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walnuts are great and craiins too. I do a spinach salad with crumbled blue cheese walnuts craisins and drizzle balsamic vinegar and I alternate the protein from grilled steak or grilled chicken breast. Yum!!

Spin classes or cardio kickboxing!!! Or do intervals on the treadmill.

Welcome to MFP. I hope this site helps you with your health and fitness journey. Good luck to you!

Awesome. Keep it up.

Yes. You can find strength training under cardio then add our other cardio that you do and it will total your calories burned.

Welcome and good luck on your journey!

That's awesome. My trainer refuses to go to a spin class with me because he does not do alot of endurance training...just strength training.

Strawberries in moderation is good. Here are your health benefits: The good: very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Folate and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C and Manganese. The bad: A large portion of the calories in this food come from sugars. Glycemic…

Riding outside is much much harder. You engage your whole body and you don't get a choice in the terrain. However, riding inside is easier and can be done in any weather and it is less hazardous without all the crazy drivers. I love spin classes but change it up by riding outside.

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Welcome and good luck on your fitness journey.

Depends on your height and body structure. I'm a size 4 (losely fits) or a snug size 2 but I am 5'1". I also come from a muscular family.

Tabata is a type of HIIT> Tabata, however, emphasizes the 20/10 interval in 8 cycles. 20 seconds all out effort with 10 seconds of recovery. This is the combination that Isumi Tabata came up with to get max Vo2 which is suppose to be peak fat burning.

Protein is not a bad thing. If it's only 18 over, then you are fine. The preset allotment for protein on MFP is really low anyway so I think you are fine.

The carbs seems really high. My trainer/nutritionist told me 100-120 g carbs daily.

Sounds like you've thought the day out well. You've considered every aspect/criteria to meet her needs while still giving her yummy food. Well done. Have a wonderful day.

Add protein to your diet. It will add calories without all the empty sugar loaded carbohydrate drowned foods out there.

My trainer and nutritionist says "eating back your calories is an excuse to eat." If you eat well/clean then you are fueling your body enough. Eating the calories back is undoing most of the work you just did at the gym.

Things to consider: water retention and bloating from monthly cycle when you are eating the sweets--can be stored as fat if eaten late at night sodium intake leads to water retention but should not be a 6lb weight gain

Good job staying the course. However, after looking at your food diary, I would certainly reduce your carb, sugars,and sodium intake and increase your protein. 80% of the battle is in the diet.

Garlic chicken and broccoli.

Jamocha almond fudge ice cream...I'll take a spoonful then out it back in the freezer. mmmm so gooooooood.

Take a close look at your diary and taper off the carbs as the day ends, reduce your sugar and sodium too. Also, you can switch up your exercise to a high intensity interval training. This REALLY helps!!

Eating back your calories is an excuse to eat...that's what my trainer and nutritionist tells me. Fuel your body the right way and you will have all the energy you need from the clean foods.

Motivation comes from within. YOU have to want it and I mean want it seriously. There will be lots of reasons (excuses everyday for everything. Trust me!!! I've used them all. Breaking a bad habit takes time. You gotta overcome one day, one meal, one workout at a time. Don't lose sight of the goal by looking at EVERY…

Amen!!!! So true! So right! One lady got mad at me cause I asked her if I could use the machine she had been sitting on for 30+ minutes. I tried to work around it the whole time but finally got frustrated with her just sitting there and texting. :mad:

80% of this battle is in the diet. You can workout EVERyday but if your diet is not so great...then your results will not be so great either. Even staying low in calories does not give you the best results. It's like taking a test...you can do so-so with your diet and get a score of 70%. tIt's a passing grade. However, if…

Srirachi or mang tomas...or maybe spicy banana ketchup

Chicken breast ground turkey instant brown rice egg whites oatmeal coffee creamer coffee broccoli asparagus green beans mini rice cakes peanut butter eggs

There's plenty of Japanese food that isn't sushi or sashimi (raw fish). Yakizakana--grilled fish Domburi--rice dish with protein on top (chicken, fish, pork, beef) noodles- soba, udon, yakisoba Yakitori-grilled chicken on skewers tonkatsu--deep fried pork cutlets tempura--deep fried veggies or shrimp gyoza