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You rock! P90x is not easy -- you need to fuel up well to do that one! Keep protecting that muscle you're building by eating enough -- smart girl.

Wow! Congratulations!!!! 25 pounds in 8 months is absolutely fantastic. By losing it slowly, you probably lost significantly less muscle mass than someone who tried to starve it off. It's OK if you plateau for a while -- and probably a good sign, while your body takes a breath. Your body composition is improving, even if…

You are beautiful :drinker: Congratulations. What other changes did you make to have such great success?

First of all, congrats for logging everything...but, I think you are making this waaayyy too hard. The more exercise you log, the more you increase your margin of error in calculating calories. And it gets really overwhelming to log it all, doesn't it? Keep it simple. Eat around 1400-1500 calories a day. Log them. Exercise…

Oops...somehow I managed to duplicate this below:blushing:

I've tried many, including Polar and Omron (the least expensive -- no calories).I absolutely love my Garmin FR60 womens HRM. It is around $100, but it is super-simple to set up, give me calories, heart rate, and I bought the optional ANT that uploads my data to my computer so I can see progress over time. The lilac color…

I plan a cheat lunch OR dinner every Sunday, with dessert and whatever else I want. Don't count calories for that day. Works for me. For 3 years.

Wow....great job on your weight loss so far! Once you lose about 10% of your initial starting weight, your body does really struggle to maintain balance. You might start to hit a bit of a plateau but stick with it, exercise *moderately* (not so hard that you're craving sugar later in the day), and keep showing up here and…

My 2-cents...I think we can get a little OCD about the whole thing Spices? Parsley? It may just be that some haven't figured out how to use the recipe or meal tools where you can combine all of those things into one entry. I also agree with the whole 'foodie' thing..I'm one too.....lots of GOOD food. A chicken breast and…

Great post, especially with regard to attitude. Also, sometimes it's important not to *add* cardio, but to decrease it a bit and replace with strength training. For women especially, this is often the missing piece of the puzzle.

Good for you!!! Keep pumping some iron. Strength training...and every workout you do...is about WAY more than calories, if you want to change your body AND keep the weight off for good. Women lose at least 7 pounds of muscle every decade over age 20 (by age 40 we have lost over 20 pounds of muscle)...that's one of the big…

Great post -- especially important for people who eat out more frequently. No big deal if you eat out once a week or less, but if you're eating lunch out every day or even a few times a week (as most Americans do), this would really add up.

Congratulations for being one of the 1 in 100 people that is actually keeping a food diary....that's a huge accomplishment. Every time you try to 'estimate' something, such as calories burned for individual activities, you increase your margin of error. Most women who work out daily less than one hour and *don''t* sit down…

A couple of thoughts keep me focused and grateful for fitness. 1) I run (or walk, or whatever it is) because I CAN. I know it's a gift, and there are so many out there who would trade places with me in a minute On those days when I 'hate" to get up and go outside for a run, walk, or hike, I remind myself that it's a gift…

Awwww...simply amazing. It is absolutely inspiring to see someone lose the weight and regain their health. Sometimes, they're not one and the same. I see some crazy things that people do to lose weight. When you make a deal with the devil, he never forgets to bill you! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You are a smart man, and I know…

My favorite cheat meal WAS pizza ...with everything...until I just read yours! I think we have a new cheat meal! I have one cheat meal every week too, IF I've had 6 'perfect' days in a row. We call it a celebration meal! It keeps us going during the week when we have a craving. If I had to never eat something again, it…

Second the stevia ...liquid is better than powders (no fillers...more cost effective). Also, more fruit. Fruit sugar wrapped in fiber is absorbed differently, won't spike blood sugar like regular sugar, and has tons of other benefits. And water ...if you have to add something to sweeten it, skip the Crystal-light type…

I eat roughly 80% organic, especially any dairy and produce. Have done this for two years, and this is the first time I've been able to maintain my weight loss for this long. Is organic better? We just don't know. The science isn't conclusive, mostly because we don't have any long-term studies yet. We know that pesticides…

Your entire post was beautiful, and I especially liked the quote above. You get it. Cheers to you!

What she said:drinker:

Yea You!!!!! Your post brought tears to my eyes. For me, the best inspiration has always been to inspire someone else. "Be the change you want to see in the world"...I'm going to see Eat, Pray, Love tonight so I'm feeling a little Ghandi.

Loved your story:-) Kids are being diagnosed with fatty liver disease now, something that was unheard of a decade ago. My wake-up call was doc telling me that fasting blood sugar was high, and I needed a Hgb A1C test to confirm diabetes. My brother has it, and my mother died from complications. I never went in for the…

Not food so much, but sugar -- yes. Lots of science on this. When we get a 'craving' its not that we want to go head first into the vegetable bin. Sugar releases dopamine and other neurotransmitters that light up the addiction center of the brain like a Christmas Tree. And sugar is in virtually all processed foods, to some…

MFP settings are the standard for most adults, which is 0.8 grams per kg of bodyweight (your weight in pounds divided by 2.2). I weigh 125, so that would translate to about 45 grams of protein. (125/2.2 = 56.8 x 0.8 = 45.45) According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), If you're training with moderate-high…

Sounds like the sugars are all added sugars, not fruit. It's tough to start out your day with so much simple sugar, as it sets you up for a lot of hunger later in the day. If the sugar is wrapped up in fruit, you get some fiber which slows the release of sugar into your bloodstream. You don't get the rollercoaster effect…

Whats in the parfait? By the way, I love that word. It sounds like a party in a glass.

Kelp is good stuff, in moderation, in it's whole food form. Skip the supplements. They're not regulated or tested, and kelp (a sea vegetable) can have high levels of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and other heavy metals. Kelp, in its whole food form, is high in iodine, which supports thyroid function and metabolism. But…

Try adding oatmeal to your breakfast, or some other grain; and/or yogurt and fruit. Brown rice, quinoa, or another grain with lunch (mix it in with the turkey?). Add fruits...how about a fruit smoothie with some frozen berries and a protein (either yogurt or whey protein powder). You could add low-fat cheese sticks,…

Your symptoms sound **a lot** like over training. Do some research on it....if you're training for a marathon, you may have over-done it and need a break, especially if you were restricting calories along the way. This is a common problem, especially for us women when we go from zero to mach 9 overnight ('exercise binges')…

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