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I don't usually weigh daily to begin with, however I did choose to weigh in this morning, just as a status check after my Easter Feast. While I do no know if I had lost anything since my last weigh in a few days before, I was happy to see the same number as my last official weekly weigh in :) Usually I do an official weigh…

I have lost 21 lbs since this time in January. (From 184 - 163) And that was without any crazy starvation diets or killing myself in the gym. You can do this! ACCURATELY logging your food is probably the most important thing in my opinion. Spend the 15 bucks and get a digital food scale. Once you get the hang of it, it is…

If I have been there before, so I kind of know what to expect food wise, I spend a little bit of time before hand looking up options in MFP's food database. Thankfully I LOVE the green beans that most Asian buffet's around here have, so I put a nice large helping of those on my plate first, then fill up the rest of the…

I threw counting calories out the window for the holiday (though I did try to restrict my portion sizes of the more calorie laden foods) Roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, broccoli and rice casserole, one cresent roll with cinnamon butter and banana split cake for…

I absolutely have cheat days! Friends invite me out to the casino and want to stop at Red Robin for dinner? You betcha! Generally I try to make the healthiest choices I can prior to the cheat meal to limit the "damage" to my daily caloric goal, and I will make minor sacrifices even to my cheat meal. Choosing the "lettuce…

You have to remember that before when you were not eating breakfast and sometimes skipping lunch that your body was in starvation mode. It thought that there were not enough calories to go around so your metabolism was WAY slow. Now that you are eating frequently and are MUCH more active, you metabolism is through the roof…

This was not one of my better days for getting in the amount of protein that I should, but it was the first one that I found that I knew was accurate ( traveling on business for the last month, so alot of foods this month have had to be added with a best guess approach) Anyway: Breakfast - 260 calories 1 packet of Quaker…

Maybe someone already brought this up, because I did skim thru some of the last posts, but to help you determine fat gain vs muscle gain, have you considered buying on of the fancier scales that calculate BMI, body fat, & water ? I am sure that they are not 100% accurate by any stretch, but it would give you an idea at…

Protein right after a work out will help your body recover, but it does not have to be a shake to work. If you are already meeting your goals, then adding shakes is not needed. Maybe switching your meal times around or adding in a protein rich snack so you have something within 30 minutes or so of finishing your workout…

Think of it this way. Every pound of muscle that you put on in the gym burns FAR more calories than a pound of fat ever thought of! Most women do not naturally bulk up just by lifting weights. It is not in our body chemistry. One of my male friends talked me into switching out of the lower weight high rep, into his 5X5…

I would not be discouraged just yet, without having taken baseline measurements you have no way of knowing if you have lost inches. Remember that MUSCLE weighs more than fat, so if you started walking and running out of the blue, then you have been building muscle in your legs that was not there before! As far as the food…

Try eating more (smaller) meals per day. I switched to this and it seems to REALLY help. Basically, I took the number of base calories per day and divided it by 6. So I end up with about 236 calories per meal. That may not sound like much, but when you are eating every two hours you do have time to get too hungry, plus you…