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Thanks for starting this topic.. I just changed my %. I really didn't want to eat 30% fat anyhow. :D

Your food logs are private, so I'm just throwing out some ideas here... Are you eating back some, if not most, of your exercise calories? I know when I was feeling something similar to this, I wasn't eating enough (mostly carbs in my case). Also.. depending on how much time is between breakfast and lunch, you can allow…

I would take the lesser of the 2 and if you burned more, congratulations.. you'll see the results on the scale later.

This is an excellent read. Thanks

I weigh in weekly just so I can have an accurate calorie number for the week on MFP. If it motivates you and keeps you focused go for whatever works. Personally the scale doesn't do anything for me.. I'm much more about the NSV's. How my clothes fit, how I feel, etc...

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Sounds like an excellent plan. Good luck to you!

Whatever works for you.. if you find yourself tiring really fast, then you're probably pushing yourself too hard (unless you're doing interval training). I had this same problem when I first started running again and only later (after several times restarting my running program) that my pace was simply WAY too fast for…

replace whatever your high sodium food was and/or drink a lot of water.

I don't really like to critique other peoples programs, as chances are I've never done your routine. I just know what has worked for me, so I'll share that. Circuit Training - M/W/F Cardio - T/Th I'll do treadmill or elliptical - 3 mins Chest - 3x15 Back - 3x15 Legs - 3x15 Bi's - 3x15 Rinse/Repeat 3x - On Wednesday I'll do…

You've gotten plenty of good information from people.. the only thing I would add is that if you find your work outs dragging or you're just hitting the wall, you'll want to start looking at eating back some of your exercise calories. Personally.. when I don't eat back at least some of my exercise calories, my work outs…

Well.. I'm not sure what your binges entail, so with that in mind, here's my suggestion. I too have the occasional late night craving and if I don't have something healthy around, then I go straight for the junk food. Fortunately, it's just me, so I've learned to stock up on protein bars and never have ice cream, chips or…

I would just utilize the tools here on MFP and continue your exercise routine. For me, it was more a matter of just needing to really see what I was eating and adjusting it to my activity level. As grassette said, it should be a gradual process. My suggestion would be to continue to do what you're doing, but start tracking…

I give myself 3 "whatever" meals a week and usually only use 2 of them, but it makes me feel better knowing that if I have a birthday, holiday, etc.. I can just go and enjoy the event and the company without thinking (too much) about what I'm eating. For me, this works. I seldom even go over my calories and it takes the…

Congrats! Awesome accomplishment. I started couch to 5k back about 10 weeks ago (I had a few restart weeks early on) and I remember when I had my first 8 min run.. I was thinking.. Wow.. I haven't ran this much at one time in the last 10 years. I personally prefer working on duration of run and then improving time, but it…

*commencing light *kitten* kicking with your permission* You've made all this FANTASTIC progress and while you're staring down the last stretch, you're going to just let it all go? REALLY??? If anything this is the time to buckle down a little bit extra and push for that last little bit!!! That 10lbs is almost ALL a result…

I keep almonds and protein bars for when I'm in this range.

I keep protein bars around for specifically this reason.

just go try on a pair of gloves at your local running store. This time of year, they should have a pretty decent selection available. If they fit and are comfortable for you, you're good to go.

I actually just noticed this setting recently and I guess it's set to "private" by default.. It could very well be that some people don't realize this.

Almonds are my go-to food for when I'm light on fats.

Servers are considered an "Active" job because you're constantly running around. I never wore a pedometer when I was a waiter, but I know a few co-workers that did and it was pretty crazy how much walking you actually do.

Assuming you have proper running shoes.. I went through something similar when I first started running and for me, it was just my body building up to taking the impact from running. I had to take a little bit of time off (while I continued walking 3x/week) to build up those muscles/bones. These days I make sure to stretch…

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You'll want to consume more calories on work out days and less on your days off. I noticed when I first started out that I was fairly consistent on missing my carb number (and total calories for that matter) and as a result was feeling kinda run down as well. Since then, I've just adjusted a bit to make up most of those…

I would steer clear of dropping hints or speaking with her. I would just set the example and if the subject comes up in conversation, freely talk about your weight loss and your experience.

Once you log in an exercise (even if you have to enter ever thing in individually the first time) it should remember it under "add exercise". Then all you need to do is select which exercises you did and make any adjustments if needed for duration or sets/weight (if you're doing any strength training).

I totally think of food all day... but I tend to think of it more as fuel than food. (if that makes any sense) I think it's REALLY important to understand that this is a process. Regardless of what your goal is, none of us got to the point where we are over night and likewise, we won't get results over night. Start off…

Met-Rx has a couple that don't taste terrible.. They have a couple different flavors that have something similar to rice crisp in them and are around 420 calories each (so, you might get 2 meals out of it depending on how many calories you're eating). Flavors I've tried and liked are Peanut Butter Carmel Crunch & Peanut…

Hi Tina - You DEFINITELY want to go to a running store and have them properly fit you for some running shoes. As for Couch to 5k.. I used the one on Cool Running - http://www.coolrunning.com/index.shtml Not sure if you're going to be using an iPod or mp3 player, but I use Robert Ullrey's podcast.…