richardbigg

Aw, don't be so hard on him. He probably thinks he was doing something nice; kind of like the guy who buys his wife a new vacuum cleaner for her birthday :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thanks to everyone who has replied. I kept meaning to jump back into the conversation, but it had so much momentum that I didn't want to break it. I must say that posting something in these forums and reading the replies certainly fast tracks your learning curve. I think I've learned more about nutrition over the past two…

I usually bike about an hour and a half to 2 hours about twice a week during the weekdays, but on weekends can stretch that much further as I have more time. A 100 mile bike ride is not out of the question on the weekend. I do make it a point to ingest a protein drink right after exercising to stave off as much muscle loss…

Stay, but watch my back :)

Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear…

You have to reward yourself, but in moderation. I had a hard day of working out and yes, I'm going to have a glass of red wine tonight. After I lost my first 10 pounds, I treated myself to a burger that was 1700 calories, which put me 500 calories for the day. You have to reward your success, just don't do it every day. My…

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1.44 so far, but just started diet and exercise program January 8th. I never thought about it in terms of gallons, but that really makes you think about how many hot wings I have lost so far...By my calculations, that's a little over 1009 hot wings in just 20 days. Now I'm motivated to keep going!

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Just remind yourself what is more important; that black dress or that piece of candy. It's called discipline and you can do it. Sometimes I hypnotize myself into believing that the workers who made the candy or fried food were in the back picking their noses just before they put the piece of food out on the counter with…