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Good luck! Steph :flowerforyou:

I say log it. But if you go up next Friday - log that too. I flux right now between 4 pounds. I log every Monday. If I'm up three, I log it, down 1/2 I log it.

Ok - so I checked out A Million Little Pieces. I had to get on the wait list for The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo and The Help. I'm excited to start my book, and now I have a list of books to read over Christmas/New Years while I'm laid up from surgery! Thanks again! Steph :flowerforyou:

Holy response! I love this site! I might have to start at the top and work my way down the list you guys gave me! Thanks everyone!

Every PERSON is going to vary on what they burn. It's going to vary per exercise and how much you put into it! You can have two people with the same stats and one put in more effort and the other one just go thru the motions and they are going to burn different amounts of calories. If you don't have a HRM, use what the…

I got rid of the second voice in my head.

Get over it. Realize that it's your work out too, not just the other peoples in class. You'll get faster, stronger. Just stick with it.

I use the free weights all the time at my gym. Who give a rats *kitten* what anyone else thinks - first of all! You should be able to find a spread sheet on line with arm exercises, chest, back, leg - or you can make one your self. Print it out, and bring it to the gym with you. Google search arm exercises, then use the…

I do fish or shripm tacos. I don't use the packets of seasoning. I use cumin, chili powder, garlic, paprika, and what ever else I grab. Cook that up until done. Then I use the tiny tortillas, cabbage shredded with lime juice on it, salsa, guac, and sometimes a little bit of reduced fat cheese. If you have extra calories, I…

Dude - serious? Damn! Great work!

The grocery store by my work has fresh sushi - I get the veggie rolls - they don't have rice in them so the three that some in the pack are 120 calories. Then I usually have a salad with them. I eat my salads dry. Usually about 300 calories.

Go to cookinglight.com I have used them a lot and everything always tastes wonderful.

Mine is open

My guess - I'm not a doctor - would be that you aren't eating enough. You should not eat any less than 1200 calories. And with working out you should eat some of the exercise calories. If you don't - your body will think that you are starving. It will hold onto all the fat it can. Do a search on starvation mode, it will…

LOL - If you wanna drive yourself bonkers - weight every day!

I work out or do something every day. And remember, not everyone is going to lose the same way. We are all different and will have different results. The improtant thing is to MOVE. Just keep moving! Steph

If you use the search function (a wonderful thing by the way - it avoids posting the same thing over and over) and type in a title of one of here DVD's you will find other posts on them. I lover everyone that I have tried of hers. But I would try using the search to get more info. Steph :flowerforyou:

haahaa - that should have been pre op check up. And my friend that I have the e-mail into, is a doc, just not mine. LOL

Wow - totally sounds like what I got going on! Raynaud's Phenomenon. http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/raynauds-phenomenon-topic-overview Crazy. Thanks. Sounds like it's nothing real serious. I have an e-mail into a friend to let me know if she thinks I should contact my doc before my post surgery check up next month. Thanks…

Do you rememeber our conversation at lunch - where I said that I hated the holidays too? I had a friend put it into perspective for me last week. This is what she said: It's the one day a year that we can really take time out of our busy lives to enjoy. To enjoy the day. To enjoy or family. To enjoy our loved ones. It's…

I try to find PB that has only peanuts in it. Nothing else.

You can see my colarbone, and ribs, and I am the healthiest I have ever been in my life. As a matter of fact, my doctor sent me a letter to let me know how proud she was of the changes that I made. I would highly suggest not saying anything unless you know all of your facts. Just sayin. Steph

Dude - holy sodium! Just sayin. Try backing off the processed foods. Kick up the cardio. Jillian Michaels has a cardio - Burn Fat Boost Metabalism. (sp) Tae Bo Both cheap videos that you can get at Target. You don't have to have a gym membership to break the plateau. I didn't join a gym until a month ago. You can do it.…

Who says that?

The caffeine really isn't, the aspertame or artifical sweetner is what is bad for you. But - I drink it every day. I don't have many bad things anymore - I don't drink, I don't smoke - I drink diet Pepsi - I think that I'll be ok! haahaa!

vodka and water - then put one of the crystaly light packets in it. My GF's use to drink that all the time. I think they used the fruit punch packets.

If you open your food journal to the public we would be able to give you a hand with suggestions on what you're eating or not eating. Steph :flowerforyou:

Try to stay as close as you can. Sometimes a glass of milk or juice can do the trick. I was at that phase for a bit too - not any more! LOL. Good luck! Steph:flowerforyou:

I thought that I was the only one that did this! So I started logging. I use the FF French Vanilla cap as my creamer - so I have to guess at the amount. I hate that I am logging this now! Urgh. I was hoping to have one sin......

I have my salads naked. I like the taste of the veggies.