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If you're trying to lose weight, you don't need to eat back all the excess calories. After all, you want to burn more than you eat. With that being said, if you have a major (ie, multi-hundred or more) deficit, especially daily, it might be worth it to eat back some, especially in protein and fats (nerves need fats,…
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Calorie counting, in my opinion, is a way of learning appropriate portion sizes. If you've managed to learn that, and internalize the methods and sizing, you shouldn't need to actually count calories much as you enter maintenance. So long as you're no longer gaining (fat) weight, if you can get by, you should be OK. If…
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Honestly, 3rd shift is no different than 1st. Pack your food, track your intake, move enough to make it count. I am, by nature, a night owl. I'll be nearly passing out during daylight, and wide awake once the sun goes down... Your meals will be shifted, sure, but if you're tracking everything religiously (goes along with…
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The #1 best thing you can do for hypothyroidism is get medical treatment (synthroid or the like, your doctor will know). After that, it's like everyone else, though maybe a little harder. Just keep in mind that hypothyroidism only accounts for like a 15 lb weight gain, so you should be able to get close to your goal with…
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Currently in month 15 of full on SKD and loving it. Feel free to add me.
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I very rarely get pre-packaged foods in single servings, but when I do, I take them at face value. Anything where I'm just taking a portion of the whole, I'll weigh out, in grams (even though I'm in the US). That pretty much includes anything at least semi-liquid. I've been tempted to get graduated cylinders for full-on…
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If you're losing inches, you're losing *something*. If you're fitting into smaller clothes, but are still the same weight, have you considered that you may be replacing your body fat with muscle? Muscle tissue is about 18% more dense than fat, on average, so if you replaced 1 lb of fat with 1 lb of muscle, you shrink in…
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"Get in there, you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell!"
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I don't know about others, but for me it ended up a result of the advice to "eat when I'm hungry". I've never been a morning/breakfast person, usually feeling nauseated until I've been awake 3-4 hours. Once I broke out of the cycle of "I have to eat every X hours", I realized that I usually had no interest in eating, if I…
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When I started, I promised my wife if I was hungry, I'd still eat. Throughout the day, I tend to have maybe 170-200 calories through cheese snacks (Babybels, Cabot cheddar bars, etc) spread over several hours. Then I just eat a large dinner and snack. It's gotten to the point where I'm having my snacks later and later in…
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If it's working for you, stick with it!
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Antabuse (aka disulfiram). Mostly prescribe to alcoholics. Honestly, if you're not seriously abusing alcohol, and if you can fit it into your macros, I don't recommend it. While it works, it's a long-term solution to what *should* be a short-term problem for most people. If you go low-carb, cut out beers and sugary…
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My personal opinion (and I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum from you, so take it as you will) is that it's better to eat real foods than something that you end up paying someone for in order to get some "advantage". This goes for both weight gain and weight loss. In either case, if someone is touting a benefit, their…
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For me, doesn't really matter, I don't carry-over from one day/week to another. I just take it day by day...
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I don't know if HerbalLife works or not, all I know is that, if I have to regularly pay someone to help me with weight loss, their motivation is *not* to help me lose weight and keep it off long-term... If I have to buy something, join something for a regular fee, etc, all I know is that "good business sense" says "keep me…
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For one-pot meals, weigh out what you "think" a serving should be, and eat it. Then portion out the remainder into other containers. You suddenly have your number of servings counted out easily...
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Homemade is healthier, cheaper, easier to control portions with, and you know *exactly* what foods you're eating. The only frozen foods I buy now are fresh-frozen veggies and unbreaded protein in bulk (like Costco fish & chicken). The only shelf-stable (no refrigeration needed) foods I buy now are spices, nuts, teas,…
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Protein and fat will keep you feeling full and satisfied for longer than carbs, but it could take you a few days to a few weeks to adapt to not eating the majority of your calories from carbs. Personally, I'd do some research before starting *any* diet, so you know what your plan is, what you can and can't eat, and what…
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So, instead of just saying "eat no more than 225g of carbs" (which is ~900 calories right there), she made up some quackery?
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I've been low-carb for over a year now. Attitude has improved, allergies have disappeared, energy levels have gone up... I've been doing c25k since last March, have run 3 "official" 5ks since September. I honestly can't imagine ever going back. The key is to pretty much abandon processed foods, stop trying to find…
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Believe it or not, the whole "your uterus will fall out" was used as justification to keep women out of (at least) the Boston Marathon for quite some time... http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bodywork/fitness-coach/The-Myth-of-the-Falling-Uterus.html
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Every race is a marathon to those who don't know the difference. I'm sure friends and family think I'm running one of those 5k marathons at the beginning of March... and a 10k marathon in November...
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It's been working for me for over a year now. I'm often not even hungry anymore until evenings, so I'm able to fast most of the day (and run while fasted... at least when it's warm enough to run without slipping on ice). Personally, I don't even crave breads, pastas, etc anymore. Took maybe a few months for the cravings to…
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Do what you can handle. In other words, if W4D3 is doable, do it. If W1 or W2 seem too easy, skip ahead. Personally, I'd probably run W4D3 again, seeing if it got easier. If it did, I'd go to W5. If you start experiencing pain, stop. Just... stop. Figure out what's causing the pain, and either take time off or try to…
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I tend to weigh in every week or so. Since the body's weight will naturally fluctuate both throughout the day and the week due to hydration and other factors, I just pick a consistent time (ie, Saturday or Sunday, right after I wake up and "deal with things") and only weigh in there. You *could* weigh in every day (again,…
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Hemp hearts, chia seeds, flax seed...
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A) You're an adult, act like one and take responsibility for what you shove in your mouth B) "We find the defendant guilty" is five words C) If you really think she's sabotaging you, ask her to stop. If she doesn't, you know where you stand
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Pes bursitis when I started C25K. It was mitigated by changing from a heel strike to a forefoot strike and strengthening my ankles & calves through running minimalist. I'm sure changing my route so the steepest grades were uphill helped, too, but I can reverse that now without problems.
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I'm currently on liter #6 (~202 fl oz), and on track for #7 (~236 fl oz). I just use a color chart like http://www.appforhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Urine-chart-300x297.jpg to determine if I'm hydrated. If you consume that much water, though, make sure to replace your electrolytes, or you'll be at risk for…
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Check out places like Goodwill, consignment shops, etc. You should be able to get decent quality clothing really cheaply. And you can donate your old clothes for a tax write-off!
