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LMAO...AMEN!

THANK YOU! A touchdown or base hit is equivalent to sticking a landing or completing a difficult move. The judging in gymnastics is how the "players" earn points and IMO is no different from earning a goal based on instant replay--someone has to see it and judge it as acceptable. And swimming is basically a race, no…

Can't believe I did it! Total for July = 150.58 (walking, jogging, cycling). I'm in for August! Great motivator! Congrats to everyone! Whether you reached 100 or not, you accepted the challenge and you worked at it! :drinker:

I'm sorry that happened to you. There's no way around it, that is just hurtful. It happened to me years ago, long before I actually got "fat." I was a teacher in my late 20's at the time and at 5'3" I weighed125 --not great, but certainly not fat! A skinny little mother of one of my students just casually asked one day…

Best advice I've ever seen on MFP. Could not have said it better.

Sounds delicious! I've never used Laughing Cow in a quiche, but it sounds awesome!:drinker:

Feel free to add me if you wish! I'll even still be your friend when your *kitten* isn't fat anymore! ;) :flowerforyou:

We discovered a restaurant that serves some delicious GF cakes, including one that's Vegan, but in general our local GF bakery is crap. We discovered the Hodgson's Mill mixes and LOVE them! The ones I tried (yellow and chocolate) also don't have soy in them which is key for us since my husband is also allergic to soy.

40.49 + ... July 12: 13.22 (cycling) July 14: 3.48 (walking) July 15: 15.29 + 8.10 (cycling) July 16: 2.09 (walking) July 18: 3.95 (walking) July 19: 2.52 (walking) ...somewhere along the way I must have added wrong, because Endomondo has me at 95.37 for July, plus the 5.58 I logged on MapMyRun comes to 100.94!!! Woo hoo!…

I don't bake them, but I have broiled them. They get nice a brown on top and cook quickly. I don't usually add butter, but I'll put a little olive oil on them prior to broiling. When done I squeeze lemon on them.

What a great article! I actually teared up a little! It makes me feel so much better for doing what I do, and so much less guilty for not doing more! I like my routine. It makes me happy, it makes me feel good physically and mentally, and it never feels like WORK! It's nice to be validated, to know that is enough! Thanks…

^^I don't use the scale because it weighs almost nothing. I pack it lightly or just eyeball it. I more accurately measure the items I add like tomatoes and carrots, dressing, etc., but not the lettuce.

Congratulations on getting started! With regard to eating better, I really didn't need motivation as much as I just needed to get back to the healthy habits I had abandoned. I made that transition fairly easily. It was the exercise and fitness part of a healthy lifestyle that I struggled to adopt. I was so discouraged when…

July 11: 4.31 (cycling) + 1.54 (walking) = 5.85 mi. Total so far = 40.49...almost 1/2 way there! :bigsmile:

July 1: 13.3 mi. cycling July 2: 3.5 mi. walking July 5: 12.26 mi. cycling July 9: 5.58 mi. walking I'd better get busy! :embarassed:

I'm in! I'll have to look back and see what I've done so far this month! This will help motivate me to ride more often! :drinker:

Thanks! I didn't realize they had ones with removable handles. I wonder if you can shorten them with those so that you can use them while walking. If so that would be great!

Thanks! I saw those on Amazon. They got good reviews!

Very helpful article! Thanks! I didn't know what to call the ones you could use while walking (don't have to step on). It looks like they are CIRCULAR BANDS or FIGURE EIGHT BANDS. I'll try putting that into Amazon and see what comes up. Maybe there's a YouTube video showing how to use them. :happy:

True, but you are riding that real bike now! ;) I have those kinds of resistance bands and never use them because like you said I have to stand on them or wrap them around something. Years ago I took an aerobics class that used these giant rubber band things, like rubber loops. I can't remember what we did with them, but I…

I wonder if this is true for all locations. I called California Pizza Kitchen (Dallas, TX) last week to see if they offered GF pizza and was told that they had tried it "but it didn't work." She apologized and was very nice, and I appreciated that she was honest. We went Picasso's instead and it was fine. They had GF crust…

This is exactly what I do. I just measure to be sure I'm using a tablespoon or two, depending on the size of the salad. I never liked fat free dressings. The salad itself has very few calories, so I figure I can afford 70-110 calories of dressing I actually enjoy.

Welcome and congratulations on your lifestyle change! Your story sounds similar to the way I was when I started MFP back in March. I am against the whole concept of "dieting" (after years of being a slave to it). I didn't take any before pictures and didn't really even have any goals when I first started MFP. When I joined…

Hello from (East) Dallas, and CONGRATULATIONS! You have made some GREAT progress! Good luck on your continued success! :flowerforyou: Feel free to send friend request if you'd like!

From a recovered bulemic: Food is not evil. What we do with it sometimes is.

That is a HUGE NSV! Congratulations! It shows that you have made a shift in awareness and thinking, not just a change in habits. Bravo! :flowerforyou:

YUM! I have a pot of mint growing in the back yard. I love having a new recipe to use it in! Thanks!:drinker:

It sounds to me that the issue is not that your are NOT losing weight. It's that you are not losing as much as you want, as fast as you want. 3 lbs lost is 3 lbs lost, either way you look at it. Is it frustrating as hell to work that hard and not lose more than that? Yes, I have no doubt that it is. But the fact is you're…

I love the majority of the list, but I also respectfully disagree about clean eating. True that you don't "need" to eat clean--you can eat McDonald's fries and chicken nuggets every day and survive and probably lose weight. Doesn't mean it's great for your overall health, but you can do what you want. Just depends on your…

I have been off sucralose/Splenda for over a year and not only have I lost weight since going off it (I now use Sweet n Low or Agave and on occasion refined sugar or sugar in the raw ), I also no longer have joint and muscle pain in my legs. I have read since going off it that it has some weird effects on some people,…