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I use salad dressing regular or reduced fat.. not fat free. OR Make your Own. Penzey Spice company has a few great salad dressing bases that are easy to make. Instructions are right on the jar. I lover their ranch. http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeyssaladdressingbase.html

Great Article. Yes a bit long but still had to read it. Agree on her statements of - "Any public-health campaign to curb obesity would need to be graphic, to make real the unpleasant consequences of pleasurable excess eating." - I think it is not a bad idea. In the US, we need to quit subsidizing so much food that is used…

Putting on a pair of dress pants and they were lose! Great feeling!

What a fabulous job you have done for yourself. You look great and I bet you feel great as well! I love your kitty pictures.. I have a few of my own and they are wonderful. Thanks for sharing the progress pictures.. it is always great to see successes and know that if they can do it.. then I can do it as well!! I have done…

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Yes a challenge to stay motivated day in and day out.. as many have said, it is a life style change and therefore it is not just about motivation.. it is about making changes to your overall lifestyle for yourself. Over the past weekend, I ate crappy.. I felt bad about it.. but I am moving on.. Also my body told me I ate…

Best way for skinny recipes - Join Pinterest.. you can follow Skinny Taste and many of the other sites that people have mentioned. And you will see the pictures of those recipes while also obtaining the link. Then you can organize your recipes on various boards.. If you are not a part of Pinterest.. Join.. if you need an…

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Great Job on your progress and making the change for yourself! Thanks for sharing your story on MFP.. very inspirational. That is great that your wife has decided to do this with you. It helps to be doing this along with other friends, family, etc. Keep it up!

Great Results! I want to do this.. I just need to get myself in gear and do more lifting. Make the time! Did you follow any plan? book? I have purchased the lifting guide for women book.. just have read and follow it.. Once I get to it.. I know the lifting heavy will make a difference.. Great Job to you!

I dislike Apples.. all kinds... I have tried to eat them throughout the years and nope.. still do not like them..

One word "Penzeys" They are a spice company - They have quite a few blends that are good on veggies as well as meats, fish, poultry, soups, etc... Go to www.penzeys.com and request a catalog. OR do a store locator.. Not everywhere has as store but you can look. Cooking with various seasonings makes any "bland, boring"…

MMM yes, off the Grill with just Ketchup Or Cut them up and toss them in BBQ beans..

Fantastic Job! I read another post of yours a few months back and it is great to see how well you have continued to progress! Great Job on race and good luck on the marathon this fall!

Thanks for sharing your story! Inspiring.. I know lifting a bit more is what I need to do to sculpt things and you have shown how well that works.. Marking this story for future motivation :)

Great Success.. thank you for sharing. Keep it up and I know it will all work out for you!

Fantastic! You are doing great.. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!

I find that eating healthy it actually not more expensive. I spend less because I am eating the proper PORTION size. I don't need more because more will just go to waste. I use to stock up on sale items and other not so healthy options and use to spend more at the grocery store than I do now. I may spend a little more on…

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Sometimes chewing a piece of gum helps. Works for me some days when I think I need to eat more.

I don' t worry about it if the sugar comes from natural fruits. Just work on reducing the added sugars..

Take it one day at a time. There are great people on here.. Great Success Stories.. Send out requests for friends. I see many people who have related with you on this response. Request them to be your friend. It helps when others can relate or just even be there for support on a good day, a bad day, a so so day.. a real…

Hungover feeling - HYDRATE.. I agree... most of that feeling is due to the dehydration from alcohol. I drink and just log it and work it in. I may have 1 day a month, if I am lucky, in which I have one or two too many drinks but one day won't hurt.. Just track it and don't make it a daily occurrence. - Remember to enjoy…

Good Idea above to try.. I think I may look into that. I also like cream in my coffee. Use Coffemate Vanilla Caramel. - Have gone to the Sugar Free Coffemate - I don' t care for the sugar free as much.. fake sugar flavor, but I mix. I used 2 tsp of sugar-free then 1 tsp of non-sugar free. I would do this as a transition if…

Looked in the mirror and started to see the beginning of a Double Chin appear.. Crap

There are many more clean eaters out there .. I know I am not a perfect clean eater, but I strive to work towards it.. With that said.. shopping the perimeter of the grocery store helps you focus on clean eating. So many of the items in the middle are full of preservatives. One other thing I have read is if the food…

Yet another reason I need to focus more on my strength training. Great story! Thank you for the inspiration.. I am going to refer back to this story in the future for when I need another motivator.. You look great!! Thanks for sharing!

Welcome to Onederland.. Fabulous!! YOU are doing a great job.. keep it up.. The just feeling better is amazing and I am sure that has been a great motivator.. it has helped me and many others! Great Job and keep up the good work... You will achieve your goal.

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Not sure what your work is like but we started something at our work last spring and it is still going on! 4 of us got together and said, we are going to loose weight. A couple of us used weight watchers and a couple used MFP. So the idea came, each one of us cook lunch 1 day a week for 4 people. 4 days a week and you only…