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"I know everyone is different, but do you think it is really necessary to do this on a holiday? Just chill out & enjoy you time off !! Eat sensibly as I am sure you normally do & do try the local delicacies. That is normally the part I enjoy the most !! ( which is why I am on this forum !!! ). " Thank you all for your…

Thank you so much for all of your advice. I do have a pocket calorie counting book that I'll take with me and an old journal that I used to use. I loved the advice to only choose foods that I already know the calorie count for and not combination foods where the calorie count is an unspecified number. Also I think it will…

This is a great idea! I hope to lose a total of 85 pounds overall and have lost 16.5 so far. I'd love to be on board:) And please feel free to add me as a friend if you would like. You can do it and you will with all of the support that we can get here.

You'll love Ocean City. We love going there! There are a ton of great seafood places to eat. There are also several grocery stores there so you won't have any difficulty buying whatever you find you may need when you get there. There are several pretty good buffets there (I know for us that may not be a good…

Thank you so much for all of your suggestions. These are great and I am going to try to incorporate as many of them as I possibly can. This is what I love about MFP. We can help each other so much here. Please keep the ideas coming since I see I am not the only one who needs the help:wink:

This was a big thing for me for quite some time. I actually hated the scale because it told the truth so I avoided it at all costs. Now I weigh myself once a week and am seeing progress. It took a while for me to realize that the scale isn't the scoundrel that I thought it was. Really it was my body telling the scale what…

Awesome post and idea! This will really help especially on days when I can't get to the gym. I'm going to also use these for computer breaks too. Thanks for the post!

Hi and welcome! I have a daughter who is going into the Air Force. I can sympathize with you right now! God bless our troops and the USA. Please feel free to add me as a friend as well. I'm fairly new here also, this going on my fourth week. You will do great with all of the support you will get on MFP. It is amazing how…

Great post! These are all great suggestions! I don't have anything to add as I'm just in the beginning stages of my new program. I do like the coco pops rice cakes that are sold in our stores here. They actually make them right at the store. They are large, only 16 calories each.

I weighed in this morning at the gym. I lost a pound down to 221, but I weigh again Monday night and usually weigh more in the evenings. So I'll have to see if I really did lose this pound or if I actually stayed the same. I feel really good this morning, got in 4 glasses of water already (a WOW for me), did 1/2 hour of…

Sorry, trying to learn how to use the quote feature:) Bear with me on this.

Thanks so much for your honest and direct opinion. I do appreciate all you had to say. The bar that I am eating is a protein bar, Met Rx, recommended by my husband and also my chiropractor. I've found that it works great at work M-F for my two breaks, I divide it in half and use half at one break and half at another.…

Hi all! Just checking in today...I'm working on getting my water in, trying to build up to 8 glasses a day. Today's goal is 6 glasses. I'm doing well on my calorie count and after dinner tonight will be under by 38 calories. I was able to get in a little walking on the treadmill today after work. Feeling really good, not…

Thanks for these great recipes also. I'll have to try one over the weekend and see what I think:) I like popcorn too;) These ideas are great! Way to go everyone with all of your ideas!

I've not heard of these bars...does Gnu stand for something? Where can I find them? I've been using the Met Rx bar once a day divided in half and then I use half at my morning break at work and the other half at the afternoon break. I know it's a lot of calories but I really stay pretty full throughout the day. It's in the…

Wow...fantastic is all I can say! I wanted to add one that I forgot about ...would be great with a few of these ideas. Coco Pops (they are a type of rice cake). You can find them in some grocery stores, they make them right at the store, they are pretty large and I think only 16 calories a cake. Very good and can be used…

This is awesome! Thanks so much for all of these great ideas! I'm actually typing them up as they come in so that I can take them with me when I grocery shop. Also, thanks for the suggestion about Hungry Girl. I will definitely check that out. I'm sure there will be many people here that will appreciate all of these great…

I'd love to get on board too! I've decided that I am finally sick of all of the years of yo-yo dieting. Now is definitely the time! My goal is to be down to 150 in a year's time. So please can I jump on too? What a great idea!

It's very nice to meet you and you are at the perfect place to get the support and help you need. You can get back into those clothing again:) I find that I am my best cheerleader, what I mean is I get all excited when I accomplish even the smallest goal such as working out when I'm tired or staying under my calorie count…

Welcome aboard! Just a little reminder....most of us are here because we are at the same place you are so please don't feel shy;) I'd love to be your friend and we can encourage each other! If you look at my profile I think we may be pretty similar. I've set some mini goals as well as the big one. This site is a godsend.…

Welcome Jacci! I'm fairly new here also...this is my third week. I also hope to lose 80 lbs in a year but will be happy with any progress I make. Please feel free to add me to your friends list if you would like. We have a very similar goal and we could encourage each other. Can't help you with the Wii question as I don't…

Thanks so much everyone for your awesome input!! I really do appreciate everything said. I think based on the general consensus I will continue to eat 1500 cals/day as I have been doing. Most of the time I am really content and not hungry. Every once in a while I feel a little hungry but not on a daily basis. I will watch…

Thank you so much for your encouragement! I belong to a gym and so far have been doing the elliptical which seems to be the easiest on my knee and the treadmill. I also have been doing the circuit for weight training but haven't been doing that for very long. I'm up to 1/2 hr of cardio at this point. I have noticed that…

Thanks so much, Funnydream. I really am new to this and haven't had a chance yet to do the profile. I'll try and work on it over the weekend. Thanks and I will definitely add you as my friend. (My first here) Thanks for the encouragement.