Mirlyn

I got 6/10 correct but I must be fair to myself and say I wouldn't eat either of the options on the ones I got wrong so I'll never have to make those splurge choices lol.

Salsa, hummus, and rice cakes are my 3 favorite non-vegetable snack items. My favorite rice cake right now is the quaker caramel corn flavor. I also have 1 or 2 glasses of special k2o protein water these days to curb my appetite between meals so I don't snack too much.

Mmm I'm a Steelers fan too and my husband is a Buccs fan. He's none too happy with me today! I had wings and wine coolers and I still intend on losing on my weigh in day, we can have our cake and eat it too as long as we're willing to work for it throughout the week!

Girly don't stress over what others think. I never allowed myself a set cheat day *until* football season came around. Football and football food/drinks are something I am not going to give up but instead I make healthier choices during the rest of the week and that is "good enough" for me!

Congratulations on your weight loss. Don't get discouraged if you hit a plateau or you slip up occasionally remember one day won't ruin you so just keep logging in. Too many people don't log their food on the days they know they're doing bad because they don't want it staring them in the face and one day of not logging…

(continental us) Alabama California Delaware Louisiana Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Nevada North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Wisconsin (overseas) Guam Mexico South Korea Okinawa, Japan (passed through but didn't leave airport) New York Ohio Washington Texas Tokyo, Japan I might even…

I just try to keep my avatar as recent as possible and always have. Not going to use a full body picture for my avatar but I do have a "Before" picture that I have so I can do a Before and After picture at 50lbs and 75lbs and then at my final goal weight.

Rock on!

If they did it for you once they should keep doing it for you. I'd go above the managers head to the district manager and if that doesn't work contact the actual owner.

I was as thrilled as you when they added it not too long ago :).

I love all of trader joe's hummus flavors, my favorite is jalapeno cilantro flavor. I actually have found the best thing for me to eat with it is peeled carrot sticks. I've had wheat thins flatbreads with it and it's tasty but nothing has beaten carrot sticks!

88lbs since February? Amazing! Congratulations.

DdukBokki is one of my most missed foods too since I have never been able to replicate the street vendor version and the TV dinner ones you can buy at the Korean markets are gross.

I actually keep premade bulgogi marinade in the cabinet at all times. So yummy. I've had Dakkochi (korean version of yakitori) from street vendors in Korea but never thought of making it myself on the grill, I always just wok'd my meat with the sauce. Thanks for the link!

Nothing wrong with Leilani. I've only known 1 Leilani and she was indeed Hawaiian but I've known a similarly named Lelana and she was a 30 year old blond hair blue eyed Georgia peach. Perhaps her hubby just doesn't like the name so he used that reasoning. They should come up with something they both love. It may take some…

Not jumping into the debate but I have to voice my love for TAP! The Angry Pharmacist rocks my world :).

I don't log it, I used to. I never ate those calories back though it was really just a mental thing to feel like I'd accomplished something out of the norm and I'd go out of my way to do the chores the "hard" way to burn as many calories as I could manage according to my HRM. I quit logging it because I now only log…

I always keep a huge tub of tuna salad in the fridge and eat it several different ways throughout the week. Sometimes on a sandwich thin, sometimes on top of some shredded lettuce and other veggies (the tuna acts as both the meat and the dressing), sometimes on celergy stalks, and sometimes on crackers. If you like tuna…

Target, Kohl's, and a place called D.E.B. I don't go crazy, my wardrobe that fits right now is very small but the prices at those 3 places are low enough that I don't feel remorse when I shrink and no longer wear what I bought a couple months ago.

Bah, toot away! That's what this forum is for! Congratulations!!!!

I've got a little under 50 more to go but the best advice I can give is if you exceed your calories one day it isn't the end of the world and you can get right back into healthy eating the next day. I see too often people have 1 day where they didn't do so great and it spirals into a week of not doing great, and then a…

I usually weigh once a week but on the weeks that I take a peek midweek I don't log it until my actual weigh in day. I could never weigh every day because it would discourage me. I'll go 6 days without dropping a tenth of a pound and then on my weigh in day I'll drop 2 lbs. Very strange but I'll take it!

Sounds like you're doing things right and what your personal trainer has set up as your exercise goals should be what you listen to. You're exactly right about walking in your shoes for a week, people are quick to pass judgment because they *think* they can GUESS what it's like to be in someone else's shoes but until…

Meh, everyone is at a different level. 30 minutes on the elliptical 3 times per week may be a great improvement for someone who never got their butt off of the couch previously or someone who is incredibly out of shape or a single mom with no one to watch her infant and 30 minutes is all she can squeeze in a few days a…

Congrats girl! It's a great feeling when you start to see and feel results!

This.

I think plus sizes have more inches between sizes than misses. I started at 5'3"/247lbs and was in a 24 and now I'm in an 18/20 just like you and I'm 206lbs now. I think of losing 2 pants sizes at our size is like losing 4 in the lower sizes and I know I feel better in my clothing even if the numbers haven't changed…

This. I stopped counting housework, even the deep cleaning, towards my calories. I don't underestimate my calories since I wear an HRM but I do overestimate my food calories. Occasionally I will break off a corner of my son's graham cracker when I give him one on the go and I don't feel guilty not logging it. If I hit a…

Great job girly!

Do you cook the majority of meals in the home? I agree with previous posters that nagging probably isn't going to do a lick of good. I know I personally do not respond well to nagging and neither does my husband. That being said, my husband is not "dieting" and yet he's lost 40lbs just like I have just because I changed…