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Thanks Everyone!

jeez LotusAsh MEAN. I swear wtf is wrong with MFP'ers that they have to do THAT. Use your brain, seriously??????!!!!!! even if that is true why waste time saying it? you gain what, showing everybody how frickin smart you are? i see that all the time on here, it's just so LAME.

i'm not sure about other people, but I for one did not gain all the weight back, nor do i have ongoing weight loss issues now. I didn't know then what I know now and that being said, i would never do HCG again. it's just not healthy nor easy to maintain. and that makes sense, right? 500 calories is not realistic for…

I did it and it worked. but, i think it was because i ate 500 calories a day not because of the drops! it's too hard to maintain, i think. besides, i like food!

hey i'm from tacoma! i'd love a walk at chambers, that's my neighborhood! i'm at the Y but getting ready to join 24 hour fitness. would love to connect.

Heard that! I toss mine too. :) You'll get better at it, i think at first it's hard!

I found it very hard to find low calorie low carb foods that fill me up and don't blow my calorie goal for the day. but anyway; my favorites are chicken salad, egg salad, crack slaw, tilapia, quiche, meatloaf, cauliflower and broccoli cheese casserole, turkey taco meat, meatballs, spinach salad with turkey pastrami. celery…

what did you buy? would be easier to offer solutions if i saw your grocery receipt.

I just wanted to say that I've seen some of your posts on MFP and I think you come across so very nice, and your responses are very thoughtful. After reading some of the responses from some folks on here who are just rude and not helpful and snarky and 'rub it in your face' attitudes - it's so refreshing and I just want to…

LOVE IT! it's true!!!!!

honestly i've been doing this so long that MOST foods i have a general idea of what is accurate. i use that knowledge to find something relatively close and just use that. i track higher than i think just in case, and double check when need to verify. i'm pretty accurate usually and its way quicker than building a recipe.

good quality chocolate or an ice lolly (like a Fab or Solero) [/quote] what's an ice lolly? :) sounds fun!

you are so right! Thanks!

your advice stuck in my head and so i'm back to calorie counting and eating what i want and for the first time in weeks i feel great! on track with calories, cravings and best of all, HUNGER! vegies and treats are my thing, i guess. :)

we do this! and, i started making them do homework to earn extra snacks that are junk. win win!

hi chrissysue! i agree, there are some snarky folks on here it's a bummer. :( but listen, i agree with ajfuelling. you can do this because you know what to do! you know whats best all the time and need to get on your own bandwagon! you are beautiful and wonderful and need to remind yourself constantly why you deserve what…

me too! 5'0 need to lose 30 pounds!

omg i love you.

yea that's what they say. but they also say you DON'T. so, just looking for success stories. you know? putting my feelers out. just peepin. wondering what folks are up to.

well, i'm trying to do low carb. i think this is the reason why i'm craving. i'd like to *seriously* try this ketosis thing, i really want it to work. but i guess i'm one of those people that DOES NOT GET FULL eating fat. i have no idea what people mean by that!!! they are nuts i think. i'd rather eat 2 giant bowls of…

You need to eat more. Exercise more. And cut carbs. Eat more fat. bam, you'll lose it.

You can do it. Just cut out one bad food and replace it per week. Soda today, water tomorrow! And same with exercise. Just replace one day a week with an exercise day until you now have a habit! I think the key is tricking your brain into thinking you've done this your whole life. OF COURSE i work out everyday! Duh, when…

This was by far the best explanation I have run across and I THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been losing inches but not pounds and am really trying to turn this into my lifestyle. After reading several articles and not making progress like I wanted to, it occured to me I might not be eating enough. I'd read that you are supposed…