http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com Diet, weight loss, fitness blog from BuddysSlim.com Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:41:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i'm not trying to deter people from using this BuddySlim, this site is great! and we all have a great network of buddies and support here! But i stumbled across "sparkpeople" and it is a really well designed helpful tool that can be used in addition to this ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/18/sparkpeople/ so i did some soul searching this week.  I've decided to stop calorie counting (at least not as obsessively as i have been).  Many of these calorie plans just do not take into account the individual enough.  I really think i need to listen to my body rather than what ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/10/slow-and-steady-wins/ While i was taking my "free day" yesterday - which may have been triggered by the fact that even though i followed my 1,500 calorie plan strictly with exercise i did not loose another pound this week - I did some research about the approach i should take starting today ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/04/calorie-cycling-zig-zagging/ I hear many people incorporate "free days" into their diet plans.  On these days i think people are allowed to eat whatever they want, as long as they get back onto their diet and workout plan the following day for at least a week. I went about two weeks on my ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/03/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/ I think the reason I have been able to stay on track is I finally realized i need to work my diet around what i enjoy to eat, not just what i think i "should" be eating.  Those healthy bars and shakes are great every once and a while, but ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/03/yummy-food-not-diet-food/ I can feel the difference physically, in the energy i have throughout the day and my ability to fall asleep easily at night, my body is finally happy again. It would thank me for eating healthy and moderatly everyday, for exercising everyday and getting a decent amount of sleep every night.  ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/10/02/if-my-body-could-talk-it-would-say-thank-you/ I was trying to figure out a way to cut another 200 calories from my diet so i can hopefully loose 2 pounds a week instead of one.  But my new plan is to burn 200 calories instead.  I'm already eating quite a bit less than i'm used to, and ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/09/30/exercise-more-instead-of-eating-less/ do you guys have any advice about what to do when it's only 6 pm and your still hungry even though you ate all your allowed to eat for the day?  I usually stay up until 11 most nights with school work, so i have several hours to go before ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/09/29/still-hungry-after-reaching-daily-limit/ seriously, as corny as it sounds all of your comments, encouragement and just reading your blogs has really helped! This may be the first full week of staying on track since i joined not too long ago. =) Although i only lost about one pound, I feel a ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/09/28/you-are-all-my-motivation/ I am 23 and single, i have dated a good number of guys, i've had a few boyfriends and obviously since i am single none of them have worked out. My recent ex works at the bar most of my town goes to at least once a weekend, including ... http://liveandbreath.buddyslim.com/2008/09/26/guys-can-be-so-hurtful/