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Whey is commonly made with rennet - stomach acid. Unless the bar says otherwise, there's no way to know if it's actually vegetarian. My fav is a bar local to the Cleveland area called Good Greens. In a pinch I go with Clif Bars or Elevation Bars from Aldi's.
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Thanks for posting!! We have similar profiles....I didn't have a baby but I've gone from well over 250-260 couch potato to 150 hardcore fitness fanatic. The only real issue I have with excess skin is around the mid part of my belly. My belly button frowns. :( Excess skin pretty much just happened where I had A LOT of…
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Elaine - Why do you want to lose 30 pounds? What's your stats/fitness level now?
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I don't know you but I am so proud of you!
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Supple Mama's got it right...we need to know what your goals are. Make a tangible goal, something more specific than "I want to lose weight." What's something that you really, really, really want to be able to do? Make it something hard that you don't think that you can physically do and make it something that you can get…
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Ohh...warning...my cooking quantities (except for the calories) are NOT exact. I cook like a 4-year old...That might be too much water...i just kind of wing it making sure to not over water it but also to have enough in there that it gets mushy.
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1/2 cup of Fage Greek Yogurt (nonfat) (65 cal) + 8 pieces frozen Mango chunks (40ish cals) = approx 105 cals 1/4 cup of Ann's House Soy Engergy Blend Nut Mix = 150 cals Trader Joe mini soy ice cream sandwiches = 90 cal Thin edamame crackers from Trader Joes - 38 crackers = 120 cals 2 cups Skinny Pop Popcorn = 80 calories…
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Great idea!
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Most protein bars and granola bars are so high in calories that they essentially equal a meal when you're dieting. Most are just fancy candy bars marketed as something nutritious. If i go for a protein bar, I go for vegan bars with complete vitamin profiles and recognizable ingredients....Good Bar and Kind Bar are pretty…
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Sweetie I feel for you. I really do. And I know that you don't want to hear this but if it's spiraled that far out of control where you can't even breathe in your normal life, you might be better off trying an in-house program where you are not on your own with constant hovering from family.
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Is there a way to make this without eggs?
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Welcome to MFP! I'm also a vegetarian along this fitness journey. Please feel free to add me...we can all use some support in keeping with our goals.
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I'm sticking with it and loving my delts! The first couple days I had a bit of a hard time raising my arms above my shoulders. I'm alternating the kinds of pushups I'm doing and that's helping..one day military style, another day incline, another day negative pushups...
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Hey there! Welcome! I'd also love some support...please feel free to add me.
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Welcome to the "journey".. :) it's never-ending but so worth it! Please feel free to add me. I can also use some friends as well to help me stay accountable.
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You certainly have A LOT to deal with right now. For me, when I finally decided to lose the weight, I HAD to get pissed off. I had to get to a point where I was angry about all of the things that I was missing in my life. I had to see the raw reality that I was wasting my life cuddling with cookies on a couch. I was 29,,…
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Thanks for the compliment. I do have a bit of cutting to do to get to my goal. I am much more concerned with building athleticism than becoming an ultra-thin a Cosmo cover. I want to get my BFI to a more athletic range.
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I respect your opinion. I'm not sure what makes this unhealthy. Here's where my brain's at... My BMR is 1350-1400 calories. Weight loss happens through calorie deficits. I don't know any other way. If you saw my diary you'd see that today I ate somewhere around 1500-1600 and burned 2000. Obviously I can't do that every day…
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What an interesting idea! I have a whole head of cauliflower and fat-free cheese sitting around and the inspiration to do something with it...Thanks!
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How tall are you? 140 may not be a reasonable expectation if you're athletic and 5'10 for example. I'm 5'9. I run 3 times a week. Take 2-3 martial arts classes a day and hit the gym 4-5 days a week. I'm about 153 and a size 4. 145 on me looks emaciated. In terms of the weight gain, give yourself a month of solid numbers…
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Awesome job. Keep trying. All you have to do is keep showing up to your workouts and keep focused on your accomplishments! You've come a long way.
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I man up. I whine in my head while I'm working out but I force myself to keep moving during the whining. By the time I'm 10-20 minutes into my workout I'm too invested to give up. I just went through that on Saturday...12 mile run. The hardest slowest miles were the first 3 after that I just resigned myself to the fact…
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TRUTH! For programs check out Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway. If you're working on how to get yourself to run continuously over a short time frame, go with Galloway. If you're looking at how to integrate a distance running schedule into your life, Higdon has some great free training plans on his site.
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:smile: Don't worry I don't eat like this full time. I said "net" calories. I'm doing 2 things right now. Training really, really hard, and trying to cut the last of my flub off. It's been a 100+ pound journey. I'm maintaining a crazy calorie deficit right now as a short term part of the larger plan. Most days I either…
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It's good to know that I'm not the only one who gets paranoid and obsessive about making poor food choices. I am still about 7000 calories under my goal this week. On no day did I go over my net calorie allowance but I'm still stressing about some of the choices I made this weekend.
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I started from none...I'm doing about 100/day now. Last week I had a couple days over 200. (I don't usually do them straight in 1 set but in sets of 20-25 reps.) I'm big into calisthenics and I don't do much resistance training. I alternate the type of pushups I do all the time - it's important to let muscles rest a couple…
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I have a similar problem with my ankles. There's not much you can do immediately. Over time, your ankles will strengthen. Here's what's helped me (and realize that I've had 3 major ankle injuries from rolling them while running or kickboxing in the last 14 months but none in the last 8 months or so - way better than how…
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:-) Here's the secret. It never gets easier. It's not supposed to. It was really tough for me at first too. I was 100 pounds obese and a couch potato. 1 mile was 20 minutes of heart-pounding hell. I ran my first marathon last May. :-) Stay on it. You'll get there and it's totally worth it.
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Burpees!!!! Jumping squats!! Mountain climbers!!! Plyo, Plyo and More Plyo Try doing quick circuits incorporating lots of reps with low weight and plyo (jumping exercises) in between to keep your heart rate up.
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Stay on it! I've been though a ton of injuries on this journey and there's something that you need to realize.... It's 80% diet and 20% exercise. Make sure your nutrition is right. Not to mention - you have the rest of your body that works just fine. You don't need your knee to use an arm ergometer or to lift some barbells…
