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She means lingerie. It took me a second read to get it. Babydoll lingerie. Yeah, I have mine all packed away in a box. Hopefully one day I can fit in them again. Otherwise, I probably wasted a small fortune.

Eat back your exercize calories. It seems counterintuitive but you need those cals. If you eat too little calories you won't lose the weight.

I had Mirena after my son was born because the hormone levels are lower and it didn't effect my breastfeeding. I liked it and I didn't have any problems on it. I lost 5lbs when I started myfitnesspal and I was on Mirena at the time so I don't think it hindered my weight loss. I never had spotting and I didn't have any…

I am a notorious cheater. I eat well all day and then nighttime comes. It's my only time to relax because my 16 month old is in bed and my husband usually goes to watch TV in the bedroom. So I can hang out in the living room, watch what I want to watch and for me that goes hand in hand with snacking. Like last night, I…

We are huge fans of this cereal in our house. As long as it's in moderation, I think it's fine. I think it makes a great breakfast or chocolatey snack. And compared to other cereals, it doesn't have any more calories. Just stick to the serving size.

I eat my calories because I don't want my body to kick into starvation mode. It's not a challenge for me to eat them all. I have managed to lose weight still eating my calories.

I love the 100 calorie Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies. Stay away from the 100 Calorie Chips Ahoy. They are absolutely nasty and the smell alone is enough to kill any craving. Maybe that's not such a bad thing! I haven't bought any of the snack packs in a while but I love them. Also, if you have an Aldi by you, Aldi makes 100…

The recipe calculator on Spark People is fantastic. I use it all the time!

Could you try and hang out at times that aren't during meal times? You said you hang out for lunch. Perhaps you could pick a different time to hang out. Or if you meet for lunch, perhaps you could pick the place. Then you could plan ahead for the day, have a lighter breakfast, a lighter dinner and accomodate the extra…

Hang in there. I feel badly for you. My foster mom found out she was allergic to corn when she was in her late 40's. She suffered asthma her whole life and turns out she wasn't asthmatic, she was constantly having reactions to the corn in her diet, because it's in everything! I am so sorry for you. I recently learned that…

Go to sparkpeople.com and there is an exercise calculator. You can choose shoveling snow and it will calculate the calories burned based on your weight and height and time done. Then you can go to exercise and add it as your own exercise. For me I put it in as a cardio exercise and now everytime I shovel, I choose it and…

I am the same way. I can do an intense workout for 40 minutes to an hour on the treadmill and not break a single sweat. I was the same in high school and I ran track and field. I would run my miles and everyone else would be drenched and I was dry. My husband does the same workout as me and looks like he worked out in a…

When I was breastfeeding my son I upped my calories daily by 500 calories. I then added breastfeeding as an exercise. I estimated that I fed him about 8 times in a 24 hour period for about 15 minutes at a time. So I added breastfeeding as an exercise and put in that every 120 minutes, I would burn 500 calories. Then when…

I just posted this site for the person who asked how many calories were burned during snow shoveling. I also throw in pilates to mix it up. I have the Crunch: Pick your spot pilates DVD. It's abs, buns, thighs, and then total body pilates. I also have a great pilates DVD, Power Zone; Mind, Body, and Soul from Denise Austin…

It is a workout and it burns major calories! I did a web search and came across this link. http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calories_burned.asp?exercise=85 You can put in your weight and the minutes you worked out and it will calculate how many calories you burned. I just put in a generic 60 minutes to start. I have now…

When I breastfed my son, I added it as an personal exercise. I added breastfeeding and put in that for, I think I figured 8 fifteen minute feedings a day. So for total minutes I put in 120 minutes and total calories burned I put in 500 calories because that is what I read online. If you exclusively breastfeed, which I did,…

kingnatalie's response made me think of that too. I added breastfeeding as an exercise. I put in 500 calories and for the time I put in about how many minutes a day I would spend breastfeeding. Then when I would breastfeed my son I would click "breastfeeding" which I had saved under My Exercises and then put in the amount…

I breastfed my son until he was a year old. I had read that for breastfeeding women who are trying to lose weight, you should not go below 1800 calories. So perhaps your calorie intake is too low and your body has slowed your metabolism to accomodate. I am just guessing. And mom2bkm is right. You need to eat back your…

Thanks for posting this. Before I had my son, I started at Curves. My mother and sister were doing it and they were seeing results so I hoped I would as well. Well I lost weight initially but after about week 4, nothing happened. Then I started to gain weight and after several months, had lost nothing. And my biggest…

That's so funny that I found this post. I was just looking in the mirror thinking that my double chin is shrinking! Yay!!

So I was looking around and found your group. I am not currently pregnant but we are thinking of trying. I have a 15 month old son and we would like to start trying next month for number two. I was my heaviest weight ever right before I got pregnant with my son and I know I used my pregnancy as a way to shirk of…

Good luck to you Jane and welcome to the site. Over the holidays my mother-in-law came to visit and of course she can't come without food. I had made a batch of sugar cookies because I figured she'd want something sweet. Well she came and packed a whole variety of unhealthy food, like homemade mac and cheese and fried…

I don't think you should beat yourself up. We all go through times in our lives when we may eat poorly. I guess the pressure your ED has on you though makes it ten times workse for you though. You have to take it one day at a time. And I guess if you have a profession helping you with the ED talk to him or her. You have to…

At Blockbuster they sell seasoning. I like the White Cheddar or the Caramel. The Caramel has 5 calories per serving. It makes the popcorn a sweet treat. The Cheddar has 2 calories. They both have 0 fat. Love it! It's Kernel seasonings.

I eat my exercize calories. The way I understand it is the 1200 you get to start with is what your body needs to function if you sit around and do nothing all day. So when you work out, you need extra calories. So I eat them. I have commented on this several times but I hit a plateau since August. I upped my calories and…

I am just jumping back on the wagon. Yesterday I ate well every meal and then dinner came. We were asked out to the movies and to dinner and we ended up at a burger joint where basically anything you ordered was a cardiac arrest on a plate. So today, I am getting back in gear. I am just not going to let my whole week go…

A good friend of mine is doing Alli. She says she has lost weight using it but that's because you have to really watch your fat intake or yes, you might think it's just gas and find a surprise. Ewww! Every since she told me that I have refused to try it.

The way I understand it is that the 1400 calories calculated when you start out are the calories needed for your body to function if you sat around and did noting all day. If you run and burn 300 calories, you need to eat those calories to make up the difference. If you don't you may have results in the beginning but…

Thank you Siobhan. It is my son. He's 14 months now. And I am glad to hear that upping the cals works. BTW, you are only the second person I know with the name Siobhan. I love that name! I looked at it when I was pregnant and considered it if we had a girl. I am a social worker and had a client with the name. It was the…

I am assuming that as you get more fit, your body gets more accustomed to the exercize that you do and therefore your heart rate isn't as fast as it was the first time you got on the treadmill so you burn less calories. And blueeyeddragon2 has a point. If you are carrying around less weight, you burn less too. I have a ton…