Nibbledish

By MAD21

I found another really good source for recipes. Nibbledish not only has some really good recipes for just about everything, they have amazing pictures to go along with all of them (which for me is really important!). In addition, there is a place where people comment on the recipe, which I think is nice. You can read comments from people who have actually tried it and give their opinion on it, or give ideas to make it even better.

Good Online Resources

By MAD21

Here are some good resources for basic nutrition, health information, and calorie content/consumption rates and news. They are very helpful in answernig questions and giving good, useful information.

Calorie Lab

Eat Right

Revolution Health

Important Things To Remember

By MAD21

During my journey of losing 100 pounds, I learned a few things along the way. I thought I would share them with you:

• Nothing worth having is ever easy.
• You didn’t get to be your current size in a few weeks, months or years. Give yourself a break and set realistic expectations. If you mess up one meal, one day, or even a week, just start again. If it takes you 2-3 years to lose all the weight and get to the level of health that you want, so be it. Those years are going to pass anyway, so you might as well keep up the work. It is SO worth it.
• NOTHING tastes as good as being slim and healthy feels. Ask yourself every time you want to eat that extra piece of cake, donut, or candy bar if that will taste better than how you will feel being able to buy a size 6 pair of jeans.
• It's cannot be a 'diet,' it has to be a lifestyle, a new way of living. In order for you to be successful at losing weight and getting healthy, you have to have a full understanding that this is a lifestyle change. Not just something you do for a little while or until you fit into that certain size. You have to make a lifetime commitment to do this for yourself. Fill your life with activity, not food. Find something to be passionate about, a purpose.
• Remind yourself that food’s real purpose is only to make our bodies function. Yes, the junk tastes yummy. But if it’s too much of a temptation to over eat, ask yourself why do you even want or need to eat it. And when you eat it, ask yourself how you feel (I think we miss that part, I found that eating some foods made me feel tired, or just plain icky). We don’t keep junk food in our house. No jelly treats, no fruit rollups, no candy, no cookies. If there is no nutritional value, we don’t have it in our kitchen. Does this mean we never eat it? No way! (Not with my sweet tooth!) Just that we only have it on special occasions. As Cookie Monster would say... “It’s a sometimes treat.”

Six Exercise Planning and Tracking Tools

By MAD21

Jason Fitzpatrick from Lifehacker writes about, "Six Best Exercise Planning and Tracking Tools." He describes each product including price, and they had a poll asking people to vote on which tool was the best, which was nice. I have personally used the online tool, "Map My Run" (the basic free version) and found it very useful to help me track my runs, and calculate mileage.

Tips From Someone Who's Been on the Weightloss Train

Eat breakfast every day, even if it’s just a nutrition bar or shake. If you like cereal, I highly recommend Kashi Go Lean Crunch (sometimes I also add cherry flavored Craisins), Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, or mixing a serving of Grape Nuts with a serving of any flavor yogurt together.

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