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Wow, thanks everyone! Very interesting. and inspiring!

"Lenny" by Stevie Ray Vaughn "Little Wing" by Jimmy Hendrix Enya has a few good ones.

I love this post. (and I love your adorable baby)

I don't get how this makes sense - you are actually going 12 hours without eating if you get 8 hrs of sleep. If eating every 4 hours is necessary, than why aren't we all setting alarms for 2 a.m. to get that snack in?? I just don't know if I believe the "rev the metabolism with frequent meals" thing.

I hate breakfast. I wish I knew the real truth as to whether if really "helps the metabolism" or not. I have to force it down, and it seems to be a real waste of calories when I don't even enjoy it. If it truly is "calories in/calories out" that makes or breaks a diet, then for me, skipping breakfast is best. I don't need…

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Could you expand on what happened during training that make you unable to run the 5k? I am also planning a 5k soon, and want to avoid any self sabotage. :/

THIS is exactly what I am fearful of. Hmm....

Ha ha, yes, of course- I am a daily exerciser, so my ex cals for th week could be up there and would probably give me a tummy ache if I ate them all in one sitting! :) Interesting responses so far

Just when I thought I got it... Just to be clear: are your weekly total of calories NOT to exceed your goal's worth - even including the spike day, then?

Ooooh... I think I miscalculated... If I am on 1200/day, last night I netted 900 after exercise... today I am going for 3000... back to netting 1200 tomorrow for another 6 days... is 3000 too much for my spike? If I am shooting for 1200/day, then after a week, including my spike, I should still net 8400 cals for the week?…

Ok - I am trying this also today. I am on day 7 of my 1200 cal/day "diet" and today I am shooting for 3000. Tomorrow, back to 1200/day. I am going to weigh myself daily throughout and share after 2/3 weeks. I've eaten everything from tuna to m&ms... Also, yesterday was day 6 in a row of daily cardio - last night I…

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Why couldn't a person eat only the good foods they've learned to like on their spike day? No need to reintroduce bad trigger foods that hit you like crack would hit an addict - instead of having one piece of fish, go ahead and have 3.... or 4 apples instead of one... big 5 eggs omellet if you so desire - would the effects…

I am confused about the mittens - do you mean, leave the fingers out of cover, but keep the thumb in? And why? I am also planning on running outside during winters, so looking for tips!

I know how you feel - I am also unemployed, but thinking of looking for a part time job because I am so sick of laying around. I have a lot to do here at the homestead, but I just have no motivation to do it. If it were up to me, I would get up only for meals and my daily workout. Maybe we're depressed.

Please, someone teach me how to figure out how many calories I should have on my "spike" day - I am on a 1200 cal/day diet. How do you use your own BMR to figure this out? And how does it all change as you lose weight? Also, I have a lot of weight to lose - 50+ lbs - is spiking a good thing for someone with this much to…

Awesome, awesome posts here - puts a lot of this into perspective. I wish I could try spiking just for this so-called "metabolism push" but the food addict in me is very anxious about even trying. I might try a jump in calories once a week and just fill those calories with "good" food instead of the things my food addict…

I answered my own question and with further research found that Old Navy fold over yoga pants get great reviews. I just ordered some - and they come in Talls if anyone is needed talls... I will let you know how I like them when they come in.

Ah, good! I'm so glad! :)

I'm still trying to get my head around the difference it makes to eat your weekly total allotment of calories in 6 small days and one big day as opposed to 7 moderate days. What precisely changes in the body? Does the change happen daily? Or once a week? Or? I'm not being sarcastic - I just really want to understand the…

To the OP: I feel your pain. I lost 50 lbs last year, then had a family tragedy right before the holidays hit and it resulted in a 20 lb weight gain - almost half of my total loss. But, now I am BACK with a vengeance, determined to turn my setback into a TRIUMPH. First, don't let your small gain turn into a bigger gain…

I am enjoying Zumba 2 very much - I burn as much if not more with Zumba 2 on wii as I do with Turbofire - and I have confirmed this with my heart rate monitor. Just FYI on that topic - the progress charter is always about 100 cals off when it tells me my burn (i.e. my HRM says I burned 550, the Wiii says 650) so keep that…

How much of a "surplus" is necessary, and, do you have to have the total cals for the week balance in the end? (as I mentioned in my previous post - if you decide to eat at maintenance on your spike day, do you then make up for it before and/or after the day of your spike?

OK - so - in order to maintain your deficit, your "spike day" could be managed by eating even less the day before and perhaps the day after - so you are borrowing from other days to fuel your spike day - and how is this different to the body than just eating the same 1200 cals per day? (or whatever your goal is?)

Sure, you probably could wreck your whole week in one day - if you are cutting 500 cals per day from your BMR to lose 1lb/week, then on "spike day" you decide to go nutty, you could theoretically eat all those cals back in one day - it would be 3 or 4 really really bad meals, but I'm sure its possible.

5 lbs per week for 5 weeks, or, 5 pounds in 5 weeks (1lb/week?)

This is also motivation for me and I love to fantasize about it for hours... I am an old married chick with kids, too!

To the OP: Did you eat a calorie deficit, maintenance, or surplus while following this book? Great results - I am very intrigued.... might have to pick this book up! Would you say this program is for someone who has a significant amount of weight to lose, though? I have about 50 to go. :/

Have you tried a low carb plan, just for experiments sake? Maybe you have an insulin issue going on, or prediabetes, making simple carbs hard to tolerate?