Nicole-Rene on January 17th, 2009

OK, so I’ve missed a few posts. I have been obscenely busy with classes this last week. However, I have exercised nearly every day (I did miss two days this week, but it is good to rest once in a while), and I am up to my 17th workout! I have definitely managed to keep [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 9th, 2009

Interestingly, the exercise I’ve been doing lately has been decreasing my appetite. Today, for instance, I got up at 7:15 and had only a white chocolate mocha for breakfast (not healthy; I am going to make sure to at least grab an orange or something next time). I went to class and then came home [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 9th, 2009

Just thought I would add a quick update. My weight is now down to 313.7 pounds! It isn’t down a whole lot, but I thought it was especially great since that puts me below the 315 pounds I was at before Christmas break. So, I have therefore lost any weight I may have gained over [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 9th, 2009

I got to try something really cool yesterday. Instead of the normal routine, my second buddy and I went to a “street”/”hip hop” dance class. Considering I rarely even hear any “street” music except when I’m flipping through radio stations, it was a totally unique experience for me. Also, it was freaking hilarious! My buddy [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 6th, 2009

Well, despite my best efforts, I did gain a tiny bit of weight over the break. Fortunately, it was only 1.9 pounds. For a skinny person, that might be a lot. But for me, that is practically what one day of eating salty food can do. So, that being said, I am very proud that [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 6th, 2009

I wanted to mention that Discovery Health is again putting on the National Body Challenge for 2009! They have a lot of great tools available to help you plan your weight loss. I myself have signed up, and am having a great time checking out all the tools. The features included are great! They even [...]

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The original question asked how to prevent emotional eating, and was asked on the weight-loss.fitness.com forum.
Emotional eating does suck. In general, eating a bit more protein than the usual 10-15% and less than the 60-65% carbohydrates may help with feeling full and satisfied (which may or may not help the extreme emotion eating, but it [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 1st, 2009

I originally wrote a derivation of this message for a woman who wanted to know whether a certain amount of activity would result in her losing weight. She asked that I ignore her diet (which isn’t the most effective way of losing weight). I found that it was a good general guide, besides being good [...]

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Ugh. Nothing is worse than wasting part of your vacation time being sick. Of course, I have had a great time with my family during this break. However, I could have done without catching my mom’s vicious cough and sore throat. Horrible!! Anyways, I’ve been taking olive oil mixed with garlic on crackers. My family [...]

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Nicole-Rene on December 27th, 2008

Well, Christmas has come, and so has all the food that goes with it! I must admit, I have splurged a bit more than I probably should have, but it is the Holidays, after all. Actually, though, most of the food we prepared isn’t horrible calorie-wise. The seafood soup is actually pretty low in calories, [...]

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