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  • An interesting book to look into is "Body for Life". It is completely opposite of counting calories, it goes on portion sizes. Might be fun for you to look into.
  • Don't try to "make up" the calories. Chalk it up the same way you do when you have free days. Start fresh the following morning. You don't want to start the "yo-yo" diet. Where you binge one day, and starve the next.
  • I've got a couple friends who are using this ap with me, and we help each other out. When I go log food, I'll check my friends diary, and if they haven't eaten, i'll send them a text reminder, and also encouragement when I see exercise on my feed. It helps having someone else working with you. As for "binging" I'll allow…
  • Muscle weighs more than fat. It could be that you are loosing fat and gaining muscle. I feel the same way, I watch what I eat, drink only water (8-12 cups a day) and do a minimum of 2 miles of walking a day. I've gained and lost and gained and lost over the last month. The suggestion I was given was to measure more than…
  • My husband works 10 hour days and he brings his breakfast, lunch and snacks to work. He has a larger insulated lunch bag and uses ice packs to keep the food cool throughout the day. Breakfast is yogurt, home-maid banana oat muffins, omelets made in muffin tins, or fresh fruit He brings left overs mostly for lunch but will…
  • That makes sense, as muscle weights more than fat.
  • apple and peanut butter avocado tomato and swiss cheese open face sandwich pretzels reduced fat wheat thins, grapes and a cheese stick salami with cream cheese and banana peppers (pepperchini) banana fried with 1Tbs maple syrup over warm cottage cheese
  • It sounds weird, but my favorite way to eat it is heated up with bananas. I take 1 Tbs of real maple syrup and one banana sliced up. I "fry" the banana in the syrup and then put it on top of the warm cottage cheese. It's kind of like a bananas fosters.
  • My problem is i crave sweet things, and I'm a snacker. I don't like to sit down and eat a regular meal, but would rather put a few baggies of things in my lunch bag and snack all day. My newest thing is a serving of skittles in my pocket I can snag one every now and then when I'm craving something sweet. It goes into my…
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