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I weigh 170 lbs and want to get down to at least 150. I am 25 yrs old, have had three kids, the last one 2 years ago. I walk 2 miles every morning, do Tae-Bo three/four times a week and change that up by switching nights/mornings also alternating between the bootcamp, ultimate abs, cardio, etc.
I eat really well, I never go over 1200 calories, I don't think I could if I tried. I eat fresh fruits and veggies every day, hardly ever red meat, mostly chicken, turkey, and pork. I usually eat eggs for breakfast. I drink a couple glasses of grapefruit juice a day too or eat a half of g.f. I cannot be retaining water because I seriously drink like 2 gallons of water a day, sometimes a diet snapple and I pee like once every half hour. I take green tea pills, but that is mostly for energy because I have 3 little kids.
I have only lose 4 lbs. in two months! It is really depressing, don't know what to do next
That probably sounds like a lot of water, but I don't go overboard to drink it on purpose, if I didn't I'd be dying of thirst all day long. I have always been drinking a lot like this, since I was a kid, and no I do not have diabetes. My two year old daughter is the same way. She will empty an entire sippy cup in less than five minutes.

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Determine your current body fat percentage

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Step 2.

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23 percent minus 9 percent = 14 percent
14 percent = .14
.14 +1 = 1.14
200 pounds divided by 1.14 = 175 pounds
200 – 175 = 25 pounds of fat to lose

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…out of THESE choices?

Just a little public opinion survey.

-Arizona Green Tea
-Arizona Iced Tea
-Diet Lime Coke
-Mountain Dew
-Pepsi Lime Twist
-Red Bull
-Rockstar
-Rockstar Juiced
-Snapple Lemonade Iced Tea
-Snapple Peach Iced Tea
-Starbucks Caramel Frap
-Starbucks Chai Latte
-Starbucks Green Tea Frap
-Starbucks Mocha Frap

My favorites, in order, are:
1) Arizona Iced Tea
2) Starbucks Chai Latte
3) Rockstar Juiced

Thanks in advance!
tee hee, shadowsthathunt, that isn't me, it's the love of my life ;D! thanks for the answer, i agree with you on many of those…
And for the holidays the best Sbucks drink ever…cinnamon dolce latte, yum yum.

water

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I am 25 yrs old, 175 lbs., 5'7.

Breakfast: omelet w/ham, onion, mozz. cheese
sometimes on a whole wheat muffin or bagel
sometimes a bowl of yogurt Cheerios instead
Lunch: turkey sandwich, or a salad w/chicken, lowfat dressing
Dinner: grilled chicken breast, steamed broccoli, sometimes a lean pocket if I am in a hurry
In between I snack on watermelon, pineapple, celery, and cucumbers, but I do have a weakness for low-fat pretzel rods…
I also walk two miles every morning and do Tae-Bo 4-5 times a week not to mention chasing after 3 small kids. On the weekends, I don't excersize because I work.
I do not drink soda EVER, water and Crystal Light, once in awhile a diet snapple.
Oh yeah, I also take the "green tea pills" but this is more for energy than dieting, I have been taking them for almost five years.
All this and I have only lost like 2 lbs. in a month! I am very faithful and hardly cheat. What am I doing wrong?

Your plan sounds good to me. Are you gaining muscle? Pineapple and Watermelon taste yummy (my favorites, too), but I wouldn't snack on them all the time (as listed above?). Along with bananas, they are the highest sugar fruits. Maybe try carrots with hummus or grapes. Walking is good (any movement is good), but it isn't my first choice for losing weight. I think sometimes our bodies get used to a particular exercise - maybe switch it up a bit? The only reason I personally am not crazy about walking is that unless you are doing power walking w/weights, does your heart rate come up enough to be considered cardio and to lose weight? One of my friends had really good look on www.ediets.com. They personalize a menu plan for you, have nutritionists on staff for questions, conduct online meetings on different topics, have weight ins, etc. All in a really positive and pro-active approach. You can choose from 11 or so different eating plans. She really liked the accountability and convenience. And as far as the Green Tea pills go, maybe try getting energy from your food. More protein such as chicken, fish, and even red meat (once in awhile)? Best of luck!

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Is it just me, or does Kurt Busch look more like somebody that would work on computers and drink diet Snapple or Green Tea rather than driving a race car and drinking beer?
Just to everyone….I NEVER SAID KURT WAS A BAD DRIVER…I just said he he does not fit the type is all.
I never meant to offend anyone.

