Did you tell yourself when you ate that giant ice cream cone the other day? 
I had run a hard 2 hour tempo run. So yes, I did. I figured it balanced it out.
Iāve lost about 23 pounds in the last 9 months. For me it didnāt start to fall off until I started to lift weights (in addition to regular cardio). Throughout the winter all I did was cardio 3x a week and weights 3x a week and it fell off. I honestly think the weights, for me, was the key to getting the flab to shed itself off da a$$. So, in addition to all of the great stuff people have said about food, encourage her to incorporate a weight workout; one that she enjoys.
Thatās phenomenal advice, and a great track record for you, so to speak. Deep down I know that a consistent weight program is the key for me and I also know that I donāt keep it up as long or intensely as is best. When I move next week, Iāll start. And I think you hit the nail on the head - one you ENJOY!
with any endeavour to lose weight, you have to make sure that the nutritional intake (note: not diet. diets are temporary - healthy nutritional intake is for life) and exercise programme are enjoyable and sustainable. you will be more likely to exercise if you enjoy what you do, and there is such a range of activity available that everyone should be able to find something they enjoy. i lost 28lbs and halved my body fat percentage without ever setting foot in a gym - mostly through doing tae bo, kickboxing, aerobics, pilates, circuit training, tai chi and yoga videos in my livingroom. i added resistance training as well, and it helped. then i ditched the little pink girly weights and started lifting heavy, and not only did i gain strength without bulk, i raised my resting metabolic rate by adding lean mass. cardio only really burns calories while youāre doing it - resistance training not only has a much longer thermic effect (that is, continues burning calories after the workout ends for hours instead of minutes), but gaining lean muscle lets you burn more calories at rest.
strictly for weight loss purposes (without any consideration for training for an athletic event), resistance training combined with HIIT (high intensity interval training) are considered to be the most efficient means of burning fat and increasing RMR.
cheers!
-mistress k
"nothing tastes as good as thin feels See, for me this rings true. I feel better when I can exert some self control (which is not often.) So thin actually feels better than tastes. For TC and others sturggling with disorders, maybe not so much.
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I have far too many of those little sayings. Once a Runner is a gold mineā¦
My first step was not buying the junk food at the grocery store. If the food isnāt at home to eat - I wonāt be eating it there. The second step is to have something delicious and healthy as a snack at work, that way it is easier to not eat the unhealthy junk that is brought into the office. And the final step is to always have some sort of healthy snack handy - that way if you do find yourself hungry you have something to eat, and you arenāt going out to the corner store / coffee shop / etc and picking up something that you know you will regret eating.
That being said - I do think that it is important to allow yourself a ācheatā every once in a while. One of my favorites is those fat-free frozen fruit bars. (Lame cheat, I know ā¦ ). But they are SOOO delicious that it feels like a cheat.
peel a banana, wrap it in tinfoil, and leave it in the freezer for about an hour.
tastes like a banana ice cream bar! add a smidge of nutella or nut butter and iām in freakinā heaven! 
cheers!
-mistress k
One awesome rationalization I use is making sure if I eat something sweet I do it on a full stomach, like after dinner, so it enters my bloodstream slower. Or, I eat it right after a hard run so it gets processed and used to restore my glycogen levels. Sugar is my downfall and I just canāt eliminate it from my diet. No matter how many times Iāve tried it always sneaks back in so I find ways to have it without doing too much damage.
If my rationalizing is pure bullshit, please donāt tell me. Iām feeling pretty good about it.
Iāve been on the One Week Diet Cleanse for 2 consecutive weeks now. I have 2 more to go until I run out of product.
If youāre curious what Iām talking aboutā¦ I bought the Gold Intensive Package from http://www.oneweekslimdown.com/
Iāve got to say so far Iām really really pleased with it. I lost 6 pounds the first week and another 4 pounds in the second. I eat less and it is easy and feels right, like healthy.
To give you an idea on how it works:
You mix the liquid concentrate with water and drink it once in the morning and again in the afternoon. It also helps you replace one meal of your choosing, either breakfast or lunch. Sometimes I am a little too hungry to replace an entire meal and I snack on some of the suggested foods in the manual such as raw almonds.
I really feel strongly about the product and itās effects on my body. Itās a really simple gradual approach to weight loss without any harsh dieting, starvation or intense exercising. In fact, 30 minutes of mild walking a day is more than enough.
And on another note, not only have I lost weight, but my indigestion has gone completelyā¦ Iāve had it for years, now itās gone, I guess that is why the product is called "One Week Liquid Meal Replacement and Digestive Cleanse.
Boooourns. Take your goofy product somewhere else!
wow, maybe i should trash all this triathlon training and just go for a light walk! yeah, drugs are the answer!
does ANYONE really buy this crap?
cheers!
-mistress k
I bet you are peeing a lot too, since you are losing water weight and not fat. Did you read any scientific/non andecdotal research. They donāt work long term and can be harmful as they can remove healthy bacteria from the digestive track, leaving you open to stomach problems.
iām pretty sure that was a one-time advertising post - if you look at the profile, itās their only post on ST.
one of those āmake money in your spare timeā deals: sit there and google āweight lossā, and any page results that come up that allow you to leave a comment or make a post, theyāll toss that crap on there in hopes of generating sales. i can virtually guarantee that divadeluxe11 will never, ever read these replies. the person probably only gets something like $0.00003 per post, so itās not worth their time to check up on them, if they even remember where they left comments.
cheers!
-mistress k
Ice cream makes you fast!
This is REALLY working for meā¦maybe not practical for everyone.
I figure out what I should eat, want to eat that is yummy, for the day, and pack a big lunch with snacks. Then I leave my bank card and cash at home, and only bring ONE DOLLAR. That would be enough for some almonds (or ok maybe candy, but not enough to do damage)
I used to pack great healthy lunches then see what the special was in the caf, or decide I NEEDED something else after my morning workout, and that something else was never good.
But I am careful to plan to have enough food, just a lot of healthy snacks, carrots, some cheese, greek yogurt, etc.
This is also helping my online/lunchtime shopping habit so a win/win!
If it doesnāt make you fast at least it makes you happy!
that it does - iām not sure iāve ever been happier than splitting a brownie batter blizzard with my husband after 1,500m in the pool and a 30 mile ride on sunday! we did walk the best part of an hour to get the blizzard, too
cheers!
-mistress k
I donāt recall seeing ice cream on the approved food list.
Give up alcohol. In the past 7 years (since I turned 30), I found a pattern. I would workout and eat right during the week and lose a couple pounds. Then on the weekend Iāll still workout and eat right, but would also drink. I would gain those couple pounds right back. Alcohol seems to slow down my metabolism a lot and so it takes working out a lot more to counter it. Even when I was only drinking 2 beers a week, those 300 calories seemed to be ten fold.
I am EXACTLY the same. Pretty much for every beer that I drink, Iāll be about 0.5-1 pound heavier the next day and it takes about 2 days before my body recovers from it. I weigh myself almost every morning. A lot of people say that this is bad, but in my case it is good because I can tell that beer is my downfall. Wine doesnāt affect me so much unless I get drunk off of it and I donāt drink enough liquor to really notice any bad effects from it. My body is just really sensitive to alcohol and I actually have to plan around when Iām going to go drink and my weigh ins. I drank on Thursday night (3 beers) and woke up the next day 4 lbs heavier than the day before. Tonight, Iām going out again and Iām going to try to limit myself to 2 beers.
Back to the OP, treat dieting just like you do with money. You have a budget and if you go over that budget, you go into debt which is bad because this debt makes your ass bigger. If you donāt know where your money is going, then you need to keep track of how you spend every single dollar. Then, youāll quickly realize where you money (calories) are going and make better decisions on where it goes.
Whatev.