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Congrats on 8 pounds lost! (May they never be found by anyone again! :wink: )

My mom's 75th birthday would be today if she were alive. Believe me, I feel you... :cry:

Nice! I hope to hear the same thing in a year or so!

Just consider yourself lucky it isn't my time of the month! :wink:

Nice view on your avatar! Mountains, eh?

Nice job! (With the reward of cold pizza for breakfast! YUM!)

Fluids and fruit loaded with vitamin C! I hope you feel better! :flowerforyou:

Either great minds think alike, or we share a brain! :laugh:

A shot of Drambuie by itself, or in a cup of coffee, tea, or ginger ale...

Another option may be to use the "Quick add" function. Estimate your calories after a meal and quick add it and see how that works out for you before you drop it completely.

I can't see how it mfp could be so overwhelming for you unless you spend too much time in the forums. I'm not judging. I know I do some days. That's my problem. I have a friend who logs in every day, has her diary private, and that's it. No comments here or on people's statuses. (She is a "real life" friend. She doesn't…

I'm cooking at my house. I'm only making ONE family traditional side dish, the one I can't live without (Mom's turkey stuffing recipe). Anything else I'm making gets revamped big time. As a matter of fact, even Mom's turkey stuffing will be revamped to include egg whites instead of whole eggs.

I'm very much overweight, and I know my husband finds me sexy. I have every confidence he will still find me sexy when I lose weight. Why am I so confident? Because when I asked him if he would, he said "Sure, if it means you'll be willing to wear off the shoulder blouses for a change and dress less conservatively...".…

Yes, you are pretty. But do be careful. Just as there are get rich quick scammers on the internet, there are people who would take advantage of a pretty woman by claiming they have modeling clout and don't.

I am more concerned with getting enough Potassium than with limiting natural sugar. If I were diabetic, I would check with my health care provider to make sure I was doing okay, but I'm not, so I'm careful about limiting added sugar, but freely enjoy fruit.

These sound yummy! I'm going to try these!

While I would not advise you to go against your doctor, you should bring this up with him or her. I, too, think that you could be overwhelmed from such a strict diet. Then again, you could be overwhelmed by relief from weight loss, or the changes you mentioned. Congratulations on your loss of 70 pounds!

THANK you for single handedly causing an aversion to cupcakes for me. Now what can you do about eclairs?

You already told him that he was wrong, and the law should handle such crimes. You did your part. You cannot control him. I do think that his response as a father is a natural one. (That doesn't mean it is the correct one. We have laws, and we must turn to the law for justice.) He wants to protect his children from…

Good for you!

For myself. I have too much weight for me to carry. My back hurts, my knees hurt, my ankles hurt.... I want to give ME a break. THEN I'll have the energy to be more giving of my time and talents to others. But right NOW, the answer is me. I'm trying to be good to myself by making me carry less. Selfish but simple....

Filet mignon on a rice pilaf with a sour apple martini, and a garden salad with red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.

Congratulations! :flowerforyou:

Definitely. I think being able to check on postings and hold discussions about fitness related issues is helpful. On fb, I'm afraid to even admit that I'm trying to lose weight. I've failed so many times, I just don't want to say anything until I change my avatar one hundred or so pounds from now and my friends can say…

I bought a small one years ago at WalGreens. A friend I taught with had a larger one. They'll be in the Sunday advertisements on sale VERY soon I'm sure!

I find this topic and all the posters here to be extremely offensive! I'm reporting you all! KIDDING!!!!!!!! :laugh:

Lot's of people have a "cheat" day once a week. I don't think that would work for me, since I tend to feel guilty after "cheating" and then sabotage myself. HOWEVER, I think Thanksgiving Day itself can be a sort of "cheat" day. Just not the next and the next. Since you will be eating at you DIL's home, you won't have to…

My mother made the best french toast in the whole world! I remember being so sick that I couldn't swallow, and she'd beg me to eat.... I didn't want to because it hurt so bad... She'd then whip up some french toast, and I'd be waiting at the table for it! (So worth the pain of swallowing...) If she was here to make french…

Good luck to you!:flowerforyou:

I could be bad if I wanted to be.... But I don't. My husband likes good girls, so I at least have to try! :bigsmile: