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I Can't Feel My Face- Weekend

Whenever I fall off the wagon I lose all sense of how my little snacks and bites add up. A 6 pack of 80 calories yogurt in a day, plus meals and other bites of whatever? Easily 500 to 1000 over budget. My first calorie counting experience was with books, pen, and paper for nutrition class in college. Over 3000 calories…

Same with brown sugar. Sugar is still sugar. Also using molasses is somehow less caloric.

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Congrats on sticky- dom @tinkerbellang83

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That I can go to the movies, eat the small popcorn, candy, and have half a soda and still be in my goal at the end of the day. It was possible because I planned a light breakfast and dinner afterwards. Totally doable.

I'm non diabetic hypoglycemic after being diagnosed pre- diabetic then losing 70 lbs. I was diagnosed this year after getting a blood sugar of 34 in the ER and fasting sugars in the 50s. Endocrinologist found no cause. I always carry protein bars, shakes, or fruit. I eat according to my needs even if it puts me over my…

I have a Brach's chocolate orange, the one that you break in slices. So theoretically, I'd should be a calorie releasing machine today! :D

First: I'll assume I gained over 60 lbs because I was 150ish when I got pregnant and remember being 195 months after her birth when I decided to lose it. I got down to 148. Then I got comfortable in a new relationship, got married, and regained. Second: I got pregnant again at 192. I gained about 20ish lbs net during the…

Did you happen to look at the MFP Blog page recently? ;)

Super foods don't contribute to weight gain. You can't be obese if you eat clean. Low GI foods don't contribute to weight gain. Eat what you want, exercise burns it off. It's impossible to lose weight past a certain age. Every woman must eat 1200 calories only forever. My friend threw a Fitbit at me and yelled that it was…

Mudhustler

145 on the 22nd. 152 on the 26th. 149 this morning. A lot of Italian food, movie snacks, hot chocolate, and fruitcake involved. Started logging again a couple days ago. Also increased water, herbal tea and cardio.

Not blaming WW at all for someone else's issues. I'm a Lifetime member and I get reamed for my insistence on still weighing, measuring, and tracking all the zero point foods. I know for myself that my portion sizes will grow over time, that I will stop tracking all together over time without that routine (another problem…

Exactly. But then you have city blocks vs. suburban blocks, with 10 city blocks supposedly equaling appx. 1 mile.

I recently read a post on WW Connect forum from one of the more "popular kids" that the biggest problem he's having with Freestyle is that it's feeding into his tendency to binge. He's fallen back into the habit of planning binges, this time by either binging on 0 point foods or by eating 0 point foods and then reserving…

My father was in the US military. He insisted we learn metric conversions. I'm rusty, but I know weight and distance. Horrible on temperature.

There are school districts in the US that don't teach cursive and letter writing. Think about that.

@vismal This is the quote I was agreeing with. Things went out of order (no clue how that happened). I've done WW, I've done calorie counting. I go between both depending on my life circumstances and which I can maintain at the moment. So yes it is an issue of what OP can maintain without causing her needless distress. If…

^^Agreed. You have to find for yourself what you can manage long term. Finding something you can maintain is the key to not having to lose those same vanity lbs every other year.

Yeah I'm with putting my interests first. I'm over and done with putting my goals on the back burner for everyone else's interests. Time to teach independence to reach independence. Hugs to you Kris. Wishing you, and everyone else, much peace, contentment, and light.

@MegaMooseEsq I nominated this for sticky status. With New Years resolutions approaching and so many planning on setting time limited goals, it needs to be seen that not reaching them doesn't make one a failure, and doesn't mean one should quit. Any progress, improvement, or accomplishment is just that and should be…

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Different things work for different people. I like the structure of WW (I learned portion control and healthy eating) and the calorie control of MFP (because you can gain weight on overeating healthy foods). Both are flexible but require sensibility. Like the cake example. Yes you can have cake every day if you have the…

Awwww. Cute kitty <3

The Morningstar Spicy black bean and Mediterranean chick pea are pretty good. Not veggie burger- ish, but the "chicken" patties, especially the spicy one, are my substitute for Burger Kings chicken sandwich. I have an aunt in remission from breast cancer and my grandmother passed from it, but as far as I know no hormonal…

Good idea! In your entries do yoy have your meals labeled by time, like hours (6pm to 8pm for example) instead of "dinner" for example? I've seen that work for people as well. As long as it all falls in 24 hrs it's cool. My downfall is the evening hours. Thanks for sharing this great idea!

But that's actual pudding and that's actually good! I'm talking about rice in a bowl with a pool of condensed milk, sometimes with butter (forgot that), poured in it like milk in cereal. Like someone tried to make arroz con dulce but forgot a major step. This somehow became a family breakfast.

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