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Sounds yummy! I have never liked chickpeas, but I do like hummus. Recently, I made some spicy chickpeas from allrecipes.com and ate them like popcorn. Liked them so much, that I bought 2 more cans to make more.

Didn't know (or maybe remember) that there was such a group! I did a search for "LDS" or "Mormon" a few months back and met Kris (and another young woman who posts very little), but I don't think I found this group. Welcome, Dee! There are some great people offering lots of encouragement on MFP. I love the idea of a group…

:smile: I only go to Melting Pot for the cheese fondue and dessert fondue, and sometimes a salad in between. The meat course is defintely not worth the price, and it all ends up tasting the same. But the price for the other 2 or 3 courses isn't that bad, especially when it is an occasional thing. My friends and I like to…

No, it doesn't bother me. It's still a struggle, no matter what. My sis-in-law and her daughter both got a lapband at the same time several years ago. Sis has kept the weight off by exercising, changing diet, etc. Niece has gained a lot of the weight back. I see her make good choices when the family is all together, but I…

Hi, I'm 56. I've lost 56 lbs since I was diagnosed with diabetes last February; that's when I decided that losing weight would be a great idea. I did NOT want to go on medication--needles? Yuck! I guess I just needed the right motivation. This Web site has been a great motivation/inspiration for me. I eat a lot more veg…

I'm 5'4", and people started noticing at about 30 lbs. LIke someone above said, it was probably when I started wearing some tighter-fitting jeans, at least at work. Most people said they'd noticed sooner but didn't want to say anything. And one dear old lady at church this last Sunday asked me how I was feeling. I said I…

$5,000 in one of those be-the-100th-caller in a national radio contest. Also won free airfare to Hawaii from a local baseball team contest. At the time, that was worth about $1,200.

Larger portions. No more 16+ oz glasses of milk, 4 or 5 cookies at a sitting, etc. I do eat less fast food than I used to, but I don't feel like I've given it up. Except when I drive past McD and pass up the 2 for $3 Sausage McMuffins with egg! On vacation in August, I got a regular Egg McMuffin; I didn't enjoy it at all.…

You go, girl! I, too, went below 180 lbs finally this weekend. I still have 30 lbs to go, but right now 179.5 is wonderful!

I just copied the recipe - love pecans & cranberries! Thank you.

They used to have chocolate-covered Twinkies, called Choc-o-diles - YUM! Twinkies used to be really good when the cream in the center was different. But the cream tastes funny now, so I don't buy them anymore. Little Debbie cakes take their place, but they're a once or twice a year treat. Like at least one previous poster…

I'm a morning & bedtime weigher. But I know I can handle small fluctuations due to water weight, heavy calorie days, etc. If I got depressed about gains, I'd weight once a week. I recommend that for anyone new. I got a digital scale a few months ago and I love seeing even a tiny loss like 0.1 lbs!

As to water, I started drinking more becausewhen I started donating blood every 2 months. My blood used to go so slowly it was in danger of not getting enough for a viable donation in the alloted time. I always drank a lot at restaurants, so I finally figured out that I like it very cold with lots of ice. I bought an…

And you don't put in every ingredient, like spices, water, etc., that don't have calories or are negligible. Might want to list salt if you're tracking your sodium.

Awesome! I did it myself a couple of months ago, and it's a great feeling!

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I'll be 56 in November. I've lost 30 lbs since I started using this Web site; I'd lost 11 lbs before that. Be sure to check out "Settings" so you can adapt the food diary the way you want it; for instance, I added morning, afternoon, and bedtime snacks, and sodium. Good luck to you! Happy to have another friend.

I like Benefiber. I use the bulk powder at home and the individual packets at work.

Sounds really yummy!

Congratulations!

The Beach Boys at Cal Expo Amphitheater, probably in the early 1980s, in my early 20s. My sis-in-law took me and my husband.

Sounds yummy - and easy! Thanks for the recipe.