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I usually go with greek yogurt and plain oatmeal - I have access to a microwave at work, so the oatmeal is easy to make, and the yogurt is just grab-and-go. If you don't have access to a microwave, you could throw a handful of granola or cereal into your yogurt and that would be good too.

That's not actually true, in my experience - it won't count your day if your total intake is less than 1200 (so, for example, you ate 1159 calories total one day), but it will count if you ate, say 1220 calories but burned 150. It also won't count your day no matter what your intake if you log less than 3 meals.

I think they're both good in different ways. You can definitely access a greater variety of workouts through videos than most people have access to at their local gym, and that can be a lot of fun. At the same time though, there's a risk to working out on your own at home, especially if the video you're following is an…

I don't know if this is the same in every gym, but at my Crossfit gym we have four sections to the workout - warm-up, stretching, strength training, and then the WOD. I log the warm-up as calisthenics, I don't log the stretching because the calorie burn is negligible, I log the strength training as strength training…

Eggs can be consumed ethically, if you have access to organic/free-range eggs. (Another option, if you live in a place where this is possible, is to get eggs from a local farm or farmer's market - they're not always "certified humane" or "certified organic" because it can be expensive for a smaller farm to obtain the…

I'm not in Orlando, but I like Nia Shanks' website, "Lift Like a Girl" (www.niashanks.com) for weight-lifting workout ideas. There's also a book - I think it's "Women's Guide to Weight Lifting" or very similar title - that I've seen recommended a lot.

What about looking into therapy? A good therapist could help you figure out why your family's comments affect you so deeply, and how to manage your communication with them better so that you don't have to keep going through all the pain and hurt feelings every time they say something mean. If you're enrolled in college,…

Is there a way you could sign up for a class or make plans with a workout buddy or something? When I'm struggling to get "back on track" I'll buy a Groupon to a gym or fitness class - they're usually pretty inexpensive, but I feel obligated to go because I don't want to lose the money I've spent and I don't want to waste…

I set my sights on setting a personal record in a workout, because that tends to keep me away from the cupcakes, since I can't exactly fuel myself on cupcakes and expect to hit a personal best in my weightlifting class or to run my fastest mile. If my only reason for not eating the cupcake is "get skinnier," I tend to fail…

I do log coffee as food, and I absolutely don't count it as water - because of the caffeine, coffee's actually dehydrating. One summer when I worked a physical-labor-type job in the outdoor heat, I actually had a supervisor tell me that for every cup of coffee I drank, I needed to drink an additional cup of water to avoid…

If you're walking at home around the house, look up Leslie Sansone's "Walk Away the Pounds" videos on YouTube - they're very low impact, some of them do incorporate (really light, like 2 or 3 lb.) hand weights, and they're more fun than just pacing around on your own.

For me, I had to figure out why I was overindulging with food - once I understood that, I was able to identify what I needed to change in my life to support myself in making healthy choices. (For me, it was finding a new job that didn't demand my constant, round-the-clock attention and didn't require a soul-sucking,…

Great parent - and how kind of your friend to participate in the lesson and to show such grace in response. (I can imagine it would be really hard to talk to a kid who just said something so mean, even if he's only seven!) I'm betting that little guy is going to remember that exchange for a long time.

I had a Fitbit Zip (one of the ones you clip on) a while back, and lost it a few times because the clip would pop off - I eventually lost it for good. I have the Flex now (the one you wear on your wrist) and I like it a lot better because there's no risk of losing it.

Two things have worked well for me: 1. Going to bed earlier - if I get the "OMG COOKIES NOW!!?!?" message from my brain, I'll take it as a sign that I need to go to sleep, and that's what I'll do instead of eating. 2. Herbal teas - I have about a dozen different kinds, and I find that drinking tea at night has helped me…

Weight (especially a woman's weight, given that we have wide hormone fluctuations depending on what time of the month it is) can vary up to five pounds in a single day depending on what time of day you weigh yourself, what you ate/drank the night before, where you are in your monthly cycle, etc., because of water…

Okay OP, here's the deal, from someone who used to consume Slim Fast shakes: #1 - They don't taste that great. #2 - They're not nearly as filling (or as nutritional) as a shake you could make yourself, at home, for the same or possibly fewer calories. #3 - You will be STARVING if you try to follow their silly "meal plan"…

If you're mainly stopping at gas stations and the like, some good travel snacks that I've always been able to find no matter where we stop include - jerky, granola/trail mix (just watch the serving sizes, trail mix can add up fast!), string cheese, baby carrots, apples, bananas, nuts, and protein bars (just check the…

I like to make a breakfast frittata using dinner leftovers - basically, I take whatever's on hand (usually cooked veggies and chicken or fish or lean steak, since that's mostly what we eat for dinner), chop it up a bit, mix it up with 5-6 eggs, and then bake it in a round cake pan the oven on 375 for 20 or so minutes…