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I follow this food blogger who does a "Meatless Monday" series with lots of delicious ideas and recipes: www.ezrapoundcake.com

I always like something sweet to end my day on as well. I've been known to have a slice of toast with almond butter, chopped macadamia nuts and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Sweet but not too sugary. :)

Freaking hilarious commentary, and an incredible accomplishment! Well done!

You live in Nashville = you must loooooove country music. Nope. Nashville offers LOTS and lots of other music genres. It's not all cowboy hats and rhinestones.

Perhaps once you gain a little more life experience and maturity, complex issues won't seem so "black and white" to you.

I have no idea if more children are overweight now as opposed to 20 or 30 years ago. I'm not really sure how that information could be had or how accurate it would actually be. But if it is the case that more children today have more body fat than children from 20 or 30 years ago (or even 50 years ago), here are my…

Also, I didn't get the impression from watching the first episode that it was "left" (or "right") leaning. More of a "let's get back to the kind of reporting and investigative journalism that greats like Morrow and Cronkite did". *shrug* I didn't pick up a particular political bent to the show.

My husband and I just watched this show last night for the first time. I thought it was a great show - interesting and humorous characters and a fascinating premise (ACTUAL honest NEWS reporting - instead of opinion-filled commentary that no one gives a crap about!). Jeff Daniel's character's speech was awesome. If you…

Darby O'Gill! One of my childhood favorites!

"Goonies never say die!"

Ha! Yes! "the Dude abides, man . . ." "You're out of your fcking element Donnie!"

Wow - there are some rude people in your life. I can't imagine anyone commenting on what or how much I choose to eat . . . EXCEPT my grandmother who thinks she knows what's best for EVERYONE. :) It's nobody's business what another adult person chooses to eat. I would never say anything about my friend who orders a burger…

Your body is beautiful! 41? No way!! :) Congratulations on your success

This is the ratio I have been using as well.

Sounds like pretty good advice! I'll probably have to come back to it later for reminders :)

Sounds like your plan to avoid snacking worked for you :) For those times when I'm not hungry but still feel the NEED to snack (which happens from time to time), I go ahead and snack. I get baked snacks - liked Baked Cheetos or baked potato chips. Or I snack on chocolate chips or pretzel crisps or turkey pepperoni. Yes,…

I have lost almost 30 pounds in about 3.5 - 4.0 months, consistently losing around 0.5 - 1.5 lbs per week and have not been "working out". I don't belong to a gym or have a home gym (yet!), but have been simply walking outside more. So while I'm not seriously exercising, I have increased my activity level. Very soon I plan…

My favorite way to eat it is heaped on saltine crackers or pretzel crisps. I also prefer the larger curd to the smaller curd - the larger curd seems less liquid-y to me and I prefer a drier cottage cheese.

I want to try some of these!

I'm the only one with my first and last name combination. Although there are 14,109 people with the same first name and 4,250 with the same last name.

Agree!! Get him a small cooler with an ice pack and say "Here ya go!"

Yep! Just turned 36.

Inimitable

Ooo! I want to play with this later!

I would bet my bottom dollar that if we focused on the mounting poverty crisis in this country, the obesity "epidemic" would magically and nearly completely disappear.

Happy Birthday and Congratulations! You look radiant!

<--- 5'-8" here too! I still have a long way to go, but this thread is awesome inspiration! You all look SO fabulous. Congratulations :happy:

From my understanding, MFP has already calculated your calorie deficit for you WITHOUT exercise. So, if you burn calories with exercise, you should eat more to ensure you are getting enough fuel for your body.

Emergency BUBBLES! *cuz you never know when a situation will call for bubbles*

Emergency C-section about 16 months ago, and as someone else mentioned, not only do I have that weird "pooch" but the area is still totally desensitized. Like if I touch that area with my fingers, I ONLY feel it in my fingers. Such a weird feeling! I've just started losing weight but am optimistic there is hope for getting…