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Hi Ladies, I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. @trooworld - The soup looks amazing. I am going to have to try it out. @theslightedgeforever - let me know how it comes out in the crock pot. I would love to make a large batch and freeze it. @dawnemjh - You may have eaten a bit more then you wanted, but you were mindful…

Hi Everyone, @bugmom92 -Thanks. I hope you get to feeling better. What do you teach? @gemwolf110 - I hope you start feeling better soon too. @cbabie - Good for you keeping focused on you. @theslightedgeforever -I hope you enjoy it. @tattooedprincess - Your white chicken chili sounds yummy? Might you give me the recipe? 1.…

Hi Ladies, I hope everyone's day is going well for them. @bugmom92 - The link doesn't work. :( Could you please try copying and pasting the ingredients list to a PM? I am really looking forward to trying the recipe. @dankas001 - I am glad you had fun at Zumba. @theslightedgeforever - I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as…

Good morning ladies :) @cbabie - At this time of year my kitchen is running over with different veggies as people give them to me knowing I will use them. If it comes into my kitchen, I take it as a personal challenge to use them as I hate to waste food as well. The beef tagine would adapt well for the crock pot. I am…

Thank you! Glad to see you QT. How is your fur baby doing?

Hi everyone, I hope everyone's day is going well. I got in my hour of exercise this morning. I a made beef tagine with butternut squash for supper last night. We had it with rice. Hubby and I enjoyed it, our youngest daughter (16) said it would be good without the squash. It had a nice spicy flavor to it. I am not a big…

Current weight 242.6 Lost .8 :) Total lost for this challenge .8 Goal weight 218

My friend has a seal-a-meal. She takes out a serving of chips and then reseals the bag.

Ladies, thank you for your kind welcome. @cbabie - That is a good scripture thank you for sharing it, I will try to keep that in mind as well. I often don't think before I put something in my mouth and that has been one of the hardest things for me to try to change. @theslightedgeforever - Yes I need to watch that…

I have been following this thread. You are all amazing women. I would like to join you. I'm Liz, I am going to be 51 at the end of the month. I have never done WW. I have been on my lifestyle journey for two years now. I started in Oct. 2014 at 292 pounds, found MFP in Jan. 2015, got down to 225, derailed the first part of…

This week peddled/walked 23.4. I was down in miles but I stayed really close to my calorie goals so I am pleased. :) Edited for spelling

They say losing weight is a matter of calories in and out and health is a matter of exercise. Since your exercise is limited just do what you can do, maybe short walks? Are you weighing your food on a food scale, it makes measuring much more accurate. Also stress can slow weight loss. I imagine that your life has been…

CW 243 WL 0 GW 218

Had them last night for supper. They were awesome, thank you!

When I gained back some of the weight I lost (43 of 67 pounds I still have 90 to go) I told myself that I did not fail, that it was part of the learning process of how to do this right. I found that when I stopped beating myself up for failing, I started to make small changes that were helpful when I was doing well. It…

For the past three weeks I have managed to shop at the dollar store and haven't picked up treats, I have an assortment of ones that fit my calories that I like at home.

This week I peddled/walked 35.3. :) And I was good about my eating.

Portion size for everything, I am toast without my kitchen scale. Umm toast...

Be kind to yourself. People are harder on themselves and have higher expectations for themselves than they would ever consider having for another person. We all have good days and bad days. If you have a bad day, knowledge it and move on. One mistake does not undue all the work you have put into it. Good luck!

I am going to cook these Friday for supper. Thank you!

If it is a casserole or crock pot meal, I use the recipe builder, then after I cook it, I dump it into a bowl on the scale and weigh it in grams. Then I divide the grams by servings and put a sticky note on the leftover container with the gram serving size. That way I know how much to weigh out per serving.

Pure Protein Crunch - Crispy Protein Bites Double Chocolate 175 calories.

Wellbutrin left me feeling jittery and anxious. But I have friends who have had great success with it.

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Doing a whole family approach can be a challenge. I have always taken my kids grocery shopping and we plan the weekly menu together. If I find a new recipe I want to try, I run it by them and we try it. If it is liked it goes into the meal rotation. The kids now bring me recipes they want to try and they cook them for the…

Many mustards are not high calorie and give a good flavor. There are a lot of different mustards out there. They have way less calories than salad dressing and mayo. :)

This week I walked/peddled 34.7 :) And I didn't eat the whole angel food cake in one sitting, I only ate half of it :s

Condiments like mustard (there are sooo many different kinds) and siracha sauce. I mix different combinations with herbs and spices for different flavors. It isn't too costly either. :)

Give yourself a pat on the back for passing up "a little something". That is a victory! You did good :) It is a day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute thing. Some times we have the victory, some times we have to dust ourselves off and try again. It is suppose to get easier, though for me I think it will always be a bit…

When I was growing up (I'm 50 from a mid size metro area) the fruit and Veg department in the grocery stores were not as big and diverse as they are today. Fruits and veggies were mainly available in season so frozen and canned veggies (that mom over-cooked) were a staple in our house. I remember how excited we would get…