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Tropical Overnight Oats! Here's one I like to use for dessert or as a splurge because it's a bit higher in calories but SO good and the calories come from very nutritious food. 1/2 c. old fashioned oats 1/2 banana, mashed 1/2 mango diced 1 cup unsweetened almond milk (try the coconut flavored almond milk for extra tropical…

I seriously love that you hula hoop for exercise. That's awesome! Great job making it fun! I would do that if I was coordinated. I CAN NOT keep that hula hoop up! :laugh:

So when I am at my goal should I not change my intake to the maintenance level?

Right on! Also, I plan on banking some calories this week just so I can relax and enjoy my meal on Thanksgiving. BRING ON THE PUMPKIN PIE!

Oh I'm so with you! I have to have some kind of small treat (usually a 100 calorie ice cream bar) at the end of every day. I stay under in my intake goals too. I think it is wise of you (and me!) to know what you need to do in order to be successful LONG TERM. Because that is what counts in the end right? I say keep on…

As far as I understand, as long as you are consuming 1200 calories a day (regardless of exercise) you are ok. If you go lower than that you can go into starvation mode and your body will rebel and hold on to the fat. I hope this is right! :)

Wear a heart rate monitor??? Lol. I don't know, I guess. Might just have to not count it. Sorry!

I eat back some of them but not all of them

So if I eat back all of the calories I lost then I won't lose weight? Is that correct?

Oh I know it's killer! It's hard to say how many calories you burn. The only way to know for sure is with a heart rate monitor. You can look up what the calorie burn is for circuit training but that won't be exact and that usually gives the average burn for a 140# person. Keep up with 30 Day Shred and you'll notice a…