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Some of my daily snacks that I carry with me to work include jerky (lots of protein, low fat, and very easy to carry with you), apples, celery, and grapes. When I'm home, I find hummus (with whole grain crackers or carrots), cottage cheese, or Greek yogurt make for quick nutritious snacks.

Beans. Never liked them when young, but very much like them now. Hearty, healthy and tasty.

Damn! I forgot coffee on my list. Might have to rethink

In no particular order.... Oatmeal Greek Yogurt Celery (munching some right this moment) Blueberries Egg (whites only) Salmon Avacado (I assume we get water for free?)

I simply have a water bottle, sweat towel, and key chain (with the key card on it) and (on lifting day) a very small pocket sized notebook and pen to keep track of my sets.

Nuts are a good source of healthy fats and have a modest amount of protein too. Might want to try whole fat greek yogurt too.

I would think that my Thanksgiving meal will be significantly below 4500 calories (which is more than double my normal calories for the day.) Helps that I don't drink wine I suppose. Going to the in-laws, we're providing the turkey and rolls, they're supplying the rest of the sides). I intend to keep portions small, and…

Virtually no one at the gym is looking around and thinking "hey that person is sure taking it easy on the cardio equipment" or "they are sure not lifting very much". Everyone is into their own workout and not paying attention to others. By all means DON"T skip going to the gym because you think others may be judging you.

Most days, as soon as I get up I eat a quick breakfast of oatmeal, berries, and some protein powder and then it's off to the gym. After my workout is done, I have the entire day to reflect on the fact I made a healthy start to the day.

My mother asked me a few days ago if I was still dieting and I told I wasn't on a diet but rather had chosen to live a new and healthier way of life.

The concept of Just for Today is a great one that helped me stop smoking 'for a while' and 18 years later I've been smoke free one day at a time. Not a bad idea at all to incorporate it into a healthy lifestyle plan. Just for Today, I will not eat any of the delicious looking homemade chocolate mint brownies a co-worker…

The gym I go to is open 5AM to 1PM on Thanksgiving (so employees can be with their families for dinner and other activities). I certainly will be there first thing in the morning bright and early for my usual workout. After that will spend the bulk of the middle part of the day helping the wife prepare our contribution…

I like to put it on a baked potato and a little salad supreme (no butter, sour cream, cheese, or other fattening toppings needed). Sometimes cut up a nice tomato and put cottage cheese on top too.

I just started a new routine this week and have a nice soreness in some of my muscles. No pain no gain.

Going to be tough as we're going to my in-laws for dinner. Just going to have to be careful of portions and guess the best I can. Fortunately the gym is open in the morning so I'll have a nice workout before the feast.

I try to squeeze in a little bit of exercise whenever I can. Each morning, my commute consists of a train ride where I have to transfer once and there is about 10 minutes of layover time so I walk up and down the platform until the next train arrives. At the office, I ALWAYS take the stairs to my cubicle on the fourth…

When it's fast food or nothing at all, at burger places I usually go for grilled chicken (on wheat if possible). NEVER get french fries (but will eat a plain baked potato from Wendy's) Sandwich shops like Subway have some reasonably healthy choices too. (But others above noted, I brown bag my lunch for work almost every…

Anything with more grams of fat than grams of protein per serving, I try to generally avoid. Only time I sometimes cook sausage is on the weekends when I prepare breakfast for the family (who doesn't share my new found love of a healthy life style) and I'll generally not have any and just have some egg whites, cottage…

Starting a new 12 week program this week. Monday PUSH day (chest shoulders and arms) Tuesday HIIT treadmill. Trying to slowly increase the running periods and reduce the rest periods over time. Hoping to start running 5K races next spring. Wednesday Leg Day Thursday PULL day (Back shoulders and arms) Friday HIIT Saturday…

Almost every morning, I start off with a bowl of old fashioned oatmeal but a couple times a month I have a bowl of Wheat Chex (which are whole grain with a good amount of fiber and taste good to me) for a change of pace.

All about making slow consistent progress. If in a month from now you're able to go longer and harder than you are today, you're doing it right.

One food I can't have in the house is nuts. Simply cannot control myself from reaching for handful after handful. Sure they're a better alternative than many snacks (and our house always has stuff like chips, cookies, ice cream, soda pop, crackers, etc. that I can ignore) but I just can't limit myself to eating just a…

Lots of people assert that NET CALORIES = CALORIES CONSUMED MINUS CALORIES BURNED. But I for one find that for me, when I can eat 6 small meals a day versus a smaller number of larger meals, I have the best results. On weekdays, I have a quick meal, hit the gym, have a small post workout meal, and head to work where I have…

Sage advice. I'm just starting CT2K this week and with the weather rather chilly (I workout when I first get up) I will be doing it on the treadmill for now and want to switch to outside running in the spring. Think I'll try to remember to turn up the incline a bit from now on.

I too have decided to add the Cto5K program into my workout routines. Over the last year I've done HIIT training on the treadmill 2-3 times a week. (Which has consisted of intervals of 1 minute jogging 1 minute walking) Worked my up to doing 10 intervals and have increased my speed over that time, but now am ready for a…

I'm really happy with non-fat Greek yogurt with honey. Yum. Tend to get my dairy fat from the occasional dollup of sour cream or small serving of cheese.

Fruit and vegetables should be just ONE of the pillars of a healthy eating plan. But one certainly needs more than that to be healthy.

I've been averaging a loss of almost 1.5 pounds a week over the course of the year. Have to take it slow and steady and DON'T get discouraged when you have the occasionally plateau.

Don't expect to go down dramatically in just a few days. Took me a very long time to pack on all of my weight. Lost half a hundred pounds but it's taken me all year to do it. Some days I go up, others I go down, but the long time trend is in the right direction.

My mother turned 80 this year. For many many years her main exercise has been walking around her neighborhood on a daily basis and she is quite fit.