Kimberly874

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Discussions

Eat back your exercise calories?
Are we suppose to be eating back our exercise calories? I see it says I earned "bonus" calories when I exercise, but not sure if I should be consuming that much more in calories or leave it as a defecit. What have you all been doing and what results are you seeing if eating them back?
Cheat meal or Cheat day?
I've been reading through lots of posts and saw someone said it was good to have a spike in calories every once in a while. Should one have a cheat meal or a cheat day, and how often? To what cheating extreme do you go? **Feel free to add me, I am looking for friends to give and receive motivation & support!
switched from Low Carb!
A co-worker shared this site with me last week and now I am addicted! I started Low-Carbing on 12/27, and at my 2 week mark (14 days), I had only lost 3 pounds all of which were lost within the first 4 days of the plan. While any weight loss is great, I felt that 3 lbs on the strict Atkins induction was not right, and I…