I like eating zucchini with peanut butter for a snack or nutritional bar (Luna & Kind)

I've had celery with pb... I'll have to try the zucchini sometime!

My boyfriend's favorite are pickles all by themselves. Usually a large dill pickle is only 5 calories, but it helps him feel full.

Tabby, I've thought of trying to:

-Restart some of our threads because posting up new ones puts a link on our activity feeds. Might remind a couple of members to come check on it since we are actively looking and trying to post every day.

-Making us ticker images that have the names of the groups on them so when we post in other forums, it brings attention.

-Try making some more challenges but them being for a week instead of a month. (Especially when I can get working on the image for the IR vs SS thread.)

-Perhaps we can do a member of the week? Or story of the week? Idea of the week? Exemplary of the week? We can try checking up on people's progress and how they are doing and perhaps highlight their hard work? Especially since we have most of them as friends. We can see when they hit a new high marker of their streaks for example.

-Random health topic for the week? Find something to focus on for the week (the way calories in/out work, the importance of protein, fiber, different types of exercises, etc) and everyone can pool their knowledge or the articles they find on such things. Others that read will possibly learn something new and improve their diet/exercise plan?

Pretty much mine too. I love raw almonds from Trader Joe's and actually need to get more when I get paid. I ran out a couple weeks ago and those hold me over from having munchies all the time. Plus they make me drink a lot more water when I eat them, Love string cheese sticks and Cracker Barrel cheese as well, but have to have the pre-portioned stuff or I'll pig out. lol

Haha! Ditto! Same with the almonds. I set them up in ziplock baggies ahead of time so that I'm not tempted to grab more than 15 (85 cal) or 18 (102 cal) of them at a time. hehe

I love string cheese as well, but, unlike the colby jack sticks, it's too hard for me to just stick to one of them. String cheese always has me going back for at lease one more. It's weird. lol

I seem to notice when I have a lot of cheese snacks, I have smaller losses at my weigh in. My sodium levels have been through the roof, so I am thinking I am going to go back to Fiber One bars and almonds for snacks and maybe a random cheese stick here and there.
Also wanting to get some fruit gummies, or gummi bears and pre portion them out into baggies and have candy snacks, do I don't feel like I am missing out.
I've been following the 30 days of sweets thread and drooling over all the people eating their yummy desserts and still losing weight. I participate when I can, but can't afford junk food every day, so I eat it when I can.

I never heard of that thread. It sounds dangerous to me. XD

I think I'll stay away from that. haha. I used to have to have a little bit of candy every day for a while. It was really hard for me to get past my plateau with it because the sugar was holding me back.

I'm a fruit and veggie girl, anyway, so I tend to see fruit as the equivalent to healthy candy in my head. If I had a choice between fresh, ready to eat strawberries or blueberries or a candy bar or fruit gummies, the fresh fruit would always win.

The only fruit and flavor I tend to be a base to base situation with is orange and other citrus flavors. If it is too bitter, I can't eat it. I'm a sweet tooth, not a sour puss. lol

Hey there Motivators! I want thinking of something to talk about, and I have been thinking of making a thread in which we can post comparison pictures during this journey of weight loss we're on. This is inspired by Tabitha_Cramer from her blog post in which she shared images that showed her weight loss at every 5 lbs marker. I plan to do the same for the rest of my journey, and to make my own blog post to do the same, but not everyone wants to really make a whole blog to do that, so I wonder if I should start a thread.

What is your opinion?

I know it's suppose to be positive posts. I jus had to get that off my mind. Just need a boost.

It's alright. It's what the group is about. So you're having issues resisting food? Or keeping it in proportion?

I find that when it comes to eating rice, I use it as something to accent the dish I'm eating instead of it being the focus. So a lot of times I'll mix it with proteins and fibers. One of my favorites is chicken, cheese, and broccoli mixed with the rice in a kind of casserole. The broccoli ends up holding most of the texture and structure than the rice, cuts down on the starch and calories, and is much more filling because of the protein and fiber.

Hello!

I vanished again. I'm sorry. It's been really hard to get on the forums as of late. From trying to help an abused puppy to taking care of my boyfriend after he twisted his ankle, I just didn't really find myself in a social mood for a while. Though, I'm getting back into it again. ^ ^

Hoping to see some more faces come on to post with me. The Phoenix Egg challenge is up and going! It's really easy to earn a prize! Give it a shot! The worst that happens is that your egg won't hatch.