SM, you will find after several weeks you will actually be less hungry
and want to eat healthier.
Gotta admit it's harder to start a weight loss or execise program in the winter
as you naturally want to eat more in cold weather.

the important thing to remember is that the "i'm full signal "
that says:
it's time to stop eating comes LATE it is always a delayed message

Knowing that... you can reduce your portion of Sketti
down to half of what you "percieve" to be adequate .

Then, twenty to 25 minutes after you've Stopped eating
your meal ............ see........ what the old tummy says.

if it says: hey! i'm still hungry, then eat again....
the problem is... you be come accustomed to being told
by the feeling "oh lordy i feel like a stuffed whale stranded on the beach as that signal ,
having to unbutton your pants for comfort before THE metal button shoots across the room.

the other thing to do is to have that BIG spagetti meal at lunch time
along with the sausage so you have many more hours of digestion to
deal with it before bedtime.... you'll burn up more of the
fat intake that way , you'll sleep better because digesting a heavy meal
and sleeping are not compatable they are in CONflict

the easiest trick in the book is to use a smaller plate because your
eyes still see it as a FULL plate.....

now i like health food and Gourmet cooking very much but when i see
these chef's put this tiny FANCY portion in the middle of a huge plate
and then dribble this special decorative sauce around it in an artsy fartsy design,,,,
i just wanna SCREAM.

for dinner eat something LIGHT AND YOU SLEEP MUCH MUCH BETTER

try swimming instead if your joints hurt.

Nah I havent done any of that really. Im just doing the workouts and drinkin the shake post workout. Im trying to eat better but its expensive especially for a 25 yr old college student. I can tell im not getting the results i should becuase of the diet i have. But its not like i need to lose any weight really. Im 6'1'' 185 before the program, so..... The picture at the end is what concerns me

Working out steadily at the gym, and you have a brand new one on the island, the Y, is the best thing you can do for yourself. It kaes a few months of steady work befoe you get that rise at the end of the workout. Its the same for me whether it was cardio or weights. Always feels good.

No snacking after dinner. Eat dinner and turn it off.

Lot of Patriot wives go there. One day I was working out right next to Deion Branch while he was holding out. And also Rodney Harrison when he was rehabbing his knee.

Good stuff.
It is real and every man knows that exercise plays very important role in our life. I think we should do any exercise, i mostly listen that many people says that we don't have enough time or we don't need to do any exercise. I think they are wrong.

whey protein !!
 

protein in powder form
you can make pancakes too if ya want

this is what i use to rebuild muscle tissue

and/or ..... ya get to have shakes... :btu:

Because
when you exercise you stretch -tear -damage ....muscle tissue

to rebuild it back to more than what you had originally
is the big secret... that's where the whey comes in

the more muscle tissue you have the more calories you burn
even at rest....

that is the cardinal rule....

I agree with the above, I have been pushing my self to the limit doing Insanity, and i'm on my second month. I usually have a shake afterward. I'm down probably 16-18 lbs since starting this, and plan to start p90x next. I do think that the Whey protein helps with recovery from the soreness factor.

One thing I started this year is called "Letterboxing".
If you have young children, it could be the spark to get them (and yourself) outside much more often!

It's a toned down version of Geocaching, and I didn't think it was as widespread as it is.
What you will need to start (beyond a sense of adventure):
A small note pad, pen, ink stamp and inl pad.
(check out AtlasQuest.com or Letterboxing.com for more info)

What you do is log on to either website and select a region you want to visit. You can specify the range of your search from just the city/town to 5, 10, 25, 50 miles or more around that city/town.
The resulting list will give you all letterboxes hidden within you search area, and shows icons describing the length of the search (how far you might walk once you begin their directions/clues.
The clues they provide are generally easy to follow and pretty specific.
(Like "look for a cluster of birch trees with a large rock behind them.")
The "planter" who hid the letterbox will provide adequate clues to find their box, and will tell you what the box contains.
Their box is a water-tight tupperware container, average size has been 4" x 6".
Most "boxes" contain a ink stamp, note pad, maybe a pen and maybe an inkpad. This is why you need to bring your own gear, in case the box doesn't have a notepad, pen or inkpad.

What you do is you stamp their stamp in your notepad with their inkpad (if included in box), marking the date and name of the letterbox (from website). If they have included a notepad in their box, you then stamp your stamp in their book along with the date and you name (trail name as described on website).
When finished, you replace the box where you found it, hiding it as well as it was before, and continue.

There are some REALLY adventurous "planters" that have hidden multiple boxes as part of a series.
One, for instance, is a series hidden in Foxborough behind the Basspro shop, along the cranberry bog hiking path. Another series, also in Foxborough, consists of 20 individual boxes hidden along a popular hiking trail.

If you ever need a reason to get out with the kids, this could be it!!!