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Welcome Christa! I am on here so feel free to add me - great people on here! :)

@treebee5 Where are you moving from?

Ashburn, Virginia representin'! (isn't that what the young people say?) :p

That's great! Now just update that avatar of yours to reflect you smiling HUGE due to your new achievement!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Great info, thanks! And thanks for spelling "lose" correctly consistently! :laugh:

Bump. Good info here.

Actually, if you have watched that new series on FOX with Kevin Bacon (The Following), there's a pretty intense eye-stabbing scene in about the first or second episode. Woke me the hell up when I saw that. And it looked like it hurt. A lot. Wouldn't recommend it. :tongue:

I am on here quite often, and am looking for friends to chit-chat with as well. Feel free to add me. :)

Bump. Going to get this post tattooed on my back. All of it. Might be kind of hard to reference, though. :ohwell:

I won the Optimist Award for our city (no kidding) back about 100 years ago when I was just a pup (my mom was so thrilled, I didn't know what the hell it meant), so feel free to add me. I'll always be positive, and might try (*try*) to be funny every now and then. :tongue:

Bump. Great advice, thanks!

Well said. You could apply this to anyone who brings you down. :laugh:

I never thought of it that way, but now that you mention it....hey, now I think it tastes gross too! Thanks! :laugh:

Bump. Excellent question!

Exactly this -- I take a spinning class as well, and luckily, my Polar FT4 tells me I have burned WAY more calories that what the spinning bike has guessed. I would *highly* recommend one - it isn't too terribly expensive (compared to some of the other ones out there) and is a GREAT motivator. :)

This is the best place to do it - the support and all the free tools on here are great! You can do it!! :drinker:

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I have the FT4 and love it as well - it does just what I need and nothing extra. I didn't want to pay for all the bells and whistles if I wasn't going to use them. And, it's not too bad on price. http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Heart-Rate-Monitor-Purple/dp/B005M1P85O (note that it does come in different colors as well) -…

I just picked these up a few days ago and LOVE them on celery! And, they're only 40 calories per packet! http://www.alouettecheese.com/products/portions/

Bump. JacksonPT, thanks for that great inspirational picture! :happy:

I once heard someone say, "Anything that feels good will make you either fat or pregnant." So true. :smokin: These shakes are great!

Ok, THAT was hilarious! :laugh:

2 ounces of dry pasta (spaghetti) is 5 ounces of cooked pasta= 1 cup. This seems to be the consensus around the internet as well. http://livelovelaughlearn.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/pasta-amount-uncooked-yields-amount-cooked/ My wife checked Weight Watchers and it says 140 grams (~4.75 oz) of spaghetti cooked is same as 2…

You have found the best weight loss site on the Internet, period. Make sure to check out the smartphone apps they have, too. Keeps you on track! All the best of luck, you can do it!! :drinker:

Have some more coffee and keep us updated. :drinker:

Two of my co-workers told me they noticed that I had lost weight and I was elated! I would have hugged them but they could've sued me for harassment. :tongue:

I will learn a lot from these answers. Bump.

Thanks to everyone for all the good advice! MUCH appreciated!! :drinker:

TDEE at sedentary is 2372 TDEE-20% = 1898 TDEE at actual activity level is 3064 TDEE-20% = 2451 Slowly losing my grasp on this thread even though I started it..... :embarassed:

From what I have read on the boards here, can't I set up my TDEE for a sedentary (least amt. exercise possible) lifestyle, then eat TDEE-20% on a non-workout day and TDEE-20% (plus burned calories) on a workout day, if I wanted? I realize to lose more you don't have to eat back the burned calories, but is my statement…