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Applegate Farms provolone cheese. It just smelled and tasted so strong. Luckily my fiance liked it. Count me in also for disliking almond milk. The taste and texture is like almonds that have been chewed up and spit out. If I want almonds I'll just have whole raw almonds, and if I want non-dairy "milk," unsweetened coconut…

I would say the best way to estimate is by how out of breath you are, since when you metabolize calories, the carbon that was in the fats/proteins/carbs metabolized is exhaled as carbon dioxide.

My fiance loves watching TV while on the treadmill. But for me doing the elliptical is so unpleasant, it makes my brain cloud over. It's like I'm bored but I'm also just uncomfortable enough to not be able to concentrate on anything else besides how uncomfortable I am. Even when I listen to music it doesn't help much,…

There is a whole section on the forums for maintaining weight, so it's definitely healthy! I have similar goals to you -- I am 5'4", started out around 129 and I am currently 125 (goal weight is 120). I plan to continue calorie counting and logging exercise even after I reach my goal weight, but with a maintenance TDEE in…

Ok update, I got my period today :) Glad it was a false alarm!

I actually just went to the gynecologist a few weeks ago for a checkup, and he didn't find any problems. And my period has been regular for years. It's only a couple of days late so I guess I will wait a week and then take a pregnancy test if it hasn't come by then. Really hoping it won't get to that point though :(

Be able to powerlift! Have actual, visible arm muscles (I had the beginnings of them last winter, but then I forgot to go to the gym for a few weeks and it all became fat). Know that I have the physical strength to become a female electrician if I want to. My weight is not holding me back from doing these things, but I do…

None of them. All my clothes still fit more or less the same. I don't know where the 10 pounds I gained actually went.

It's been a couple of weeks actually, not just one day, but it was the first day of trying this new diet plan out. I want to lose weight more for the future than for anything else. It kind of scares me that I gained 10 pounds since I graduated college, without even noticing. When I have kids in the future I will probably…

No I've been tracking calories and trying to stay under a calorie limit for about 2 1/2 weeks now. But yesterday was my first day trying out a new daily diet that I hoped would eliminate the same problems I was having on my old diet, as well as being overall healthier. I think this may be the case for me too. I tried to…

Yeah I used to do this as a kid also and never had a problem either (athough, I heard that the cultures in yogurt prevent it from going bad at room temperature for several hours anyway). I guess it probably would be fine. I had food poisoning a few months ago so I think you get more paranoid about these things after that…

Thanks for all your suggestions! Although there are too many comments to reply to them all, I read them all :) What do you guys think of me adding dried edamame to my lunch and reducing the amount of crackers by half? That will increase the protein and lower the carbs and it will still be something I can keep at room…

I didn't finish entering all my water for the day.

The sugar thing is not really so much about losing weight as it is about being healthy in general. I was reducing my sugar even before I realized I had to lose weight. I really really hate running (high school track ruined it for me) but I go to the gym about once a week and do the elliptical with a lot of…

MFP told me to eat 1600 calories a day to lose half a pound per week. I am female, 23, 5'4", currently around 128 pounds and I want to get down to 120. I put that I am "lightly active" because my job (biological research technician) requires a lot of walking around and going up and down stairs, but I also have long periods…

Thanks for your input. I am eating the Chobani yogurt already, since it has only 4g of sugar, which is much less than all the other brands I've seen. I also think I am going to add a serving of lentils to my breakfast. That may give me the boost needed until lunchtime. I actually used to eat brown rice and nuts for…