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I'm currently LOVING the Zombies, Run! C25K program. And seriously, I haven't willingly ran in like, 20 years. But so far I've been able to keep up, it really does a good job of easing you into running. And the extra motivation is that you're running from zombies! :happy:

If I want to have a specific meal at dinner, for example, I budget my calories for the day around it. And I exercise - seriously, nothing is more motivating to get out and go for a walk or a run or something than knowing I can then eat MORE during the day! :happy: Last weekend I went on a 6 mile like with ~1000 ft.…

I'm a HUGE fan of geocaching. I wear a Fitbit so any walking/hiking I do while caching just gets counted as exercise that way. But since my main form of geocaching is hiking, yes, I definitely count it as exercise. Last weekend I went caching and it took me on a 6-mile hike with ~1000 ft of elevation gain. Definitely…

I really love chevre on toast - usually around 70 cals for one serving of 28 g (~1 tbs), but depending on the size of your bread I usually find that's enough to cover 2 pieces. Plus there's a decent amount of protein in a serving, about 6 g.

When you get to the restaurant try to size up the portions of everything. That should help you pick a more accurate "match" in the database. Be sure to pick a match that comes from another restaurant - since it's way more likely to be a closer match on things like fat and sodium than a homemade recipe will be. After I've…

I tend to eat 30-80% of them back (averaging around 50%, I would say)... for me it's more about listening to my body and figuring out how hungry I really am, and also taking into account the type of exercise I did that day. Most of my exercise is walking and running and hiking I use a Fitbit so I let it determine my…

Wish I'd seen this thread sooner... but I'm IN! Hopefully this will motivate me to keep up with the 10K+ steps a day! :happy: March 01: 11950 March 02: 11770 March 03: 11507 March 04: 13819 March 05: 15672 March 06: 15752 March 07: 14196 March 08: 17386 March 09: 21074 March 10: 15445 March 11: 15342 March 12: 13996 March…

I like the Old Navy workout clothes - but I'm not sure if they have those type of pants or not. But the workout pants I've gotten from them are really comfortable!

My current boyfriend of 4.5 years and I met on OKCupid. Honestly, so many people are meeting online these days, I really don't think there's much of stigma around online dating anymore. I initially went on OKC because I had just moved to an area where I didn't know anyone, and it seemed like a simple, easy way to find both…

Are your Fitbit and MFP accounts synced? Are you making sure to accurately log your start and stop time in MFP so you're not getting calories burned from both your entry on MFP AND your Fitbit?

The Fitbit tracks two "types" of calorie burn during the day. The first is calories you burn just by living: your heart beating, your lungs breathing, your daily functioning. Those calories will show up as "calories burned" steadily throughout the day, but will NOT give you back additional calories to eat. The other type…

Oh, SPN was an obsession for me there for awhile too. :happy: I binge-watched it *so much* that I've actually stopped for a bit... but I'm looking forward to starting it up again. And as a side note, all of you who love SPN (and especially Cas) should check out GISHWHES, put on by Misha Collins every year. It's amazing. I…

I met my current boyfriend of 4.5 years on OKCupid - I recommend it! My whole thing when I joined was that I didn't want to pay to be rejected - so I was sold on the fact that OKC was free. :laugh: It was also pretty fun going through and answering a bunch of questions and seeing how others responded to them. But being a…

I also have a 9-5 (well, 7:30-4, actually) job that has me sitting at my desk most of the day. I decided to get a Fitbit to track my steps throughout the day, to get a better understanding of how much I was actually moving during the day. When I first got it I was regularly coming in at 2-3000 steps for the ENTIRE day. Now…

So amazing. Exactly what I needed to see today. Seriously, tears in my eyes. Congratulations, and thanks for (more) inspiration!

I love my Fitbit Zip. When I first got it 2 months ago, I was making 2000-3000 steps a day as my usual routine. Seeing that number on the Fitbit motivated me to get up and walk more - I've now logged 30+ days over 10,000 steps - usually closer to 12-15K. It's really motivational, plus I love all the great graphs they give…

Coffee and half and half, pretty much every morning. Chevre... better for you per oz than cream cheese or butter (with way more protein!), and tastier (imho) too! I almost always have something once a day with chevre. Avocados & spinach - very often on the menu. Some sort of ice-cream-type dessert. :smile:

All you have to do is spin them. Raw eggs wobble while they spin, since their center of gravity keeps moving. Hard boiled eggs will spin smoothly.

Most processed and restaurant food will have a lot of sodium. It doesn't mean you need to avoid them entirely, but make sure you're drinking plenty of water to help with extra sodium. I usually eat out/order take-out only 1 or 2 times a week, if that, and I "budget" for it ahead of time. Usually if I know I'm going out to…

I don't mind it, though I usually only do it for at the most 30 minutes at a time. I use it mainly to meet my step goals when it's raining - otherwise I definitely prefer being outside. But I do work up a sweat, and there's the bonus that I don't have to see anyone except my boyfriend, who thinks I'm kind of crazy anyway.…

Yes, of course, especially since how hypocritical would that be if I wouldn't since I've been overweight for almost my entire life? I know the sadness of realizing someone I like is not giving me a chance just because I'm overweight, even though (imho) I'm a pretty awesome person. My partner of 5 years is overweight but is…

Not everyone is vegetarian just based on animal rights. Some do it because of land use and the high toll meat ranching takes on the environment. Some do it for health reasons. Some just don't want an animal to die for them to have to eat. Etc. I kind of come at it from a standpoint of what I would personally be willing to…

I'm pescatarian but mostly vegetarian and I eat the whole egg - the yolk is definitely the best part! Plus my cholesterol is fine. It's not like I eat a ton of eggs (usually only 1 or 2 if I'm having them for breakfast, which I only do a couple times a week), but I do count on them for protein. And yes, much like milk,…

Would love to be friends with anyone here - I have similar weight-loss goals and do my best to log in every day and support my friends here. :smile: Edit to add: My diary is open to my friends - it's a new step for me, but I like the accountability, plus I know how much I like perusing my friends' diaries for good…

Weigh everything, then enter the ingredients as a recipe under your "food" tab. Assuming you're divvying up the ingredients fairly evenly, you can just put in how many servings your recipe makes - and it'll give you the total calories as well as the calories for one serving. Then when you log it, just enter how many…

I LOVE my Fitbit Zip - I've had it for about 2 months now. Yes, it's not as fancy as the One/Flex/Force in that it doesn't track sleep or stairs, but it is GREAT for what it does do. It's like a pedometer crossed with a Tomagotchi, and it will calculate calories burned based on your activity level and the info that you put…

The Power Crunch protein bars are yummy too - they're like wafer cookies, not that weird gritty nougat like a lot of protein bars. The peanut butter flavor is my favorite!

The part of my job where I get to travel to interesting conferences/workshops to give talks and learn new things and the part of my job where I get to work outside in the field collecting data and finding cool plants & animals with awesome people? Love it. The part of my job where I sit at my desk for 8 hours and go to…

1. 4-7 2. Outside 3. Yes while walking/running, no while hiking 4. Rock 5. Yes, Fitbit. 6. Weight loss / overall health