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You say your arms hurt but don't specify if you are talking about upper arm or forearm. Normally if would only be if your forearms hurt that clenching your fists be a problem, and I somehow doubt that is where you are experiencing the discomfort. Make a special mental effort to "check in" with your shoulders every couple…

Strength training is a good idea not least because it can help prevent some injuries from running. Many running injuries are ultimately caused by muscle imbalances -- weak glutes or hips or core for example -- that contribute to poor running form or stabilization.

^This. It is very hard just chemically for your body to mobilize and metabolize fat tissue compared to your lean mass. This is even true for very obese people. And you are not obese. So if you set an agressively low calorie target in order to drop weight very fast, you might drop that weight but very very little of it will…

Honestly, I feel like everyone wants to "blame" weight loss struggles on physical issues ("what is the best exercise to burn fat?" / "Are my calories too low am I in 'starvation mode' oh noes?" / "am I eating too many carbs?" / "am I getting not enough protein?" / "should I eat a lchf diet to lose the most weight?" / "halp…

Salsa + whatever leftover veggies I've got (eg peppers, spinach, onions, mushrooms, etc.) + cheese + poached or boiled egg Wasabi + soy sauce squash or sweet potato + boiled egg + spinach + leftover shredded pork BBQ sauce + leftover shredded chicken (e.g. rotisserie chicken, crockpot chicken) + mushrooms + cheese Tomato…

Running capris with deep mesh pockets on the side of the thigh. http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1031035&vid=1&pid=144572012 I love these and I don't know why all running crops don't have these pockets!

My grocery sells me boneless skinless chicken breasts that are well over a pound (raw weight, that's how I weigh and log my chicken usually) too. Some mutant, top-heavy, triple-D chickens around I guess. I would love if the chicken breasts I bought were "average" weight of 5 oz. I just spent a good chunk of time in my…

If you weigh it when it's raw, use a "raw weight" entry when you log it at that weight. If you weigh it after it's cooked, use a "cooked weight" entry when you log it at that weight.

FWIW, this comes up a lot on the forums. I lost half my bodyweight and have maintained for a year now, and have a different perspective. YES, people ask how we've done it and YES they look disappointed when we say "eating less / moving more / hard work." And sure, sometimes they might be expecting or want to hear that…

OP, as a former Class III obese person myself (I topped out at around 350), I do have a few thoughts. 1. It's great that you feel "satisfied" at your current calorie levels but there's this: it looks like you intend to be in this for the long haul (also great!). So consider how satisfied you will feel 3 months, 6 months,…

I personally didn't say you have to feel hungry. But you seem to be saying that a person has to not feel hungry, and I take issue with that. What you specifically feel is not a roadmap for what all other people "should" feel. I'm saying that given variation among individuals, you cannot make the blanket statement that any…

Why on earth would you assume you would NOT be hungry eating at a deficit? That's what hunger is for, evolutionarily speaking. While there's quite a lot of variation between individuals in how we experience "hunger" (I put that in quotes because in my experience there's quite a lot of different feels that we put the h-word…

* Headline: Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk * Lede: Eating too many carbohydrates such as potatoes, bagels or cereal increases the risk for lung cancer, * Follow up statement: Researchers have found that people who eat a diet with a high glycemic index – bagels, white rice, pasta and potatoes we’re…

Don't overthink it. Progress on all fronts will be incremental, no reason to wait for one to progress before working on another, especially if you are just starting out. Do what you can, do what you like, note progress as it occurs and make changes to your routine as you feel capable or as needed to make progress on any…

I'm curious why you thought it was important to tell us the frequency of your swims and what stroke you're using, but no details about your calorie deficit. If it's because you're not tracking your food, um, you have to limit your food intake to lose weight: that means having at least some sense of how much you were eating…

When I want a protein bomb for breakfast I make pancakes with greek yogurt for about 40g protein. I need a 500 calorie breakfast though. That said, my 500 calorie pancake recipe makes a MASSIVE plate of pancakes; I did this the other day and it made 12 (smallish, say 3" diameter) ones. Anyway, if you want a 250 calorie…

It depends on what you do with your kettlebells. You can do strength exercises or resistance cardio with them, it all depends on how you structure your workouts. I run 3X a week, I do "straight" but very moderate strength workouts 2x a week, and 2x a week I do my kettlebell workouts that are really just total body…

Step 1: Accept that you can't "calculate" your burn from specific workouts, you can only estimate it. Step 2: Accept that for most people, for most exercise, a conservative estimate is good enough to get the job done and relax. The "most people" caveat above is not for special snowflakes or people who workout "hard" but…

No reason to take HRM calorie estimates as gospel, even if you are doing steady state exercise. * All the HRMs just do estimates based on proprietary algorithms (i.e., Polar's algorithm is different from Garmin's is different from ...) which is a pretty good hint that nobody really knows for sure. * Even if calorie…

Good points. Also feeds into something I believe, which is a lot of people end up "failing" because they look at the whole process as either being completely balls-deep or totally off the wagon. A lot of people would do much better if their weight loss program were in a much lower gear. More sustainable, and better…

I agree with you, fwiw. You've been doing it right. I have lost 168ish lbs with MFP over a few years so I get where you're coming from with that. I'm also about your height and weight and age. I'm a little confused though as to whether you're saying you're frustrated that you're not losing faster (i.e., 1 lb a month is…

2 oz dry pasta is much bigger than 5 spoonfuls (and it's heavier than 2 oz, too) after it's cooked. 1. If you're logging 2 oz dry pasta (usually about 200 calories), be sure you're weighing your pasta raw, not cooked 2. Use a smaller spoon lol

I don't think it's too hard to extrapolate from the OP's question that they are a fitness newbie whose primary concern is weight loss, so even asking the OP about their goals probably sounds pretty overwhelming to them. Becoming a power lifter, physique model, or competitive body builder are fantasies for newbies, not real…

In my region Safeway sells the 50 calorie La Tortilla ones and they're a staple in my house.

I feel this is a good distinction to make, but again I will point out it's not the same thing at all as categorically declaring a food to be "bad." We all have priorities and make choices in our dietary plans, no? I tend to think of it as "essential nutrition" versus "discretionary calories." I build my daily plan around…

Not to mention the maddening phenomenon of people on here claiming "oh noes, I can't eat all my calories! what to do HALP" when a few posts later you see 1. The dieter responds to every suggestion of foods to eat with mostly "no, that food is not ALLOWED on my plan, it's SO BAD FOR YOU" interspersed with a few plain old…

I just made a pizza frittata and it was AMAZING. Standard frittata procedures but per egg use about 2 oz your favorite pizza veggies such as mushrooms, peppers, plus some pepperoni, tomato sauce, pizza cheese on top.

Yep, I lost >165 lbs and hit my goal weight 9 months ago, and though my weight hasn't really changed much body is still moving stuff around. I actually lost a lot of boob volume, then they seem to have filled back up somewhat (e.g., my bras 9 months ago had air pockets sometimes, now they don't) while my abs have leaned…

Getting started is the hard part -- the fear of failure, or just the fear of it being unpleasant. Once you get over that, you can spend a couple of months taking it kinda easy but establishing the habit: convincing yourself that you're "an exercise person." Put exercise time right into your schedule: it's an appointment,…

If you're comparing the calorie count to the calorie count on other lentils, I have a pretty good hypothesis. The label on these says for an 80 cal serving there are 20g of carbs and 10g of protein. That right there is actually 120 calories, not 80. What it looks like is Kroger has chosen to report calories based on Net…