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You can find referrals for trainers and coaches in your area by looking at certifying body websites (NASM, ACE, RRCA, ISSA, etc.) This is a good place to find out what their certification is, what if anything they specialize in, hours/schedule, and if they're accepting new clients.

Several points...(I am also a ACE GFI and and RRCA certified running coach). A trainer must be uber careful about giving nutrition advice unless he/she is also a registered dietician/nutritionist. With that being said, if you have a certified trainer with the knowledge and credentials to include nutrition in his/her scope…

Difficult for me too - the old pearl "All food goes to waste, it doesn't have to pass through you first." is etched in my mind. For me personally, I work part time in a relay center and I bring it to our break room where it is gone faster than if a cloud of locusts passed through!

Re-joined WW last April (Lifetime member who re-gained most of the weight). I lost 65 lbs before the new tools were rolled out and then all hell broke loose. That is, I rely COMPLETELY on having an easy, reliable tracker and the website was (is?) hosed. I quit Dec 2nd but like you wanted to continue attending meetings for…

Pushing away from the table...trumps ANY exercise you do. It's a little joke, but 100% accurate.

Thanks for that link, Mike - I usually don't give myself caloric credit for my strength sessions, but need a little motivation on my wall, so am using your link as a guide, (and rounding down).

Enjoyed reading your experience with running - I believe if you RUN, then you're a runner. I'm a RRCA certified running coach, an overweight runner who coaches lots of overweight runners every year.

My thoughts exactly. I am 5'6 and my goal weight is between 150-160. At 153lbs I was happily in a size 8 and felt fantastic. I have a medium frame, but I definitely am satisfied with a higher weight than most of these people are starting out with! Oy!

I like to tell the new runners that I train the proper form with this image: "Look for the baby chair". Imagine yourself going to a pre-school to read a story to some kids. The only chair they have for you is a tiny little chair. Keeping your knees behind your toes, head up, eyes straight ahead, squat down really sticking…

So far the only people I've communicated with are people I know from my real life - but I used to meet up with people when I used the WW boards. Would be fun to meet some new people on MFP if we had stuff in common.

I have been making my own energy bars lately and have come up with some really good ones (tons of recipes online). With that said if I buy bars my go-to bars are: Good Greens Bars, Lara Bars, Zone Perfect, and Kind bars.

Did WW for 2 years on the flex program and lost 105 lbs. Reached Lifetime and worked for them for a couple of years as a receptionist. What I believe is this: any restrictive calorie diet will work if you do it. The only time I was successful on WW was when I created my own program within the program, i.e. I posted daily…

What a coincidence. I work part-time 6pm until 1am (home around 1:30). I find that I stay up until 3-4 most nights on the computer. I know that you may impact the ability to go to sleep if you go workout after work, but why not experiment a day or two a week? You might be fine working out (for the amount of time you stay…

I nuke a full bag of green beans, add salt and 1 Tbsp of parmesan cheese and eat the whole thing for less than 150 calories.

This post is hysterical!

Just started (again) this week, but I'm borderline obsessive AND social so I've always had a lot of success when I track and post daily. Feel free to add me. Single, 50, no kids, very unconventional schedule, lifetime yo-yo dieter

Not a workout per se, but a suggestion. If you like to run, why not find your local running club(s) and join so that you can meet some new people to run with? Certainly not saying take time from your bodybuilding friend, but joining a running club is usually a good way to meet active people with similar goals.