CaitlinW19 Member

A few times a year I quit caffine cold turkey. For what I've seen, your reaction depends on how much caffine your body is used to, mainly, though I'm sure there are other factors. I get headaches for about 3 days, mostly in the evening. Then I'm fine. Many people have it a lot worse and say it takes them a few weeks to…

Agree, don't talk about it if you don't have to. I get that you might be in situations where it's bound to get noticed that you aren't eating the free lunch or whatever it might be, so it situations where you might need to explain yourself, don't tell people you are trying to "loose weight". You are trying to attain a more…

Love it! I've actually never made it into peanut butter though. Lol. I throw it in smoothies some times but my favorite way to use it is in baking. I make a lot of low cal muffins and cookies that are awesome and PB2 gives me another way to spice them up flavor wise while keeping the calories lower. Just had a PB2 muffin…

I did weight watchers several years ago (prior to points plus) and really liked it. 80% of people that loose weight gain it back in with any method of loosing weight, so the fact that weigh watchers banks on that isn't really due to anything but the individual. It is no magic pill. Here's what I liked about it...fad diets…

Making juices can be great and very tasty. Find some recipes to start with but the key is you should try to keep it mostly veggie based. I know this sounds weird, but trust me, it's very important. The general rule I've heard is each juice should be about 80% veg juice and about 20% fruit. A little bit of the fruit juice…

Make healthy fish tacos. Yum. Oh and Skinnytaste.com has an amazing Coconut Thai Tilapia recipe. It's a favorite in my house and everyone I've ever made it for says it tastes like it's from a restaurant and request the recipe.

Thanks for this! Just got my fitbit yesterday and I've been searching a good part of the day for some answers to what is going on. (doesn't seem right that I should get 60 exercise calories first thing in the morning when all I've done is get up, go to the bathroom and go back and forth between the kitchen and the couch…

I adjusted my goal to just lose 1 lb a week and my daily calories were uped from 1200 to 1340. Many days this relatively small increase in my calorie allowance has left me with the wiggle room to have some snacks I enjoy, which often includes a measured glass of wine. I try to do some light exercise everyday (walking) and…

My boyfriend and I have done a juice cleanse. We both really liked it. Yes, your body cleanses it's self naturally, but in consuming all your calories in juice form your body doesn't have to work so hard to digest stuff. This is where I found the benefit. I notice better regularity and other digestive benefits both during…

I've heard it helps to find something else to do with your hands, like knitting. If it's really an issue, think of something you can do...might even be taking care of a chore like shinning your shoes, folding laundry...whatever. Personally, I allow myself a healthy snack and carefully measure out just one serving into a…

I have a desk job also. I hate the gym, I've made a few small changes in my day that I think have greatly added up. First, I keep a big refillable water bottle (32 oz) at my desk and sip sip sip all day long. I drink 3 of these during the work day. Makes me have to use the bathroom about once an hour :-) but that gets me…

I add it into my eggs as I cook them. Fruit salads are also fantastic with grapes, apples, pecans, strawberries and a bit of cinnimon.

I've done something similar too...so those greek yogurt cups with the fruit/honey are delicious, but have you ever really looked at the nutrition label? Yikes! they have a crazy amount of sugar. What I've done to spice up plain greek yogurt is add a bit of low sugar preserves or jam. It was lower calorie too if I remember…

With all that support, this may be a given already, but do you have an understanding of your personal Basic Metobolic Rate (BMR)? This is the aproximate number of calories your body burns if you did absolutly nothing but lie in bed all day and be alive. There are plenty of online calulators to help you get an idea of what…

Great idea! I've been wishing I had a way to share this info with my boyfriend as well. So far I've only been able to give him the number of calories and he just does a quick add calories. Unfortunatly, it makes his stats look funny as far as getting enough fruits and veg, protein and those kinds of things. We aren't even…

You are an inspiration. :-) Weight loss is hard, no matter if it's 200 pounds or 20. It's challenge no matter where you are comming from, but I do have to say I'm especially impressed with individuals such as yourself because I just have to imagine those things we start to notice as we loose weight (a more pronounced…

I haven't done much with stevia (or similar) but I do sub butter and oil for applesauce or greek yogurt. I have been really thrilled with the use of these ingredients in baked goods. The yogurt gives me more protein in my day and a more filling treat and the applesauce does fabulous things for moisture in cookies, muffins,…

Well said!

I eat light string cheese. It takes me a while to eat it, so that helps me feel like it's more substantial. I also love laughing cow and crackers. Cabot reduced fat cheese (sold in block form only from what I've seen) are SOOO good if you enjoy fine cheese. Their RF sharp cheddar really has great flavor and doesn't taste…

Try to remember too, you put on the extra weight over time and it will take time to lose it. 5 lbs is a really good start and a really good month.

http://www.emilybites.com/2011/01/deep-dish-pizza-casserole.html I made this deep dish pizza "casserole" for the super bowl and it was a huge hit. I will make again for sure. I subed the ground beef for 12 oz. cooked turkey sausage for a more traditional pizza feel. The comment from others who weren't watching their…

I once shaved only 1 leg before a trip to the gyno. :laugh: That was embarassing. I am pretty sure that's the only time I've ever done that, but I can't remember for sure.

I know, sad right? But at the same time, I look at it as, we are probably the ones that are most likely to reach our goals out of those 105. After this 8 weeks, I'm thinking of starting a "forever fit club" or something and including those of you that have been dilegent about checking in here. The idea being that weekly…

Thanks for reaching out everyone! I'm excited to have you like-minded people to go through this journey with.

Stiegl's beer garden in Salzburg, Austria. Mmm. Wish I was there right now. Oh wait...it's 9 AM...yeah I still wish I was there right now.

Sounds like a great plan. I would suggest that you encourage the positive comments though and not brush them off or pretend the accomplishments don't exsist. Just a thought. It's really only the negatives you are trying to get rid of, so I don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to graciously accept any compliments she…

I can relate to this on a smaller scale...my mother has been obese most of her life now and has, in my eyes, always been very critical of my weight. I asked her not to make comments about it and, though I don't think it was ever close to the level of which you are dealing with, they comments would return. I don't remember…

Bicycle shops usually have it. They might call it 'Dog control spray.' Expect that the irresponsible loser dog owners will be REALLY MAD that you maced their furbaby. But that's better than some dog perforating your jogging shorts and degloving your leg. [/quote] This may be true, but as a dog owner who knows and cares…

Emilybites.com Deep Dish Sloppy Joe Casserole. Mmmmm. So excited.

My college roomate had a pretty severe iron deficiency. Her MD instructed her to eat Smart Start Cereal, so i'm assuming that is good for low iron (she hated the pills too). She would have some over ice cream sometimes instead of with milk or dry.