SouthernBell86 Member

Great words! You have been such an encouraging friend to me on here!! Thanks so much. Your elliptical workouts always challenge me to push myself further, faster, harder. You are having so much success, and I know you will keep at being healthy and fit even after you lose the weight :)

Sorry to be off topic, but I clicked on this thinking you were going to describe some gross worm in your ear!!! hahaha Kind of freaked me out thinking about it, but morbid curiosity you know? To be on topic - Inside my head is a mystical musical wonderland. Seriously I always have all kinds of music going on, either…

I love oatmeal, but really you need to experiment with adding all kinds of different things. As you can see from all the responses, everyone likes theirs slightly different. Cinnamon is SUPER good for you, so if you like that keep adding it, along with some honey, applesauce and maybe almond butter or almond milk. Those…

Yeah, this website is sort of geared towards community, so only post the pictures you want to be seen. If you don't want people to see your face, crop it out.

Egg in a hole! Cut a hole in a piece of whole wheat bread (I buy Ezekial Bread, it doesn't have HFCS like most shelf bread does...find it in the freezer section!), toast it slightly in your pan, then cook the egg in the middle. Extremely filling, high fiber, and high protein. The sugar content isn't too bad either. Eggs in…

I can relate, I gain first in my chest and lose it there last. I found a few sports bras that are comfortable for me to be active, but in my hometown there is a factory wholesale store that carries probably the largest bras that are even manufactured. Honestly it is more comfortable for me to wear two bras that are a cup…

Here's the thing about salt/sodium. It makes food taste better. So, if you're eating lots of cheap pre-packaged food, the manufacturer has a vested interest in you thinking it tastes good, even though it is cheap, poor quality ingredients. Adding lots of sodium increases the tastiness, as does MSG, which is another thing…

I love having an NSV thread!!! My favorite Non Scale Victory is that just within the last week or so, I've started to feel sexy now. I am nowhere near my goal weight (not that near getting out of obesity...) and I know that I am not gonna be on a magazine cover anytime soon, but this last week I am always doing a double…

I want to recommend allrecipes.com as a great resource for cooking and recipes. Also supercook.com is great, because there you enter the ingredients you have in your kitchen and it finds recipes for you using only those ingredients. The most important thing about cooking is learning to know your own taste, and the tastes…

Nuts are great, and a good variety of fruit to go along with it. Greek yogurt is good too. Plain air popped popcorn is really low calorie, and even though it isn't really full of nutrients, if you don't add anything to it, it isn't really bad for you either, and it can fill you up. When I first started I was just…

Is there a Big Lots near you? If so, go get a cheap slow cooker and toaster oven. Much better tasting food can come out of those for full meals, and it's really very cheap to get them.

Okay, well if you don't have a Brita filter, I HIGHLY suggest you get one, because that can make some of the weird taste go away. Secondly, I think you need to tell yourself you are going to learn to love water. You really need to be drinking a lot of it everyday and if you put bunches of stuff in it all the time, that…

I always come under, but usually within 100 calories. I try to keep it closer, like within 30 or 20, but some days that just isn't possible. Also, since I don't own a HRM and think that MFP may be over calculating the calories in my walks, I don't really feel about about coming 100 calories under unless I am still hungry,…

I am from Georgia, but had to move to a cold weather city for a few years. I DO NOT handle cold weather very well, but I figured out a few things that helped. 1 - A good warm hat. 2 - Good warm gloves 3 - A good thin outer layer that is windproof (absolutely crucial when you are running! Mine was also water proof, bought…

Well, first of all, what rate of weight loss do you have MFP set to? If you only have 8 pounds to lose, I really think it would be best for you to aim at half a pound a week. I know that isn't fun to hear, but at that point your body is probably pretty content with the level of fat it has, and will fight you to keep it. By…

Here's the thing, if you have selected Sedentary as your lifestyle, MFP DOES NOT calculate those "life calories" and I know most of my MFP friends are set to sedentary. It makes sense that if you clean once a week, that you should count those calories, because MFP has not accounted for them. If you have selected Active,…

I second the greek yogurt! Greek yogurt is super great with all the protein, so you might not even need to add flavoring all the time, but if so I few herbs and spices should do, no sugar or anything. Hummus is great, as has been said. Also, even just using sour cream is better than ranch, since there is no extra sugar or…

Hmm, not sure what kind of work you're doing, but if you have the ability, you could just walk in place while pumping your arms with the free weights...while watching tv. I do this during the day sometimes when I really can't go out. I just try to keep up a quick pace, with actually moving front to back, side to side, and…

Someone told me that you got it from exhaling when you landed on your right foot, because the double impact of gravity from the landing and the actual exhale hurts your liver. I am not sure if the part about the liver is true, but I started thinking about exhaling when I was on my left foot, and I stopped getting stitches.…

I agree with erickirb, you will do fine if you just add back to your diet a few more calorie dense foods. Obviously not junk food, but just some healthy things that will bring up to the mark you want to be at. Great job on getting to your goal weight!!!

So, did you just diet, or do diet and exercise? I am doing both and even though I'm losing weight I am continually feeling stronger, so I am just wondering... Really though if you want to put on muscle, set some goals for yourself for fitness. Find a 5k somewhere near where you are and train for it. Choose a goal weight…

Yes, I find it helpful to set goals in relation to nutrition - like getting enough potassium everyday for a week, or fiber or something. Also I set goals related to exercise - be able to do so many reps by such and such a time, or run so far by some time. When I first joined MFP my first goal was to exercise everyday for…

I do it daily, and honestly at this point it is really easy because the main things that I eat are right there at the top of the list, so I don't have to look things up too much. I can understand that some people would feel like it was a hassle, but personally having everything I was going to eat for the next week…

I've had PF for a while, and since I'm trying to get into running I definitely want to check out the links and info here :) I been really bad since March, when I discovered that, strangely enough, Yellowbox flip flops were AMAZING! My Mom sent me a pair in the mail because she thought they might help me, and when I got…

You know, you should probably eat at least half of your exercise calories AFTER you workout. You might not love eating at night, but maybe just plan to have a 500 calorie meal with high protein, good complex carb, and a bit of fat in it. Alternatively, I bet you could get some recipes for a shake with all of those things…

I agree with what's been said. Several years ago in a country I lived in overseas there was a product marketed as "weight loss water." Seriously. They recommended people drink five of the bottles a day in order to lose weight, and the bottles were 20 oz each. Now, they may have added some lemon juice so people thought it…

Wow! So much variety in what everyone ate!!! Glad to know that MFP is full of people losing weight and learning to love the food they eat to do it! This morning I had cheese scrambled eggs with ezekial raisin cinnamon bread. Cheese scrambled eggs are my Dad's specialty (and the only thing he knows how to make), so it is…

Hi Doug! Good for you for sticking with this through the hunger pains and trying to find a solution instead of ditching! Hunger is NO FUN!! I don't know how you ate in the past, but if you are dieting you should never really feel completely full like after a big holiday meal. You should be able to feel satisfied and not…

Except the studies that are done with specific parameters and control groups to test the effects of diet drinks on the body. The things that are more open to interpretation is a "study" which is actually a survey of society. With a survey there are too many uncontrollable other factors that could be contributing causes,…

Ahem. Prunes. I know they aren't a really glamorous thing to go around eating, but eat a few of those everyday, and they'll do the trick. Of course, eat them in combination with other high fiber foods. Apples are great too! Eat a couple of them a day until you feel comfortable again, and then just eat one every other day…