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  • Your doing great! whatever pace you end up going is awesome, just keep at it!
  • So MFP basic principal is that you need say 2200 calories to live if all you do is sit on the couch. You take that and subtract 500 calories per day per pound of fat you want to lose a week. 1 pound is 500 a day and 2 is 1000. So you end up with at a 2 pound a week loss 2200 - 1000 = 1200. So when you do an exercise say…
  • Another twist is to squeeze a lime over the pop corn and a touch of salt, very tasty.
  • I enjoy making yogurt parfaits i take them to work so in 2 cup gladware i put about an inch of frozen blue berry's unsweetened then i layer whatever yogurt i happen to be using, I perfer to use fat free greek yogurt and i dont mind using one that is sugar sweetened then top that with lowfat granola. It is a very good meal…
  • Couple things from your food diary. The Volume of coffee your drinking combined with an increase in activity decrease in calories without adequate h2o can certainly all precipitate what your describing. Its hard to run past a mile or two without having some easy to access energy for your body to use. If those things as…
  • I'm there with y'all, started at 160 to get to healthy BMI Down 10 so far, hopefully can stick to the grind stone and make it. Aiming for mini goals 10 lbs at a time. :D
  • Expiration dates aren't a hard and fast after this date this item Will be bad. Just that the manufacturer can no longer guarantee the safety, flavor or efficacy of the product. Take milk for example, really easy to tell when it sours, on the use by date i would bet it's still drinkable for several more days. Medications…
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  • Try Hot vs Cold to me a glass full of ice then filled with water tastes best. If you perfer the cold you could try adding lemon to your water or adding sugar free flavoring like crystal lite. If you perfer hot drinks you could try herbal tea. For the sloshing feeling drink your water over time so instead of knocking back a…
  • Missy spoke well, Take the Do it for yourself not with vanity in mind. Think of it like you would putting on a seat belt in your car, the actions you take today will return dividends down the road. And I think wanting to surprise your family come summer is an acceptable motivator, who wouldn't enjoy seeing your family's…
  • Well the sugar and fat content varies between manufacturer. However for the true greek yogurt and not the dannon stuff they label as greek and add some thickeners, has more strains of active cultures. I believe standard yogurt has 3 strains and greek has upwards of 5. Definitely thicker with a bit more protein. Just pay…
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