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I'm eating mealworms for breakfast, and I'm a huge fan of both this and crickets. It's a food I've been looking for - crunchy and high protein, like a snack, something to replace potato chips. Kale chips fit the bill but they're tough/time-consuming to make compared to bugs. Bugs are too expensive right now though, they'd…

Unflavored protein powder! I hadn't heard of such a thing. Thanks! :)

Man, I wish I could do seafood! So good for you, but I don't normally like much seafood even when I'm not trying to go high-protein. Except for sushi.... yumyumyum :) :)

thanks! :) that's a helpful explanation for carb cravings. I haven't found a protein powder I just love yet but sounds like it's time. Gelatin is one more way I've found to eat protein, by the way - I make gelatin with tea for a zero-carb, all protein snack.

it's every day. :) if you don't want to wear makeup, don't! soooo worth it to me to have that extra time and money :)

If beans count, that rocks. I'm not going crazy low carb, just lowering carbs so I can eat fewer calories and stay full. I'm starving on 1200 calories of a carb-heavy diet, but 1200 cals of egg/chicken and I'm happy.

Thanks again, Carnivor0us! :)

Thanks guys! Thanks Carnivor0us for the warning - I can imagine, good point. :) I started out here on MFP low-cal, and got into low-carb out of necessity - it's the best way I've found to keep from being hungry on a calorie restriction. I've done just enough high protein low carb to know it works well for me, but not…

^^ Can you speak more on improving feminine curves? I could swear I'm a little curvier since weight lifting but I'm not sure why. Would love more info. :)

Interesting! Thanks for sharing your experience, everyone. :)

I think it's something about lectins...

Edited to say I meant to quote you, @lilred: Yeah, I definitely hear that. I did it when I'd just gotten out of a long-term relationship and felt more free to. Now, married, I have no desire to take that risk again.

^^ And long enough to change my set point. Each time I lose weight and reach my goal, I stop tracking, and gain most of it back, but the gaining back seems a little slower each time, like my set point is lowering and I'm developing healthier exercise habits at least (not sure about diet habits. :) ) So maybe eventually I…

Not the rest of my life, but at least years. Long enough to understand what a sustainable diet is like, and until those portions are a really strong habit.

Skydiving was awesome. :) I've never been more terrified in my life right before my half-concenting jump out of that plane (thank goodness I was tandem so my instructor could do the jumping for me), but once you leave the plane, it's just peaceful and amazing, since there's no choice left. It would take some convincing to…

Update - I've just sent them a Facebook message on this, will add their response if they respond and anyone's interested.

No takers, really?? :) :)

Thanks for the advice, Jenna! That's great to hear. :)

Hi jtm! :) Ooh man, you're doing a ton, that's so awesome. :) Congrats on the BP success!! What do you think did it? Cool to know about Ebird, I want to check that out, too. :) I'm not a birder but more of a person who loves trying lots of new things, and it's fun to be able to identify a new bird. :)

Thanks all for the congrats, tips & encouragement! :)

Back off training and lose it fast... hmm... can I safely lose weight starting now, while I'm recovering from Marathon #1? The rush is that Marathon #2 is 18 weeks away. I think I've probably lost 1.5 lbs/week with very good focus, maybe do something like that?

Thanks! :) Gotcha, thanks for adding your experience. :)

I didn't do the short runs, just the long runs - and though that's up to 2200 cals for me for a 22 mile run (longest long run), that's really easy to eat past that in a week when you're eating whatever and not tracking. Oh well, it's proof that losing weight really is 80% diet. I did gain muscle though, husband and I can…

Thanks!! :)

I finished!!! :) :) :) THANK YOU for all the encouragement!!! :) :) Though it was slow and I'd train more next time, I had a really great time and would definitely do again - thinking I may sign up tonight for a next one in March. Woohoo! And yay for being able to do 26.2!! :)

Thanks, @doodlecakes and @dreamer! :) Yeah, so true that you start to hear about crashes and bad things happening if that's what you're looking for - but so many times I've been nervous - I've been skydiving! - and nothing bad happened and it was an amazing memory. Thank you for reminding me of this. I'm excited. :) :) And…

Ee, thank you ladies! :) Thanks for being my confidence, this really helps. I've declared a moratorium on Internet articles about running, haha. Thank goodness for our MFP community and encouragement to be the voice of you-can-do-it. Thank you!! :)

:) :) that I can handle :D

Thank you guys! :) Thank you, vpetryshyn - this is pretty much exactly what I was hoping. Thank you so much for taking the time to write all that out, I really appreciate your advice. :) I'll pace myself at a 12min mile, enjoy just completing one, and have plenty of improvement room for next time. :)

The most important thing for me is something over my mouth. I use a thin polyester headband-thing (don't know what to call it) and put it over my ears and mouth. It's a little dorky, but it's night and day difference for my lungs in cold weather. Might be because I'm asthmatic, I'm not sure how much that helps for someone…