8kidsmom

Where in the Constitution does the government get the power to tax that? Or 95% of the other stuff they tax for that matter!?!:explode:

I am a stay at home mom as well, I have 8 children, 7 still at home. I understand what you mean, I am always fixing food for my family, and a nibble here and a nibble there have not helped my waist line at all. My children range in ages 2-13, and one 20 year old. I don't know how I gained weight chasing kids around all…

I did not read all the replies, so forgive me if this is a repeat. Make sure you are eating real food, not low fat, low cal stuff. That stuff is generally not healthy. If you consume dairy, get whole milk, get dairy products made with whole milk. Use real butter, coconut oil, eat nuts, ect. Healthy food is real food, and…

I didn't know you could make a smoothie without a banana! LOL I do it either way, but frozen is WAY better. You can freeze them in the peel, then just run it under hot water and peel it with a knife, takes 30 seconds. HTH

Great visual, 40 sticks! That makes me feel better! LOL

GREAT IDEAS! Thanks for posting...

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I did not read all of the replies so someone may have already said this, but with a 5 week old you need to be eating 500+ calories extra daily. I would not compromise my milk supply for any amount of weight. Having nursed 7 of my 8 children I never had to try to loose the baby weight, by 6-8 months it was off IF I was…

I do not know if exercising makes the milk taste off, but my toddler too is not asking when he wakes up either now that you mention it. How drastically has you diet changed, could the milk taste different b/c of a diet change? Maybe they are just busy, or we taste sweaty or something! LOL Mine only nurses when he wakes up…

I have 360 calories left for today, and I am not hungry. They are basically my exercise calories, are you saying I should eat them? I am confused about this since I am not hungry.....

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Yeah, I just got done logging for today, I am only 770 calories over! But that is how I used to eat everyday, plus more because I still only drank water today! Every time I do this I say next week I am NOT doing this, but I do it again the very next time! :o/

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lol, wouldn't that be like buttermilk? blech

I have researched nutrition for many years now, and while I agree with some of the information presented in the movie, I felt there was a defiant slant. I think that the meat and dairy, in most cases, that we eat is not processed in a way that produces health. I prefer raw milk, meat raised on green grass with clean air…

Use a tape measure too :happy:

Yes, this is right. I wouldn't eat a spoonful of it, but you can, not sure why you would unless you have parasites. It is true you get some if you store it with your food, the purpose of mixing it with your wheat and rice is to kill the eggs and bugs which may be in there.

I am not a breakfast eater either, but what I found works for me is this: Green smoothie, 1 cup orange juice 1 frozen banana 5 cups of spinach 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt blend the oj and the spinach first, then add the other stuff, that way the spinach gets all chopped up. You can add vanilla, I make it with less oj now…

My everyday smoothie is: 1/2 c orange juice, fresh is best, 1/2 c plain yogurt, 1 frozen banana and 5 cups spinach, 1/2 tsp. vanilla. I also all 1 TBSP of spirulina powder. Very green, but you can increase the fruit and decrease the green if you like. As far as juice, carrot, apple, celery juice is very good.

exactly this

I don't know if God is against it or not. My point was because animals do it does not mean I would. People are different from animals because of creation. (according to the bible anyway) If your reason for doing it is b/c the animals do it, then that just wouldn't work for me. Sounds pretty gross to me!

No, I would not do it. I have heard of it, and agree mammals do eat theirs. However, some of them also eat their young when they die, so I do not think that is a good enough reason. People are created in the image of God, so that makes us different than the animals. I have heard that this helps with ppd and has other…

breastfeeding

I betcha that the same thing would happen to them here!

I get what you are asking. I have realized that I was racking up a bunch of calories with my dairy. I have not switched from whole milk, b/c I am one of those crazy nuts who only drinks whole milk, preferably raw. But, I have sure had to drink a lot less of it because a little packs on the calories. I do like almond and…

I agree

my ranch dressing doesn't have sugar.....

Yes, think the trap I feel into is it is good for me, so I can eat however much. I didn't think about eating a spoonful of granola on greek yogurt. I have also read that eating coconut oil will help with weight loss, and it very well may, but you still have to stay within the bounds of calorie intake for that to work. ;-0,…

Same here!

I take Nature's Sunshine stuff because I am very satisfied with the quality. I have been pregnant or nursing for the last 14 years of my life, so my situation may be a little different, but I take a prenatal multi- vitamin, fish oil, liquid cal-mag and pro-biotics. I thought about switching to flax seed oil, but I don't…