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PATIENCE. Let's be honest here. You will not drop 2 pants sizes over night. You won't lose 50 pounds in a month. YOU and I are going to binge here and there. We will eat the wrong thing once in a while. BUT we keep trying. The path to better health is not straight. We will have our GOOD moments and our BAD moments. We are…

Fit Tip Friday: There are 1440 minutes in the day...you CAN find 30 minutes spare to exercise today ⏰

Excellent motivation indeed MPD6944 - you could always make different lengths - 30, 45 and 60 - once you have comfortably reached the lower ones you can pop in a longer playlist and see how long it takes you to reach the new goal. By reducing your playlist time down - you'll feel like you've reached your goal and see the…

To keep going...make a 45 minute playlist and don't stop until it does!

Shame I can't send sun care packages to everyone. Thought for the day - when your goals are exercise based, you are not thinking so much about having to cut out certain foods or so many calories. Instead, you are thinking in terms of how you can go faster or perform longer. Your focus on food becomes a focus on fueling…

There will be obstacles, There will be doubters, There will be mistakes, but with hard work, There will be success.

The exercise spreadsheet is a side challenge that everyone can participate in if they would like to and is separate to any of the groups you may have signed up to. You are not required to participate :-) that's entirely up to you. There are plans for weekly fitness challenges (the first one taking place is total exercise…

If anyone is having problems with adding their stats to the spreadsheet you can also log them here - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10041882/competition-weigh-ins-individual-records#Item_4 if it is easier. Very inspiring group we have here and thank you for sharing your personal challenges and how you are…

Thanks for the info it really helps me try and make a decision. Just when I think, yep that's the one I'll go for, I read some bad reviews and get put off. It really helps to hear from actual "real" users

Don't forget to add any exercise you are doing or have done since Jan 1st to the exercise spreadsheet everyone. I really want to get a fitness monitor and I'm really drawn to the Misfit Shine or Flash but so many people seem to have Fitbits that maybe Shine is the wrong direction to go in, it being so new. I haven't heard…

Very inspiring BuddhaMom74 and congratulations on your big road to recovery - stories like this always inspire me to get up and do something and conquer my fear of the unknown. Thanks for sharing and definitely we've got this.

Hello MFP Calorie Counting Chicks - I'm one of the co-leaders too and I'm also learning the ropes. I need to shift 20 lbs this year and have been struggling keeping anything off since Oct due to one thing and another. Sugar and salt are tricky areas for me but we're going to nail it together. Will log my stats tomorrow as…

Sounds wonderful and another one to add to the shopping list. Thanks for sharing.

Here's a recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Cider - I can already imagine the smell from here :smile: gimmesomeoven.com/slow-cooker-apple-cider-recipe/

MFP is really bad at tracking potassium so you have to take the figures with a pinch of salt as I really don't feel that we're being that bad trying to reach that goal. It's a shame as it's one of the things I'm really interested in making sure i get enough of. Glad you like the recipes - let me know if you make them and…

Get a Potassium boost with this recipe thelemonbowl.com/2014/01/slow-cooker-banana-nut-oatmeal.html

Something a little different to try could be Hawaiian Ribs chef-in-training.com/2013/04/slow-cooker-hawaiian-ribs/. Look simple to make and sound delicious.

Recipe: Candied Yams Tested: No Recipe Info: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/candied-yams

Not quite yet summerluno2 but I don't like my food to be too spicy so you can drop out the jalapeno peppers. Thought I'd post it as it sounds so delicious (love, love love coconut) - will update soon on how it was.

Here's one from my low carb recipe book Coconut Thai Curry Chicken Breasts Cooking Time: 4 hours 30 minutes Servings: 8 Calories: 199 (if not served with rice) Ingredients: 900 gm chicken breasts 400 ml coconut milk 100 gm green curry paste 2 whole jalapeno peppers 1 teaspoon salt Some assorted vegetables (carrot, celery,…

Ooh nice one summerluno2 - I bought some elbow pasta today so think I'll substitute and give it a whirl next week. Thanks for sharing. Always good to know about a tried, tested and tasted recipe.

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Those recipes look great

Today's slow cooker meal will be Beef Bourguignon. Cooked BBQ Chicken a few days ago. Yep, I'm addicted to my new shiny slow cooker :blush:

So, our first recipe in the new shiny slow cooker was Sausage and vegetable gumbo. Delicious.

It arrived yesterday and I'm really looking forward to my first meal from it. Now I just need to decide what to make first!

Thank you - it arrived today all shiny and new. Had nothing in the house to cook in it but will post what I cook first.

I ended up getting the Hamilton Beach Set and Forget Programmable slow cooker - I'm too excited

When my new crockpot arrives on Fri BBQ pulled pork is definitely one of the first recipes to feature over the weekend.