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You might also look into new running shoes. If your shoes are not right, you will have all sorts of leg issues. Also if you are cramping, you may need to hydrate more. Once you have begun exercise its nearly if not totally impossible to re-hyrdate unless you stop your activity all together. Take it slow, run at an easy…

I've been reading lots about calories burned during resistance training. From a technical standpoint it is difficult to gage, however that does NOT mean there is no calorie burn. Resistance training helps to build muscle which uses more energy at rest than not having the muscle tissue..the leaner the body, the better. In…

I asked the same question and someone posted this link. Depressing...because I love my strength training and was focusing more on that, less on cardio because thats what all the "experts" have been saying as of late.. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/hrms-cannot-count-calories-during-strength-training-17698

Thanks for the link. Interesting theory.

I love them too..but I have to pay VERY close attention to how much of a whole fruit I eat. Its easy to eat an entire avocado in a day, and thats the same amount of calories as in a meal! I like to mash them up and mix them with a small baked sweet potato with some "Bragg's" aminos...makes an incredible savory…

Maybe change up the foods you eat..change your foods. Also try focusing on one really complete meal a day and make the other 2 really light meals. The other thing that works for me is skipping dinner 3-4 days a week...although that takes a lot of self control..but it will help you get past the plateau..

Seems to come off my upper body first and thats where I gain it last...so I gain bottom to top and lose top to bottom...torture. I think its genetic different people lose differently.