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Wonderful job! What an amazing transformation. Thank you so much for sharing your story! I'm just starting on my journey, five months in and feeling better every day so seeing a success story like yours lets me know it it possible and that hard work definitely pays off. It really makes my day and keeps me motivated and…
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About a year ago when I was still trying to find ways to cheat my taste-buds and avoid "evil" junk food, I bought the chocolate peanut butter spread (I think that's what it was) and the barbecue sauce (though the bbq sauce was mainly for my diabetic friend) . They were both horrible. The chocolate spread tasted (if you can…
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Great job! Always love to see posts like this. Keep up the good work, you look FAB!
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FANTASTIC! These are my absolute favorite posts to see. You are my inspiration for today, thank you!
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fantastic job! You ARE an inspiration! What a difference, and you look so happy! Keep up the great work!
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What an amazing transformation! The joy on your face says it all! So inspirational, thank you for sharing so the rest of us know it IS POSSIBLE! Congratulations!
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Wow! Fantastic job! I love love love reading posts like this, helps me keep my eyes on the prize. You should be so proud! Good luck on your continuing journey.
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I make watercress soup in the summer. Good hot or cold and watercress is super good for you. I also LOVE gazpacho and cucumber soups. Perfect for hot days and very low calories.
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Soup is kind of an obsession of mine, especially in the winter when I sometimes make two or three different soups on Sunday and we have it for lunch, dinner and snacks the rest of the week. I use up whatever I have left in the fridge from the previous week - leftover meats, veggies that might not make it a few more days…
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Personally I have taken St John's Wort for mood and find it works relatively well for the moodiness and anxiety I felt around my TOM. One negative is that I spend a fair amount of time in the sun, and when I took St John's is the only time I suffered sunburn. Another is I seemed to become to accustomed to it, and it didn't…
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It can be hard to undo that guilty feeling we acquire over our eating habits, whether self imposed or otherwise. I had a lot of embarrassment and shame over my eating habits that added to my guilt. I was a closet emotional eater and it was very difficult for me to learn to log honestly and stop beating myself up for going…
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Log it and move on. As long as you're not doing it every day, don't beat yourself up over it. I had to travel for three days this week, I knew I'd go over my calories and decided I'd just eat what I ate, log as accurately and honestly as possible and accept it. I won't gain weight because of what I ate because even with…
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I used to do this, then I hit on the idea to weigh all of my cooking pans and dishes, mixing bowls and so on and write down the weights for future reference. To save even more time and frustration, I recently I wrote the weights on the bottom of everything with a marker that is made for metal and glass. Weigh the pan/dish…
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Looks like you are eating a lot of carb/sugar heavy foods. That can cause your blood sugar to spike and then crash, which leaves you feeling hungry. Protein and fat give you a feeling of satiety and fullness for longer. Try adding more protein and some healthy fats to your snacks and meals as someone else suggested. Nut…
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This recipe is delish if you like bleu cheese and it doesn't take much to give it great flavor. www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cauliflower_blue_cheese_dressing.html In a rush, I just toss sautéed cauliflower with crumbled bleu cheese, cracked pepper and some sliced scallions! Also tasty tossed with whole wheat pasta. Google…
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Since I started back on MFP this year the most I have gone over was 760 calories on Super Bowl Sunday. I had planned to go over and didn't worry about how much it was. It was mostly worth it, especially the cupcake and cookies! But I planned well and my weekly average was still 30 calories under my goal. I planned to be…
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We LOVE the stuff. I am addicted to Dunkin's Iced Lattes but don't do skim milk, so I stared making my own at home with almond milk and now I can have three for the same calories as one and some days I really need the extra caffeine. It's great in smoothies, or cereal and it has more calcium than regular milk as well as…
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Yes, for many people it does work. I've taken it for years for occasional insomnia. After you take it, try switching off all the lights and electronics for at least 30 minutes before you go to bed or settle down to sleep. This will help you r body secrete the hormone on it's own as well. I would advise to not take too high…
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Definitely not alone! I'll be 42 this year and just got started again after losing 40 pounds and gaining it all back. Feel free to add me if you like, being able to give and receive more support is always welcome!
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Fantastic! You have done a great job, congratulations and best wishes for continued success! Love reading these posts!
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Gorgeous!
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Excellent job! You look wonderful. Love that smile in the recent picture!
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Are you logging in with Facebook? I had the same problem and contacted MFP support to ask about it. if you're signing in with Facebook, the app will not sync properly and they have yet to find a workaround for that. Try logging in with your password and username from now on instead of Facebook. I did and haven't had a…
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All I could say throughout reading this was "wow." What an amazing accomplishment. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Congratulations! That's just wonderful! Love reading posts like this, makes my own goals seem all that much more attainable.
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Almost ALL bread you buy at the grocery store has azodicarbonamide in it. Next time you're there pick up a few different brands and check out the label. Off the top of my head I have seen it listed in Roman Meal, Arnold, Pepperidge Farms and Wonder bread. That local Italian deli likely uses it too if they use a large…
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Pretty much this - and this. I watched the show a couple of times in the first season and quickly decided that a game show masquerading as weight loss inspiration wasn't a healthy place to find motivation. It gives people who don't take the time to truly educate themselves about how weight loss works a dangerously…
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Yeah, I wouldn't dream of logging the higher figure. That just seems a tad much. But the difference in the two I mentioned is pretty stark. I don't foresee too much of an issue right now, but am not sure if it will matter more when I'm closer to goal and I have less caloric "wiggle room".
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Agreed! I am a little OCD about measuring and entering everything - every herb, spice and fleck of salt is weighed to the gram and entered. I love the app! So much easier to tweak there, since you can adjust quantities in the recipe without deleting and re-entering the ingredient) Most of my recipes are already written…
