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Check out skinnycrockpot.com. I've been browsing it for a while and it looks pretty good. I've yet to try a recipe tho.

90 calorie fiber one bars or special k bars are a great sweet treat that satisfies without much damage!

My stats were similar to yours when I started (5'8 and 208) and I did better at 1500 calories and eating most/all of my exercise calories back. If I were you (and Im not certified or a professional in anything, just telling you what has worked for me) I would bump my calories up 100 at a time and see if that moves the…

I don't feel embarrassed about my healthier eating habits, but I do understand not wanting people to notice it or call attention to my eating/weight in general. I feel like as soon as you tell people you are eating better or trying to lose weight, they are watching your food like a hawk to judge it. I also feel when people…

You really have a motivating story...mine is much sillier in reality, but just as serious in my head. My son was about 5 months old when I saw a commercial of Brooke Burke jumping on the trampoline with her children. I realized if i kept up my habits I wouldn't have the energy to be that mom and I wouldn't be giving my son…

I also usually work out in the evenings and I do better when I'm eating back my exercise calories, so if my workouts/calorie burn are pretty regular I eat them earlier in the day, knowing I will burn later. Another easy thing to do after a workout (when I get home from the gym around 10pm and don't really want to have a…

You'll get conflicting answers, but I go by the rule that if it has caffiene, it doesn't count.

I set a reward for every 10 lbs lost, and I usually try to make it those things that I would like, but could also do without...a box of those new expensive whitestrips is an example of one of mine. My rewards are usually something to with health and beauty, but that's only because its what I like and how I can spoil myself…

Sounds like I do the exact same as you! Planning first thing in the morning definitely keeps me on track and I know i won't be heading into any surprises later in the day! It helps me feel more in conrtol. I usually already know what I'll be making for dinner for my family, so I log that and then whatever I happen to be in…

Just saw on Pinterest an idea where you can bake eggs individually in muffin tins and assaemble your own egg mcmuffins for the freezer with low fat cheese and whole wheat English muffins. Wrap them in plastic wrap and keep them in the freezer. Grab them and heat them up when youre ready!

Maybe look at the portions you're using for your oatmeal toppings. We had almost identical breakfasts and mine added up to 379 calories? 1/4 quick cooking oats 2Tbs chopped walnuts 2Tbs raisins 1 medium red delicious apple chopped up in the oatmeal 1/4 cup sugar free maple pancake syrup for sweetness It was delish and so…

SAHM as well and the schedule thing helps me a lot too. I am usually busy with morning chores, so indent sit down for breakfast until around 11am and from then I can set the earliest I will allow myself to eat lunch or dinner. I know if I'm stuck with a long stretch of time left between lunch and dinner I'm likely to give…

Ditto this! I don't know if your someone who is into arts and crafts but now instead of eating in front of the tv I have a cup of tea and crochet, paint or cross-stitch in front of the tv. It keeps my mind and hands too busy to think of going into the kitchen.

Could be either one depending on the person getting the work done.

Ditto what everyone else said, as long is it's caffeine free you can count it.

I only found out about it last week, and I even rocked that huge bun the whole day in public to have my hair curly for the evening. You had a bit better results than I did, so I guess i need more practice lol!

I just found this website today and I'm so excited about it!

There's a recipe going around pinterest right now thats a box of cake mix and a 20oz bottle of soda baked together (maybe google the specifics). Apparently you can do different combos like yellow cake mix and diet sprite or chocolate cake mix and diet coke. Never tried it, but others are saying it's great.

I was originally on here for the weight I gained with my baby boy (44 lbs). He's 15 months now and I got down to my pre-preg weight right before his 1st birthday, so now I guess I'm working on the weight I was trying to lose when I got pregnant!

I track everything, even the 4 calories of garlic in my egg scramble this morning lol. I think its up to you, but you have to be honest with yourself about the calories you might be consuming and not accounting for. It probably won't make a huge difference if you don't log the piece of lettuce you put on your sandwich, but…

Talk to a Dr for sure, but from my personal experience I have felt like that and it helped to take a B-Complex supplement, especially B-12. I am not a professional tho.

If it's just something that happens during you rmonthly cycle, at least it's not affecting your whole month. If you know it's going to happen, make room in your calories for hamburgers those day, get through that tough week and then move on. Part of it is knowing your body and working with it to make then most of the…

Sounds OK to me...I've taken omelets home from restaurants before and had them the next day. If you're worried about it tho, another option would be to make a tuna salad with the veggies you were going to use and eat the eggs boiled instead on the side.

I am not totally positive but I have heard from other mommies on this site that you can add breastfeeding to your food diary (not sure exactly what it's listed under, I've never personally done it) but i think you can select about how much you're nursing/pumping and it will add negative calories to your day to give you a…

I drink it in most of my water, with the exception being any water I drink at the gym. I only like it really lightly flavored and I use the to-go packets made for water bottles, so I have a pitcher that holds 56oz of water and I'll put one packet of the drink mix in it. It gives it a hint of flavor and I don't feel like…

Bumping so i don't lose track of this thanks for the great info!

I also do the picture on the fridge, but its one of myself at my heaviest with my newborn son. Shortly after that pic was taken, I read a statistic that said children with just one overweight parent is twice as likely to be obsess as an adult. That picture reminds me that whatever I chose from the fridge not only affects…

Congrats on your big decision! When I got pregnant with my son in Oct 2009 I had been dieting and had lost 20 lbs pretty quickly. Once I got past the morning sickness, the weight came back on so fast it felt like overnight! A family friend who's an OB said he sees that happen all the time with women who were in the process…

I think getting regular soda or Hi-C instead of diet soda is just trading one evil for another. Not sure, but I would think Hi-C would be pretty sugary. Why not water?

Just bumping so I can read the answers. I know there are quite of MFPs that have done this.