tiffnkailey Member

true, and it just makes me more hungry.

Thank you so much for all the advice. More then I thought I would get. Really good advice. Most of my eating is never planned, and it is basically I'm hungry, grab something and go. I normally eat at home for breakfast on the weekdays. But lunch and dinner is always something. I have to bring a lunch to work, so most of…

Saturdays and sundays are a good day for me to work on cooking, preparing meals. Most of my family is aware of my lack of cooking skills. They have said they would help teach me a couple healthy meals, so I just need to make it a priority to schedule time to go over there and learn.

Yes!! I have noticed that. I usually buy the prepackaged baby carrots, and they are more expensive then regular carrots. Google will be my best friend in the coming months. :)

There's LESS chance of this happening then there is the likelihood that your daughter has health and/or body issues from being raised on fast food. I'm sorry. I don't mean to be harsh, but making healthy food choices, learning to cook TOGETHER, and instilling good habits now are your responsibility to yourself and your…

I've watched some of those videos. They are horrifying to watch. lol I should probably watch them before I decide to go to Mcdonalds. That way I will be too grossed out to go.

Most people are. It's a long story, something traumatic happened to me, and I was stuck mentally as a 16 year old for a long time. I didn't get out of that victim mentality till I was 27. I'm 30 now. So I have a ton of catching up to do. While most young girls are learning to cook/clean. etc I was on sucide watch. While…

I know how to cook speghetti. That was a huge milestone, and the first two times I tried I sucked and made a big mess with the hamburger. lol. Part of it is I don't know how to cook, part of I have a busy schedule, but most of it is fear. I have some crazy fears about cooking. I'm going to burn the apt down, I'm going to…

I got in a weird habit of eating a huge bowl of capt n crunch in the mornings. That stuff is like a drug. Prolly all the sugar. I have one serving left and then I'm out. So I won't be buying anymore of that.

I also got in a bad habit of eating a candy bar around 3:30pm. Kind of like a pick me up. So I got all kinds of bad habits I need to break.

I track iron, because I was anemic. I can change it to track sugar. Yet I probably will go crazy when I see how much sugar I intake. Since my eating was mostly fast food, I would have to rely on Coffee to keep me going during the day/night. So thats where the frappes came in. I am trying to eliminate those drinks now. I…

How do you keep your salads fresh? If I buy salad I usually keep it in the bag "closed" with a clip, but after a few days the lettuce is brown and soggy.

What are freezer meals for the crockpot? I have a crockpot but never cooked anything in it.

lol sweet tea is how the south got fat. Thank you for all the advice. Want2bthin, I will try that recipe. I bought the rolled oats, but didn't know what to put in it. Alot of my grocery money has went to fast food. So that would be key to my getting healthy, and helping my budget is to eat more at home, and learn to cook…

That is a big problem for me, and why I haven't stuck to losing weight, is that I don't cook/prepare food, so that's where all the processed foods come in. Plus I work full time, and part time in college, and a single mom. So most of our food is grabbing and going (hence fast food). Also my food stamps were cut, so right…

Ok thanks.

Thanks. :)

This is what mine said, which is a big difference then what mfp says. Your BMR is: 1994 CALORIES/DAY Your TDEE is: 2392 CALORIES/DAY. So which should I eat?

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UPDATE!! It was def all in my head. I was able to do 30 minutes of Hip Hop Abs dvd today. There was a bunch of times that I wanted to quit during it, but it was just my mind wanting to quit. Because my body wasn't used to doing exercising. I enjoyed the workout, it was fun. My body did hurt a little mostly in my back, and…

Glad I'm not the only one that has that feeling.

if you have exercise induced asthma, you need to go slower on your work outs. if you are a hot sweaty mess after five minutes, you are probably starting off way to strong. also, if you're doing cardio workouts indoors, try setting up a fan pointing at you. i do that when i'm on my bike trainer. and learn to tell yourself…

Oh, I didn't think about that. One of my worst ever workouts is the eliptical, I hate that machine with a passion. I do five minutes of it and I'm sweating and gasping for breath (I have athletes asthma). When I watch the biggest loser they make people bigger then me, work out a long time on those machines, and I heard on…

Thanks for the responses. Esjones, you are totally correct about the consistent sitting on the couch. I wasn't aware of how much I actually sat down all day, until I tried exercising, and making myself stand more. My body is like WHAT are you doing to me. lol. I have turbo fire, hip hop abs, and body gospel dvds, which I…

Wow, amazing.

Thanks, these are good suggestions.

I'm starting over and looking for new friends too.

Some I am totally new to whole foods, and organic foods. I also have food stamps, and am on a really tight budget. Does anyone have any food items, they know I can get at normal stores like publix, winn dixie, walmart, etc? Also I looked at the Daniel plan list and most of the foods I have no idea what they mean or how to…

Thanks... God has surprised me with some foods I would never have thought of. Apples with peanut butter are so yummy. And frozen grapes taste like popsicles. :)