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I received one for free from my insurance company as an incentive to lose weight. I wore it one day and didn't like it. I don't need an ugly plastic bracelet to tell me to eat less and move more. That's great if it helps with some peoples' motivation, but it didn't work for me.

My PE classes had absolutely no training for the physical fitness test. We spent a lot of time sitting around doing nothing or being bused down to the lake to go fishing. My instructor was easily 100 lbs overweight and did not care at all for his teaching job. He was just there to keep his football head coach position. It…

I think less of people who sign up for MLM schemes and try to guilt their friends into buying it. Why would you do that to your friends?

Yes. Just do weights or something where you would sweat less. Or bring a washcloth and rinse off in the sink (assuming there is a sink).

Yes, there is. Search "3.0". There is an entry with and an entry without the dog.

I like to copy the salads from restaurants - Panera, Red Rosa, etc. Usually I can find the menus or salad description online, and I tweak the amounts to fit in my calorie goals.

An everything bagel with cream cheese.

I've been drinking a lot more water since I purchased a glass water bottle. It seems to taste better than water from my plastic bottle.

Ugh. I hate MLM schemes. I don't understand why people try to sell this crap to their friends if they truly are their friends.

Perhaps it's just a good story and she doesn't have many stories to use in small talk situations

Sodium from the chinese food = water retention

No free days for me. I could very easily destroy my weekly deficit in one day.

Maybe try changing your focus. Instead of focusing on a certain number, try to work on healthy habits that can be sustainable throughout your next pregnancy to keep the pregnancy weight in check. Making tracking a habit if it isn't already, get into a moderate exercise routine with strength training and walking. If they…

Don't mention weight. Focus on health. "[Insert name here], I want to be healthy, and here is how I plan to do that...."

If you are eating 1200 calories per day, you should be losing weight. Are you tracking accurately? Weighing and measuring foods? How long have you been tracking?

You didn't specifically say, but does "Girl's Night" involve large amounts of food and alcohol? Can you just go out and have reasonable portion sizes of both?

You could just add another vegetable to the meal on nights when you have mashed potatoes, bread, etc. you could eat a larger helping of veggies and the kids could have a little of both. Then they wouldn't have so many drastic changes all at once.

What did you buy at Fresh Thyme that you can't get cheaper at Aldi's, Wal-mart, etc?

Can you ask the homeowner to use their restroom?

I am trying it for one month, mainly to get rid of the ads. I use MFP on my work laptop where I can't install Adblock or similar softwares.

If you've already lost 35 lbs, just continue doing what you are doing. No need to change it up if you don't want to.

Salads - Light, refreshing and delicious.

I weigh myself on the 1st of every month. It's a happy medium between the two worlds.

Sounds like maybe the 242 entry is for 1/2 serving? Does it say?

If you like them, eat them. Do what works for you. I don't eat them because they don't fill me up. Sometimes I'll take a package of Steamfresh vegetables to work though with a can of chicken or tuna. Similar price and seems to work a little better.

I would suggest getting a referral to a mental health professional. Treat the depression first and then maybe the other things will start to fall into place.

How is it any more? You're still buying enough food for two people, right? If anything, your decreased portion sizes should help your budget.

My husband is lactose intolerant but refuses to adjust his eating habits. He buys Lactaid tablets in bulk from Sam's Club. There is a lactose free Breyer's ice cream that tastes like the real thing. That's his only concession.

No. She went in for a physical, not to get nutrition advice. She's coming here to talk about it because that's what people do on forums.

I would like to run marathons in all 50 states and maybe Europe. My rewards are tied to that - hotel, airfare, maybe a little clothes shopping in stores not available in my town, etc. Some people do cruises, clothes, mani/ pedis, books, music, charm bracelets with a charm for every 10 lbs, etc.