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Caffeine is a huge thing in both chocolates and soda. But the withdrawals do not last too long. Maybe two weeks. Ibuprofen helped me. Sugar is also an issue for withdrawals. Try eating fruits and get natural sugar loaded with Fiber. The fiber helps you absorb the sugar slower and this may help with that. Of course in the…

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Cooking can things. But again, don't worry about it too much. Only thing is on veggies. Best raw, better steamed, worst boiled. Boiling takes out vitamins and they get tossed with the water. But for tracking don't worry about it. Just try to make better choices over time. Now on cooking. If you pan grill chicken in a pool…

count the calories and seek out high protein low sodium foods, and eat your veggies. done. At the end of the day the my fitness pal tracker will do all the math for you for all the other nutrients and ratios. If you find that you still not getting the protein you need, then look for more sources. If you go for things that…

I would not take the alcohol from your base calories. It has Zero nutritional value. You need a certain amount of nutrients to live. I do often take them from my work out calories. so if my base calories is 1,600 and I worked out for 600 calories that day, then I can have 600 calories worth of alcohol if I choose too. This…

Weight loss is simple. Eat less calories than you burn over time = weight loss. Now that said. healthy is not synonymous with skinny. also eating low calorie high protein or high fiber foods can be quite filling, while easting chips is not filling. So "junk" food may be harder to eat within your calorie budget without…

If you have "sedentary" as your basis then you can log it. But if you do, make sure are really moving while doing it. when I mow I build up a sweat and have an elevated heart rate. If I ever do something and don't feel like I burned anything, then I don't log it.

A pound is approx 3,600 calories. which comes to 514/day. So a change in goal from 2 pound lost a week to one pound lost a week will add about 500 is to your daily allowance. so those numbers make sense. One thing though, if you allow the program to add your work out calories to your daily allowance be very carful of them.…

Yes weighing things makes a huge difference. I used to think a steak served at the restaurant was many 1.5 servings of meat. It is typically actually 4 servings or more. A food scale will really open your eyes to what a real portion is.

Firstly keep it up things should get better. weight loss is not linear. At first you drop a lot which is typically water from eating less salt, waste material in your bowls. Then you will start to drop fat. You need to be happy with a target of 1-2 pounds a week since this a healthy amount of weight loss to do. Since you…

I count everything. Not so being precise on weather I at 1,536 calories for the day or 1,612. Either way I will loose weight right? right! But counting makes you conscious of what you are eating. I basically stopped using mayonnaise and use way less spices then before. The act of logging makes me not want to eat as much…

Based on your words you need more water. Hydration is important to your health. Drinking water does fill you up so you are less hungry and more able to stick to proper food intake. Also if you drink cold water you will burn calories to heat your body back up. If you do the 1/2 oz per day of body weight and the water is…

Some say you need to eat small and frequent meals. But as long as you are still loosing weight, I'd not worry about it. Enjoy the fact that your are cutting calories, loosing weight and are not hungry. Great job

Well I'm a guy so no I have not been asked. I did however make the mistake once about 20 years ago of asking that of a woman. I asked "so when is the baby due" she felt bad and I felt bad for saying it. It was NOT meant meanly, I was honestly trying to just talk about the baby. I have never since asked anyone again.

Gym or home depend on what will motivate you to DO IT! If you need the convenience of home great (like me) or the motivation of working out with others is what I think should drive your choice. But you can do plenty of strength exercises at home with no equipment. push ups squats etc. I liked P90X. You do need dumbbells…

OK here is the nutrition from McD web site http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/us/en/food/product_nutrition.burgerssandwiches.5.big-mac.html Of course you can fit this in your day, but generally it contains "based on the 2,000 recommended USDA diet" 26.5% of your daily calories but also contains 42% of your fat and 40% of…

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The database of foods on here keeps getting better. And the option to just scan you bar codes helps too. Counting is a pain, but you count in WW too. just points instead of kcal. I think some initial investment to add in your recipes and common foods you east and portion control/counting works the best. Best to not over…

I think you may be right. But If I counted it I would drink it all day long .I'm trying to get 128 OZ a day of water. If counted coffee I would have 128 OZ of coffee and that would not be a good amount of caffeine. Soda is loaded with caffeine too.

Yes it counts but you need to watch the caffeine. Caffeine is counterproductive to water intake (it makes you need more) So I would count decaf coffee as water, but regular coffee I would not. IMO I would try to get to sparkling water with a lime or lemon and get away from the sweetener added.

If you have to pick one it would be the food scale. It is way too easy to eat to big a portion from guessing. Calories from working out are not as importing to track. But be careful of the on line tool numbers. If I walk the golf course and it takes me 4 hours to play a round I doubt I would really burn 1,791 calories. Of…

That's great and you will normally see some results fairly fast. Of course running is only part of the equation. You need a calorie deficit. so running can burn quite a bit of calories helping you have that deficit. Realistically it is safe to target 1-2 pounds a week. 40-50 minutes 4 times a week is great. I would get a…

If you skip the fried wontons, and do the dressing on the side to get only a small portion of it, this one looks good. SESAME SEARED TUNA 14 Field greens, peppers, edamame, diced tomatoes, scallions, sesame hoisin dressing, crispy wontons. But as others have said, the best thing to remember is that is only one night.…