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You know...some times it's fun to stay sober and watch everyone else get drunk and see what they really act like. So go out with your friends and have a great time laughing at them. Leave the drinking to next week. Or you might have so much fun drinking water w/lemon and laughing at them that you might just decide to stay…

Thanks Beepower. I am a survivor, but not that amazing. I just think that most humans are stronger than they give themselves credit for, and we really don't find our power until we're faced with adversity. As for the mate, I like to make my mate into a mocha mate. Brew strong mate, like the kind you use the sippy straw.…

I spray lightly with olive oil, salt & pepper and bake. Then I serve it with Mango salsa. yummy.

Spray a cookie sheet lightly with olive oil Slice your sweet potatoes thinly and arrange on cookie sheet Salt lightly Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, flip and bake for another 10 minutes Sweet potatoe chips or fries. Very yummy.

I'm a total TJ junky too. Try the Eggplant Caponata next time you are entertaining and need an appetizer. Layer some fat free cream cheese in a serving dish Pour the Eggplant Caponata over it Top it off with a spoon full of Capers and chopped Flat leave parsley Beautiful presentation and very yummy. Serve with whole grain…

Hey Bigdane... good to hear from you. You actually popped in my mind yesterday, I was driving behind a semi pulling a trailer that had "Great Dane" on it, and I was just thinking...I wonder how Bigdane is doing? Welcome back. Funny...we don't ever meet each other, we're from all over the globe, but we become such a great…

We are do this every once in a while, if it's not McD's then its a piece of cake or candy bar, or what ever our weakness is. Don't worry about it, just make sure that you work out and burn some of those calories off and you'll be fine. :flowerforyou:

Japanese green tea w/toasted brown rice have been one of my favorites all my life. It smells so good. Mate is also very yummy, this is my new favorite, but I'll have to try the Lola Mate.

Sounds like you have some cooking abilities to me...yummy!

Hey Banks...you always have such great advice for us. You're the one we all turn to and now the table is turned...it's a little weird. But here's my 2 cents worth... I understand your wife being a gym rat and being more than a fanatic about weights. Remember, I went as far as competing in it I was so obssessed. It's a hard…

Great info!!! Kudos to you. As a female powerlifter, I fun across many women who say that they don't want to start a resistant program because they don't want to look like a "guy" or they don't want to "bulk up". You are right, dulceluva, in saying that we don't have the hormonal makeup to get bulky without additional…

Be sure to plan your workouts like your food. Prepare yourself. Most of us have a workout "routine", or at least know what days we are going to be working out, plan for foods for the day accordingly, and you won't have a big deficit at the end of the day. Like Banks said, it's easier to make up for 100 or so calories at…

:laugh: :laugh: I go to the same gym here in my area. And every once in a while they have events where they have food in our gym as well, but at least they bring in brown rice, grilled chicken & steamed veggies. They usually get it from the same place down the street that caters to healthy eating, so it's not so bad. But…

It may not be ruined. I know that when I travel I tend to eat out more, and even if I watch the calories and fat that I eat, I can't seem to get away from the sodium that are in prepared foods, which causes me to retain more water. Much of your increased weight may be water as you said you were doing a lot of uphill…

Happy birthday. Enjoy your day and if you don't log for one day it won't hurt you, especially if you're the kind of person that will get depressed over what you ate. But if you're one that can be motivated by seeing how many calories are actually in birthday cake and be motivated by seeing how bad it can actually…

Fresh salsa, and more fresh salsa. Little guac, little cheese, shredded chicken breast and whole wheat totilla.

I used the Bodybugg for a year. It was great, I lost most of my 60 pounds while wearing the Bodybugg. It measures accurately how many calories you burn each day. You will be able to track which workouts burn the most calories and which ones are most effective. It measures the calories burned based on your body temp and…

Congrats!!!

Good luck Cara, I know you can do it!:flowerforyou:

You don't necessarily have to increase your workouts. You do need at least one or two recovery days per week, so 5 days a week will give you that. Everyone have different goals that they would like to achieve. Some are here for weight loss, some are to live a healthier lifestyle, some are here because they have athletic…

Wow, this is harder than I have ever thought. I started putting something down this morning and dumped it, then tried again this afternoon, and now I'm trying again...so here goes. I think my best physical feature are my calves and my butt. I've always been told that I have a nice butt and at 47 years old, there's not one…

I don't know what cracklin is, but there is 8 oz to a cup, so if you have a 1/2 oz serving, I would figure you would times it by 16 to get the 1 cup results.

You know GTO, that's exactly what my ex said to me. He said I got too fat...well, like I said yesterday, the woman that he cheated with is now carrying my 60 extra pounds and then some...AND he is cheating on her too. You're just much better off walking away, you don't need the heartache. You will find someone that you…

I've been enjoying Yerba Mate for months now. Very yummy.

No, but feeling better. Thanks for saying I'm "dinky". And thanks for all the nice PM's, you say the sweetest things to me.

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GTO, they will all get theirs in the end. My ex-husband cheated on me too, for far too long...3 years with the same woman and others. I was going through medical problems at the time, Ovarian Cancer, so my focus wasn't so much on us as it was on healing and getting healthy. It was like he lived 2 separate lives, even his…

I am not much of a drinker, but sometimes I do like to socialize with friends and coworkers. On the days that I plan to do that, which is usually Friday evening and Saturday evenings, I just make sure that I do a lot of exercising. I go to the gym almost every Friday morning before work and run an hour on the treadmill and…

This is what I do when I'm hungry for pizza. Whole wheat tortilla, brush one side lightly with olive oil. Put oiled side down on a baking sheet to keep from sticking. Top with pizza sauce or marinara sauce (find the kind without sugar) Turkey sausage (make sure to remove casing, crumble and cook in a pan first) Sliced…