Wanted:Healthy Eating/Exercise/Weight Loss Support

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I've reading about the efforts of all you ladies on this thread. You all seem to be doing really well.

The title of this thread caught my attention because since the bomb I have dropped 54 lbs., hired a personal trainer and nutritionist and generally find that working out and eating healthy are the best stress relief and distraction through this.

One book that I have read is called the Abs Diet by Mens Health. This is a great all round book for fitness and nutrition. It explains what to do, when and why. I know there is a Abs Diet for Women version. I would recommend it.

If I could make an observation about what I'm reading here.... Most of you are focusing on Cardio training as your excersise of choice. Don't discount weight training. Weight training can burn as many calories as Cardio and it has the added benifit of bulding muscle. What most people don't realize is that muscle is the best fat burner in your body. for every pound of muscle you put on, you will burn about 50 extra calories per day. Muscle increases your resting matabolism which means that if you put on 10 lbs. of muscle you will burn about 500 extra calories a day just by sitting doing nothing.

Keep up the good work!