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I don't really use them. If I was going to bake or something...I would use regular sugar as I hate the taste of the fake stuff.

I put in either fruit like blackberries or strawberries or just some honey.

I think it would be amazing with some balsamic covered strawberries. :)

I'm not sure if you did it right either...but yay! Adding any fruit to that?!

I kind of consider fast food to even include like Chipotle...and subway. I live in DC and so I don't really do chains because there are so many other places to choose from! So when I go out to a restaurant or something its hard to know what the calorie count is. I feel like it would be somewhat easier to eat at…

Omg. I don't think I've had a pop tart in maybe 15 years? Not since HS at least! Now I kinda want one! Thanks! ;)

Thanks Ruth! Yes, I too take the vitamin D3 from Cholecalciferol as its supposed to be the better form to take.

will do! My mom also gave me some of hers to try months and months ago that were gel types sourced from Lanolin but they did it as well. :( I will try another brand and hopefully that will be the difference!!!

Oh and I plan on biking to work about 2 hours round trip twice a week so that should give me my much needed vitamin D for at least the next few months!!

It definitely could be the brand. I'm usually pretty picky with my vitamins and only buy them from WF or a health food store, but I bought this one (nature's bounty) because it was gluten and soy free and I was not eating those at the time. It wasn't the same brand that I was taking last year that also seemed to cause the…

wow! "Chocolate covered Katie" looks like a great website. Thanks for sharing!!

pretty similar for me too! I want egg and cheese on a croissant or something else greasy and good!

Im 5'8" CW/SW - 152; GW 135. 33 years old too! I haven't gone through all the pages, but there you were! :)

Ok great! When I went to a nutritionist years ago, she said I wasn't getting enough protein so I thought it was strange that I was blowing the protein number out of the water on here after just breakfast and lunch! I will tinker with the settings in the goal structure.

ahh! Yes, that makes complete sense. I did not realize that! No wonder the TDEE numbers were much higher.

thanks guys! I looked up two different TDEE calculators and got 2200 calories and about 1900 for the other one. Im thinking I will try and go with 2000 calories for right now. The funny thing is I am exceeding my protein (according to MFP) so I don't know why the protein isn't making me feel fuller. I will check out the…

I feel the same! I too am 5'8" and I HATE my stomach...and Ive had no kids so I have no excuse! I would like to get down to around 135 as well and get into a bikini this summer!

I'm 5'8" and the downright shrimp of this group! haha! All my workout pants look like high-waters on me! :( I will have to take a look at Victoria's secret!!

I think you said it started before the multi-vitamin came into play but I was having this problem a couple months ago and finally realized it was because of the Vitamin D I was taking. Once I cut back on the dosage (doc recommended 4000 IU) I was regular again. Sometimes its just your body reacting to new vitamins or…

omg me too! I don't know what it is, but I am always hungry. I ate an asian chicken wrap about 2 hours ago that was enormous and I'm hungry again. I just don't get it.

yeah, I wonder what the ingredients are in something like that? I would say...they probably have a lot of crap in them. Not sure though!!

congrats on the steps you are taking! You sound like you are on your way to losing weight. So the only thing I can grasp that is hindering you so far...is your binge eating. you say you do this every few days or so? Most of what you said you binge on is sugar or carbs so like another poster said...if its every few days, it…

I like to cut them in half and then put them on a baking pan and drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar on them. You bake them and they get all crispy and delicious.

I have some City Sports athletic pants and yoga pants as well as t-shirts I love as well as some UA and Nike pants from there or from ****'s sporting Goods. I also have a pair of pants I love from target. Just depends!

I don't know about Gap and Old Navy, but Anne Taylor Loft definitely is guilty of this! I was always a medium in their shirts and now I am a small. I am the same size. Last year I bought a spring skirt there in a size 2. I could have gotten the 0. There is no way I am even close to that size! Usually an 8 in skirts.

I commute about 3 hours a day to work so on top of working 8 hours I was struggling to find time to get a work out in. By the time I made my 90 drive home in the evenings I was too tired for anything but dinner and the couch. I noticed that my energy was at its highest right in the middle of the day, so now I try to leave…

I notice it with high fiber foods like a salad or beans. I got Beano to help with that and to take before eating those types of foods but it doesnt really seem to help too much. Im looking for a good digestive enzyme to help with digesting these veggies and beans so the gas can stop! Also Im making sure to take a probiotic…