DiveGal

Hey Brooke, I also forgot one thing.... www.recipe.com LOTS of great recipes!

A lot of other posters made the points I would make except one. I personally believe that all those processed diet meals made it harder for me to lose weight. Even though you haven't had much cooking experience, try more fresh foods. It doesn't mean you have to cook them. Plenty of fresh veggies & fruit don't require…

I would love to have some friends on here. My workout buddies and my husband are my best motivators. I had not thought about opening up my diet to everyone's scrutiny though. It does make me feel a bit vulerable, but I see several people posting their's is open so I'll give it a try. Worst thing that could happen is I make…

You need veggies too, regardless of whether you are trying to lose weight or just eat healthy. Sigh......college students.....you give them books and teach them to read, and all they do is eat the covers! LOL!! If your schedule is that tight, make a standard list and all you will have to do is check what you need for that…

Hi, I have a couple of suggestions based only on my weight loss issues, so please don't think I'm saying this should work for everyone. I'm now 54 so I also have trouble keeping my metabolism up enough to lose weight, and I started taking thyroid meds in the last 2 years. Add to that, I'm working my way to menopause with…

Hi Mtate914, First let me say, I feel your pain! Some of us are in a place in our lives that make it more difficult to lose weight as fast as we used to. I, for example, am now 51 and if someone had told me that the older I get, the harder it is to lose weight, I might have started sooner! :ohwell: Is it possible that…

I know you don't think so, but eventually you CAN get used to it. I HATED it and now I can't drink enough. They probably wish I would stop here at work because some days I'm running to the bathroom every hour! But I have to get it in early in the day so I'm not up all night too! Tea and flavored waters are not a substitute…

Hi. This might not be what you are looking for, but we recently smoked a turkey and after it had cooled, my husband used the food processor to grind it up and made turkey salad for sandwiches. It has an awesome smoke flavor. Wouldn't have thought it, but I really like it. Can be used with salad too, kind of like you might…

Hi Kim, I personally have been weighing myself every day. But that can be detrimental if you worry too much about the little ups and downs. The experts say once a week and I have just recently promised myself to try that or at least only weigh twice a week. Once I have lost my weight (she says with conviction - LOL!) I…

I am new here as well. Started Friday and, hopefully I don't jinx myself, have lost about 5 lbs. Never have had that kind of result before, but then I've never stuck as closely to a calorie count before either. I decided that I was going to go back to WW's online, but someone told me about this site and how awesome the…

Hi Arielle, I'm not sure what specifically would go with black eyed peas as far as soup goes, but you might try Recipes.com or Recipe.com - they have a recipe for everything. Regarding HOW to cook it from scratch, I have only made soup from uncooked beans such as great northern or navy beans and they are, as I said,…