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if you're a cereal eater, try All Bran Buds in your regular cereal. I like to mix about 1/4-1/3 cup of Buds into Multi-Grain Cheerios or Apple Cinnamon Cheerios. So you still get a bit of sweetness but a whole bunch of added fibre. Or if you're an oatmeal eater, try adding things like Wheat Bran or ground Flax into your…

HI! I'm 32 (YIKES!), and live near Toronto, Canada. I'm recently married, no kids yet. I've just recently reaffirmed my commitment to MFP after a long time away from it due to a whole bunch of silly excuses. So it might be nice to have someone kicking my butt into gear on the days when I'm losing my drive to exercise and…

I'm trying to re-commit to my goals... i've been rewarding myself for far too long since my inital success! :)

wow! awesome! you look great! I'm just through my 4th week of turbo fire and i'm loving it! i'll be taking my measurements after today to see if there's any change... i think i might see something in my waist/hips. but also hoping for the thigh measurement to be smaller!

as AMS58 said you can log it as circuit training... i did that too when i started out. you'll burn between 180-200 cals per video. if you have a heart rate monitor though, you can create your own exercise and actually call it "30 Day Shred Level #" or whatever. And your calorie burn will be more accurate. :) great program…

i too live in the suburbs of the GTA and was thinking the same... half a mill ain't so much, when my wee little 1350 sq ft townhouse is nearly worth this much at 4 years old. but i guess it depends where you live... i looked at a property (just for fun) once in whistler... on blueberry hill. no house on it, 2.2 million$...…

sounds like you're on a similar schedule as me... i'm up at 4:30, out the door at 5 for work. i noticed the same problem, that I would be so hungry all morning i'd end up having 2 snacks before lunch (11:00 or 11:30) and then feel like all my calories were pretty much used up. what i've done recently is tried have a much…

How about an indoor trainer for his bike for days/seasons he can't ride outside? My BF just bought one, and he's quite pleased with it. Also, riding glasses with interchangeable lenses for different lighting conditions.

definitely hot apple cider! and holiday treats!

haha glad someone else was thinking what i was thinking... good for the mom for dealing with the issue and not just trying to avoid a difficult conversation, but weird way to deal with it. i work with kids with a lot of different body types... some grow out of the pudge, and others don't. genetics are a b*tch.

@riley711 - come on!!! today's your day!!!

Thanks everyone! Seems like quite the undertaking to do it alone. :) @9randy13 - Turbofire is a BeachBody program... cardio/kick-boxing type stuff, with some toning in there for good measure. honestly though, i just kinda picked that up from reading the titles of the videos... I have no idea what's in store (except for the…

:cry: Okay... I guess I can go it alone.

Check the Splenda website for several delicious recipes. I've made the cinnamon swirl coffee cake, the apple crisp, the lemon blueberry loaf, and the apple lovers muffins and all of them were great. My bf is diabetic, so these days I use Splenda in the majority of my baking (unless I don't plan on sharing) and i haven't…

How about soup or stew? Chicken cacciatore? Lasagne with veggies (such as zucchini, eggplant, or portobello mushrooms) subbed in for some layers of the carbolicious noodles, plus extra veggies added into the sauce?

i definitely do that... I LOVE baking and cooking, but i usually don't like to eat the things that bake. i'm not as big a fan of banana bread as he is, so i make a loaf, eat one piece and give the rest to him! problem is, he's diabetic and really shouldn't be eating in such high quantities (if i know i'm giving him the…

hey, for those of you using C25K on Android... which one are you using? I see there are about 4 or 5 different FREE ones, and then there are the ones you can pay for. any thoughts on the "best" one? Thanks!

my BF makes a very tasty shake with his chocolate protein powder, water, ice cubes, a bit of orange juice (maybe 1/2 cup), ~5 frozen strawberries, and about 1/4-1/2 cup frozen blueberries. you'd never know it was mixed mostly with water, it's got so much flavour! at first i thought the fruits and chocolate would be kind of…

I find this information helpful. You seem to drink about the same amount of coffee as me, and around the same time of day, and I do find that I can easily relax and fall asleep at night. :) And I know that many sports doctors will advise athletes to have a cup of coffee roughly and hour to a half hour before a competition…

For those who have said they have more energy once stopping coffee/tea... I'm just wondering how much you drank before. Were you all similar to the OP who was at ~7 cups/day? I'm just curious because I typically have 1-2 cups per day, but I have very long work days. I don't find that I'm drained when I get home, but…

mmm... my mom has made this for years with beef meatballs, so i plan on trying this with turkey meatballs instead...

hide your veggies in a tomato sauce, and then instead of a huge heaping pile of pasta and tomato sauce, make a smaller pile of pasta with more sauce (because that's where the goodness is). or go half and half with pasta and shredded zucchini or spaghetti squash to make a heaping pile, with lots of sauce on top. this way…

i use a Polar HRM and i get about 180-195 per session. i'm 5'8" and 155lb... relatively fit i'd say.

i would also suggest subbing the pasta and starches for steamed veggies. then you also won't need as much of whatever sauce you normally put on the pasta because you get a lot of flavour from the veggies. maybe try making something like a primavera without the pasta, and just eat it straight up. :)

i started my second time through it last week. this time i've decided to use heavier weights than last time. WOW does that ever make a difference! i haven't been completely committed since I've missed a couple of days... but i plan to do it until the end of October, so no rush. :) and, i made it through Canadian…

get the Insanity DVD. Plenty of intense cardio in that program! And you don't need a large space to do it in.

Today will be day 4 for me... will try to get the workout done after a very long day at work, plus a dentist appt... at least it's just 28 minutes, so there is less chance to make an excuse!

Don't waste your time with Hip Hop Abs... In fact, don't waste your time with Shaun T's ab routines. A great ab video that you could do a couple times a week is Ab Ripper X from P90X. Trust me, you'll feel it! And it's only like 15 minutes. I'm looking forward to restarting Insanity... probably next year some time. I did…

not necessarily... if you watch the british guy who won the olympic triathlon, he ran the entire distance on his toes. all I could think was how strong his calves must be! personally for me though, i find it awkward, so i go heel-toe if ever I do run or jog (which is rarely).

Completed day 1 yesterday... I'm certainly starting to feel it in my shoulders and legs today. Day 2 this afternoon. This is my second time through this program, so I plan to incorporate 3, 5, and 8lb weights this time... I think i'm going to be pretty sore at first!