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Slice hothouse cucumber thiny and add equal parts sushi wine vinegar and water. Add some fresh or dry dill. Let sit while you are making dinner. Irresistible, and fat free. Cucumbers are apparently quite good for protecting the blood brain barrier!

I have only lost four pounds, but today my blood pressure has gone down to 100/60 and even lower. Sometimes it's not all about the scale. I have to see my doctor tomorrow to get advice on dropping my blood pressure medicines safely. This is a great improvement in health! Open your diary and post your height for more info.…

No one can give you tips unless you post your height, goal weight, and open your diary.

I love to cook. Everyone eats what I cook. I plan what I want to. The men just eat larger portions of it, for example, I will take a half cup of rice and the fellas can have a cup. Everyone should be eating the same things you are eating. If you are making a casserole or dish from scratch, create it as a meal or as a…

Are you supposed to eat those soy supplements, or high biologic value protein (meat, fish eggs)?

Sounds good and you gotta love that calorie count!

I procrastinated for a long time, until my sister in law got stage 4 colon cancer. She too, did not get a colonoscopy done in time. She was 52 when diagnosed, and died about 2-3 years after. I put it off because I was afraid of being hungry. Let me reassure everyone that you can eat plenty of chicken broth and gelatin and…

Nice job boys!

I suggest yall do the calorie count on that before eating because 8 tablespoons of flour has too many calories for one serving.

I would stop tracking sugar as it is a useless number and start tracking calcium for a while so you can be sure that you are getting 100% of the RDA. Did you know that you can also scan your vitamins? Another advantage to walking is that access to Vitamin D through sunlight and the exercise will help you maintain the…

Yes, I once lost 40 pounds that way. Take the baby with you into the bathroom. Never leave a toddler unattended. Taking walks with the stroller is an excellent idea. If you are impatient, it will help speed your weight loss. Are you nursing? That's important to know. Send me a friend request if you like! Ruth

I bought this one and I love it. Measures in small increments too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032TNPOE/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i01

Check out this link and it will perhaps be motivating for you. When I found out how high my risk of stroke was, it was a good motivator. http://www.heart.org/beatyourrisk/en_US/main.html I have had to conclude that even though I ate pretty good meals, I destroyed all that good nutrition by eating cheetos, cookies, and too…

Measure your ice cream on a scale! And then add a whole cup of freshly sliced strawberries or fruit to it. And a whole banana if you want, they're good carbs. Drizzle with fat free chocolate syrup. Fat free whipped cream, 5 cals a tablespoon.

You are lucky they are small. Keep them that way. Do you think Shakira wants a boob job? !!!!!!

Try tracking your intake for a few weeks. You could easily be getting more than you realize. You need those complex carbs so go ahead and enjoy them in the range suggested by MFP.

I agree with Irish cream. In looking over your diary, you only eat about one fruit or vegetable per day. More of your carbs should be coming from fruits (about two a day) than from grains. You should eat at least two vegetables a day, and a big salad. Without eating these foods you are not protecting yourself against…

Follow the MFP ranges for carbs, fats, and proteins. I usually stay a little under the carbs, and sometiimes higher on fats, almost always a little over on proteins. Following the ranges usually results in good nutritional balance.

I'm thinking that you could be double counting your exercise. If you tell MFP that you have a moderate level of activity, and you do a moderate level of activity, you don't need to log the exercise unless you do something unusual like run a marathon. If you like logging exercise, set your activity to sedentary, then log…

Thank you Peachy! I didn't know that! But I'm glad we both agree she needs to gain!

Yes, your public health department should have food assistance programs (food stamps) and nutrition counseling for free. Also contact hunters for the hungry. That would be a good source of red meat. We love venison and my husband is a hunter, he donates to hunters for the hungry.

Yes, you should stop and try to wait a few months before getting pregnant. Also increase your intake of folates and find out about good pre-pregnancy nutrition. The first few months of pregnancy are really important because that is the period when spina bifida occurs so it is important you start preparing without becoming…

Did you say you weigh 110 pounds? You should weight at least 121 at 5'7" so you need to gain weight. If you want to lose weight and you weigh ten pounds less than that, I am worried that you are still suffering from an eating disorder. For you to continue dieting at your weight will cause you health problems. It is vitally…

Eat two fruits, 2 vegetables, and 1 salad a day. I see you are eating none of these foods. They are vitally important to your health and most of them take more calories to digest than they contain. So I suggest you increase your calories and start adding those items to your diet and try to get to more like 1400. You can…

Any liquid counts towards your fluid intake, so if you like coffee, tea, diet soda, that's all good. Perhaps you're already drinking those things too.

I'm going to experiment soon with a banana mug cake from frozen bananas.

Hi Dex, it's good you got it all out. There are definitely two sides and it's good to hear from the 130 pounders also. . . it's good for them to want to keep that in control, because if they don't, their metabolism will slow a little each year and they will slowly end up like us, it's the easiest thing in the world to gain…

Next time ask what the dishes are called, all kinds of exotic stuff in in the database . . .sometimes many different versions.

I'll bet your blood pressure has improved with all that weight gone, so you are handling the heat better! When my blood pressure is high, I feel hot. Nice work!

2 fruits, 3 vegetables a day (of which at least one veg is a salad). These protect against cancer and contain fiber. Exercise (at least walking) for 30 minutes five days a week or some form of cardio, it doesn't need to be killer. Weight training too for the saggy stuff. Do not do just weight training and skip the walking.…