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5'6" female, age 37 Starting weight: 243 lbs (as recorded in MFP. I know I was higher than that, but never got on a scale to find out. I lost a bit of weight on my own before discovering MFP). Current Weight: 207 lbs Short term goal: Below 200 lbs (I entered high school at 195 lbs) Long term goal: 150 lbs (this will put me…

Dieting and losing weight does not have to be torture. You do not have to give up all of your favorite foods. Like others have said, you may need to eat less of them, though. I have found that keeping the food diary makes me very conscious of where I am spending my calorie allotment. These days, if I'm having a chocolate…

I have gotten, well, bustier. I never had a lot going on, boob-wise to begin with. In fact, I always thought it was a bit unfair that, for as much weight as I carried around, none of it seemed to be in my chest. Now that I'm starting to lose a bit of fat, the band size on my bras has gotten smaller, but my breasts are now…

One of my favorite quick breakfasts is an apple and goat cheese bagel. I switched to Thomas's bagel thins from regular bagels to lower the calories. Toast a bagel thin, and spread an ounce of goat cheese over the two halves (1/2 an ounce on each half). Cut a quarter of an apple into thin slices, and place evenly over the…

I've never brought myself to try the Elvis - a grilled peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich. It sounds awesome, though!

Bacon and chocolate chip pancakes are one of my favorite indulgences. There's also a bacon, mushroom, and spinach risotto recipe that I got out of Cooking Light. I love good bacon.

My grocery bill this past weekend (should carry me through the entire week) came to about $120. It's a bit lower because I didn't have to restock things like rice (restocked a few weeks ago, tend to buy in bulk) and I'll be using some chicken from the freezer. It's a pretty varied menu, includes a vegetarian dinner, some…

Thanks for the responses. It sounds like we're in a pretty normal range in our grocery budget. We're currently apartment dwellers, in the process of trying to purchase our first home, and I've been looking for every place in our budget to pinch those pennies just a bit tighter. I think I'm going to leave the grocery budget…

I love my food processor. I actually have two, a mini food processor, and a full sized one with a couple different blades, I've named them Mr. Choppy and Big Papa Chop, respectively. The mini one I use all the time, and has become my preferred method for chopping onions. Also great for making small batches of sauces (I did…

Hi there. We have pretty similar goals. I've been working hard on the diet aspect, and I'd love to swap recipes with you.

One of the items on my bucket list is to do the mule ride trip into the Grand Canyon. Your weight must not exceed 200 pounds when fully dressed. They also list "weight must be proportional to height" as a qualification for the trip.

The way I look at it, is more about the quality of the food. As others have mentioned, a calorie is a calorie, no matter where it came from. This is the basis for the calories in/calories out approach to weight loss, or as I like to call it, the eat less, move more diet. So, no, calories are neither good nor bad. With that…

Is that the same model in both pictures? But, yeah, I know what you mean about the models used for plus sized clothing (I'm looking at you, Lane Bryant). It really does not help you figure out if the clothes will look nice in your size. Plus, a lot of the time the clothes are tailored or pinned up on the models to make…

I have been fat my entire life. I was a fat kid, who grew into a fat teenager, and now I'm a fat adult. I would like to be able to purchase clothes from the regular size section of a store, as opposed to the 4 square feet or so that is typically given to the "women's" or "plus sized" section. I would like the option to…

Hard liquor tends to have less calories than, say beer or wine, because you tend to drink less of it. A shot is 1.5 ounces (I think?), so a shot of, say, vodka would be around 100 calories. That's just the shot. Mind the mixers. You can rack up calories here. For real low calories, maybe try sticking with seltzer or club…

What has been working for me is meal planning. I have found that pre-loading my meals into MFP helps me keep on track. It takes a bit of work, but is pretty doable, once you get used to it. I think of it as one more household chore that needs to get done, like doing laundry. Usually on the weekend, before I hit the grocery…

Thanks, guys. It's really nice to find a supportive community here, and to know that I'm not doing this alone.