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^^Love these! I'm glad you reminded me!^^

^^Really? That sounds interesting. I'm going to have to try it!"^^ Additionally, a good thing to do with the rest of the vegetables--say the last 1/5th of the onion or pepper or last mushroom--put it in the pickle jar and you have preserved and mildly pickled your leftover veggies. (No more dried up wasted veggies in your…

Hebrew National 97% fat free hot dogs. 40 calories, so I usually eat two. Toasted seaweed snacks, 30 calories per pack--careful though--I ate 5 packs once (150 calories). They have lots of fiber. Let's just say I was TOO regular one evening Lol! Boiled egg with or without the yolk. Lettuce wrap--chicken + mixed veggies…

Sons of Anarchy was great! I Put Torchwood and Dr. Who on as well.

I'm going to put It's Always Sunny & Arrested Development back in the queue. Hilarious! Quantum Leap is in there too.

Got The Glades in the queue. I didn't see Burn Notice on there.

Check out Volumetrics, which is a diet based on filling up with lower calorie dense foods with high water content. Soup is better than popcorn. Squash is better than steak. (Squash--like zucchini or spaghetti squash, not honeydew or watermelon.) Turn casseroles into soups, etc. That's really the only way I know of getting…

Kiwis, roasted seaweed sheets, string cheese (50 cal each), almonds (not too many or I eat them all). Sometimes I make myself a half an open-faced sandwich. I also like AK-MAK crackers--whole wheat and fairly low-cal. Another good snack is sliced cucumber with lump crab meat (expensive or I'd do it all the time ha ha ha!).…

When I feel in that danger mode I resort to baked zucchini & squash casserole. Just cut up one each large squash & zucchini, top with herbs, a little parmesan cheese & feta, and a few grape tomatoes or salsa and mushrooms. Add a little water to the bottom so it doesn't burn, then add a small drizzle of olive oil. Bake…

Ah... I want mine to shrink. Nobody wants all of mine--just a bit. I say keep going. Tone your chest, your arms, your upper back. Keep good posture. All these things matter more than boob size.

I get asthma issues with pollen allergies. I have to use an Advair inhaler and an albuterol inhaler (one for short term relief, the other for long term relief) and the combo takes care of it. I had a professor who had asthma related to cold as well as low humidity. He takes Singulair for it. Apparently that's the only…

Way to go! I know that has got to feel great!!!

No I haven't but she does fantastic work! I highly recommend A Course In Miracles by her. I'm going to check it out. *BUMP*

^^Thank you!!!^^ Something we all need to keep in mind!

Logging food and exercise is the only way I've ever really been able to lose weight without being on some special diet.

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Ha ha ha! If anyone needs a drink it'd be them!

Water. It takes 7,000 calories to gain 2 lbs on top of your metabolic rate. I doubt you gained that much. It's probably water. Drink a bunch of water and weigh yourself in a few hours. Also use a measuring tape to chart progress. I've often gained a little weight only to find my waist is smaller. Water is in constant flux…

Yay! Congrats on NSV! I've been the same or heavier for a couple weeks now--until this morning. Yeah, I really go by waist measurements if the scale isn't being nice. :smooched:

Yes, sometimes every time I go to the bathroom. (I drink lots of water, so I'm in there a lot.)

I have trigger foods. Some things I just cannot have around. Usual culprits that most people have, I won't list because they're too tempting. But the trigger foods change up on me sometimes. Like, if I boil too many eggs, I cannot stop myself from eating all of them, though I can remove the yolks. I can't have meat…

I think if you two are there more for safety then I'd definitely keep one earbud out anyway. Having said that, if your friend is a workout buddy and you two are there to motivate each other, then definitely talk to your friend about it. Yeah, 1 earbud in. I'd hate to be mugged or worse in the name of fitness. You can…

Congrats on quitting smoking!!! Welcome, feel free to add me!

Our Wii told me I was obese when I was preggo. And that I needed to improve my center of balance. Ha ha ha! I wish there were an option for pregnancy on those things. I'd have freaked if my hubby said that to me--fortunately he's extremely sensitive to that sort of thing.

Ha! Just loved this! :tongue:

Hi Kris, Feel free to add me. I love food, wine, vodka... all of which are hard to keep in check. I check in here constantly and it really helps to keep all of it under control--for the most part. You can do this!

My scale wasn't kind this week but my waist is 3.5 INCHES less after only 1 month!!!

Yay!!! Congrats! I totally agree!

[/quote] No, they probably don't. In the US at least, they're going to be the contents of the entire can (jar or whatever). The easiest way to estimate is to drain the oil into a measuring cup and take that many calories out of the total. Most oils are around 120 Cal per tablespoon. ETA: You can do the same thing when you…

Welcome!:flowerforyou: I am a new mom as well, working off extra weight--some gained during pregnancy, plus a little extra I'd lost the year prior to becoming pregnant. Please feel free to friend me if you like! I don't know how I'd do this without all the support!