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A good start can be to rid your house of junk food. No more Twinkies or cupcakes (if you have those) - take them to a shelter or food pantry where someone who NEEDS calories might be grateful for a treat! Make sure you have a TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT of healthy snacks! If there's something easy and within reach you probably…

That's a great story! I hope you're able to find some time to keep in touch with all of us! The hospital system where I works has 'un-blocked' MFP so we can access it and use it as part of our wellness work! I'm sure you will get a great deal of joy from being able to help so many people get back onto the road of health!

Congratulations on your amazing weight loss! Strength training tools aren't as detailed here but I've entered the information on my work outs into the "notes" section under exercise so I can track my progress. You might have more luck getting down to a low weight by increasing your aerobic work rather than your strength…

Good Morning Tiger! You make the ticker for your weight in the "tools" section, and your mini goals and stuff you put in your signature (where you'll add the code for your ticker). I don't have the iPhone application but I hear its pretty slick!

That is FABULOUS!!!! You should be very proud of yourself! You rock!!!

I went out with the girls last night and I was bad. I guess that since I was good at getting in between 35-55 minutes of sweat intensive cardio this week I'm not going to call it a BAD week... and I surely didn't go over more than maintenance calories but I feel like I'm going to fail my first short term goal:cry: Part of…

Welcome Fields1018! We check in every day with the following: Calories - (over under or how many it's up to you) Water - did you drink 64oz? Exercise - did you get in 30 minutes? Proud - we list one thing we're proud of! On Friday's we weigh in and report how we did! Equipment - I have two sets of hand weights (3lb and…

I'm so proud of you girls!!!

bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.) jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.) hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.) Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb) Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb) cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs) mstahl................0.0% (won't say) Seems my week of sodium is trying to make me believe I've gained 7 lbs. I have not…

tiger - I haven't used the cleaning exercise option because when I clean I don't do it with the vengeance that keeps my heart rate up. If you scrub a floor and really get into it and sweating I think it's accurate - same with sweeping or anything else - if you get your heart rate up there! I use my heart rate monitor to…

I have had to explain to my husband that from a calorie standpoint, an oz. of cheese, a TB of Olive Oil, a chunk of bread and a glass of wine is DINNER. If I make that 2 glasses of wine I have to give up the oive oil. Last night he asked if I wanted another glass of wine and I said, "sure, but I'll be on the treadmill for…

Breakfast - 1/2 cup pumpkin, 1/2 cup cottage cheese and cinnamon - YUM!!!! and a mug of green chai! Lunch - Panera Bread - half a chicken sandwich with a bowl of French Onion soup and an apple Snack - hard boiled egg Dinner - venison and mushroom tomato sauce over spaghetti with homemade bread and olive oil Dessert -…

My manager asked me if I was free for lunch. With out looking up from my monitor (I was on a job hunting site - oops) I asked if he was buying. He said "yeah, sure" (this is the first time he's taken anyone to lunch in the two years I've been here). So I agreed (free food - I mean yeah... but FREE FOOD!) We went to Panera…

Brown rice - I make it in a rice maker but my husband prefers a pot on the stove. Mine is a little more "sticky rice" style his is more al dente... He we both add fat (olive oil) rather than just water. If you're making it on the stove top let the water come to a rolling boil before you add the rice, and turn it down to a…

bump (just finished a breakfast of 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup pumpkin, cinnomen to taste - sooooo good)

Jenn - sorry your little girl is so sick :frown: Bluenote - so sorry about that little boy thief :grumble: and your loss of help :angry: that just stinks! Chris - your losses will come! Eat all your calories, drink your water (like I'm one to talk) and try not to read the scale changes as much other than a reflection of…

Since I haven't gotten to bed on time yet this week, I'm checking in now and I'll amend this if I go astray of my plan :wink: Calories - good, I'll eat all of my exercise calories but I'm OK with that:happy: Water - doing great! NOw that I realize I've been counting 16 oz as 8 oz I realize I've been doing pretty good!…

:mad: THAT STARTED HAPPENING TO ME TOO!!!:mad: Then... I realized... I'd lost weight.... And the chest strap was too lose! Cinch up that girth strap girl friend! You've shrunk!:drinker:

I can tell you that after yesterday (831 "up" steps) I am feeling it today! I can only make it up about 48 steps before my legs are shaking. This morning I tried jogging up the steps and made it to the second level before I had to stop and hobble up the rest:embarassed: I appreciate all of your input and now that I…

:drinker: Can you eat apples? A medium crunch (that part is important) apple eaten off the core (whole) will put volume in your stomach and the chunks (because since you change diapers - you know we humans don't chew all that well LOL) break down slowly so you don't have much room in your gut and the slow release of sugars…

Just stopping by for a little love :blushing: The first employee went through her "complaint" process and came out sobbing:sad: . YIKES!!! I just hope I can hold it together!:indifferent: An evil co-worker convinced me to go out for lunch and leave my yummy tilapia and brown rice left overs here in the office. We had…

If you feel bloated after your breakfast, maybe you shouldn't have your fiber first thing? What about yogurt for breakfast (easy to digest) and fiber for an evening snack? I keep a bag of small green apples at work, and some hard boiled eggs - quick easy snacks that have lasting power! I admire your walk at lunch, I try to…

Dinner at the in-laws! God love them, they're in their 90s and still active, taking care of their home and very independent... But they are survivors of the Great Depression and food can be "adventurous" at times. Remember the National Lampoon Christmas? With cat food in the jello? Yeah. Pretty close. Calories - 500 over…

Soooo cute!!!

Marie- I 'm so sorry for your loss! And I'm glad your brother is at peace... cancer can ravage the soul and now he's free of that. Take care of yourself today OK? ~Melinda

Lisa - take a few minutes and go back and enter your food from yesterday best you can - enter your food from today - it will take a few minutes and you'll feel SO MUCH BETTER when you're done! Then go for a walk over lunch! I'm at work so I'm going to climb the stairs a few times today! Good luck!

You don't' want to stay under 1200 for too long. And "too long" varies from person to person and from how stressed your body is etc... Most people agree it takes more than 2 or 3 days to switch your metabolism into starvation mode - but no one really knows for sure! I keep a spreadsheet and look at my five day average for…

OMG how can it be 11:20 PM!!! Calories - 1150 ish Water - oops Exercise - oops Sodium 1500 scale - No Peekie! Proud - uhm... that I got in both snacks, didn't peak at the scale, had 8 hours sleep last night and that's it. Really disappointed I didn't exercise or stretch! I worked until after 8 so I didn't get home until…

As I read that article, all I could think was 'RECORD EVERY DAMN CALORIE!' It seems to me that the two primary take away points were that left to our own devices we will neutralize our exercise efforts by one or both of two ways : 1- We'll eat them back plus extra calories (burn 50 eat 200) 2- We'll move less after…

1stPaul - OMG YOU GAVE BIRTH TO HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!:glasses: Chris and Awestfall - I'm so sorry! It's stunning how much devastation can come from a moment of emotional overload. My thoughts are with you two as you cope - I'm keeping their families in my thoughts too. :cry: Colorado Girl - it's nice to hear you had a good…