Calories, Workouts and Fluids

I've been making sure I get up early enough every day during the weekdays to get in my 30 minutes of workouts now.  I do about 10 minutes on the Kinect Your Shape game and then follow that by 20 solid minutes on the Rowing Machine.  I'm still working up a huge sweat and feel bushed when done.  This is my signal to know I'm on the right track and the amount of workout is a good fit.  Once I start finding this a little easier I'll up it and include Elliptical time as well.  

My wife has been doing dancing every day for her workout but I was unable to convince her to drink some milk after her workout as she really needs to get more calcium into her body.  I did some more research and the interwebs have told me that even drinking chocolate milk (as long as you're keeping those calories under control) can offer calcium and many other nutrients.  That said I managed to get her to start drinking half a cup of chocolate milk after workouts - so WOOT for Calcium!  Plus the protein helps repair damaged muscle which occurs often during strenuous workouts.

The other day I learned my wife was actually getting VERY hungry through out the day.  I'm quite glad she brought this up so we could find out what was wrong.  When you are using the loseit.com web site, you get to specify your goal loss.  The maximum is 2 pounds per week which is a serious calorie deficit and should only be selected if you're over 200 pounds.  Unfortunately, a lot of people go for this option to help them lose weight faster - THIS IS A MISTAKE PEOPLE!  Do NOT starve yourself to lose weight.  You can't sustain it, you start eating below your BMR and you plateau, get frustrated and quit.  We adjusted my wife's goal loss to 1 pound per week.  She learned to accept the lengthier time it's going to take but her calorie deficit isn't as bad and she isn't hungry any more and, you guessed it, she is STILL losing weight!  

I can't stress this enough - Educate, Educate, Educate yourself on this journey!