jessebreanne

I am wild about Pillars Turkey pepperoni. Only 50 cal per stick. 2 sticks with a cup of tea is a perfect snack that will hold you for a couple hours! The new SunRype Just fruit & grains bar is also fantastic as the fruit plus seeds and grains are enough to hold you over with a tea or water :) 130 calories.

Absolutly drink low sodium club soda (does not taste salty at all, just make sure you don't get tonic water by mistake - yuck) with lemon or lime juice or 1 teaspoon of organic apple cider vinegar from the health food store (not the stuff from the grocery store as it is not the same product and really gross). I used to…

I love to eat, I love big portions. My strategy is 3-4 cups of frozen cauliflower/broccoli steamed with 1/2 to 1 cup of roasted garlic spaghetti sauce. It tastes awesome and you get that "super portion" feeling in your brain. I find that just the visual of small portions make me feel like I am still hungry even when I am…

My son and I both have a slow colon which is the worst, everything gets to a certain point in the bowel and then stops leaving you sick, sore, and no amount of fiber or exercise works. The doctor has put us both on a daily full dose of polyethylene glycol (peg) 3350 - oral (Golytely or Miralax) It is inert, your body does…

Look on the Mother Earth News web site, they have the perfect peanut butter recipe! I too am a peanut butter junkie and this recipe has a little sweet, a little salty, like the middle of a Reeses Peanut Butter cup. The best part is that is super healthy for me and my kids. The recipe calls for 1 pound of roasted peanuts in…

It can be really tough. I believe a lot of it has to do with your bodies digestion hormones. Read "YOU, on a diet" It has some great insight on how your body works and how to make it work for you. Good luck!…

Fantastic job!

This may be a silly question, but I couldn't find the amount of cheese to use anywhere on the recipe :( How much did you use to keep the calorie structure they laid out? Thank you.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/ This is my fav web site! You can sign up for the daily recipe too, it gets sent to your email. This site list Weight Watchers points on there recipes as well.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/14110-red-lentil-hummus The above link is to the best hummus recipe I have ever had. Plus it is super easy to make because it uses red lentils instead of garbonzo beans. Everything you need is right in the pantry :) Enjoy!

I, my self count it as water if it is herbal (no caffine) with no condiments. Celesial Seasons Bengal Spice is the only tea I like straight up. It has cinimon in it which is naturally sweet tasting, so good :)

I get that everytime I start a new diet cycle. I have been told that it is my body using my extra fat as fuel because I cut back on calories and work out. Apparently that is just what happens when I burn fat. I usually starts to go away after a couple weeks and my body becomes more effective at using it's new fuel source.…

You look fantastic, keep it up :)

Well last week I ate a little crazy but I did reach the weekly exercise goal :)

One word "CHIA" it's a super food with amazing fiber ratio's, protien and omegas. http://www.integratedhealth.com/hpdspec/chia.html I make crackers with them simply by adding water, onion powder, rosemary and garlc salt. Once the mixture has turned into a gel spread out on parchment or dehydrator sheet by the TBSP and bake…

EXCELLENT JOB!

Up'd my calories to 1500 from the 1200 MPF suggested for quickest loses and now I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER. I know it will take a little longer to get to my goal but now I don't feel like giving up because of starvation after all the exercise :)

You are just building a ton a muscle that equals out on the scale. AWESOME WORK!

I don't know if this will help you, but, from ALOT of experience I have found that I get that way because my body needs some extra fat to satiate it. As long as I have 1 cup of coffee w/1TBSP heavy cream or liquid whipping cream at my morning and afternoon snack time I kick my cravings butt! :) It's an extra 100 calories…

I'm in!

Awesome reply's everyone, THANK YOU!

You should always maintane a minimum of 1200 calories intake per day, that includes eating back your work out calories. This is because your body needs these just to run your vital organs, brain function etc.! Don't worry, you will still lose weight on 1200, but you might get sick, lethargic, and/or give up on eating an…

I bought the miracle noodles. Once you wash them VERY WELL so they don't stink like old beach, they are edible but definitly not worth the $ spent ($5 per bag = 1 portion in Canada).

Hugs, hugs, hugs! Some people don't know when to keep their mouth shut &/or feel that they are superior for whatever reason. I had the same experience with my former who told me I would be pretty if I would only put down the fork...... I was a size 6 and beautiful!!! Shake it off and tell your beloved that you are doing…

I have completed todays goal of burning 417 calories walking into town to watch my 3 year old play soccer :) My goal for the rest of the day is to stay at or under 1200 calories.

Do you have stairs? I will either do laps up and down the stairs or around my kitchen/dinning room like a track oval using a kitchen timer set for 10 min intervals. Every 10 min interval I can fit in I change direction. I can usually fit in an extra 3-6 10 min mini workouts per day while the kids are eating, playing or…

My name is Jesse. I am doing this challenge to up the motivation upon my return to MFP. I have decided for the most part to stop weighing myself and just go by how cloths fit to avoid the "spiral of shame" attached to not losing what I had hoped each week:) However, in the spirit of this challenge I will weight today…

I would like to participate! :)

I wish I had an answer for you :( I just wanted to let you know that I have the same thing and all my blood levels and tests are fine too. Everytime I diet and exercise I am lethargic and exhausted even with added iron supplements. Before I had my kids I lost 60lb and had to sleep 12-14 hours a day which only left enough…

A great snack that is low cal, low carb and fills the void is Pillars turkey pepperoni sticks, only 50 calories. They are also low fat, as I am doing the low carb thing but don't want to load up on saturated fat, I find these perfect :) Good luck all!