DustinReiner Member

Yes, I have...many, many years ago! About the time I was your age......I totally changed my life, re-discovered myself and created a "New Me!" It was the best thing I ever did and it changed my life............That was some 22 years ago and how history repeats it self......the former girlfriend called me and wanted to…

Taking the easy way out, never works........ If pills worked, everyone woulod be doing it, and the pills companies ould be RICH! There also wouldn't BE so many fat people in America. I hate to break this to you, they don't work. Diet, determination and hard work are the things that work!

Good job!

There are a lot of variables. On MFP my water glass over flows(14-15 glasses) on a daily basis, I also exercise quite a bit. To the point I have trouble staying hydrated. Here is a good article:I really doubt your drinking a dangerous level. http://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm

Why not do it more than once a day? It's not going to hurt, especially if it works. As I understand "Turbofire" makes a couple different videos, try another one, mix it up. Oh I workout twice a day, hard cardio in the morning and weights and light cardo in the late afternoon. I workout six days a week. Yoiu have to watch…

Hello, I had something similar, my weight gain, was medical, but not pharmaciudal. I was on bed rest for a prolonged period of time, almost half a year. AFTER I was in the hospital for several months. I gained, 35-40 pounds and could barely stand, the day a “new” doctor said I could get up and move around. I was so weak, I…

A couple drinks every now and then is good for the soul(Ok, maybe not for the soul, but still you get the idea...maybe sanity) Personally, I prefer Absolute vodka and cranberry, short with lime. Grey Goose martini’s with olives are good to, for a quicker start!(Don’t forget to count the olives in your daily caloric count!)…

I agree with most everyone, I think it is a great motivational tool. To answer a couple questions. About dieting and working out, I've worked out for years. (You can read my bio if you want to see why I'm here.......or not!) I'm anal about it and I have a multi page spreadsheet, dissecting both my diet and my workouts. So…

1200 is WAY to low, your body will start to go into conserve mode and you'll stop losing weight all together and won't feel all that well either. Stoutman81 looks like he's got it going on with his advice. I do a lot of research on the topic as well.Here are some sites I've used. Try these and I bet you’ll start to lose…

"You shouldn't eat before bed time" is a myth! When you sleep is the time when your body does most of it's repair work, most of it's re-building. Why deny your body the building blocks to repair itself? I drink a protein shake every night before I go to bed. (I actually don't feel so well if I don't drink one) I work out a…

Unfortunately you can't choose where you want to lose FAT. It doesn't work like that. Think of it as ice melting, the thin small parts shriink first. (Hands, wrists, feet, ankles, neck.....really) But you will lose a little all over. What you can do is called body sculpturing. A lot of people do it. If you want a fit, cute…

I don't cheat! When it comes down to it, the only person I'm cheating.......IS ME! So no I don't cheat. My goal was 100 days(last Saturday) my reward.........I had three beers! I worked out like a mad man all week long and went out Friday and had three more beers. That was the only time I really went about my caloric…

looked at your “food diary” and I noticed a few things. 1.Right off the bat, I’d increase your caloric intake to at least 1400 calories a day. You seriously are probably not eating enough. If you don’t eat ENOUGH your body will go into “conservation mode” and store calories and start to feed upon muscle for nutrients. If…

Cooking isn't hard! It really isn't and chicks dig it when a guy cooks for them. (Trust me there!) If you can read, you can cook. Here is a site I use for good recipes. (http://allrecipes.com/Default.aspx) Start simple, baked chicken, canned or frozen veggies. You can use the FMP site to figure out caloric content. Ok with…

I'm not a "kettle ball" fan, I think most of the exercises are a good way to hurt yourself and pull on joints (throwing action). With that said I do use them, very, very limited. I like "free weights" and cardio. Here is a good link though to some basic exercies. (Which I don't use.)…

Ok about the god thing, but it's up to you! You gotta want it. You can do it, if you want it! If you want to make a change all it takes is effort! Good luck in your goals!

A Heart Rate Monitor is good when you are running or other cardio exercises, but for weight lifting it's not terribly accurate. Lifting weights are more power based, and are hard to judge the caloric intake used. It’s like a car all have different gas mileage ratings. Each car is different, even if they’re the same make…

I hope not, because I eat three times that amount. Really, all joking aside, it's not bad for you. Especially depending on what your goals are. I'm looking to lost FAT and build muscle. So far it's working. My protein is set at 200 grams a day. I generally hit that +/- 5 grams either way. It sounds like you are using MFP's…

Certainly more toned. I don't talk about another man's wife.......So what does your husband say? I'm sure it's.....ah, posititve!

Sushi is always a hard one, I guess for everyone and I thought it was just me! It depends what it is, the simple ones with go with what's close. But you have some high calorie stuff in there. Cream cheese, avocado, and deep fired spicy salmon and eel sauce (also called Nitsume) can be high in calories. Especially depending…

Don't give up on yourself. Remember there is a reason why your not together. You deserve to be treated better. If he wanted to be with you so bad, he would of. I hate to say it(man code) he was using you, he probably gave two or three other girls the same line. Don't let him win! Move on, you were doing fine before he got…

Welcome to MFP(As it's lovingly called by fellow members), Well your making the first step, ¬your on here with the intent to lose weight. While this site is great and the people are great, this site can only do so much, it’s up to you to do it. You can do it, it’s not easy but the things that are worth it aren’t easy. But,…

Decisions, decisions.....Which belt to buy? That's a good place to be. Congradulations!

A good NAME brand multi-vitamin(Centrum, One-a-day). Not a mom and pop, the name brands will be cleaner. Remember take the recomended amount. To much you will just urinate it out, or it will get stored in fat and be un-useable. (And if it it's stored i fat, it will be un-usuable.) Vitamins, are stord and used later like…

It doesn't mean I don't give myself a reward every now and then. If I've worked out a lot one week, or was super strict on myself I give myself a reward. Example my 82 year old father wanted cookies like my mother use to make. He's a great Dad and he has always been great to me(You can read my bio, he's been there for me…

I don't believe in a "Cheat day", a cheat day can lead into bending and then, the next day oh I can eat that, it's NOT that bad and then on and on and on. That's how we got here, by slipping and bending the rules! We're all here becasue we want or need to lose weight. When it's all said and down, we're going to have to…

Ok, you've identifyied the problem, that's a start. You know what the problem is and YOUR LETTING IT WIN! You are letting it control your life, instead of you controling your life. Years and years ago I had a similar problem I ate when I was bored and upset. I had to over come that, and it's not easy. But it comes down to…

I really don't know about or remember the details of the Atkins diet, I read about it ten years ago. I do remeber from what I read, it's not a likely sustainable diet. I also remember it not sounding to heatlhy. I do my best to eat low carbs and high protein. I don't eat any complex carbs, usuall only simple ones(A ton of…

Hi there, I'm sort of up in the air in this one. I don't make it a point to eat my calories back, I think of them as a bonus or a buffer. I set my caloric goal at 1600, and stay between 1600 to 1700. I'll eat back 30-40, maybe even up to 100 of my exercise calories, but never the whole amount. That's part of dieting,…

Hi there welcome to MFP(As it's lovingly called by fellow members), Well your making the first step, ¬your on here with the intent to lose weight. While this site is great and the people are great, this site can only do so much, it’s up to you to do it. You can do it, it’s not easy but the things that are worth it aren’t…