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I think that my Hy-Vee has that same system. There may be other stores adopting it, too. You can check it all out at the following address: www.nuval.com

I hate vanity sizing. I mean, it's all well and good that you feel good about yourself over a certain number, but say you have a pair of jeans or something from 10-15 years ago that you thought you looked really HOT in when you wore them. Say they were even a size 8 or 9 or something--nothing too outrageous. You find…

Good for you with the water!!! :drinker: Cheers and here's to flushing out the fat!!! :drinker: :drinker: :smile:

Maybe we should start a "Depo Stinks" thread! :laugh:

...or, once at allrecipes.com, you can do a search based on ingredients (at the very top of the webpage, click on the word "ingredients"). Then do the search based on ingredients desired (I put in "flour" because it wouldn't let me search without it) and ingredients not wanted--in this case, eggs. The important thing to…

Go to allrecipes.com. Look up the following in the search box at the top of the webpage: Grandma's Eggless, Butterless, Milkless Cake It has 124 reviews and has received 4 1/2 stars (out of 5). It is a chocolate cake, if you like that kind of thing... Hope this might work for you! Cheers, Deborah

Well, I don't know if this kills my appetite as much as it makes me pause before I grab some of the plentiful junk food that seems to be all around the workplace, but here goes: I had braces on my lower teeth for about a year and was also fitted with an upper retainer. When the lower braces came off, I was fitted with a…

Don't forget to drink gallons (well, maybe that'd be too much-water intoxication can be deadly, you know) of water :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: --you probably consumed about 10000 mg (which would be 10 grams) of sodium! Flush that stuff out! ...and then move on! :flowerforyou:

I took Depo a long time ago and it's why I'm here now! I ended up gaining about 15 lbs, went off (no BF, no relationship, etc) and then went back on (new BF) and gained another 20 lbs!!! I stopped taking it because I'd be completely wiped out for the remainder of the day after the shot and then would drag for the next two…

Aw, they're so cute! And they look well-behaved, too. Unlike my little beasties (naughty puppy was whining all yesterday afternoon/evening and this morning, too! :grumble: ). I'll work on getting some more pics up of my pups. ...as far as the 5K thing goes, I like llmgold11's idea. I looked at the couch to 5K program the…

Good luck checking out the course and thanks for the compliment on the two doggies you see here. :blushing: I have two more that are not online ...yet. Just think about the 5K being something that you probably wouldn't even have thought of doing a year ago and here you are--just participating!!! That's HUGE and I hope that…

Do you know what route your 5K will be taking? If so, perhaps you could go "walk the course" (which is something we'd do in cross country in high school prior to running the race) and see the terrain, etc. Then, perhaps you could even "train" on the course and know where you can walk and where you can run. Hope this helps!…

My solution for my shakes is to ensure I only drink coffee with a meal and to pretty much stick to herbal tea as a hot drink and water as a not-so-hot drink. It works--usually. And, if I wait it out, the shakes usually go away within 10-15 minutes. It's just hard sometimes not to become a human garbage can in that time…

You may also want to check with your doctor or a nutritionist about getting some calcium--especially when drinking coffee. I'm not sure how it would react with Chantix (hence the conversation with your doc), but I think that calcium is a stress mineral (i.e., it gets sucked up and taken away when you're stressed) and may…

You know, my hubby is a SAHD (but we have 3 dogs and no kids--it's not necessarily easy, though!) and he eats tons of carbs. Maybe there's something in the whole staying at home thing that makes a person crave carbs. Although he's always been a carb fiend. Are you drinking lots of water? :drinker: That can help make you…

Remember to drink lots & lots & lots of water!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: It makes me feel like it's just flushing all that nasty fat right out of me! (Now, I know that fat doesn't get "washed out"--the cells shrink--but it's kind of a neat visual for me :smile: ).

That's similar to my trick to keep from eating throughout the day... I had braces on my teeth that were removed about a year ago and now I have to wear retainers for 12 hours a day (apparently, that's the case whenever you have braces removed--who knew?). Anyway, I had been wearing them at night so that I would have a…

I thought it was nice, because I'll be traveling out to Colorado in a couple of weeks and wanted to make sure I could find places to eat that wouldn't break my calorie budget!

Hi All, I'm somewhat new here, so I don't know if this has ever been posted. However, it could help many of us out when we want to dine out. I read in Women's Day magazine today that if you go to www.healthydiningfinder.com, you can input a zip code and it will show you healthy choices for going out to eat. I went there…

I had a spinal fusion about 3 years ago--no more running for me! However, I walk like a madwoman. :tongue: I totally agree with strengthening your core. But DON'T DO CRUNCHES!!!! My spinal PT told me to never do them again. There are many more core exercises that are better. My problem with core exercises was that they…

A small motivation that works for me when I'm wavering is asking myself, "do you want to be 150 lbs or 140 lbs?" You can obviously insert whatever 10-lb window you're in for this question. I think it works even if your ultimate goal is lots of lbs lost. When confronted with a choice ("do I really *have* to work out…

The MOST accurate way to find out how many calories you're burning is to have your exercise metabolic rate tested while you're actually exercising. It's not something that's all over the place, though. I was fortunate to have found this feature at a gym I used to attend. The test is performed on a treadmill (or bike, or…

DM is a truly awesome group and David Gahan's voice is the closest thing to warm chocolate without the calories that I've ever heard! ...and they are spectacular in concert. Lucky me--I got to live every year in the 80s! And I've seen DM more than once live. ...I believe they are on tour (or will be on tour) soon. Thanks…

I just did this. Go to your ticker to get the code (it's the top one for the forum--the bottom one is for html). Copy the code, then go to settings (it's on the "My Home" tab). Click on the "change forum signature" and paste in the code you just copied. Then post something and see if it worked. Viola!

If you like sweet and coconut, try the "Irish Potato Candies" from allrecipes. com. There's no potatoes in them, but they really do look like potatos (that's why I made them). You can make them with cinnamon (as the recipe suggests) or cocoa powder (as some of the reviewers suggested). The folks at my work LOVED them (they…

This may sound crazy, but are you eating enough calories? If your resting metabolic rate says you need 1400 calories a day and you eat fewer, then you may end up gaining weight--your body goes into starvation mode. Finding your actual *true* RMR is not necessarily super-easy. There are many tools online, but the best way…

My great aunt called this "herman". You can find other recipes to use with the starter on allrecipes (as BxMom has mentioned). I have made dinner rolls, pancakes, and many types of sweet breads with it. It's easier to make it lighter--just sub applesauce for oil, use whole wheat flour, etc. The good thing about this is the…