Cookies taste better than skinny feels

Great post. You CAN have your cookies and eat them too!

Awesome!

Yeeeesss!!! You don't have to give up what you love; you need to learn to eat it in moderation! That is the recipe for success & a life long dietary change. Love the post & I'll share a little secret with you. The best cookie cookbook EVER!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Christmas-Jennifer-Darling/dp/0696209632/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391527293&sr=1-1&keywords=cookies+for+christmas

You have to try out the Hickory Nut & Buttercream Sandwiches--I use pecans, instead of hickory nuts, but the cookie is absolutely AMAZING! I make them every year for Christmas & also for really special occasions. My nursing staff BEGS me to bring them!!! They are the most wonderful shortbread with chocolate and BUTTERcream icing sandwiched in between shortbread lusciousness. And by buttercream, I mean BUTTER-cream!

The Butterscotch Shortbread Bars are amazing & the Stroopwafels are the bomb! I could go on, but you need to see the cookbook to believe all the amazing recipes! It has everything BUT my English grandmother's Keeflie recipe and my the recipe for my Dutch great grandmother's killer Sugar Cookies! Those are a family MUST HAVE!!!!

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I LOVE this one! I agree with not depriving yourself. slow and steady wins the race. my weight loss started out rather fast (wasn't eating enough while breastfeed. thankfully it didn't hurt my supply) and slowed down greatly when I realized I would rather have more treats and work our more than be hungry at bedtime. but I hit my goal (29 lbs in 7 months) last month and am happily eating more:happy: but staying within a range. life it to be enjoyed. plus, no one likes the skinny starving crabby girl, right?

Fantastic! I love it that you did it your way, the way that worked for you!
You look great! :flowerforyou:

Yeeeesss!!! You don't have to give up what you love; you need to learn to eat it in moderation! That is the recipe for success & a life long dietary change. Love the post & I'll share a little secret with you. The best cookie cookbook EVER!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Christmas-Jennifer-Darling/dp/0696209632/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391527293&sr=1-1&keywords=cookies+for+christmas

You have to try out the Hickory Nut & Buttercream Sandwiches--I use pecans, instead of hickory nuts, but the cookie is absolutely AMAZING! I make them every year for Christmas & also for really special occasions. My nursing staff BEGS me to bring them in!!! They are the most wonderful shortbread with chocolate and BUTTERcream icing sandwiched in between shortbread lusciousness. And by buttercream, I mean BUTTER-cream!

The Butterscotch Shortbread Bars are amazing & the Stroopwafels are the bomb! I could go on, but you need to see the cookbook to believe all the amazing recipes! It has everything, BUT my English grandmother's Keeflie recipe and the recipe for my Dutch great grandmother's killer Sugar Cookies! Those are a family MUST HAVE!!!!

Pretty sure this is the sabotage I always see people talking about around here (she days having already gone and ordered the book.)

I am excite

No, just sharing an exceptionally good cookbook with a fellow baker. I love your posts, because they a SENSIBLE and realistic. Enjoy the book, I've bought one for most of my family members over the years. Just save the goodies for special occasions, or freeze them enjoy them a few at a time.

Best success story title ever.

You look awesome :drinker:

all that & more

Thank you for sharing with us! :happy:

Cookies are yummy And good in moderation! I love cookies ( and brownies and muffins! ) I had some shortbread cookies today

And you look great Losing on 1900 calories is awesome. I could probably lose on that as well, but it would be a very slow weight loss. Maybe only a couple lbs a month. If you eat healthy, you can pretty much eat what you want on 1900 calories.

And the way you are losing weight is really the way to keep the pounds off in the long run. Good job!

Great post... thanks! I have lost 8 lbs in almost 10months LOL. (I've also lost 6inches and 1 pants size) More of the same as you said. I lose some... gained some... SLOOOOOWLY losing again doing almost no cardio, NROLFW (Phase 3 right now - I enjoy the complexity , eating around 1500cal/day. Last week was my week off from NROLFW and I decided I wanted a break. My deficit for the week was only 700cals. But I ate fudge... drank wine.. ate wings and pizza and cookies and all kinds of lovely tasting things. I'm back at it this week and glad I relaxed a bit last week. I'll be lucky if I hit my goal by August.. but atleast I'm not torturing myself to get there and I am enjoying life as I go

You are so awesome *^.^* I've seen more of your pictures floating around, too, and they always pump me up. =D

And, Laurayinz.....I love you for posting that gif. >.>;

You're awesome :flowerforyou:

I am similar to you about it. I am already at my calorie goal for the day and then I'm like "what's that, banana bread?"

I agree, but for me I have to avoid the sweet stuff as much as possible, because once I start I can't stop until the whole packet is gone!!