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I can relate. That is not enough for me on a regular day. On those days that you need the extra boost, you need to try and squeeze in some extra exercise so that you can get some extra calories in. A day like today for me when I know I will only get to do walking as my exercise, I don't need the extra calories, so If I'm a…

I try to get in my two hours daily - One hour at the gym during lunch (I have a really great boss who doesn't mind me taking extra time at the gym a twice a week). The other days, I try to walk for an hour, or go back to the gym after work, after cooking dinner/cleaning, I will go for a run, cleaning counts as working out…

Wow...sorry to hear how this journey is affecting you. I'm not sure how much the doctors can do if this is recurring. I don't know if you are into natural remedies, but ginger works wonder for my stomach. I have issues with dairy (which I don't each much of, but when I do, oh boy....), beans/legumes affect my stomach as…

Well, congrats to you and your new family!! Hey, there are worse reasons for gaining weight - yours happens to be a great reason. Squats while you brush your teeth, walking up and down a flight of stairs 'just because' a few times a day, a few jumping jacks here and there.....There are so many ways to get the body moving -…

Walking is better than doing nothing!! Don't underestimate the power in walking. Long walks, up hills, trekking through the park, with some great music, running errands instead of driving there, and sometimes just to clear your head when you are thinking too much about not getting enough exercise. Don't knock it. It is…

My advice: Just get out there and run your at your pace, and you will do just fine. Call me crazy (because my sister and husband did), but I ran a half-marathon a few weeks ago after not being able to barely walk or jog for two months - I just put on my sneakers, and jogged like it was no one's business - made it to the…

Walking is always number one in my book!! It's something that all of us can do all the time. I don't like driving, so for me it's a plus because I can walk almost everywhere I want to go - just be and my ipod.

Hi Tammy - welcome, and never, ever, ever beat yourself up. You have to be your biggest supporter, and if you don't believe you can do it, then your body will follow. So, make today a brand new day start a new. Never eat below you allowed calorie intake. If your body feels like it is starving, it will hold on to the little…

Hi!! And don't panic. I see it this way: You can't starve (not an option), and you do need to it, and wasting good food is a sin. So, eat what you have, and start making those changes gradually. If you can afford to throw away what you have or donate it, and start over, then do just that. I have crap in my house just as…