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Then there are the tourists, who look at the cute and unusual, then leave and tell their friends what they saw. 8^)

I noticed when we ran in high school that I actually felt better when I did more activity during my period. I was fortunate to never have severe cramps, but I definitely noticed feeling better during and after exercise.

Up till the last couple of weeks, I just walked for 45 - 60 minutes a few times a week or ran in place/danced in front of a good TV show with handweights (PBS My Music specials are awesome to dance to). Last week, I started riding my stationary bike again. Yesterday, I picked up an exercise dvd from the library. I will…

I have a sweet tooth and I eat something sweet every day. As others have said, it's moderation. I don't have 2 glasses of milk and 6 cookies anymore, but I do enjoy a 1/2 or 1/4 cup of milk and 1 cookie. I'll exercise more when I have something high-calorie planned (like birthday cake) or I'll splurge on something decadent…

So many posts here! Love the Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell mysteries by Laurie R. King. Also the Ethan Gage novels by William Dietrich. You said you don't want just romance, but you can't beat Victoria Holt for classic Gothic romance. 8^)

Hi! I was diagnosed with diabees in February 2012. I did not want medication, so my doctor gave me three months to see if I could lose weight on my own. My nutritionist pointed me to MFP, and I have lost 60 lbs. since the diagnosis, most of that because of MFP. I am now a controlled diabetic, my blood sugar is normal, and…

Graze.com (started in the UK, but now in the US, too) has a large variety of fun/different snacks that they mail to you weekly, bi-weekly, or other schedules; $5 for 4 snacks. I've been buying them for 3 or 4 months, every two weeks. They have sweet, savory, fiber, and/or low calorie choices.

Here's another "don't cut out bread, just lower the amount" vote. For your breakfast, try toasting your bread, then cutting it into 4 strips, especially if you like to dip it in the yolk. For sandwiches, use 1 piece of bread cut in half, then add the normal amount of meat/cheese/veg. Costco sells their own brand of skinny…

Love McD sausage egg mcmuffins and apple pies! Do not eat them often while on this weight loss journey, of course. Hadn't heard of THBQ, so I looked it up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tert-Butylhydroquinone. Yes, consuming 1 - 4 grams is dangerous, but it is only used 1 gram in 5,000 grams of oil. Anything will kill you…

Hi! I'm in northern California. Welcome to the US, Jessica. And welcome to you, too, virago! I will add you both as friends. Jessica, I'll have to pick you brain about things to do in Australia--we're starting to plan a trip there next spring.

In my experience, Europeans use weight (grams/pounds) for solids, while the US uses volume (teaspoons/cups), so many US homes don't have a scale. I use a free digital postal scale that I got from stamps.com; digital is the only way to go! 8^) Thanks for the tip about the scale from Harbor Freight that also uses grams; I…

My favorite is Dannon Oikos nonfat blueberry. I add toasted slivered almonds, flax meal, dried orange cranberries, and dried blueberries to it. Have to be careful at the store because some Dannon Oikos is 2% fat, like the coconut (not much flavor, by the way). Fage bugs me because I can't get all the fruit out of that…

I often think you need more carbs at breakfast, but that may not be true, depending on when/what you're snacking. My diary has room for morning, afternoon, and bedtime snacks. I usually don't snack in the morning, but I want to make sure I don't have all my snacks after dinner, either.

Wonderful! I have heard good things about e-meals, and I'm happy that it's working for you. I find that such services always use foods I'm not willing to eat. Fortunately, MFP has been working for me by itself.

Yellow freesias--beautiful and one of the sweetest scents there is. It was fun to see others' choices--I also love stargazer lilies, peonies, glads, roses, and carnations. 8^)

I bought myself a box of 5 See's truffle eggs for my Easter basket. Fortunately, I can pretty easily just eat one every day or two and make them fit into my diet. We haven't planned Easter dinner yet, but I think we're going to my son's house. My daughter-in-law makes yummy cakes and deviled eggs, so those are what I'll…

I like to do indexing, family history, and going to see my grandkids. I also catch up on e-mails and television--not exactly Sabbath activities, I know. Part of that getting better every day that Pres. Snow talked about! I do have a few rules for myself--no reading novels and no laundry.

I don't really regard MFP as a diet plan, but a tracking program. I've tried tracking on paper or in my day planner, but eventually, I get lazy and stop. For my diabetes, I needed to track my carbs & calories, asked my nutritionist about some sort of tool, and MFP is one of the three she suggested. MFP lets me track what I…

I got the Weight Watchers digital scale at Costco last year. It was under $30.

Ken's raspberry/walnut vinaigrette. Giraux (?) makes a delicious raspberry vinaigrette, too, but I don't know the nutrition facts on it. I don't use dressing a lot, either, but I love something sweet in my salad--mandarin oranges, candied walnuts, etc.

5 tablespoons? Yikes! I'm not a coffee drinker, but I put flavored creamers in my hot chocolate because the taste of sugar free hot choc is a little off-putting. I buy the single servings to control the amount. I have really cut down on hot choc because of the extra calories and carbs. I'm drinking more herbal tea with…

Weekdays: Blueberry Greek yogurt, dried orange cranberries, dried blueberries, & toasted almonds mixed together. This week, I alternated with Special K's breakfast sandwiches + sugar-free hot chocolate. Weekends: Blueberry Frosted Mini-wheats I don't eat eggs, bacon, & toast anymore--too much protein & carbs in one meal,…

1. Eat what you like, but in smaller portions. Most people cannot/will not give up "junk" food altogether, and to say "no carbs" is ot realistic, either. You can decide that you'd rather have 1 Oreo than have 3 tofu cakes--just an example, nothing against tofu! No matter what you eat, log it! I try to log most of the day…

My parents are both sensitive to aspartame (or say they are) and stopped using it years ago. Personally, I like the taste of Equal; I dip strawberries in it if there's no fruit dip around. It is very sweet, so I frequently only use a 1/2 packet in cereal, though I use a whole packet in my herbal tea. But in sodas, all the…

Fantastic! I'm so happy for you! :flowerforyou: I am 19 pounds from my goal. I have gone from size 20 to size 14, and the 14s were almost a suprise; I didn't think I was there yet. But it was comparing my face on my ID badge (with a wide double chin) to my face in the mirror (a narrow double chin) that really got my…

The nutritionist in my doctor's office told me not to count most veggies, either, but this was in connection with counting carbs for my diabetes. Guess she didn't want me to feel deprived of fruits and a little starch if I used all my carbs on veg.

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#3 and #7 most often, the others at times.

Almond milk is readily available in California. I like the chocolate and vanilla flavors. I like that it's shelf-stable until opened. I just bought a box of new almond/coconut milk blend but haven't tried it yet.

I've heard of King Cake, but never saw a picture of one before. Nothing like that on the West Coast. But if I was in the Big Easy, I'd have one, along with my beignets & pralines!