Yeah he's a nerd, with pinned back ears and his very proper grammar. Yeah I think Diet Snapple needs to be his sponsor along with odoreaters for your shoes. They should give him a pocket on his firesuit so he can use a pocket protecter.

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I'm serious, my shampoo has apple extract, pear juice, kiwi, and grape skins. It even has green tea in it.

My Snapple drink has <2% fruit juice, mostly corn syrup and some grape juice in it.

Because you're drinking the wrong kind of fruit juice. Read the labels before you buy if you are that interested in the percentage of juice a beverage has.

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So here's the deal. I've lost some weight, and still trying to loose a few. I go back to school August 14th, and we ALL know that school food really can't be all that good for you!
I really don't want to get fat, or gain everything back!
And i don't want to pack my own lunch everyday, because that will get soo expensive, and really inconvienent.

I'm going to eat breakfast at home, but what is a good breakfast that will keep me full until lunch time. And even then will keep me from pigging out at lunch!
What are some healthier school lunch choices? Like healthy things I can eat there. And what are good snacks I can bring in my backpack to munch on if I get hungry?

And are the diet teas like lipton diet green tea, diet snapple peach tea good for me? I buy the cases from sam's club and plan on bringing them with me to school.

[ highschool lunch by the way, so there's a lot to choose from! ]

thanks guys!
oh by the way, i'm going to be on cross country.

and the days i don't practice with cross country, i will be going to the gym after school (3:30)
so there's my exercise by the way [:
in case you were wondering

I am going into 9th grade and am doing cross country too and I totally understand how hard it can be to stay full and still eat healthy.

For breakfast:
Try Nestle's Carnation Instant Breakfast Chocolate Milk Mix. Its packed with protein and vitamins so it keeps you full and still tastes normal. Also have a granola bar. I especially like General Mill's Fiber One bars which taste really good and are only 150 calories with 9 grams of protein. This breakfast keeps me full and concentrated until lunch.

If you do need a snack anytime during the day, bring a small container of Ritz crackers ,strawberries and pineapple, or Goldfish.

For lunch:
I have a turkey sandwich with lettuce and cheese, a water, and one of those 100 Calorie Packs snacks. The 100 Calorie Pack snacks are great because they come in so many different popular varieties and most of them taste exactly like the real things.

Also, if you practice cross country in the afternoons (like I do), stash another one of the 100 Calorie Packs in your sports bag to quickly gulp down before practice to keep you going.

Drinking lots of water during the day helps to kepp you full and focused as well as it prepares your body to stay hydrated during your cross country workout too!

Hope this helps!

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That's what it says on the back of my Snapple Green Tea bottle cap!

Hmmm. Makes me wish I still had a boyfriend!

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Do you know any good tasting affordable teas, besides the Snapple and bottled ones.
I want a health alternative for coffee. I don’t want to waste any money on teas that taste like sh**, so can you guys help me out?

To give you guys an idea of what I like I’ll tell you some fruits and teas that I like (and some teas I hate).

—————LIKES———————–

Golden Apples (those yellow colored ones)
Raspberry
Watermelon
Mango
Strawberry
Mellon
Guava
Blackberry
Cinnamon in a tea
Sweat Oranges

—————Hates———————–

Cranberry
I tasted some white tea with apple, its some flavor from Snapple, and I didn’t like it.
Green tea
Pomegranate
and vanilla is okay, not good but okay.

I want to know some good tea spices: ginseng, lemon, raspberry, toffee, vanilla, extra. you could also name a tea company that you like if you want.

thanks for your time.

Oh yeah, i also like mint.
somthing i can find in the USA
i also hate toffee
i'm drinking some Celestial seasoning
as we speak, sleepytime.

When I have money to burn I buy loose tea from Teaism
Lavender Lemon Mint tea-it’s great hot or cold
African Rooibus -it’s strong though..
Spearmint

I also drink brewed Morrocan mint tea

For inexpensive teas I recommend either going to Ten Ren Tea Store
http://www.tenren.com/unststlo.html
I like their ginger tea, rose tea, white tea w/ roses

OR
at the regular grocery store Celestial seasoning
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/bagged-tea.html

Red Zinger, Raspberry Zinger, Tension Tamer, Wild Berry Zinger, Peppermint, Lemon Zinger, Sleepytime

I also by Twinings sometimes

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and does the same go for arizona green tea?

Not sure if it causes it but I heard that lemons or lemon juice prevents them.

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i make green tea like almost everyday and i love drinking snapple
but a bit way too much

teas are great to drink b/c they have antioxidants but not the kind of tea that is loaded with sugar, just drink plain tea with nothing added to it and it is very good 4 u.

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