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Raw veggies; fills you up for very little kcal. Lots of water. Sometimes on my days like that, I cook up low sodium chicken broth, throw in some veggies and garlic and call it dinner. It fills me up. Tomorrow is a new day.

this is my standard lunch :)

I estimate; but im usually in a hurry. My fruits i try to be more accurate because they have a higher density kcal. Anything im pairing my vegetables with; dressings, hummus etc, gets measured Honestly I dont worry about most of my raw plain veggies. They are low in calories. For example; I think I can eat 4 cups of…

My boss' liver started to shut down from his high dose supplements. Getting vitamins from our food is VERY different from high MG supplements. I do take vitamins. I know I dont get enough calcium, I always test anemic etc. I take 5 low dose supplements. Some of the water soluble vitamins are less dangerous because you…

you're right i need to take pics; I know ive gained muscle along with loosing weight. I do have this pic...I WORE PANTS WITH BUTTONS!

the only pictures i have right now are from me as a smaller version of myself to this last year (put on 80 plus pounds). The last 4 months i lost 20 ponds but i stay the heck away from cameras

I made the mistake of living in my yoga pants. Those suckers can stretch! I didnt step on a scale for a long time. I used depression as my excuse. Funny after some time, I started taking care of myself and I started to feel better.

Ive lost 20, and have a little over 70 pounds to go.

If i can do it; so can you. Over the last 2 years I gained about 80 pounds. I was in an accident and had major life trauma etc....really bad time for me. I stopped exercising and ate soo many carbs. It took "motivation" for me to get off the couch. It even hurt for me to go for walks. Motivation is actually the wrong…

im going to have that stuck in my head all day lol

i have about 80 more pounds to loose, sad thing i gained all that in less than 2 years :(. Im down 20 since my doctor visit in June. I hope to be back in my old pants by next Christmas. It seems so long from now. Just dont give up!

get rid of the protein shakes and eat some real food. Unless you are doing hard core works outs either right before or right after you do not need that much protein and carbs; especially in a liquid form. When an abundance of protein is eaten, the body can only use and process so much. Your drinks are 36 g of protein and…

I can't take the guy in the article too seriously. He lists his acredidations as "a guy obsessed with nutrition" With us frequent yo yo dieters, "starvation mode" is a thing and putting yourself in too much of a deficit can ruin your metabolism and negate your efforts due to hormonal imbalances caused by improper…

Im a little taller 5'6. I have 3 older kids. I put on over 80lbs from stress and life kind of sucking. It all came on in about 2 years. Ive lost 16 pounds recently but it took quite a while for the weight to budge. My body hurt and I felt like i didnt have time. As the weight has come off and my body stopped hurting so…

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its all about the math. Calories in vs calories out. Be careful though if you eat too few calories than your body will go into a type of starvation mode and hold onto everything. Sodium will cause you to retain water weight; carbs get meabolised as sugar unless they have a high fiber content. Funny enough FAT IS GOOD FOR…

gin and vodka; here is the thing though alcohol is metabolized as sugar, and because of the high glucose content it stores as fat. Just something to keep in mind if its a regular thing. If its just for a good time; get the mojito and have fun.

im not a big guy; but i was sure eating like one for a while. I found that i really had to re-train my body. I started out substituting the carbs. quinuoa for rice. spaghetti squash for pasta, etc. After a while i just stopped craving them and was able to just enjoy a small portion once in a long while...unless they were…

im have had MFP for a long time but this is the first time I have used the community. Im loosing 80 pounds this next year. You can do it

im trying to get back to my ideal weight from just a few years ago...but i have 80 pounds to loose! you can do it!

Im trying to loose 80 pounds right now. Im down 16 so far :) I just tarted using the community.

i live in Chico :)