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Sugar snap peas are like crack. Seriously.

Best thing I've ever heard on MFP

1200 calories a day and giving up all refined food made my weight loss start up again after a long stall. Of course, I'm a raving beeyotch much of the time. ;) But I'm told the cravings and crankiness will pass....

Ohhhh yeah! Air popped popcorn! Maybe add butter spray, but season it with whatever you like. I loooove popcorn with garlic salt or garlic powder on it! Mmmmm.. If you have room for the calories in your day, sprinkle it with Parmesan cheese also!

Lots of great advice here. If you screw up and have a day where your eating sucks, get back on the wagon the next day. Don't beat yourself up for it. Sounds like you're pretty hard on yourself. It's good to a point to be hard on yourself, but you don't want to do it to the extent that you have a gob of self-loathing. Makes…

That's awesome! Well done!

I love chips. You can only eat half a can in one sitting? Pshaw! Amateur! Haha ;) Now sugar snap peas are my crack. :D :D I'm having 4 cups of them with my lunch right now, in fact! You can get bags of them in the produce cooler at Costco. I buy four bags at a time, but if I keep eating 4 cups a day, I might have to start…

I saw a quote once that said something to the effect of: If you fall down one stair, do you give up and hurl yourself down the rest of them? NO! You pick yourself up, dust yourself off and continue to walk down the steps." If you mess up, so what?? Just dust yourself off and get back on track. Do this as many times as it…

Others have probably advised similar things, but this is what worked for me. I was obsessively tracking calories and was completely addicted to Zumba 2 years ago. I didn't lose much, which was depressing since I was 230 lbs and not tall enough to pull that off. However, I did realize that my clothes got looser and I looked…

I'm 44 and just had that same diagnosis day before yesterday. I have no idea what percentage carbs/fat/protein I should have each day. If anyone knows that, can you share? I'm very confused about whether I should be eating low carb. If so, how many carbs would be considered low? Or, an I supposed to be on a low glycemic…

I have had alcohol removed wine, though I can't remember the brand. I thought it was great! It did taste like wine and not juice. :drinker:

Would it be better if I posted a pic of my gorgeous self holding him? ;-)

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I appreciate everyone's thoughts, advice and personal experiences. Thank you! I did ask his doctor about it,and all he did was tell me what my son should be consuming as far as calories go in a day. Sigh. I could have found that on the internet! He is 4' 8.5" and is 140, so he is severely overweight, not just "husky" and I…

His thyroid finally is finally at a normal level, according to this doc.

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I was always told I looked like Drew Barrymore or Belinda Carlisle. I'm between them in age. Alas, they have both aged far better than I. Nobody tells me I look like them anymore! :sad:

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred! It's quick and free on YouTube! :D

I have 6 kids ranging from 2 months to 18 years, and I have to say that I agree with this. I took two years off from regular parenting while I was working full-time and getting my masters. NOT WORTH IT! Perhaps go work out before they get up or after they go to bed whenever you can. Or, perhaps the workout can be swimming…

Starbucks grande iced coffee with extra cream and light ice, no sweetener. (I'm no help!!) :bigsmile:

this!!

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Oh, and every death in Downton Abbey. UGH!!

The suicide in Dead Poets Society. Bawled like an idiot in the theater. (yes, I'm old) Edit: Though that is of course a movie and not a tv show. O:)

Inspiring transformation! Thanks for sharing! What is If It Fits Your Macros?

The baby I just had caused morning sickness (all day and night) up until the day I had him, so I do feel for you! I would just eat what you can when you can, and please don't stress out of the calories so much right now. I went a month with eating pretty much nothing but a yogurt cup and banana every day, and another phase…

I had my little boy on July 24. His name is Parley and he is a doll! And such a good baby! Love him!

We told the other kids, then the parents, at about 21 weeks. We are old and waited until the prenatal testing told us he was 'normal' before we told everyone. I was already fat, so it was pretty easy to hide. :)

You are truly darling, and I don't think you have a big nose at all. That said, I guess that my thought is...if it's something you obsess over and it truly bothers you (and IF you can afford it), why not do it?

Does anyone want to share what they named or are naming their babies? I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and have been dilated to a 1 and 60% effaced for 3 weeks. Sigh. I'm still sick almost every day for most of the day. It has been a long 9 months. I'm paranoid that the sickness won't go away once he's born. Anyway I digress.…