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I'll probably log tomorrow as we are just doing ham, potatoes and some veggies. No biggie. Christmas Day, all bets are off. I don't cook, so I have no idea what is in the food anyway. And I drink. A lot. Of wine and yummy stuff. But I've known Christmas day would be a free day for months, so....

YES! My DH brouhg home a small tray of brownies his coworker made. They were burned on the bottom. A few months ago, I would have scraped off the bottom and dove in. I cut a TINY one with a small scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. I took one bite of the brownie and left it. VERY few sweets are "worth it" to me anymore.…

I'm with sidesteel as well. Eat whatever the heck your body tells you it needs. It is HEALING and FIGHTING. It needs fuel! I had a horrible cold/sinus infection for 2 weeks. I ate what the heck I needed-bread, jello, probably a gallon of 7-up. I didn't gain weight at all either. Just do what your body tells you.

Your sodium levels made me gasp. Canned soups, while tasty, are SOOOO high in sodium it isn't even funny. Try making a huge pot of your own and separating it in single servings and freeze them. Also, I saw little to no fiber in your diet. Fibrous carbs will help you digest better. How much water do you drink a day? Try…

I attempted-not the word ATTEMPTED to do this with P90x. I would WALK with a friend for 1 hour right after school started. Eat, then do P90X. It lasted about 3 weeks until my body was SO tired, SO ravenous--I was TIRED all the time, even after naps and going to bed early and I couldn't eat enough to recover all of the…

I have loads of recipes, but they are far from MFP friendly!LOL Thanks for the healthy one!

You have done AWESOME!!! How tall are you? I'm a size 10 or so now. I'm thinking I'm too tall to ever be a size 4 again, but only time will tell!

Guac with lettuce? THIS is BLASPHEMY!!!!

I've tried multiple times in my life to like it. I can't.

I vote skip it-after you try Costco's uncured canadian bacon. Sooo yummy! If it makes you sick, then eat later.

It is fat. Get rid of the fat and it will improve, if not go away completely. I've spent YEARS buying into the whole "work out your abs to get flatter abs, work out your arms to get nice arms" myth. The truth is, if there is fat covering those areas, they will NEVER look as good as you want them to. You cannot CHOOSE where…

If someone isn't eating a lot of fruits/veggies, then they are eating carbs and proteins.

I had a horrible cold/sinus infection for 2 weeks. While not on a competition diet, I decided that my body would tell me what it needed to heal faster. I took a buttload of vitamin C and zinc supplements, drank tons of water and some Gatorade. If you have the flu and are losing a great deal of water, etc from throwing up…

It depends on the individual and if there is present injury, etc. I was having a TON of wrist and shoulder pain so went to see mine. I gave her the rundown of what I was doing. She told me to stop doing bench press as it was probably the culprit of my pain. I stopped and 2 months later, am still pain free. Should she tell…

I noticed a guy doing his squats and his lower back was arching when he got down deep. I told him and he said "Yeah-it's a butt wink." I was like "What is that?" He explained and I said, "Cool. Thanks for teaching me something." I felt a bit like an *kitten* for pointing out something he knew about already, but, then…

My first thought is "If I ever decide to compete for real, screw a coach for working out-I need one to teach me to walk in heels!" In all seriousness, I would think ones with straps would be safer, more comfortable and less "loud". I know when I wear heeled sandals, the "thwack" noise they make is kind of annoying. With…

I am going to make my 6 year old the toilet paper roll owl she's been asking for for a week. I'm prepping for my parents to come for her birthday, school stuff, etc. I kept saying I was too busy. After this morning's tragic events, that stupid owl has moved to the top of my priority list.

I'm open and honest and will answer any questions they have IF THEY BRING IT UP. I will not be the one who introduces these circumstances. If they were older, I would, but in Kinder and 1st grade, I still really need them to feel SAFE in school.

You dropped YEARS, not just pounds. Way to go!

I have such a girl crush on her! I, too, would love any links to her diet/workout.

Now here is my conundrum. My goal right now is to lose as much fat as possible while maintaining lean muscle mass. I need the cardio for the quick fat loss, but need the weights to help prevent as much muscle loss as possible. Hence, the reason I opted to cut them both short, but still do both. Who else-and WHY are you…

I don't think skipping is wrong and I don't think adding them is wrong either. If you find when you log them that you are not losing weight since you are eating back those calories, then perhaps the amt burned is really overexaggerated for you and you need to remove them so you can really be eating at a defecit(if the goal…

I get the Premier Nutrition ones. Chocolate is good. Vanilla is just ok. FOr my treat, ABB Cookies and Cream is SOOOOO good.

What they said.

veggie plate with low cal ranch crackers and cheese(low cal, though I am a cheese fiend, so I save up calories for after dinner some nights;-)) low cal chips, puffs or the like. Trail mix

Busy, my guess is she is petite-like 5'4 or less. Her pics show that she also isn't a bodybuilder. Looks like bikini/fitness/figure. Musclemama-You look great!

posting here for friend request I sent. I need more peeps with competition diets, etc. I need to pick people's brains on what to eat. I know what I SHOULD eat, but some things I'm questioning as I'm not going to be "competing", but I want to look great come April. Like fruit...good, bad, IIFYM???

CANADIAN BACON! Costco has uncured that is AMAZING.

Muscles are my ideal. It is threads like these that keep me motivated at home and in the gym. Calluses on my hands are hard earned and reminders of my work. Now off to Costco to buy my protein drinks, chicken, and egg whites.

Awww-the old catch 22. You want to gain muscle mass(which requires a calorie surplus), but you want to lose 15 pounds which requires a calorie deficit. I'm in the same boat. I've been doing this about 12 weeks or so and I will tell you, doing a slight defecit while trying to maintain muscle mass and still lose weight is…