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Weigh and measure carefully, use the labels and bar codes as well as the recipe builders. Accuracy is key. "Also look for the database entries with no asterisk. You can find them easier by adding the word "raw" to your search." Thank you for this information! I hate digging through and end up using the enteries with…

L'Shanah Tovah!!!

Usually strong and black and fresh. I can't stand it if it has been sitting in the pot. I occasionally put some half and half in coffee to switch it up. I drink about 10 cups a day so no more then 1 or 2 with half and half.

Homework is a nightmare. My son in Kindergarten had to be read to or read 25 minutes per night, one math worksheet, one spelling sheet, one vocabulary sheet (you look at the word and circle what it means) and this all took at least an hour per night. Thankfully they would give the entire weeks worth at once, get it Monday…

Just last week a co worker asked me about my lifting. I told her how much I could deadlift and she told me that I needed to be careful because I could twist my overies????? She was dumfounded when I told her I was done with them anyway! LOLOLOLOL

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What a great question Sue!!! Your story is so inspiring! What did it for me was a series of several things. I had a stroke at the ripe old age of 44 years old. I was just over 220 lbs at the time and miserable at that weight. I had been "losing" off and on for a few years and just getting heavier. Anyway my blood pressure…

I had a small stroke two years ago, in the exam room when I went back to see him after being released from the hospital he said to me "If you want to see your son (he was 11) graduate from high school, you need to lose at least 50 lbs and you need to start now. My blood pressure was high and I was on two medications, my…

I'm 47 my husband is a very young and healthy 75. We got married when I was 27 and he was 54 and I have to say we have a very happy marriage, and three amazing kids (two biological kids, 12 and 17, and one adopted 17 year old) he is very involved with the kids and if you didn't know his age, you would never guess it from…

I weigh daily usually several times per day. Sadly the scale has played the up and down game for the past 10 weeks, but I haven't given up! You are definitely part of the reason Sue! You are such an inspiration and you didn't give up and neither will I

You are an inspiration and we thank you for showing us the way!

That is a huge deal, not just a big deal! WTG

I love tredmill users that make the noise. I time my elipital pace to it and always end up with a great workout! LOL I need people like you that way I have a beat to workout too. I do wear earbuds, but only one just for that reason.

Here's one for you, Bologna is called Jumbo in SW Pennsylvania where my husband is from. My first visit they had to have thought I was a complete idiot. My SIL asked if I wanted a fried jumbo sandwich, I said no just a regular sized one would be great. I'm from California. I say soda, sub and firefly, he says pop, hoagie…

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Leave, but since I am friends with and have gotten to know inevitable butterfly and the question is the person above, I would pick her up. She's okay and not a total stranger.

It's about living and practicing moderation. I had pizza tonight as well but instead of eating 4 slices like I used to, I ordered a small individual pizza, ate 1/2 and filled up on the salad that came with it. Now I have pizza and the rest of the salad for dinner tomorrow and only used 1/3 of my daily calories. Just make…

Wow, just wow!!! Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am 47 now and just yesterday when I got my hair cut, she commented that I had a few grey's starting to come in on the crown of my head. There were about 6 or 7 so I guess it's starting?

what I do is start with a salad full of veggies and either lemon or vinegar for dressing, so that my first plate is very low calorie. (for some reason I think I need to go back a few times so one plate won't work) My second trip I use the little tiny bit of what looks really good, maybe two or three bites of each thing and…

I have a 12 year old son with Asperger's and I understand the worry and stress. I also know you need to do this for you. When you have time for yourself, it makes you a better mother and better able to deal with the emotional and physical toll of dealing with Autism! Stay strong and keep doing what you have started.

My 16 year old daughter is a 34JJ and we tried all kinds of sports bras last year for her for PE, finally we found that the Wizard of Bra's (just google it) offers a line of sports bras that work great. She has since gone from 160 lbs to 120 lbs and her bra size is now a 34DDD so we still need to get her the specialty bras…

Purity in Death by JD Robb. I love to read and average 3 books a week.

I have to say coffee is a big YES! I don't function without it. I probably drink about 6 cups a day, usually black. Occasionally I put some half and half in it. It is my way of starting my day and ending it. I have a cup about 8PM and it is my brain's signal we are done eating for the night. If I don't have it, I can't…

I eat them, I just remove the skin. I can't think they would be bad for you. I just control the portion size to 4 or 6 oz per meal. Perfect "fast" food on a day I would have driven through a drive thru before.

It is a good motivator to get in more exercise! Thank you!

WOW, so amazing!!!

Grande iced coffee with half and half no sweetener about 50 calories. Or Venti iced green tea unsweetened, zero calories, and finally my usual is just a cup of hot black coffee.

Definitely going to try this!

A few people commented around the 40 lb mark but in the last few weeks everyone at work seems to notice and I have lost over 50 lbs now.