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What are you doing that you are burning 1000 calories per work out? That seems to be very high.

When I pack my lunch for work the next day, I always include a drive home snack. I drink a V8 low sodium 11.5 oz. can, 2 cheese sticks and a small apple. When I walk in the door, I have my hunger under control and can make dinner without grazing. Took awhile to figure out what and how much of a snack works for me but it is…

My husband and I have been Geocaching for about 7 years now. We love it. My husband does a lot more then I do but it is great together time. When we were getting started my kids were in Middle School and we would drag them around with us. Now they are all in college and my son has his own account and does it in his college…

Just remember to go at your own pace. It can be so fun that you forget how much your doing and you will pay for it the next day. Its been a few months since i did any Zumba. I have recently gotten into DDR (Dance, Dance Revolution). Having a blast with that. Keep at it and it does get easier.

I am working on the last 7lbs. of a 40 lb adventure and this same question has crossed my mind. What am I going to do to treat myself? I just went on a cruise in July, I live close to the east coast so no snow for snow boots, I get regular pedies and the thought of a tattoo scares me. Please help and make suggestions.…

I am in the same slow boat to china. I have 3-4 lbs left and it is driving me nuts. I agree, just need to be patient and keep up the hard work. This is going to be life for me. I don't ever want to do all this again, so whats another few months.

I have a very sedentary job. For the last 4 months, I have been hitting the gym at 5:30am. I normally have 3 miles done and the rest of the steps come through the day. That way I don't have to worry about getting my steps at the end of the day when I am tired. I will also add I don't have any young children at home any…

I have very similar stats. I am currently 145 and 5'8. I changed my goals from # to Body Fat %. If I have it figured correctly, I want to get to 23% and that should be around 141-142lbs. So I am real close. The closest I have ever gotten. It has only taken 14 months.

With the real goal weight number, here is the adjusted calorie numbers: BMR = 1534 (that is coma level) Sedentary = 1643 Lightly active= 1883 Moderately active = 2122 Very active= 2362 Extremely Active= 2601

I put your stats in the Fat 2 Fit BMI calculator. ( A very good podcast with lots of good advice.) You didn't say whether your male or female and what your goal weight is. So I guessed you were a female and I just guessed your goal weight at 150 lb. That is a starting point at least. BMR = 1534 (that is coma level)…

Very interesting. I agree, at least you can go in with a plan.

I googled them and they are also known as Gooseberries. They compared them to the "Lemonhead" candy. Yummy sounding.

I have been waiting for the integration for weeks. Now it is here and I can't wait to get home and sink my fitbit. I am so excited.

I use Laughing Cow Cheese instead of Mayo. For me it is moist enough to act as a replacement.

I am 5'8" and weight 149 lbs. I wear a size 8. At my largest I weighed 187 and was very tight in a size 14. It took trying on a lot of different styles to finally convince myself that I really was a size 8. I cannot even remember wearing a size 8 in High School.

Thank you everyone for your input. I think I will be getting Just Dance 2 real soon. I am also thinking about Zumba a little further down the road. All sounded like fun.

Between work and meetings on Tuesday I didn't get any exercise in. Today will be different. I will do at least an hour. MON –Exercise: Y ~ 84oz. TUES – Exercise:N ~ 84 oz. WED – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## THU – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## FRI – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## SAT – Exercise: Y/N? ~…

Between work and meetings last night I was unable to get on the Wii. Keeping the calories under control was all I could accomplish. I am aiming for a very active evening after work today.

I was in the same boat a few years ago and what has worked for me was to cook an extra serving of dinner the night before and make my own frozen dinners. I controlled the portions and the salt. Works great to this day.

I also love my Wii Fit. The only drawback is that once you have worked up to the exercise level there is no where to go. Maybe that is what Wii Fit Plus is for. I haven't had a chance to look into it. I can do the advance step and not break a sweat. I still do it cause something is better than nothing. I love the balance…

I did 20 minutes last night. That about whooped me. I had grand ideas that i was going to do 45 minutes a night. I am going to have to rethink that plan. Man, am I out of shape. This challenge was a great idea.

Everything mentioned is what I have done to lose weight. The only thing I would add is to reduce the number of restaurant visits made in a week. It had gotten way out of hand. If we do go to restaurants I try to plan ahead. What is on the menu? Pre-select what I am going to eat. It helps me to control my inner voice that…

A little harder to carve out the time than I thought it was going to be. But it can be done. It felt good. MON –Exercise: Y ~ Ounces of Water: 84ozs TUES – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## WED – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## THU – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## FRI – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ##…

Uh oh, this is going to hurt. But I am in and going to aim for an hour a day. We will see what I actually get done.

I am in. I really need the challenge to remember the water. MON –Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## TUES – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## WED – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## THU – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## FRI – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## SAT – Exercise: Y/N? ~ Ounces of Water: ## SUN –…

Please count me in. It looks like the new challenges come out on Monday. That is when I will start. I have plans to redesign my fish pond and I think that will be all the exercise I can handle this weekend. But I will jump in on Monday.

Just this morning i tried Hungry Girls Egg Mug Florentine. Very yummy. Filling enough to get through the morning but I will have to have a morning snack around 10am. This recipe is very versatile. I made the egg mixture and then put it in a whole wheat pita pocket for a breakfast on the go.