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My MIL is on one of those fad diets. (She has lost 100 pounds twice on Weight Watchers, and now she is trying to lose a third time via the low carb method.) She was over for dinner the other night. We eat challah, which is a sweet bread for our sabbath. I had forgotten to take out her low carb pitas from the freezer. She…

chocolate anything. cookies. cake. brownies. plain chocolate. I've been eating chocolate zucchini muffins that have no fat and that seems to satisfy my sweet tooth a little. (except when I eat two of them.)

I like the green apples. I usually eat one a day, although I forgot to today.

I always do weights after cardio. (Usually because I want to get the cardio out of the way and know it is done.)

On another board, we were talking about how women get flat bellies (these are a group of women who have a lot of kids). One woman wrote to me this: "completely anecdotally with no real facts to base it on, my husband and I have observed that people who lose weight by focusing on exercise, and specifically strength training…

Are you saying you eat 20 grams of fiber a day plus the miralax? Or it brings you up to 20 grams? I have my counter set at 40 grams of fiber. I am not having huge issues unless I skip salad and don't drink enough water. I often go over my 40 grams. beans, whole wheat bread, a green apple, etc. I used to go once a week. Now…

I keep kosher. We also keep an extra level of strictness called Cholov Yisroel, which means the milk was watched by a rabbi from the time of milking. Because there is so much supervision, most of the kosher milk has no hormones in it. We do pay a lot extra for it. I keep soy and almond milk in the house to use in place of…

How do you know the difference? I go over my carbs all the time. But I am eating things like quinoa, beans, bulgar, etc. (And apples and bananas.)

There are little things that you can do that will add up. When you have appointments, park far away. I am usually one of the farthest cars in the lot. Make sure you toss healthy snacks into your pocketbook. Almonds, protein bar, some pick me up. If you don't, and you get hungry, you may give in and regret it later. Keep…

Get the steel cut oatmeal, not the quick cook in one min type of oatmeal. I usually eat mine plain w/o sugar. I like to add raspberries to make it sweeter and a lot of cinnamon. cheese is also good. whole eggs and beans are my new favorite. Very high in protein. I buy canned and rinse them for a long time to try and cut…

I also like both. I joined the gym at my husband's work. It is opened until 11pm. I go at night, and there is rarely anyone there. The only down side is, who feels like getting dressed and going out at 9pm when the kids are in bed??? So when that happens, I toss in a DVD and blast my own music from my computer (I can't…

I am maintaining. I moved from 1200 to 1400 calories, and saw I was still losing some weight. So I bumped it up to 1600. For me, that works perfectly. I don't gain and I don't lose. There is a tool here that tells you what your base line rate is. (It said I only need 1100 calories a day ... yeah, right!) It's worth a shot.…

I don't get it either OP because I am hungry, and I am trying to maintain. Tonight I went 185 calories over so I *HAD* to workout to fix the numbers. (Now I am just -2 in the red.)

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Which exercises did you do exactly??? I was told (after 7 pregnancies) that I will never lose my belly flab. I have muscle under it, but between the stretched skin and flab ... it's gross and I will never wear a bikini.

CHOCOLATE. Chocolate anything, but especially chocolate ice cream, cake, plain milk chocolate ... How about anything that has chocolate added to it is automatically zero calories. (I'd be adding it to everything, including broccoli.)

sounds yummy. thanks.

The recipe calculator is under the food diary. I use it for my foods I make, except I never measure. For instance, I made a vegetable bean soup. I was using one in the data base. The next time I made it, I did measure out all the food, and found mine was way under the one listed. I also prepare in bulk. The vegetable soup…

I'll eat them for you. Well, not all of them. Maybe I'll take 200 if someone else will take the rest.

You need to do core strengthen. Pilates does that. I have sacroiliac dysfunction and can't do anything other than low impact. There is still plenty to do. Walking is great. Look up core strengthen to help your back pain.

I'm 5'3" and weigh 105. I'll post a picture in a second. (I am technically underweight and I don't give a d@mn. I've been over weight my whole life and I am determined not to regain it.) My measurements in July were 35.5/ 29/ 33.5. That was after a few months of dieting. (I don't know where my pre-diet measurements are.)…

I actually read the article. It is a very good article and thank you for posting it. Funny thing is I just reset my goals, because for me personally, I need more carbs. I find I am hungry when I don't eat enough and I get very full when I do. (I am not talking about white bread and pretzels ... I am talking about beans and…

This has actually been a very sore topic in my house. I have lost a lot of weight, and it seems a lot of it has gone from my boobs. My hubby is not happy about that. He has complained a lot to me about it, and says I am "too skinny". Until one morning when he walked into the bathroom when I was getting dressed. He saw me…

ps-- Once the girls are lifted up and properly secure, you look thinner. My friend looked 10 pounds lighter. No joke.

BAHAHAHA! I just finally after months convince a friend to go to my friend who is a nice little Jewish (she isn't old) lady. (even funnier ... I asked her for a job because I did such a great job of selling my friend!) You probably need to be fitted. If you got fitted at VS, you are probably wearing the wrong size.

Um, I eat oatmeal every single day. I eat it plain, with 15 raspberries. It is my favorite food of the day, the thing I look forward to. I also eat a whole wheat something ... a sandwich thin, a pita, something. For me personally, I need some carbs, or I feel hungry. Splenda is not healthy because it is an artificial…

Oh, sorry. A banana that is still green supposedly helps curbs appetite. I drink coffee in the morning and with lunch cuz it leaves me very, very full. If you are totally craving one food in particular, just eat it. I have found I wanted a certain sweet, and I will try eating a bunch of other things, and in the end I just…

IMHO you're hungry because you aren't eating enough. You have two things recorded for breakfast and lunch, and 1 for dinner. You said you were grazing all day. What did you eat? Did you forget to record it? Personally, I find I have some hungry days (where I feel like a bottomless pit) and some days where I am not so…

I personally only like Italian. That said, I got used to eating my salad plain with a little bit of mandarin oranges or strawberries on top. If I eat spinach, I go for the strawberries. If I eat romaine, I go for the mandarin oranges. Walmart has them in a small cup and I dump out the liquid and cut up the segments into…

bump. These look yummy.