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If you are asking can you lose weight without exercise the answer is yes. Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit. Fitness comes from exercise and has a lot of benefits for your health. Consider adding some exercise that you enjoy. Even walking for short times will be beneficial.

I would speed walk one break. Walk the stairs for another. Using the last for bodyweight exercises like squats, lunges, push ups, glute bridges, wall sits, planks etc.

One last thing. You don't have to eliminate things like fast food, soda, "junk" food unless you want to. I know plenty of successful, fit people at healthy weights that eat that stuff. There aren't good or bad foods. That sets up a bad dynamic that implies you are good or bad if you eat good or bad foods. Yes, some foods…

I, like you, like to do things "right" but sometimes wanting to things "right" used to cause me to do nothing which doesn't help me at all. I was once very hungry and walked around a grocery store looking for the best thing to eat for 30 minutes. I got hungrier and more irritable until it finally dawned on me that maybe…

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You can buy frozen veggies so you only prepare what you want to eat that meal so you aren't eating the same veg all the time. Personally I buy a variety of fresh veg and I find that as long as it's in the fridge it's good for quite some time. I have a head of cauliflower and a head of cabbage that have been in my fridge at…

Everyone posted such great ideas. Don't be afraid of brussel sprouts. I keep bacon frozen just for when I make roasted brussel sprouts and I eat the whole pound myself. Yum! You can also check out making fried rice from cauliflower and using shredded cauliflower as a pizza crust. I have yet to try these but have heard they…

8 glasses a day is just a rough estimate. The info I found is take your weight in pounds divide in half and that is the number of ounces you should drink (or the same number of kgs if you weigh in kgs). If you are in an extreme climate (heat or cold) you should be drinking more also 1 cup for every hour of exercise you do.…

The kind I purchase says a serving size is one filet and they are individually packaged. Yes, I can see there is some size discrepancy but the calories are so low in salmon that I figure it equals out in the end. So I doubt weigh individually packaged frozen filets. If I was to weigh, I would weigh the thawed filet.

Perhaps you would enjoy TRX or a Group Power strength class if you enjoy classes. I agree a short program 2-3 times a week is all you need to retain LBM but a progressive program will do so much more for you. Personally I love powerlifting. I love being one of the few women in the weight room, love my program, love seeing…

My secret is 3 parts: 1) I remember how everything ached when I was heavier. I was slowly killing myself. It was so hard to run for a minute. My parents have medical problems that I don't want. They are old before their time. 2) I am really enjoying finding out what I/my body is capable of. I can lift heavy, bend into…

This. There are poses I can't do because my belly gets in the way but it won't always. It takes some work finding the style and instructor you like but it is so worth it. I have done yoga on and off for about a decade. Mostly off. This last year I found an instructor I like and I have made more progress on my yoga practice…

Also I take a very small sample of each dish to try it and decide what I really wish to eat/ what is worth the calories then I take a regular portion. No point in eating a dish that is bland just because it is there.

You have 3 options. 1) Guess the weight and use a random turkey entry in the database. 2) Guess but use the quick add calories option which won't show macros 3) Say screw it. And either enter a large number of quick add calories for the whole day or don't log today. I use option 3 on national holidays/parties. I try and…

+1 I'm also a short obese woman and one of the very few female lifters at my gym. I love lifting and would not take kindly to anyone suggesting I do more cardio. Do what is right for you and what you enjoy. Earlier this year I ate close to maintenence for a few months and lifted as heavy as I could and holy body…

I am! It will be my 6th ocr and first Spartan. It will be fun. Can't wait till May which is my first OCR of the year.

Having a lot of liquid in my stomach makes me want to toss my cookies. Also if I eat within 90 minutes of my workout it doesn't go well. My ideal window is a meal 3 hours before and if I feel sluggish a small quick carb about an hour before. Any closer and I feel wretched.

CoffeNCardio Congratulations on going in and getting it done! Expect some staring for awhile and expect failure. I am usually the only woman in the weight room and when I first started in the weight room, in January with the new resoloutionists and when the new semester starts when there are new med students at my gym I…

Speaking of Rippetoe, he has a video about where to hold the bar in your hand to help prevent calluses. This helped me immensely but not everyone likes it. I'm also a fan of chalk. My gym doesn't provide it so I bring mine in a rock climbing chalk bag with a refillable chalk sock. No mess, no problem.

I was having elevensies and am late. Still room?

My/ a general fitness wish list: 1 new gym bag 2 $ to take an aerial silks class. 3 a massage 4 My favorite workout capris have been discontinued so I would love gift cards to retailers where I could buy new pants. 5 New ipod armband because mine is funky monkey. 6 Wristwraps, lifting belt and other lifting accessories. 7…

You shall pry the B&J pints from my cold, dead hands! Well except for Pumpkin Cheesecake, it's awful. Total let down.

I second getting a new pair of properly fitted shoes aimed towards your activity (walking, running etc). I was morbidly obese when I started C25K and my feet hurt so badly that it was excruciating to stand on them to shower afterwards or walk. I iced them about 10-15 after painful activity and would use an acupuncture or…

No problem. That's without the lid by the way.

No Nope a pint. I have a pint almost empty so weighed it after I scooped out the ice cream. Official answer: 16 grams.

I 'm also weakest right after ovulation but once my period starts I am in beast mode. I'ver heard that most women are weakest the first couple of days of their period. However I agree that your situating was probably due to not getting enough quality rest.

I'm pretty sure the empty container is 12-14 grams. I'm shocked I can't recall the exact number. I would estimate it as 12 and adjust tomorrow.

You are good R. Head to the group and join a team. I thought you were already in a team.

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