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The reality is that most people are overweight due in part to not being accountable to themselves. Yes, it can be frustrating to see that in other people, but you have to just let it go and concentrate on yourself instead, and stay positive in your thoughts. I'm going to tell you a little story about a job I once had. It…

So, in comparison, it would only take about 2.5 hours of kissing to lose a pound. Sounds way more enjoyable than 12 hrs of ping-pong.

Thanks. I'll so some research, and try to find a starting point without hurting myself in the process. We are very limited where I live for any sort of workout options. I'll sort of have to piece this together on my own. The Zumba class is one of the few options that is nearby.

Too funny! :) They all look up at this, (being that they were still in the bow pose), slowly turn to one another, and then run screaming and flailing their hands in the air. Bob runs the other way in hopes that he can once again escape the evil...... thoughts that swirl in his head, when what he really should be thinking…

I got too hungry, and then ate a whole day's worth of food at once. 12" subway veggie sandwich, and giant handfuls of animal cookies. I'm within my calories, but definitely did not nourish my body properly during the day. I will work harder on keeping my foods spaced out during the day. I feel pretty dumb about not paying…

Thanks SHBoss. Your information is right along the lines of what I have been thinking about. I've always just lost the extra pounds before, if needed, and not worried about exercising so much. But now I'm starting to really rethink that attitude. At 57 years, 5'6" and 130 pounds, when I look at myself in the mirror (scans…

Huh?? Are you calling me a dead horse?? Who are you to do that? You just don't understand horses.

I log food to one day, until bed. [I often stay up late, but don't really eat late, so I guess it is not that much of a problem for me to figure out.] So, I guess I'd say to log up until bedtime as "one day". But, if you go to bed at 4am, and eat a snack right before that .... well, logging is the least of your problems!…

To the original poster, yes those teens can be a challenge. But, we've had all those "pre-teen years" to get toughened up for the job as the parent of a teen. Whew.

I posted a while ago that needing to drink 8 glasses of water per day is a myth. Here is the link to that thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/78813-needing-8-glasses-of-water-a-day-a-myth If you head to that thread, get ready for some lively discussion.

I feel that the best advice for teenagers is, leave home now while you still know everything. :laugh:

Oh man is that the truth! I"m 57, and would never have dreamed that the body could morph so much with age. It almost makes me afraid of what the next decade will bring. :noway:

I like that, a simple way to put a straighforward idea.:smile:

How true. We all need to make educated choices. LIfe is full of choices. For example, I'd eat a plate full of some of the flavors of Lean Cuisine before I'd eat a bowl full of yogurt made from GELATIN. We all have our limits and our personal choices on what lines we will cross. I don't eat beef, pork, nor gelatin (google…

a humble nun.

Check out the exercise tab, to see how many calories you will burn for certain exercises (or google). For example, jogging in place for one hour (@ 150 lbs) uses 544 calories per hour. That is about 9 calories per minute. So, in this example, jogging in place for five minutes would burn 45 calories. It is really handy to…

The basic fact about weight loss (or gain) is that it is based upon math. 3,500 calories adds up to 1 pound. This applies whether they are food calories coming in (by eating), or calories going out (burned by the body in day to day life, and exercise). If you eat 3,500 calories more than your body needs, you will put on…

Are you ever so right!! Without some "evidence based" evaluation, it is a scam artists dreamworld on the internet. You know what, I even have a suspicion that a few of the MFP posters are paid to do promotion of certain products, or they sell the products themselves. So, I try to look at the history of a poster, and see…

they all wondered if it was a case of "nose candy", which is well known to be illegal.

the group ran as fast as they could to outpace the police who where chasing them with marshmellow-firing guns, kaboom kaboom splat, a marshmellow went right up the nose of one of the runners, which made the entire group AND the police stop and stare because ....

Wow! Collectively, we have done some damage to the "control" factor of dieting. :tongue: But is is sooooo interesting how many of us have immediately spotted our problem, and could easily make some "plans for the future" to not have a repeat. For example, someone had an icecream treat that they would have rather not added…

Check out the recent discussion on MFP regarding this topic: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/75183-hcg-diet Here is what I wrote then, and I still have the same opinion: This injection diet has been around since I was in college, if not before, and I am 57. My lady boss used to give herself a daily injection before…

You made me smile, yes, a doughnut is definitely elegible as something to fess up to. Anyone else brave enough to post theirs?

Nice tips, which help when giving an opinion on how to improve eating habits. :smile:

If you are trying to stay within a low calorie range, then Lean Cuisine offers many low calorie choices. They also have some low sodium choices, if that is a concern for you. I think that if eating Lean Cuisine meals helps you to control your calories, and thus lose weight, then it is a reasonable choice. Heck, I drink…

marshmellows, which just bounce right off you, unless one of the flying marshmellows hits you in the ...

(RE: "Also I don't have the greatest eating habits"). I think you can change your settings to allow everyone to see your food log. That might enable others to help spot problem areas. Meanwhile, if you think medications are an issue, then you need to talk to your doctor about it, before taking any online advice that might…

But the gang ( having learned to fear nothing after their little stint in the jailhouse) decided that they'd do best to escape from the influence of onions so they hailed a taxi that was driving by and jumped in, with an order to the taxi driver to take them to the nearest ....

It is 1:30 am here in Hawaii. Tomorrow I will take care of my cat, that just came home from the vets and needs some TLC. I will work a bit on some paperwork in prep for income taxes. I will bug my son to do some homework. I will thaw out a frozen turkey breast (fully cooked) and make something for dinner with it. My washer…

One good thing about the internet, if someone is able to "google", they can research 100's of sites and learn many different view points. Meanwhile, I'm one to go to science based sources first, and then to alternative sources second in order to start forming an educated opionion. I do try to not berate others for their…