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We did this in my gym class last year haha We went on all of the different machines and curled/pressed the heaviest weight we could and recorded the one-rep max Then we took 75-80% of that weight and lifted that about 8-10 times and we would do 3 sets. It gradually builds muscle so you can keep improving. Here's a good…

okay girl, there's no way you're overweight

Well, I think losing weight and building muscle can be the same thing. Those super skinny people don't really have to lose weight to be skinny, they just never really gaining weight in the first place... so they've never really needed to workout or build muscle. I absolutely LOVE Jillian Michael's 6-week 6-pack workouts.…

I love making up my own routines! Incorporating cardio and strength Like: Mountain Climbers - 1 minute Plank twists - 10 on each side Burpees - 1 minute Double crunches - 25 Upper cut punches with handweights - 1 minute Abdominal twists with added weight - 25 each side Tuck jumps - 10 total Row boats - 60 Maybe do…

I don't necessarily think you should eat a meal when you're not hungry, but maybe eat healthy less-filling foods. Like if you're not hungry for breakfast just grab a little granola bar (one without much added sugar, of course) and eat that or eat half the suggested servings or something, and be sure to have healthy snacks…

I've had that problem too. Here's what I think: Myfitnesspal is a site that helps you lose weight quick, and cardio is definitely the way to do that. It burns calories fast! Not to say strength training can't do the same thing (which you can log into the cardio, just type in "strength training"), strength training is…

Whole wheat pita bread is pretty good!! Any sort of corn tortilla chips. My personal favorite is baby carrots oh!!! Try Sabra's roasted pine nut hummus it's SO good!

Sounds great! But I don't think I'd encourage eating at your desk. There's quite a bit of research that links eating while you're distracted to less satisfaction because you're not REALLY paying attention to what you're eating so your brain isn't releasing very many satisfying chemicals.

What a great article!!! I love the commercial exercise idea! Thanks for sharing :)

Ehhhh I feel like nutritionally diet sodas or any sodas for that matter have nothing good in them. I believe researched has shown that since your body doesn't know how to process artificial sweeteners (because they're man made) it simply recognizes the sweet flavor as sugar and tries to process it as best it can. So even…

Yup. I drink 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds I weigh. Then I add a cup for every 10 minutes of vigorous exercise... I love water :)

try fitness DVDs!!! I love the Jillian Michaels' ones. They're really challenging, but totally worth it. Although, with that sort of heat I'd have to suggest cranking the air conditioning if you're going to workout at home.

Well, I think it's a neat thing if it's for religious reasons! Nutritionally though, you should make sure you're not making up for the missed calories by binging.

I would assume that a high protein/low carb diet would be most effective - provided you're exercising a decent amount. If you're not exercising then your body will turn protein into carbs.

It sounds like a good time to make friends with your food processor! When I was on a soft food diet I made oatmeal w/ banana a lot... that was surprisingly delicious!

Well, I don't think you have to change it up every other day, I believe that as long as you're still feeling challenged the exercise is still effective.

I would suggest about 2-3 hours before you go to bed. Food should be almost completely out of your system by the time you go to bed because while you're asleep your body needs to use it's energy to do things like boost your growth hormone, leptin, and ghrelin levels ((all good things when you're asleep)). If you still have…

I schedule in my exercises the night before so I make sure I have a time frame for it

I just eat until I'm full and I usually end up with about 500 calories leftover, a lot of times I have even more because I exercise on top of it.

If you're not hungry to eat, then don't, but when you exercise so much and eat so little, your body could go into starvation mode and basically start cannibalizing it's own muscle for energy.... which isn't good. But like I said, you're body KNOWS when you should be eating so if you feel full, don't stuff yourself even if…

She uses HITT training so you're doing cardio intervals AND strength training. I just started the second one yesterday and it seems to have more cardio than the first. It's really tough! But totally worth it! I basically noticed results overnight!

That's amazing! I'm so happy for you!