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I found an awesome greek yogurt based bleu cheese that is like 40 calories a serving.

There is nothing to cheat on. I am making healthier choices. I have days where I may go over my calorie limit, but I just chose to do so - maybe as a break and maybe because real life made it too inconvenient. And in the long run I am eating less on those days than I was almost all days before I started being healthy, so…

Seriously, if you are trying to choose between nutrition and alcohol, you just might have a problem with alcohol...

There's days where you obviously didn't log everything, I wonder how well you are actually logging? Also get some exercise! Sure you can lose it eating better - but getting out and moving some will make it that much faster!

Hard to choose - Rush and Dream Theater both put on awesome shows - they are so musically talented. Also Alice Cooper is an awesome showman. Many memorable ones - but probably Dream Theater doing all of Scenes from a Memory would rank #1. On a side note to the OP - Iron Maiden is the worst concert I've been to - but not…

I have a torn up Dark Tower game - but the tower still works...

Ketchup yes, syrup I have none in the house, but I wouldn't - my parents never did.

Does he know what your plan is for calories and how you are saving them for the evening? This sounds an aweful lot like a communication issue, not bullying.

I think the real issue here is that she doesn't want to stop eating. She figures if she eats nothing but fruits and veggies, but a ton if them, it will let her still gorge. Listen to what the good people have said and get discipline. Or don't. But get the appropriate nutrition either way.

I would avoid the fried rice, but other than that I don't think you can go too wrong.

Don't be embarassed about being healthy and losing weight! It is absolutely a good thing. Period. Once you get to that point, you'll figure out how to handle it.

If it took you 10 minutes to try a lettuce wrap, it's mostly not about taste, it's in your head. You just need to convince yourself that they are good. (I was going to make some smart *kitten* remark about my mom making me eat them - but I think hard truth is more useful). Just Do It ;)

My chemical engineering degree is fairly noncommittal. But my knowledge of genetic engineering plants tells me that there are very few of the people on this website who are not regularly eating genetically engineered vegetables and fruits (so long as they are actually eating vegetables and fruits).

This - I don't think he's being very supportive. I'd continue trying to communicate. Certainly bacon in veggies doesn't have to always happen.

Can't you take the dayquil / nyquil tablets? I believe they are calorie free.

WTG! That's awesome!

Even on a normal schedule I think this is an important point!

I made my own jerky for a while - flank steak, marinate with low sodium marinade - then dry in the oven at the lowest setting for a couple hours. Keeps in the fridge for a week or so and is a great protein snack. I've gone to getting the dried steak bits from Costco to save time, it's a bit more sodium - but much easier. I…

A little extra piercing here or there or a small tat is nice. Some sleeves / body tats are attractive - but IMHO should not become the norm for professionals. I guess I'm old school that way. I'm considering a tattoo - but it will be somewhere hidden by a casual short sleeve shirt to only show off when I want. I guess I'm…

Good luck! I believe in positive reinforcement. It sounds like he believes more in negative reinforcement. I think you will be better off if you continue to talk and work through it. Don't get discouraged!

Sorry, but dog behavioral problems are not always about being allowed to do something. Pure breed dogs are like royalty - there isn't enough gene mixing and eventually you get the bad genes together. If hou as a certified trainer can't and haven't been able to break the dog of this aggression, I doubt anybody will. I hope…

I use the blender. I make them with frozen fruit, so I almost have to - but I hate the fact that my Oster blender tends to have the fruit 'jam' - the blades are spinning but not moving the fruit. I have to pull the pitcher off and shake or stir it 2 or 3 times to blend up my 1 serving of fruit.

Why are you trying to lose weight at 5'1" and 113 lbs? That's a BMI below median for healthy. Eat your 1800 calories a day and exercise to tone...

If you read below, the riper a banana is, the more simple sugar you get instead of complex sugar. It's not necessarily 'bad' for you, but certainly it will give highs and lows for sugar levels rather than the normal smooth levels most other fruits give, especially as a banana is more yellow / brown. "Changes in Sugar…

Boil it, cool it and drink it. If you still can't stand the taste, it is absolutely all in your head. Water is tasteless. Perhaps you can't stand the phenomenon of drinking something tasteless - but you can't not like the taste of no taste.

It's all in your head.

If you drink 3 cups of coffee a day, brew a pot and add milk / cream and sugar, it will be much better for you.

This! I think you are amazingly beautiful, strong and resourceful! You also are talented artistically - something I have no chance of ever being. Hang in there!

I'll say good job logging when they have a crappy day - just because being honest about it is a good part of the battle.

90 crunches ;)