sunandskies Member

Step one is don't freak out. Crap happens. Second don't starve yourself, that's a terrible idea and will only make you want to eat more tomorrow. Eat a little lighter than you normally would, maybe make dinner a big salad with some lean protein, but like you said, it's barely noon, you can't just not eat for the rest of…

If you're super sore and don't feel up to another day of 30DS take a day off, it won't hurt anything, maybe just take an extended walk to warm your leg muscles up and get some kind of exercise in, then jump right back into your normal routine tomorrow. I find that the best cure for being sore is to use those muscles in a…

Fitness Blender has a lot of great workouts, most of them are fairly short. I've been doing this one a few times a week as I live in an apartment and don't want my neighbors pounding on the ceiling from me jumping all around: http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=7ZGtolIFUJQ&u=/watch%3Fv%3DYaJryQEsT94%26feature%3Dshare…

Breakfast every time. Even when I don't feel up to cooking I can manage to crack some eggs and mix some veggies in for an easy omelette. And I really can never say no to bacon.

Last night's leftovers: Brown rice pasta with green beans and broccoli and a turkey sausage meat sauce. Which sounded really good until everyone started talking about Chipotle.

1) I do about $400 / month for myself and my boyfriend (so $50 per person per week). Sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. We include any cleaning / paper products in with that budget, but always buy giant sizes so don't need to buy them that often. 2) I don't buy things that aren't on sale (exception…

Typically when something asks for a woman's waist measurement it assumes you will be measuring at the natural waist, aka the smallest part of you, typically around the base of your ribs. Measurements are almost always going to use the extreme. Bust and hip mean go around the widest part (around the fullest part of your…

There are certainly bad foods. Hemlock for one. Monkshood. Horse-chestnuts. Those'll kill ya! Literally. Because they are poison. But normal things found in a grocery store? None of that is "bad" for you if eaten in moderation. If you can honestly say that you haven't since starting your lifestyle change and seriously plan…

Thanks! I was just afraid of overestimating. If they were picturing me spending an hour at the gym 5-6 times a week they'd be much mistaken. Half hour moderate - high is much more realistic.

Assuming your skillet is properly seasoned (aka not sticky with oil, just lightly shiny) there's no way it adds a significant amount. Think of it like those "1 calorie a spray" things, it's the barest possible coating of oil to keep things from sticking. I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm not really trying to lose weight, just to eat healthier and get fitter / tone. If they had a scale for number of push ups completed or specifically body fat percentage I'd think about it, but I'm not so concerned with what my scale says, so don't deal with the ticker.

I've been gluten free for about a year and a half (Celiac disease) and while I certainly feel much better for it (more energy, no more random stomach ailments, less bloating) I haven't had any change in weight due to it that I couldn't just attribute to just eating more salads because sandwiches weren't a choice anymore.…

Almond milk. Without fail. I have some issues with lactose so got out of the habit of drinking milk for years. So when I do buy it I feel like I need to save it for a special occasion or something. Because I'm insane. So I have a glass or two, then it's suddenly two weeks later and it's smelling weird and separating. I…

I would get completely bat**** looks if I started exercising at my desk (open office floor plans blow), so I don't. But I also never sit still. I spin in my chair, kick my feet, do leg raises, use a small bottle for water so I have to get up a lot, do 20 or so squats whenever I go to the bathroom, whatever I can. My…

As soon as I know what I'll be eating I log it and will always try to log before I actually eat it to see how it fits in with my goals. I can't uneat something that had a lot more calories than I thought, but I can take it off the diary and eat something different.

If you have a Trader Joe's in your area they have a lot of great gluten free options. But ff you go for their pasta avoid the corn stuff, it has always turned into a pile of yellow mush for me, and watch it like a damn hawk because it goes from a little too crunchy to mushy in about a minute. As for breadcrumbs smashed up…

Ah the siren call of late night ice cream. Or fudge. Or chips. I found having something to do with my hands stops me from craving night time snacks. I highly recommend picking up sewing, crocheting, knitting, drawing, whittling, whatever will keep your hands busy.

Any kind of fish. I don't care that it's crazy lean protein and all that, I just can't get past the smell. Even when people say it doesn't smell I swear it does. It's possibly a mental block after a fishing incident when I was little involving some crazy fish that cut my hand.

I'm still trying to work out what on earth a 4000 calorie meal looks like... Let's go with McDonalds: 3 crispy chicken clubs (670 a piece) = 2010 Large fries = 500 Large soda = 270 Large M&M McFlurry = 930 Apple pie = 250. That gets us to 3,960 calories. And a very very upset stomach.

Damn, I was really hoping it would be magically just as delicious. O well, I'll stick with the real stuff then :)

Ice cream. Can't do it. Won't do it. I cut way back and learned what a portion size is and stuck with it, but there is no way ice cream is leaving my life (unless I get a food processor and that frozen banana thing I keep seeing online is actually good).

Unless you're diabetic I wouldn't worry too much about natural sugars (found in fruit, dairy, vegetables, etc). I could easily go above the limit for sugar by the time lunch rolls around if I eat a yogurt and some fruit.

If you are gluten intolerant or have celiac disease (which there is a blood test for) gluten could be the cause of the bloating. My mother was recently diagnosed and as I was presenting with some similar issues and it's genetic I decided to cut out gluten as well. It definitely helped with a lot of gas and bloating issues,…