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I try not to stress about sugars coming from fruit. Sugar is sugar, but REFINED sugar is a much bigger enemy. Fruit has so many more nutrients that are doing GOOD things for your body, whereas something like a chocolate chip cookie has sugar but not many nutrients. Fresh fruit is much better than alternatives when it comes…

You look amazing! So glad to hear you're enjoying running. Way too many people see it as a punishment. C25K got me into it two years ago, and I've never looked back.

Crap. I was going to the 10 Minute Solution Kickboxing workout today. Glad I came across this post. At least now I've got time to plan something else instead of getting on Netflix, failing to find it, and saying, "Oh well, screw it."

Running in the rain is the best feeling in the world. If it's supposed to rain, I will purposely plan my run for that in-between sprinkling and heavy rain period. Love it. I've never slipped or fallen, and as long as you're not running in torrential downpour, your visibility should be fine. It's much harder to see out of a…

Half a bagel with peanut butter, sometimes with banana slices.

Truth. I spend half my time on here eye-rolling.

Oh, and just a suggestion that has helped me get more from the 30DS -- increase your weights if you can. The first time I did it, I used 3lb weights, and now I'm doing it with 5lb. It makes some of the moves A LOT harder... Especially the side lunge w/ raise in the 1st 10-day set. Killer. :-/

In addition to what everyone else has told you, I'd liek to point out that if you're expecting the kind of results that you see in the before/after photos -- most of the people who do the 3DS and have fantastic visible and otherwise-tangible results (eg. weight loss) are combining it with additional cardio. A lot of the…

\ Did you read the rest of the post? Did you see what she was eating for snacks before? Squirt cheese and Hershey's? She said "semi-healthy," not "wonder food." People who are trying to make a lifestyle change for the better one step at a time, no matter how small a step it may be, don't deserve your snark.

Well, they might not be the best snack option, but you could definitely make many, many, many choices that are a whole lot worse. And as for everyone saying how their body reacts to those things... I don't know what y'all are talking about. I could eat a whole box and a tub of Activia and feel no different.

At my grocery store, I just noticed something called sandwich spread. It even says "Move over Mayo!" on the label. They have several different flavors... The ones I remember are roasted pepper/chipotle and pepperoncini/feta cheese. I'm sure you couldn't do the one with feta cheese in it, but if I remember correctly, they…

Ooooh, thanks for posting this. I was thinking about adding it to my other workouts for the last 6 weeks before the Warrior Dash. I think I might be convinced.

Hi! I am addicted to running; have been for about 2 years. I have had a MFP account for a while, but I've been on and off for a while. I used it so much at first and learned so much about what I was eating that I wound up not having to use it as much because eating well just became habit. I took a couple months off from…

Thank you!!! I love book recommendations. And books. And anything to do with books.

Trust me, I've been a runner for quite a while, and most days, my abs hurt worse than my legs after a run. Any kind of cardio is going to be "full-body," and cardio is the only thing that's going to help. You can't lose belly fat by doing "toning" exercises. You're probably not going to build any definition once you DO…

It's going to be mostly what you eat when it comes to belly fat... A caloric deficit (meaning you burn more than you eat) will help, but it also depends on WHAT you eat. Eating clean, natural, and whole as much as possible is the best place to start. You're going to need cardio, too, to create a caloric deficit. If you…

In addition to what others have already said, you should know this: It's going to take more than 2-3 weeks, even with a personal trainer. I doubt you'd see much progress before 5-7 weeks, unless you're trying to lose a large amount of weight. You might see the scale move 2 pounds or so, but it's too soon to expect to lose…

I'm having a hard time with sodium, too. It's really frustrating. It's to the point that I don't eat back all of my exercise calories because I know if I do, I'll be over my sodium level. :-/ I don't eat chips or fries or fast food or boxed dinners... Nothing that pops into your head when you think of salty foods. But…

God, I hope you're kidding. To comment with that one page 3... Wow.

I do track mine, just to see how many vitamins I'm getting. I'm usually way over MFP's suggested intake on certain vitamins because of taking the multi-vitamin. Technically, too much of any kind of vitamin CAN be bad for you, but it generally has to be extremely high to make a difference (unless you have some sort of…

Why can no one read?

I love whole wheat pasta. I think it tastes better... I'm the same with wheat bread and rice, too. It just has more flavor to it.

Count them. A calorie is a calorie, although some are much, much more beneficial than others. Filling up your food diary with vegetables and fruit should be a wonderful sight to see, not a bad one.

A BLT and a cup of red grapes. -100% whole grain bread -a teeny tiny bit of light mayo (just enough to keep it from being too dry -- I HATE mayonnaise in the first place) -four strips of ready-to-eat bacon (had to make the sandwich at work...) -1/2 cup of lettuce -2 tomato slices No cheese :-/ Trying to avoid it because…

I'm 5'11, and right now I'm just under 150. I'd like to get down to about 140-145, but I'm pretty happy with my weight. Not happy with my muscle tone, though. The lowest I've weighed was about 130, which was a couple years ago (not from dieting -- it was the onset of my demyelinating disease, and I was so sick/worried for…

All fruit is good for you, especially when you replace other things in your diet with fruit. As long as you're using them to replace unhealthier options, the fruits you mentioned are great choices. You can use them in a variety of ways, too. -Put your grapes in the freezer for a couple hours and eat them as a dessert.…

I know exactly how you feel. I'm scared to just walk out to my car at night in my own driveway, even though I live in a safe neighborhood (where nothing shady has happened since I've lived here... to my knowledge). I get a little weirded out when I run sometimes. I always tell my husband the route I'll be taking and when…

I've been "skinny fat" my entire life, mostly because I'm 5'11 and can gain or lose a pretty significant amount of weight without it showing... But as many people have pointed out, that doesn't mean I'm healthy at all. For a long time in high school and most of college, I ate whatever I wanted and didn't get much exercise.…

Absolutely. I started having really bad (and painful) digestive problems when I was about 18. I took fiber supplements, drank tons of water, and everything else my doctor recommended to help, but it didn't really start getting better until I stopped eating (most) dairy. No doctor ever mentioned that might work; I just…

I think the people referring to sweet or "diet" versions of green tea are thinking of the bottled kind. Fresh, natural green tea isn't sweet and there's no need to make it "diet" because... well, there's no fat or calories to cut from it.