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To a certain point, no, but at the same time my mom has never been thin since she gave birth to my sister and it's not very surprising. I never ate much fruit or veggies growing up, I've lived on sugar nearly all my life, as long as I can remember I always loved cookies, pastries, ice cream... I was never overweight as a…

I've always wondered myself but if the packet lists nutritional info after being cooked, I'd go with the cooked weight.

Yes it is... I'm nice but obviously don't have an awesome body or else I wouldn't be here and from what I can tell, it's not enough. Blame our modern society based on appearance!

I'm so certain that I've been on there before! I'm not working at the moment but a bento box is definitely awesome for portion control and there's just so many ideas out there! I'll have to keep it in mind when I need lunches again, I've had a bento box for a while but never truly used it, lol

For one, definitely plan ahead what you'll be eating during the week. This is super easy if you always eat the same things week after week like we do with little change. Next, check all the flyers of stores around you for stuff that you regularly buy and if you have a place that does price match, even better! Mostly I do…

You're asking this to the guy that has probably tried them all... I've always been a huge granola bar consumer but lately I've been easing a lot on that habit! That being said, I'd have to go with Kashi or Nature's Path. I find their selection rather good, they all seem tasty to me and overall they fit well in my plan. I…

I'm in to try this out, not too sure I understand the ticker though but whatever, that's the least of my worries! I never count how far I go when I walk so this'll be purely cycling. I set myself up for 350 KMs! I'm very curious to see how this goes, I've never tracked my distance over a month, only per ride and whole…

Do I even have 10? Let's see... 1- Cereal, it's my breakfast and since the Kashi brand was on sale, I've got plenty to choose from 2- Orange juice, I never go without it! 3- Spaghetti, usually have it at least once a week somewhere 4- Lean ground beef, either in patties or used in a homemade sauce 5- Chicken, who doesn't…

I read it all and wow, I have no words, all I can do is imagine what that must feel like, I've never had to deal with anything remotely close, not even via a family member. I wish you the best and give it all you've got!

From what I've understood, if you go by MFP numbers, yes, apparently you're supposed to eat back the calories that you burn by working out. I normally don't eat them all back unless I have a really big workout though. Just eating the 1200 calories, in theory yes you should lose some weight but you certainly won't see as…

I try to add fruits and veggies here and there but I'm definitely not having them all the time. Yes it's possible to lose weight, I did it before and don't see why I couldn't do it again. My issue is not so much lack of time or anything but I'm somewhat picky and I'm not a salad person so I find it hard to integrate them…

If you can swallow it, you can eat it! I wouldn't worry a whole lot about calories at this point because truth is you'll hardly eat as it is! I wasn't counting calories back in the winter when I had a wisdom tooth pulled but I was going on applesauce and soup for the most part for the first 2 or 3 days when I couldn't chew…

I usually use the extra lean beef but will vary now and then with lean chicken or turkey although everyone tells me turkey burgers are too dry so I very rarely do them. I just found today some ground lamb, very curious to try that out! Anyway, I've grown used to having only the patties without buns and for the most part…

I usually never eat anything at the movies, don't feel the need to, plus it ain't cheap! I hardly go to the movies anyway and last time I had half a bag of popcorn just cause it was free (and I hadn't begun counting calories or anything). If I had to buy something there, perhaps I'd do plain popcorn. Otherwise I'd consider…

I wished but for one I sweat super easily and two, I'd never ever leave my bike outdoors all day. Would prefer it to riding the bus and subway but oh well...

I do, at least for breakfast. I could probably log it for a whole week, I always eat cereal and only open one box at a time, so basically I'll eat the one flavour until the box is done and believe me, it lasts a while when you eat it properly following servings! With orange juice and perhaps a banana if I have some. As for…

I'm from Montreal and consider myself East enough of most of Canada!

I've always wanted to know what dry heat feels like, here it's always humid and that certainly makes you wish you could be knocked unconscious for a while during those days but thankfully we're not there yet! I was going to suggest swimming but I see you can't do it... there's lots of water exercises that are becoming…

It depends on what habit, some are easier than others. Ditching soda and juices for only water took me all of a couple of days. Making healthier choices for eating, took me months the last time I lost weight.

As a cycling person that got fat over the years, I came to discover that problem myself, I mean heck, my thighs rub each other and I can get those blisters even from daily walking! I just recently got myself cycling underwear and it helps a lot! No more blisters here! If you don't want biking shorts or ride your bike in…

That day I realized I didn't fit in my pants and that when I tried to buy new ones, I figured out that when companies make pants bigger around the waist, they also make em bigger everywhere else and it looks horrible on me! So basically I feel like I'm SOL when it comes to getting new pants because when I try a small size,…

Well thanks for that, if anything it totally made me laugh! Doesn't make it any less true though!

My first goal is to lose 30 but even then I'll still weight 150, ideally I'd like to weight 140 at most but I'm not entirely sure how realistic that could be... at any rate I have a lot of belly fat so maybe it is!

That gif still made me laugh as much as the first time I saw it! But to answer your question, the first time I lost weight I didn't noticed any difference at all but I think it also comes with personality, I'm not very social or very confident and never was, not even in my younger years when I was thinner so I don't…

It's definitely doable! I lost about 20lbs a few years ago, thought I had developped good habits so I stopped tracking my food and whatnot, figured I could do it on my own. Yes, it took years to gain the weight back, somewhat surprisingly but I'm back at square one. I tell myself that I did it once, I know what it took,…

Cycling is about the only thing I do, always loved it and the only thing I hate about it is how hard it gets when it's windy but it has never stopped me from going out for a ride. I don't really have a monthly goal, it's more of a season goal of outdoing my 1000 miles from last summer. This year I began riding in February…

If the weather still allows it, wear pants and long sleeves. Cheaper and easier, will make you sweat more, yes, but unless you're not hydrated enough, it shouldn't be too bad... one thing I somewhat randomly discovered a couple of weeks ago is that while you wear water resistant clothing, you can be sweating but mosquitos…

Meh, the only place where I go organic, or at least try to, is with cereals as I love oatmeal but can't seem to do well with non-organic. And no, it's not in my head, I started getting some sort of allergic reaction and I even tried having non-organic to try it out and sure enough I get the reaction again, like I do with…

The closest to being a 0 calorie food is lettuce... roughly 50 calories for an iceberg and I mean the whole thing! Though for the record, it's also the most boring food ever :P Sadly no food is 0 calories but hey if you like lettuce, by all means go for it!

The most natural thing I have found is simply fresh cherries. Eat like 30 of em and I dare you to be hungry afterwards! I forget what it is about them but the first time I heard about it was on an article in a newspaper about pills made from cherries and I figured I'd try the real thing and sure enough, it works. Have some…