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Hi, naner. You're either asking the right person, or the wrong person, LOL! :laugh: I just came off of five years of vegetarianism, and let me tell you, I feel much better now that I'm eating more protein -- and real protein, not the processed soy stuff. I still eat tofu (in small amounts) and tempeh, but I am less hungry…

Does anyone count calories manually? MFP is so easy, and I love it, but I feel like it's so convenient that I never really get a true idea of the amount of calories in my foods. MFP does all the work, and I don't have to know a thing! :laugh: Of course, I have a general idea of how to make 300 calorie meals now (I eat 5x a…

I like Jay Robb. It says no hormones were used in the milk to create the whey, and it's sweetened with stevia. It's a little on the pricey side -- I just paid $25 for a large container -- but I don't use a lot of it. As I wrote that, it just hit me on the futility of avoiding hormone-produced milk. I've been drinking cheap…

I got it two days ago, although I haven't opened it! :laugh: Even so, all I can say is, "Wow," Cathe has outdone herself this time. I'll never need to buy another strength training video again because I'll be acquainted with just about every possible move in the universe! Having waited so long for it, however, I started a…

I'm starting off this month coming off a little bit of a diet and exercise funk, but I can feel a hint of my enthusiasm beginning to return! :laugh: (That TOM is coming, and I'm usually the least enthusiastic -- about *anything* -- before it gets here, and the MOST enthusiastic as soon as it arrives. So when I'm in the…

What is clean eating? In a nutshell, eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods. These include fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet (SAD). These types of foods include man-made sugar, bad…

Oh, I just realized it's Feb. 1! Time for a new thread. :laugh:

I've been way too embarrassed to say that I've been binging on chocolate, buttered popcorn, and sometimes whatever I can find to eat, and not counting calories most of the time. :blushing: I've been taking time off from exercising, too, but that is good for you once in a while! I'll just come back stronger. :bigsmile: I…

I'm feeling the same way! Why stress out over fat percentage when I feel good now and I'm comfortable with the way my clothes fit? Stressing just makes me eat more! :grumble: Sorry I'm MIA this week guys. I'm having a bad week, clean eating wise. :huh: I'll be back on track when I'm motivated by a weight gain :noway: ,…

That's me too this week! Just so hungry! I'm eating. :laugh: I figure my body must need the food for some reason. I'm not that worried about gaining weight, since I maintain pretty well. It's losing fat that I can't seem to do! Oh well. Now that I have a bodyfat scale, I'll be able to know a little better what's going on…

I'll join you! I'm mostly running on the TM today, but I'm bumping the thread so I can find it again.

Get the Eat Clean Diet books, or look up "clean eating" on the Internet, and they will tell you how to eat and what to do to add muscle. Weight lifting will change your body a lot. I love it!

It's that time of month to fall off the wagon. :laugh: I guess I just need to remind myself every month why I eat the way I do, by NOT eating that way for a day or two. :bigsmile: No tracking today.... Snowed in.... Half-hearted workout.... :ohwell: Oh well. It's back to the gym in the morning! It's not working for me to…

Protein, protein, protein. Eat it at every meal, along with complex carbs and good fats, and avoid refined carbs, sugars, starches, and processed and "snack" foods, which can make you feel hungrier.

For me it depends on what I eat. Sometimes I need two hours for my body to be able to exercise without feeling like the food is going to come back up! If I want to exercise sooner, I eat something light and quickly digested, like fruit and carbs. Protein, on the other hand, takes longer to digest. It depends upon your body…

Also (adding to my own comment), once you see how good whole foods make you LOOK, nothing tastes better! You can tell how most people eat just by looking at them. If a person eats lots of whole foods, they're going to look whole and healthy. If they eat lots of processed foods, their body will show it. The heavy toll that…

Here's some really serious clean eating. I bought an Iron Gym bar for doing chin-ups (because I know I'm going to need it for STS :smile: ) and it comes with a nutrition guide. Some of the suggestions: - Eat at least six meals a day (I would say five for woman, as suggested by BFFM) - Make each meal count. If you eat…

I just received great news! STS is shippiiiiing! (Now let's hope I like it because I'm getting rather used to following my own strength-training routine, sans video. :laugh: )

Step bothers your feet, but running and kickboxing don't? That's great for you! I'm considering getting rid of Kick Max because I can't imagine ever being able to do kickboxing again again. :frown: Too much jumping. The high impact step really hurts my foot, although I can usually make it through a complete workout, or…

Woohoooo! STS is shipping! (Guess it's only me who's waiting! :bigsmile: )

Oh, yeah, you're gym's definitely nicer than mine. :laugh:

It depends on which one you are trying to put more emphasis on. Your body will have the most energy for the activity that you begin with, so if your wish is to add muscle and get stronger, start with weights. If you want to burn a lot of calories, increase your cardio fitness, or become a faster runner, start with the…

On second thought, think of it as a shock to your metabolism. It needs one every once in a while to keep it from going into starvation mode. I purposefully gave myself a "shock" day today -- not twice my calories, but several hundred more than my weight loss level, and I enjoyed eating every bit of it. :bigsmile:

All I can say is, "Amen!" You're speaking to the choir with me! :laugh: No "junk," processed, or sugary food tastes so good in the moment that it's worth giving up your long-term health for it. And once you see how good whole foods make you feel, nothing tastes better!

I love that: "Metabolism speeding up." When you know ravenous hunger isn't being caused by processed foods and sugars, it MUST be a speedy metabolism! :laugh: Oh wow, I can't imagine doing Low Max holding another 8#!!! :noway: :laugh: I don't have a medicine ball, so can't try it, but I used to hold 3# hand weights when I…

The rest of my day: 3) Cottage cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, coffee with cream and maple syrup (274) 4) This "meal" was grazed over the afternoon, not the best way to eat, but it was the best I could do at work! -- Bread with peanut butter, green grapes, blueberries, flatbread, tuna, coffee with cream and maple syrup…

I like Jay Robb protein powder because it's supposedly all natural, no hormones used in the milk to create the whey, sweetened with stevia, etc. But it's expensive.... I don't trust the cheaper versions. I don't trust anything that comes in a powder, actually :laugh: , but if I want to make my own protein bars, I'm going…

Good luck with the new gym membership. Have someone there show you how to use all the machines. I belong to Planet Fitness, where help is minimal, but they will briefly show you how to use everything. It's nice to be able to get out of the house two or three times a week, and just change my routine a little. You have both…

hi, hotmomov4! I have a crappy scale like that, too, which says I have 26-27% bodyfat. :grumble: I just ordered a new one that I'm hoping will be more accurate. I have calipers, but my measurements with them are all over the place. :huh: I'm proud to be growing older and of the fact that I'm not letting it all go! I refuse…

I'm looking forward to a high-calorie maintenance day today! I've been sooooo hungry at the end of the day the last two evenings. :sad: I stopped eating my exercise calories because the formula I'm using to calculate base calories takes my exercise level into account, and I was afraid I was eating double exercise calories,…