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HK are my initials, and UIUC is for where I went to school (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) and 99 is the year I graduated. :)
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I am giving up McDonalds and diet coke, and if you know me you know I love diet coke and I love Mcdonald's diet coke the most!
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wow! giving up facebook! that's a good one! I don't think I could make it more than 2 hours, hahaha
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I fasted today (Ash Wednesday) and fast on the other Holy Days (Good Friday, etc), and I don't eat meat on Fridays of lent. On the days that I fast, I usually only eat one meal that day (late afternoon or dinner) or two small meals that are equal to one meal. I try to drink a lot of water when I do fast although today I…
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I am not a health expert, but I always try to stay at or below the 1200 calories and I try to keep the sodium under whatever the value they give, and I for sure try to keep the fat way under what it says.... I don't mind if my fiber or protein go over. It seems to be working for me and I have lost weight each week. If I do…
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I am not allergic to gluten (that I know of) but my mother has Celiac so I can totally relate to the stories about finding foods and the going away party for the teacher with celiac...my mom goes through those situations all the time. We try very hard to find gluten free foods or recipes when we have her over or go to see…
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I find it easier to stay on track if I log the food before I eat it. Sometimes that isn't possible but I try to log as soon as I can after eating to stay on target.
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Is it too late to join? Haley: 4
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I think its a myth.... I saw this on a page when I googled "negative calorie foods" " The idea that certain foods could take more energy to digest them than they actually provide in and of themselves certainly took the diet industry by storm. The notion that you could eat from a list of "wonder foods" and not only not put…
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I tried Nutrisystem last summer and only got about 1.5 months worth of food...I didn't like the taste of most of it, and I realized that by looking at the food at the store and making smarter choices and planning meals better, i could have a much better meal making it myself. Even though you buy the meals, you still have…
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I agree with the other comment about keeping busy! I know that I get bored when I am home on my days off so I try to keep busy with laundry, cleaning, etc and that seems to keep me from eating too much. I know its easier said than done though! =)
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I have been trying to confirm entries that I see are accurate so we can have more confidence...I have only seen one mistake but I guess I don't look at them every time! I will start from now on!
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I got a new bike last summer but I had to invest in a better seat this summer! Well worth it....I rode about 15 miles yesterday and might need to invest in bike shorts with pads if I plan to do that every day!! :) Biking is fun!
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Hey Tammy, I am not that fond of VEGGIES either...but I started drinking V8 to help me get extra vegetable servings in my diet. You just have to watch out because there are calories in that so you have to watch that!
