crazy4fids

Yes.............that can drain you and make you feel tired.

Along with snacks in between your meals, you may want figure out what your macro ratio is. If you are using MFP default ratio, you are probably eating more carb. You may want to adjust it so you are eating 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat. The extra fat and protein in your diet will help you feel full longer, because…

What ^^^^^^he said!

If you go with the target calories that MFP gives you, then you should eat back a least a portion of your earned exercise calories. If you consistently eat below your BMR, you run the risk of slowing down your metabolism. If you don't exercise, then you stick with what your target calories are.

I find that if I don't eat anything with fat in it (veggies and water) I end up feeling hungry. I started putting walnuts in my Yoplait 100 calorie fat free yogurt and the hunger pains afterward have disappeared.

Maybe it is because they didn't eat all of it?

Don't fret. It will take your body time to adjust to the new fitness plan. Are you working with a nutritionist as well as a personal trainer? Weight loss is 80% nutrition and only 20% exercise. Spend some time reading the forums. You will learn a lot from just reading. Search for people you can add as friends. Try and find…

This would be great to print off and carry it around for great motivation when needed. Thanks for the great post!

I think the trick to being successful on 1200 calories, is to exercise so you have exercise calories to eat back. When I was on 1200 calories and didn't exercise, I was always hungry and cranky. Now I am up to a goal of 1470 calories, but with exercise, I am eating about 1800 calories a day. It seems to be working out well…

How about sneaking in a healthy meal replacement bar....lol. Or water and popcorn? Seriously, I would make sure you either go with full stomach, or make sure what you eat beforehand is low in sodium.

The only thing I noticed it you frequently don't drink enough liquid and you are often over your sodium allotment. Both can contribute to water retention and slow weight loss.

The amount of sodium in the blood has a close relationship to the amount of water in the body. Blood sodium level depends on the amount of sodium and water you consume and the amount you excrete in your urine. Some sodium also leaves the body in sweat and fecal matter. Too little water and sodium levels increase. Too much…

Yup....Honeysuckle White!

I used to have chicken legs until I started running.

I like them as much as the regular brats!

While meds can help, sometimes they can add to the problems and make them worse over an extended period of time. I went from Paxil to Wellbutrin to Effexor. Paxil make me incapable of having an orgasm, Wellbutrin gave me anxiety and the Effexor seems to work well. Now I am trying to get off of it, after I have been on it…

Practice. I don't think there is really any secret to this. If there is.....please share.

HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training = P

I know you said you couldn't workout due to an injury and that always SUCKS. But is there any way you could do ANYTHING? Like I had a foot injury last month, so instead of running, I swam. When my shin splints were horrendous, I cycled. When my knees act up, I jump on the elliptical. When I just want to burn a few extra…

That is a good question. Yesterday I ran for 22 minutes and then did upper body weights. Later in the day I did a bunch of raking and yard work and ended the day with a 40 minutes bike ride with my dogs. Total calorie burn for the day (according to my BodyMedia Fit armband) was 1279. My calorie goal which is my BMR is 1470…

I find that if I eat a lot of sugar early on in the day, I am more hungry later in the day. I really have to work hard not to be looking in the fridg every half hour.

A combination of cardio and weight lifting would work best. I would rather work out more to eat more than just cutting calories.

Healthy food, food scale, gym membership, HRM, home gym/exercise equipment. Get the food scale first because you will use it every day. You need it. Get the gym membership before the HRM. You can use the info computed from MFP or the gym equipment for calculating your calorie burn. Then get the HRM. I suggest the gym…

I spice up my favorite recipes with extra protein. For example, I make turkey sloppy joes using ground turkey, Heinz natural sloppy joe mix, and add in mashed up canned organic black bean (you can't even taste them!) and a couple scoops of protein powder (I use herbalife personal protein powder, it doesn't add anything to…

If that is you in your profile picture...it doesn't really look like you need to loose weight. You might be happy if you just pick up some weights or resistance bands and work on building muscle. What kind of exercise are you currently doing? The other thing is you need to open up your food diary so we can see what you are…

Again, thanks for addressing my pronation to tendonitis. It is greatly appreciated. Linda

Good advice! Thank you!

Thanks for all the advice! I ordered NR for women last night! So excited to get it! Gonna work my way into the big kids room! :drinker:

The labrum tears are old (possibly as old as 5 years). One was repaired two years ago. The warm up set is just for lifting. I do about 20 minutes of light cardio on the treadmill or elliptical before I start lifting.