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I don't see any reason to cut out coffee. I would explode if I did that. A lot of times coffee is the binding element between getting off work and going to the gym! I agree though, a lot of people underestimate the calories in their loaded coffee. I used to hear things like, "I'm really putting effort into weight loss!"…

I use MapMyRun (I have a Windows phone, it's the same app, all connected to MapMyRide) and I have been having some odd issues with it recently. I used it for a walk a few days ago and it decided to lose signal MULTIPLE times. When I lose signal it immediately jumps back to my home poistion and then acts as if I ran all the…

I worked at Starbucks for 4 years and still I drank my coffee black even while on the clock. We do a french press at home because it gives black coffee more flavor. If I feel I need an extra something I put cold 2% in it.

I have skulls on my upper thighs/sides of my legs. Big skulls. One has a razor blade. A big. Scary. Skull.

I see people selling road bikes on CL for 1k+ all the time. We recently purchased two new mountain bikes and finished building my loves Frankenbike. We now have six bikes and two bikes that are no longer whole. We live in an apartment so we have two bikes on the front stairs and got rid of our patio furniture so we could…

That is amazing! I'm glad to see you up and about after such a tough surgery! My mother had a major heart attacked four years ago on her 50th birthday with a 99% blockage that almost took her life. She quit smoking and started moving more. They told her she wouldn't have another heart attack and that the chances were slim…

I was doing a ride where I ended up hitting a patch of road that was nothing but washed out sand for about three miles. Needless to say, I had to carry my bike on my back because it was such deep sand. I feel this bike would have handled it well. Haha

I want to go for a bike ride right now. But I'm stuck in my office for another 30 minutes. Maybe later!

Aren't those used for snow riding? Strangely, I see a lot of those on peoples back porches on my property. It doesn't snow in East texas, though. Nor do we have sand.

I used to try that but I get out of the office at 6pm. I usually eat dinner around 8pm.

Ohhhh how I love the easter bunnies. Just eat it in servings :)

My love was in the Marines for 5 years. He lost a lot of weight but only because he was treking through the desert daily and they rarely slept anywhere near a place that served food, they got to eat MREs and crap they brought along. When he was on US soil he ate fast food more often then not. He says the military diet is a…

We used to put oatmeal, dried fruit, a frozen bannana and soy milk (with some ice) in the blenders when I worked at Starbucks. It made a huge serving and kept us full through night shifts so we didn't snack on pastries.

Nope. I have probably only ever had a chat with one person in this forum EVER in my years on here.

Love me some kale chips :)

Eggs. My go-to food is eggs for any and every meal. Or Tuna Creations. For lunch I looove to put 1tbsp or olive oil mayo and 1tbsp of pickle relish in a baggy and take one of the 4 flavors of tuna to work. Toss it all together and there ya have it!

I worked at Starbucks for 4 years so I feel you on all the sugary lattes and what not. At some point when I started losing weight I got really into learning the differences between all the types of coffee that they make. As it turns out, black coffee does have a flavor! It's an aquired taste for some but it can be pretty…

I joined based on price and equipment and attitude of people IN the gym. We have a good number of gyms here. One in particular my Love had a membership to and it was $49 a month and the size of my office, overstuffed with half broken equipment. It was popular because it was 24 hours. Another one closed at 10pm but had a…

Ohhh I love black beans too! I always have a can or bag of them on hand just in case. I don't usually do a lot of hardcore cooking with them, though. Usually very simple recipes that involve keeping them cold if wanted. Tonight I'm doing a black bean breakfast dinner. 1 Can of Black Beans, Drained 1 Can of Diced Tomatos,…

Ignore all the hateful things they are saying to you. Don't let it scar you as badly as it did.

Baseball. Lol

When I first went I was very embarassed but quickly got over it. I took my mom for the first time last night. She hasn't been to a gym in probably 30 years. She kept saying "I feel like everyone is staring at me." I would snap at her to stop thinking that way, it's not true. She felt very self conscious and unsure of…

Went to Applebees the day I started calorie counting. Got a quesdilla burger. Under assumed calories. It was like 1200 calories ALONE. Yeaaaaaaah No.

Actually I make stuff like this a LOT. I only do it in a crock pot when we have family or friends over for the night but we do a LOT of egg bakes. I usually do frozen tater tots if I'm feeling frisky OR chopped potatoes. If I want to cut down on calories I use low calorie bread in the bottom. Spinach, eggs, turkey bacon…

When I make dinner I will give my Love waaaaay more food then me to avoid the temptaion of it being there. He stays skinny......if I ever notice love handles beginning, I might stop with that. Hehe.

Everything for me as well. When making dinner I used to just dole out however much I felt like (we have large plates as well). When I started weighing I realized how much I was eating. I now put all of mine on salad plates and all of my Loves on normal plates. Makes it look better!

When we eat salads for dinner we generally put chicken, tuna or lunch meat in them. I crockpot chicken. I will put an entire chicken in the crockpot for a different dinner other then salad. Season it for whatever the occasion. BBQ, lemon pepper, garlic...whatever you want. Serve dinner and then save the rest. We then have…

Sweet potatoes. I had never had a whole one before and the Christmas before last a friend brought me one to work. I didn't realize it was rotten and ate it. I got so sick the next day that I had to call into work for the first time in four years. From that day forward I can never even imagin one without wanting to puke.

Ohh tacos, how I love them!!! All types!!! I actually love turkey tacos. I use turkey sausage or ground turkey and season it and use spinach tortillas (Actual tortillas, they're just green). Or spinach and egg tacos with turkey bacon. :)

Made this last night. Nothing like pizza and it fell apart. Probably messed up somewhere in the recipe but it was not a subsititute for pizza at all but def gave me what I wanted as far as flavor goes.