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I would suggest tracking your sugar intake and your sodium intake. Look online to find a reasonable amount to have each day and try to stick with it. If you add them to your diary macros, you will see your history and be able to see where you fall. I find too much sugar for me makes me hungry more and I have heard from…

Same here, it always works out to eat and I never regret it (scale or otherwise) it's just weird when it hits out of nowhere.

I think maybe you are on to something there. I'll have to keep track of those days and how it relates to the scale.

I met my husband when I was 19, got married at 23 and had my first baby at 26. It was the perfect timing for me.

I made this last night and it was soooo gooood. Thanks for sharing! Next time I will add two bunches of kale, one was not enough.

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Thanks! Have you tried it with the Trader Joe's pizza dough?

My favorite salad is the Caesar salad. It is a great dinner for entertaining in the summer, too. I cut up tons of nice fresh organic Romain and toss in Caesar dressing (make your own is best) top with some croutons, serve with grilled steak and a bottle of wine and everybody is happy. Also I love to have taco salad. And I…

All my kids participate in a sport outside of school. We also like to go for family walks and bike rides. We have a large yard with a trampoline and a basketball hoop, so they spend a lot of their time with friends outside. We live near a state park and we have access to a college campus so we have access to quite a bit of…

Nice change!

I have a laptop that I can set up in the room if I am doing home interval training and I can use this website - http://www.beach-fitness.com/tabata/

I guess what I mean to say is that some people eat "more" and it is a lot more, like 600 or 1000 calories a day more, because they have a high TDEE. Because my TDEE is a lot lower, my "more" is only like 100 or 200 calories, so it doesn't really feel like a lot more food. My TDEE set to low activity level is 1600 so even…

This is completely true for me. The extra calories 'earned' are very important for my exercise motivation.

I think it really depends on your body type and your exercise routines. My BMR is 1370 and my TDEE is 1837 so my range is pretty small. So it's not like I have a lot of room for eating more unless I really ramp up my exercise or grow taller. I was eating about 2200 a day and I gained and the weight slowly crept back on me…

Dang! You look awesome!

I think it is really important for me. I need strive towards something or I just fizzle out. (fizzle out sideways, lol)

There was recently a podcast on NPR about dieting and the man who wrote the book that was the theme said that the 2 hard parts of dieting for him was - 1. How self righteous dieting made him towards other people who don't diet or don't diet the same way he did and 2. How hard it was to continue motivation for maintenance…

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.... You can't find a clean cup and then finally find them all in the freezer full of rocks and leaves and branches and water for an "ice experiment". ... You find yourself looking on the MFP database for half a piece of a pizza crust for your daily diary. ... Your rubber boot is full of legos. ... You wake up out of a…

Fantastic commitment! I am so impressed. You look great!

Welcome! My three are 12, 9, and 7. Life can be so busy sometimes, it is hard for me to make the right food choices. I don't tend to eat a lot of fast food, but in a rush I grab for carbs and fat and we all know what road that leads to! Feels good to be here and getting back on track. Yeah for all the mamas who are taking…

Great choice!

First of all, what a great promotion in your school paper! Sounds like a lot of fun. The Spaghetti factory is casual. I wouldn't worry too much. Dress in something comfortable yet nice. A nice skirt or slacks with a simple top is appropriate. And a big smile! Have a great time.

This just sounds so weird! Maybe the combination of chocolate and avocado is what sounds different. I am curious and will have to try it.

Welcome! Some things that work for me are - - Log my food before I eat it (not after!) - Find an exercise that I enjoy that fits my daily routine (for me that is running) - Strive to eat clean (non processed foods) - Don't weigh in often, make my lifestyle choices focused more on healthy consistent routines not only on…

I am so impressed. What an awesome and well earned achievement. And you glow!

Where is the recipe? Sounds amazing!

I vote for a new dress with no undies. j/k It seems like with a tight budget, you'd get more out of a dress then out of undies...

Where do we all work out!? We all work out in the rain!

Cooking Light's chicken & pasta salad. My brother and his wife come over on Sunday nights. We put our kids to bed before they get here and after dinner we watch a grown up movie. Such a great way to end the weekend!