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3 (8 oz) glasses of water down so far this morning, but water has been my beverage of choice for years, so it's not going to be hard for me to do this today! I did have 8 oz. of milk on my shredded wheat this morning, but I count that as part of my food intake, since the shredded wheat absorbs it before it even hit my…

Excellent goal! I'm already 266 calories on my way this morning!

Oh! I thought we were all supposed to work on the same challenge, whatever our fearless leader has decided will be the week 1 challenge!

Do we know what the mini challenge is yet?

Ahhhh, if only I wasn't so honest! When I posted this earlier this week, I weighed in at 153 per above and that's what I posted as start weight on the chart, but when I weighed myself this morning (July 1) I weighed 151.5! The 4% goal hasn't changed much, I now need to lose 6 lbs. even (instead of 6.1) but instead of…

When it's really hot weather, I get up early and walk 2 miles (as briskly as the heat or coolness allows) around the neighborhood while the sun is still low enough not to start raising the temperature too much (it was 74 this morning). Then later in the day I do a half hour of combined cardio/strength exercise indoors in…

I used my home calculator to figure out the % weight. If you have a starting weight of 245, 4% of that is 9.8 lbs.

Hi! I'm hoping to lose 4% by the end of July, too! My weight as of this morning was 153 (which is what I put on the spreadsheet), but that could change up or down by Sunday morning weigh in, so I'll edit my starting numbers at that time. Currently that puts it at a 6.1 lb. goal to lose by the 31st of July. Hmmmm, that…

From what I understand, the only health "benefit" of carob over cocoa is that it has no caffeine in it and people who are allergic to chocolate can use it as a substitute when they have their chocolate cravings. When processed into the chocolate like coating or candy, carob contains about the same amount of fats, calories…

If you open your food diary so that we can see what makes up that 1300 calories per day you are eating, we might be able to give you advice. Without seeing it, the best advice I can give you is weigh and measure everything that goes in your mouth. It's very possible you are underestimating portion sizes, in which case you…

I've been reading some things that say if you eat junk foods (chocolate, chips, sweet things, salty things) when you are very hungry, you will have strong cravings for them at other times. If you eat them after a meal when you are more full, you will eat less of them because you are full and you won't have the strong…

For low calorie, low fat meat options, chicken breasts are a great option. Not the frozen prepackaged kind, because those are loaded with sodium solution. Get fresh chicken breasts from the grocery store, or ground chicken. Add your own sodium free/low sodium herbs and spices. Broil, pan fry, bake, grill, boil, however you…

My Summer Challenge week 4 results: Challenge SW 5/29: 158 Week 1 - 6/5: 157 Week 2 - 6/12: 155.5 Week 3 - 6/19: 153.5 Week 4 - 6/26: 152.5 (down 1 pound!) Challenge GW:143 (total 5.5 lbs. lost toward goal since start of challenge, 9.5 lbs. to go!) week 4 additional challenges: 1) Successfully ate in 6 of 7 days (took my…

I had two today! The first was at my gastroenterologist's office when he told me that because I've been doing so well with my weight, diet and exercise he was taking me off my 300mg bedtime dose of Zantac, and if I continue like this and the reflux stays at bay through August 1st, he'll take me off one of my two daily…

Up until my kids were about 6 & 8, their bedtime was 7pm. I did my exercises at about 8pm, after they were nicely tucked in bed. When I was little, and my mother used to exercise in the mornings with Jack LaLaine or Exercise with Gloria, before I was 3, Mom used to put me in the play pen in the same room so she could see…

and from another topic, you posted this: I know you said for us not to say "stop spending money", so I'm not going to say that, but I would strongly advise that if you are going to spend money, spend it where it will do you the most good, rather than where it is most convenient or entertaining. Okay, so let's start with…

I'm guessing it's a scoop of whipped butter

What everyone else said --Farm fresh eggs are best soft boiled, scrambled, poached or fried. If you really want to hard boil them, keep them in the refrigerator for at least a week or two before you boil them (which kind of defeats the purpose of getting farm fresh eggs), otherwise they are nearly impossible to peel. What…

You'll have to let us know if it was worth the time, effort and calories involved! I've had creamed chicken over waffles before, and that was good, but this just seems way too time and effort intensive!

You might get some good input if you ask your question at this website: http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common-Variable-Immunodeficiency/support-group

Have you talked to your doctor about exercises you are allowed to do, and the length of time you should do them? I seem to recall hearing that people with CVID are supposed to do very limited exercises, no more than 1 to 10 minutes per day because the exercise weakens the already compromised immunity system and could be…

Depending on what triggers your IBS, it can be tricky to deal with constipation, so you may have to experiment. Laxatives or suppositories can help for a once in awhile thing, but if it's an every day thing you need to look to your foods for help. If the constipation is a recent thing, it could also be connected with a…

I weigh myself every Monday morning, and I "check in" with that weight, when it's down and when it's up. As others have said, if you don't log the gains as well as the losses, you aren't being honest with yourself. And that whole denial thing is what got us into this pickle in the first place. Same goes for logging…

My husband and I are both on MFP. Proportionately, he's much thinner than I am, but in actual pounds we have the same amount of weight to lose. We started MFP at the same time. It makes it much easier to plan dinner with us both trying to lose, although his calorie goal is much higher than mine. He makes up the difference…

A gym is a private club that charges a membership fee and can choose who it wants as members. I have no problem with that. I think it's a wonderful idea to have gyms that cater to specific clientele, it gives people the option to go where they feel most comfortable working out.

I think the whole free refills thing never should have been started in the first place. It was originally just a big advertising gimmick to get people to come to their restaurant instead of others that didn't offer free refills. When all the restaurants started doing it, that lost effectiveness. If a person wants to drink…

Aberdeen, Scotland. I would have said Edinburgh, Scotland if it was for a week, but for just one day I'd pick Aberdeen, because I've never actually had a chance to explore that city, and it's where my great great grandfather was from.

I'm exactly 5'4", 153.5 pounds, 57 years old. I'm still set at a 1200 calorie daily goal, have been burning about 500 to 700 calories per day with exercise most days, and I do eat those calories, so I'm averaging around 1700-1800 calories that I eat each day. I'm losing between 1 to 2 pounds per week, and have consistently…

Yep, I have that happen all the time. Same with pull tabs that break off of the can without having even started to open it. Thank goodness most of the time I'm at home, in the kitchen, and have my handy dandy kitchen shears nearby. When I'm out somewhere and have that problem, I've been known to use my teeth (on the bags,…

I was 37 when I had my first son, and two months shy of 40 when I had my second son. I didn't get married until I was 35, which is why I waited so long (I'm of the "old fashioned" view that one should be married before having kids, and it took that long for me to find my Mr. Right). I think the ideal time to have children…