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Mc Donalds Southwest Chicken salad is pretty good - for a fast food salad I would have to give it an 8. You have to specify grilled chicken, and it comes with corn, black beans, mixed greens and tortilla chips on top with a slice of fresh lime. That plus 1/2 packet of the Newmans Own Southwest dressing, which is more than…

Why try and eat something you don't like just because it is healthy? I'm confused...I like Fage, hubby hates it. So he doesn't eat it, I do. Problem solved. Try a different yogurt that is lowfat and sweeter, I get a Wallaby fruit and cream yogurt at the same place I get the Fage..still good protein and low fat and still…

Ooo,,I just asked and answered this question last week. I have a Timex HRM, says water resistant to 30 M on it also. I went swimming a few days last week, no problems. I was told by someone else that you shouldn't push buttons while in the water, but I did and the thing is still going strong. Hope that helps!

Ha..my goal is 155. At the high end of what my "healthy" weight is supposed to be. Also the same weight I was in college when I was playing sports, really active, really healthy , prior to husband and baby and basically kicking butt and taking names. So the weight for height people can take a long walk off a short bridge…

I listen to Dave Ramsey, and he talks about the 'Powdered Butt Syndrome'..basically you don't want to take advice from someone once you have powdered their butt. Try taking them some healthier alternatives, maybe make a pizza or get the Papa Murphys Delite pizza when they get another one and share. Some of your good habits…

:laugh: You will get there..2T to a 14..thats one heck of a growth spurt! I am now happy to say my 'skinny jeans' which I could get into 3 months ago ( but not zip and breathe simultaneously) are fitting quite comfortably and the 'fat' jeans fall off me. Oh whoa is me..have to go shopping...:wink:

So the calories are coming from sweetener or the milk...:huh: I can graduate from college but an iced coffee at starbucks is stumping me...who ever knew coffee could be so complicated!

I bet they are calculating the coffee with sweeter added, I wouldn't think a iced coffee would have a full cup of milk and there shouldn't be any significant amount of calories in coffee. Email the company if you are really curious, they will have info somewhere on where they came up with 90 cals.

:laugh: Yea, sure, as soon as someone explains to me how they get 200-300 some odd calories in a tiny bag of salad dressing.:noway:

That sounds reasonable to me, I burn anywhere from 250 to 450 calories doing a fast walk for 30 - 45 min, so it doesn't sound too far off the mark for me. I do know that as soon as I started using my HRM to calculate calories burned, and started eating them all back, I stopped dropping weight. I was really underestimating…

Make your own PB, I do and its 60 cals per TBSP. All thats in it is peanuts, honey, cinnamon, peanut oil and a bit of water. Keeps for a long time in the fridge, if it lasts that long. My go to breakfast most days is wheat bread, 1 TBSP peanut butter, 1/2 banana sliced on top with about a tsp honey drizzled on top. Very…

Do you ever use a crock pot? It is my ulitimate 'lazy' cooking tool when I need to cook for my family but can't or don't want to put out much effort. I take the frozen skinless boneless breasts and thighs, plunk them (still frozen) in the crock pot with a variety of things and 15 min of prep turns into a dinner that…

I'm laughing at your post, this weekend as I am patting my back pockets of my jeans walking into a store looking for ID my husband asked if I was looking for my butt, because he noticed I had lost it. Trust me I have a looonng way to go before I am 'buttless". I am constantly amazed at what people consider to be…

Try your local hospital, ask for the dietitians office. If they can't see you there, they can probably refer you somewhere nearby that can. Or ask your primary care doctor, he/she may be able to refer you also. Hope that helps.

Weight is more accurate than cups. If you had extra fat beans, or extra small beans,,,that would affect the total volume the 1/2 cup of beans makes up. Kind of like a 1/2 cup of feathers will have less weight than 1/2 cup of salt. It really depends on what you are measuring. And you are still going to get somewhat close…

Crap...I hit buttons. Oh well, it worked for me today after being in the pool last night. Here's hoping it works tomorrow!

Fluffy mackerel....I am NOT coming back to this tread anymore..:sick:

Thanks for the responses...just a FYI, tried my Timex HRM in the pool with no problems, the thing says it is water resistant on the face...don't know why I thought it might blow up. And FYI part 2..packing a 17 month old 29# toddler who did NOT want to go to the swim instructor for 30 mins burns about 165 calories for a…

:sick: ICK...what demented sick puppy came up with peanut butter, ketchup and corn chips..how do you even think that up...I'm pretty sure 1958 was before acid trips, right?

Ok, not only is it NOT a bad thing for you to want a break from your son, its officially makes you normal. My son was 3 months old when my husband left, hubby has been in the Army active duty for 20 years this summer. I caught a load of flack from my family, husbands family etc for putting my son in daycare 3 days a week…

Hello Dr I-Have-No-Bedside-Manner...maybe time to look into a new doc. Her behavior makes me question any advice she may have given you. FYI...I have worked with more than one MD who has recommeded exactly what yours told you not to do. Its her opinion. I have to agree with others that 1200 calories would be hard to…

Didn't you know, birthday cake eaten on your birthday has NO calories!:wink: Enjoy!

I've had them. They are noodles made out of I believe tofu root and some other root....They are much lower in calories than typical pasta, but the texture and smell is different also. I made some of the Angel Hair variety into a sesame noodle dish, the flavor was good but the texture put me off. I have read suggestions to…

I think most people will tell you it depends on you. I have a step class 1 x week, and I am always 500-600 calories under my 'goal' on those days. If I am still hungry, I eat, if not..I don't. I am finding now after losing almost 20# if I eat all my exercise calories, I don't lose weight. I eat back half most days, unless…

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Tag...looooove Thai hot! I have never seen citrus soy sauce before, do you get it in the regular supermarket or is it a specialty food store thing?

Been craving Enchilada's..tag!

I love that show too! Thats where I learned of the wonders of Captin Crunch dipped french toast. The one to really watch if you want to kick your cravings for 'bad foods' is Man Vs Food. Watching a guy eat a 5# burrito really helps me to not want a burrito:sick:

You are a braver woman than I to post before picks, I am WAY to chicken to do that! One of the eye openers for me that got me going on MFP was a picture my husband took of me from behind pushing my son in a swing. He thinks its a cute pic of mommy and baby and I'm thinking who is the fat woman pushing my kid in the…