Spring Diet Post

[martinivixen]

Spring is upon us, a time in which we start moving around more and come out of our sedentary hibernation

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[martinivixen]

Yay gym membership!

weekends are difficult--I keep Sunday as my rest day, but its hard to exercise Saturdays. Dieting is even more rough on the weekends.

tips for getting past a plateau: do cardio for 10 minutes longer or up the intensity for the duration and do that every session for a week. or eat *more* calories for a week. The body adjusts to a lower calorie intake and will be less efficient at calorie burn. If you eat more for a little while it readjusts to that level.

[yogakitten]

Try drinking diet beverages

i think this is actually worse. there have been studies of people actually gaining weight drinking diet bererages as opposed to those drinking regular beverages. i believe it has to do with the artificial sweetner - among other things it actually causes a reaction that makes you crave sweets.

[martinivixen]

that is a very good point. I never considered the craving from artificial sweeteners.

[yogakitten]

let me know when you want to walk with the girls (you can borrow sasha so you can run around a little more and get more exercise)....or borrow sasha for a run :)

[martinivixen]

yay Sasha! yay borrowing doggies! Whee!! :D

awesome!

[palliddreamer]

Great stuff! Don't forget to eat breakfast, either. When you don't eat breakfast (anything will do), your body goes into starvation mode and actually conserves fat. There are a number of studies showing that eating breakfast helps someone lose weight.

Good luck and kick ass! Any triathelons coming up?

Re: awesome!

[martinivixen]

Any triathlons coming up?

Yep. Doing a short one in Centreville, VA on mother's day. If you're in the area and up stupidly early you should come cheer me & talldean on! :)