This is definitely one of my favorite breakfast recipes.
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Does it feel like finding the right diet and exercise plan is like trying to find the proverbial needle in a haystack? Are you well aware that there are no quick fixes, but can’t seem to get through the clutter of so-called expert advice and find a starting point? Well, you’re not alone. Finding a clear answer to your health questions is nearly impossible these days. There seems to be a study to corroborate just about any claim, and if there’s not really sound research behind an idea, somebody often claims there is anyway.
So which plan will work for you? Which is best for what you’re trying to do? More importantly, which plans are healthy and which are possibly harmful? Unfortunately there aren’t any cut and dry answers to these questions. Truth is, there are probably ten different diet and exercise combinations that will get you where you want to go.
When attempting to find a fitness plan to help you achieve your goals, I would suggest forgetting about the details of caloric intake, cardio training, strength training, low weight high rep, high weight low rep, and the like. Start with some more fundamental questions that will help you narrow the possibilities to a more manageable and tailored-to-you set of options:
If you’re like me, you need accountability and you need feedback. Both are indispensable when tracking and maintaining progress … when working, driving from point A to point B, training in the gym, and especially when trying to lose weight. Sometimes we can get by with watching inches fall off, or feeling our pants get looser with time. Often loved ones, friends, or members of a weight loss group can be great motivators. But the truth is, when it comes to weight loss, nothing kicks your ass like stepping on the scale and weighing your body on a regular basis. It can be as helpful on the road to a healthy body as it can be depressing.
Just remember that as your fitness improves and your inertia shifts from couch potato to go-getter, your weight will fluctuate - as much as 4-6 pounds from one day to the next. What I try to do is watch the weight range.
By watching a range of pounds as you weigh in instead of a specific target weight, you won’t be so upset if one day you weigh four pounds more than the previous day, especially if on the whole your 4-6 pound fluctuation range is moving down the scale.
What’s more, you may want to experiment with weighing in just one day a week, the same day every week. Here it’s important to remember it takes a good two weeks for your inertia to change if your body’s not used to working out. Also, please keep in mind that healthy, sustainable weight loss only happens at 2 pounds per week max. 1 to 1.5 consistently is really quite good!
Check out some of my favorite recipes, and don’t forget to enjoy the roller coaster!
