if I start to skip workouts, it is too easy to keep skipping them and going back to my old ways. i think because I do work out so much, I monitor my food more because I am working so hard to work out, why waste it? Then along with that, I see results because I am doing…

I love chiabata rolls. I get them at Walmart, in the bakery. 180 calories each. I melt a piece of cheese or two (I like one piece of swiss and one piece of provolone). THen I add thin sliced turkey and a piece of bacon. LOVE. I also like one with just cheese, cucumber, tomato, and romaine with the cheese melted. There are…

I find it very difficult to eat a 1300 calorie diet without exercising but when I do, it consists of 120 calories for breakfast (breakfast bar), 500 calories for lunch - usually a grilled chiabata roll with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, a piece of swiss cheese and a piece of provolone along with 100 calorie chip bag, and then…

So basically, the calories you get from exercising can now g:smile: o towards "extra" food and you should still lose weight.

I use the exercise room at the hotel if they have one. I also share meals with my son rather than getting one each as we cant really take any left overs with us anyway. If there is no one to share with, i divide the food on my plate in half and only eat half. I calculate out my food so I know how much i can have ahead of…

My husband and I try to have a side salad every night. When we start to get sick of them, I make a vegetable soup that is really awesome. Add whatever veggies you like but I add: cut up carrots a couple onions a couple stalks of celery cut up cabbage a can of petite diced tomatoes a large jar of V-8 juice (awesome…