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Outstanding and well done. For me it was the time 6 years after my divorce. I was felling good on completing my 3rd year of maintenance after losing 170 pounds. My ex approached me in a department store and said. "Excuse me, but have we met before? I politely replied with a "no we have not." She gave me that goofy…

I'm sure you will :)

I reduced morning coffee calories by adding; vanilla bean, nutmeg and cinnamon to either silk or almond milk. A little pumpkin spice is nice too during the holidays

I workout at 5 am and my appetite is not very good, but I eat a little something anyway. Like 1/2 of a protein bar. A real protein bar, not a carb bar. I do this primarily because I prefer my blood sugar not to spike or drop. Drops or spikes in blood sugar levels can affect metabolic rates and the ability to burn fat…

Without knowing how much protein you consume, I couldn't answer whether it is necessary. Although protein is needed in your diet. If you decide to add protein, pasteurized egg whites that you can purchase in any grocery store is a good choice. Egg whites contain all 22 amino acids and no other natural protein source can…

Calcium and Bio-Flex

You don't get high cholesterol from eating foods with cholesterol. You get high cholesterol from eating foods that are high in Saturated Fats. Have 1 whole egg and add egg whites to that

Congratulations in your first steps to getting healthy. Just by deciding to keep track of your foods is a major accomplishment in itself. Don't overwhelm yourself with too much stuff. Do small things that can make an impact in a positive way to weight loss. In other words set small goals and pass through them to the next.…

Lots of good advice, especially about being brutally honest. I hope you enjoy your new life as much as I enjoy mine.

Try not to overwhelm yourself with too much stuff. That is number one. Number two. Keep in mind the average healthy and active person will eat 3 to 5 pounds of food a day. I eat 4 and a half plus the weight from fluids comes out to about 9 or 10 pounds. PEOPLE EAT FOOD NOT CALORIES. Find the amount of food you eat to…

All activity trackers are going to be off, even an HRM. An HRM can accurately monitor your heart rate but even the calorie burn it estimates is going to be an estimate. I have found the best results is to stick with one tracker and subtract the number of calories consumed from the calories burned. Divide by 3500 and…

If it works for you,then fine, go for it. A curiosity to me is, what is to be done when IF is no longer applicable to your goals? Are you going to follow that regime for the rest of your lifetime? If not, then what will happen? How do you carry on a social life while IF? IDK if I could function reaching satiety for a 24…

The best thing is to keep doing what you do. You know what to do if you gain or lose. You are now at a point where many fall off the wagon and believe they can eat like other people or like they used to.

Don't worry about the fiber. Fiber is a good thing. Complex carbohydrates are carbs with 2 or more grams of fiber for every 100 calories. Fiber is a carb. but unlike other carbs. they don't digest. While the body is trying to digest the fiber it is burning 7 calories for every gram of fiber consumed. The fiber passes…

Congratulations. It can take a lot to get to this point. I have to laugh at my own situation in getting here. It took me about a year to lose 150 pounds and about a year and a half to lose another 20. Then the last 6 months alone for the last 5 pounds :D

For weight loss you are supposed to be able to eat back your calories. keep in mind that any and all calorie burn calculations are only an estimate based in mathematical formulas. Even HRMs are not 100% accurate due to specific body chemistry. They are also based on mathematical formulas derived from an average number of…

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=244033 Try these Black Bean Brownies. They are very good and loaded with protein and complex carbs, ( high fiber). You wont even know they are made with beans.

Are you exercising along with your calorie deficit? Calorie restriction to lose weight without exercise can cause muscle mass to deplete much quicker than fat., up to 30% in some cases. That will cause a lot of loose skin.

For life? Yes. I am not in a specific diet camp i.e. Paleo, Atkins, South beach or any of that. I just eat lean proteins, good fats and complex carbs @ 2064 calories a day. I have been at my current weight + 5 or - 3 pounds for more than 3 years. I have 1 cheat day a week where I eat about 3000 calories. I wonder how many…

Starvation mode is not a myth but it is used for excuses at MFP far too much. 99% of the time it is something else, not starvation mode. If you burn enough to go a 1000 calories or more below your BMR you are screwing around with your metabolism. To reach starvation mode you would have to do that for an extended period of…

In the beginning I felt the same way. It was overwhelming and a million miles away. You have to set short range goals and pass through them onto the next. I still have goals and at times they feel a million miles away but you have to keep moving forward to attain them. Dreaming of what you can be is not an effective…

I use the scale just for a target area to shoot for. If I'm within + 5 or - 3 pounds on Saturday morning of my weight goal its all good. Measurements are recorded monthly.

If you eat foods that are higher in fiber you will feel satisfied a lot longer. Look for foods with 2 or more grams of fiber for every 100 calories. Those are complex carbohydrates. Brown rice, beans and lentils just to name a few. Fiber is a carb. but unlike other carbs they wont digest. The body will try to digest it and…

I guess that is why its called a lifestyle change or journey. For 2 or 3 weeks is only a diet and 95% of people on diets fail.

Just do something, do all 3 if you can. Losing weight without exercise can cause as much as 30% loss in muscle for every pound you lose.

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If you Google ( How to fix a broken diet.) There is a description of body types and how to determine portion size using your hands and also macro requirements for your body type. Endomorphs Rule! :laugh:

I'm up at 0445 every morning. I guess it all started at that time because I wanted to maximize my time with the family. So morning workouts fit in perfectly for me. Now my evenings are freed up to spend with that which matters most to me. At first I felt like a square peg being shoved into a round hole with am workouts.…

I just keep moving, trying to do better every day than the day before.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNhOK3eUeqk

I eat six times a day. Three meals @ 431 calories, Two snacks @ 273 calories and a combination pre and post workout meal @ 223 calories. A total of 2062 calories a day. It is technically true that as long as you don't exceed your calorie count for the 24 hour day you can still lose weight, so in some sense it doesn't…