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I just wear a heart rate monitor, it is really close enough, I say you burn even more since your muscles have to rebuild later, so it is pretty safe to take whatever figure the monitor tells you.

Of course it is easier to not eat it than to exercise it, but that is not the point. One is not a substitution for the other. Exercise is necessary, it is not just a part of weight loss, it is a part of health. And you will never have the body you want without it. Fueling your body properly and working towards building a…

A giant, square, filled with coconut cream, and sugar glazed on the outside, fresh with no preservatives, awesome doughnut from the Doughnut Plant. And a ginormous cup of freshly brewed premium coffee. I eat balanced and healthy the rest of the day, but a weekday breakfast is my routine/treat and I look forward to eat when…

I always eat them back, that's what I believe is best for my body. That assumes accurate estimates of course. If you are one of those people who believe they burned 900 calories during a zumba class... than don't. :)

Belarus Narochanski dark bread, sichuan peppercorns (real ones, not the ones treated at insane temperature and dried out), fresh thai basil

Fruit has both complex and simple carbs, with some instant energy release and some gradual. It is actually a very good combination. OK, give me some examples of processed foods that are complex unrefined carbs?

Daynerz, where are you in China? I lived in Chengdu for over 6 months, and occasionally go to Nanjing for a month or so. Sure there is no good bread (though now there is in Shanghai, there are also good desserts there now, including western and Japanese). But there is plenty of oil, noodles and rice in Chinese food. I'm…

The reason people have success in "low carb" is that it eliminates a lot of convenience and processed foods that are so easy accessible, cheap, and can be reached for mindlessly. Balanced is better than low carb. The key is to limit processed carbs that instantly turn to sugar (such as pasta, cereals, breads, breakfast…

Mike_ny, you misunderstood, I did not gain any weight on my vacation, all the weight gain came after, when I still ate like on vacation but did not exercise 4-5 times a week anymore, like I did, because I had the time on vacation. Billieljamie, I totally understand not being part of the club anymore. People tend to think…

If you ever are there again, do this -- get a coconut cream doughnut, warm it up for 30 seconds-1 minute over your hot coffee, and get your foodgasm. That is my morning routine (I live in NYC) and can buy this doughnut on my way to work. Every morning I have to fight myself to not get several of them. I am addicted like…

I keep reading this but I don't get it. If you are capable of watching what you eat and exersizing from now and for the rest of your life, than why do you need someone to cut into your organs to physically restrain you from eating?

Well, it was kind of circuit training that utilized weights and included some bursts of cardio and body weight (pull ups, push ups, etc). Varied and faced paced, but 3 reps of each set eventually.

I would guess you are fairly young. Your body is absorbing the additional wear and tear and can do so for a while. Everybody thinks that they are a "special snowflake" and they will beat the odds. They are the ones in good health, and there is not really a problem. No one who does not have diabetes or high blood pressure…

It is a habit you get yourself into. At first you might resent it. Than it will become second nature. Like brushing your teeth or showering. It is body maintenance. What would you say to a person who posted they just had no motivation to brush their teeth? How would you suggest to them to find motivation?

Yes, I might be eating under my maintenance to compensate for eating over on weekends. Food in restaurants that is delicious tends to be over calories. I do exercise a lot: This week: Tue - 30 day shred Wed - run 4 miles Thursday - Bari trampoline class (super intense cardio) Friday - Personal training session Saturday -…

Your results will be as long lived as your diet. That applies to all of them.

Try tracking calories. And by tracking, I mean real tracking I mean measuring/weighting the food. If you eat healthy, than it must be the serving size. Once you start tracking, you will be surprised how much smaller serving size is from what you think it is. Measure oil you "drizzle" or cook with. A spoon of oil is more…

You can't gain a kilo of fat from this meal. Kilo of water - easy. Chinese meals are notoriously high in sodium. Exercise more. I find that if I eat badly for a meal but do exercise, I usually don't gain weight. So even if you can't possibly burn off anywhere close to what you ate and it feels like your exercising for…

My son is not crazy about meat either. But he eats avocados, nuts and yogurts (low sugar ones). Also, freshly packed full fat ricotta, with just toasted nuts (like pecans and hazelnuts) and honey is a very tasty protein packed desert.

I don't belong to a gym. I work out in a hotel gym with a personal trainer (she has a contract to train there). I also run and I take a variety of "pay as you go" classes at different fitness studios - Kickboxing, trampoline workouts, micro-toning workouts, etc... there is an endless variety of those in NYC. It helps me…

The unrealistic body image is the goal of the industry. That is what moves billions of dollars worth of beauty products. Look at your drugstore isles - what percentage of it is "beauty"? That should tell you where most of the profit is. The goal is to make every woman feel that they fall short and should buy something to…

No words video recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hosRgMeUgB4#t=11 I just went easy on the mayo, and it comes out great and healthy. I also can cook them, than shred them, caramelize them with a little bit of tomato paste, than mix in some toasted pecans and lots of pressed garlic with salt.

And, in the last 3 days (your diary does not log further) you did not even eat that. You ate 800 and 1100 calories, and most of that was sugar (simple carbs) with almost no nutrition. Pasta, bread, spaghetti, etc = sugar.

1,500 was my weight loss mode. And I am 5'3. Why do you think that's your maintenance?

Thank you. Now I just have to do some research to understand what you said :)

For estimating calorie burn in hard-to-measure workouts such as a trampoline class, a kick-boxing class and a micro-toning class.

I have not tried the cashew and orange blossom cream filled one yet. I am a very inquisitive person and I just have to know what that tastes like. Shop near me has a very limited selection, I have to go to Chelsea for that one.

I did not get one today, so I am suffering from withdrawal. I'm going to spread the misery, so here: Peanut butter and jelly donut in peanut butter glaze: Pistachio There are also Lavender donuts, Mayer lemon donuts, hazelnut creme donuts...