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Coffee, tea, &c also count. Water plus lemon plus sweetener = lemonade. I also like water with a smaller amount of unsweetened lemon or lime juice. And from what I've read, there's not really a need for 8 cups, if you're eating a good amount of fruits and veggies.

You're where I started, including goal range - except that I started at 213 lbs. What helped me get going was a doc's suggestion to cut out all white carbs, going to brown rice, whole-grain bread and such. Granted, one of the biggest results was an end to snacking on candy, chips and cake. But it worked for me, and maybe…

How are things going? Has the past week brought any relief from the swelling?

Yup, water under the bridge, like my waiting until I was 62 to get serious about weight. We start from where weare, and all progress is worth celebrating, so welcome and celebratory cheers.

'Course, when people who've already posted here lose more, they'll have to subtract their earlier posting from their current totals. :)

5723.5+72=5795.5

Super job! Congratulations!

Yes. Absolutely. Keep track of it all. It'll let you see how you improve over time. And I've found that knowing I'll record it all sometimes helps me not eat so much. :)

Congratulations on your transformation -- and on transforming yourself when you're young enough to enjoy the results for a long, long time. :-D Me, I figure I'll be logging for the rest of my life, but that's no big deal. It'll keep me from backsliding, which I've done before and don't want to do again. edited to add, I…

It seems weird that I don't remember what I ate. I also had all four out at once, and two of them, I was told, hadn't erupted and had to be essentially dug out. I do remember that I looked rather chipmunky for a few days but only took a few of the pain pills, and was back at my summer job lifeguarding, or it may have been…

My usual breakfast is coffee with 1/3 cup skim milk powder and half of a protein bar. Today I was running late, and had a chicken drumstick and a package of Lance whole wheat crackers with peanut butter.

Doc switched me from omeprazole to ranitidine. They're both anti-GERD, but omeprazole is stronger and has more dangerous side effects.

Buy it and swim in it! You look great, and swimming will help you look even better. Do exercise you enjoy.

that's grand!

Good for you, ignoring those asinine twerps and seeing why they felt the need to be obnoxious.

And you look slenderer in the more recent photo.

You're only gassy when exercising? <blink> Though I do find that when exercising other muscles, especially when running, it gets harder to exercise the sphincter. (Which comedian was it who called the sphincter the smartest muscle in the body? "Try holding a mixture of solids, liquids and gases in your hands and releasing…

How's it going, Lana?

That's a great ability! Congratulations!

Check out Slow Cooker Revolution. Most of their recipes need a bit of additional prep, but for quite a few it's just a matter of 'waving veggies for 5 minutes or so with some soy sauce or tomato paste and garlic. I save prep time by buying tubs of pre-chopped onion/celery/bell pepper mix and pre-sliced mushrooms (though…

Try homemade sweet potato chips. There are recipes all over the net; here's one. http://minimalistbaker.com/baked-sweet-potato-chips/ I use a pump spray bottle to spray olive oil onto the chips before sprinkling them lightly with salt.

That crock pot can cook up meals that are both healthy and delightful. I've found quite a few in Slow Cooker Revolution -- though I often up the veggies in their recipes by a whole lot. Here's one http://www.whatmegansmaking.com/2013/10/slow-cooker-tex-mex-chicken-stew.html Serve a cup of stew over a half-cup of brown rice…

@jmrsfaz -- I think that in your place, I'd be looking for a second opinion about the hysterectomy. Maybe a new doctor. And yeah, it doesn't sound as if conception would be an option when you're bleeding forever. >> I seem to lose when I eat between 1300-1500 calories a day which is doable due to my diet changes.…

I bought some Walmart scrubs with elastic at the back and a drawstring at the front. The elastic's important because if you're breathing right, your abdomen is expanding.

This was my second time, too. And this time, it took. I've been maintaining since November. Y'all can do it, too.

The advance checking and pre-logging of ttraditional foods is a super idea, Maria Fatima!

Ask your grandma for the recipe, and how many cups it makes. There's a recipe thingie here where you can type in the ingredients. When I do that for soups and stews, I put in the number of cups as the number of servings. Then if I have 2 cups of stew, I just tell MFP I've had two servings. If you're asking whether it can…

Welcome. I've lost 70 and have been maintaining since November. Feel free to friend me. :)

Given that I was an utter sloth today, I need this. :)

Oh - a tip for using these boards. If you run across a discussion that you'd like to check back on, right across from the subject line on the right edge of the page you'll find an outlined star. Click on that and it'll turn yellow. That means you've bookmarked the page. If you click on the gray star at the top of the page,…