Calories

A Sweet Side Effect: Weight Loss

January 18, 2011

A peek into my past: Twelve years ago I lost the majority of my weight without counting one single calorie. Twelve years ago I lost the majority of my weight without having a heart rate monitor. Twelve years ago I lost the majority of my weight without having a clue how many calories I burned [...]

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Intuitive Eating vs. Calorie Counting

January 10, 2011

If you’ve been in the weight loss world for more than 2 minutes you’ve probably been told that you need to count your calories. To that I answer, yes you do. Then, if you’ve hung around the weight loss world for a few more minutes, you’ll hear someone talk about “intuitive eating”. What the heck [...]

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Counting Calories: Round 3!

May 18, 2010

Have I exhausted this topic of calorie counting yet? I have posted twice before on this: Figuring Your Calories: Round 1I’ve Got Some Explaining To Do: Round 2 I got a great email this morning that made me take a second, third, and twenty-seventh look at my calorie counting methods. I’ve explained before that I use [...]

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Fit Momma Question: Pregnancy and Calories

January 29, 2010

Fit Momma Robin emailed me this question. She’s not the only one who is asking this: Being pregnant, is it reasonable to want to “lose weight” now? If so, what is a safe calorie level to shoot for during these last few weeks of pregnancy? Awesome question! I’ve had several moms email me recently about [...]

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Fit Momma Question: How to Count Calories?

January 22, 2010

I’ve been posting my Eat With Me posts for a few weeks now. Two Fit Momma’s named Ann asked the same question: Annie P: I am new to your blog and I am thinking about what I eat. I have no idea what the calorie count is for most things I eat. And since I [...]

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Ooops!

January 13, 2010

Fit Momma Amy pointed out that my chart from yesterday’s post about calculating your calories was off a bit. My blond hair is taking full responsibility. I apologize for the over site, corrected the chart and you are good to go! Start calculating away!

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Figuring Out Your Daily Calories

January 12, 2010

Alright… We’ve been talking a lot about weight loss lately for primarily two reasons: 1. It is a new year and weight loss it usually in the top three of people’s New Year’s Resolutions. Perhaps it is one of yours. 2. I am in LOSE IT LAND myself right now. Yesterday I discussed the case [...]

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To Count Calories or Not?

January 11, 2010

Years ago, my little sis was a serious athlete. She ran track for many years and ripped up the hurdles, triple jump, and high jump. She ended up running track for BYU for a few years. Her workouts were intense (and this blogger’s dream): twice a day – 2 hours on the track, 2 hours [...]

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Calories 1,2,3

July 20, 2009

A lot can be said about weight loss… But in the end it simply comes down to calories in versus calories out. A very effective way to lose weight is to simply count calories. For some, it only takes a few days to get things under control, and others I work with it requires them [...]

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