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This is my experience with my FT4 as well... one of the data screens shows target zone and where your current heart rate falls.

Too late for last night's party, but some other things to consider trying: Traditionally one sucks the juices out of the crawfish head. Skip that part to drop the sodium a little. Note that mushrooms have not precious much in terms of calories, so you might could fill some belly space with more of those. However, they are…

I have an FT4. Audible alarms for low or high heart rates are user configurable. Turn off or on at your pleasure. FT4 also tells you summary data about time "in zone" like a previous poster mentioned for the FT7. Another feature I haven't heard others describe and which is present on both models is an automated "night…

So 3.5 pounds in 3 weeks is a little over a pound a week. You only set out to lose about 20 pounds. If you could steadily lose at the same rate, you'd be at goal in about 16 more weeks... before May. Sounds terrific to me!

I joined MFP because my husband was on here and the meals we were planning together were causing me to start losing weight without trying. Seeing him make an effort for himself and choose a method that seemed soundly based (eating real foods, being aware of what he was eating, beginning to exercise fairly regularly)…

ACK!! This at an even older job, circa 1985. It was how we loaded the daily data processing programs. The service guys who came out to repair the punch card reader when it (frequently) broke down had literally been brought back out of retirement by IBM just to keep the dinosaurs running!

Or my favorite, Zork. "It is dark here. You walk straight into the jaws of a slavering grue. *** You have died. *** *** You have died. *** *** You have died. ***" The strangest part? I have copies of both of these games on 3.5" floppy disks sitting on my desk right now.

Okay, even more "good grief"! I had a job where one of our DEC systems actually booted from one of those giant floppies. That was in the early 90's. I believe I sold that machine as scrap to a company that extracted precious metals (like gold) from old computing equipment.

Good grief! I had that exact set as a kid!

I personally choose to count only plain water. I also drink coffee, tea (hot, iced, caffeinated, decaf), a few diet sodas (almost all decaf) a week, and the occasional glass of wine or mixed drink. Even rarer are fruit juices (too many calories for me to want to spend them this way) or milk. By keeping track of my water I…

I am with Witchy on this. Don't think so much about the long term goal. It will just loom hugely in front of you, particularly when you have a bad run of days. Make a series of small intermittent goals and push hard to make those. As you succeed they will reinforce your feeling that this IS doable. You can map out a whole…

You look terrific! And it looks like you have a lot of good times in a lot of fun places with your sister. Here's to more hiking!

Congratulations! I had angelfish lay eggs in one of my tanks once or twice but never managed to raise babies. We raised guppies, swordtails, mollies, and even kribensis, but no angels. Let us know how it goes!

Fun idea! I find I start to feel frumpy even looking at clothing catalogs. First, I know I need better catalogs. And then I think when I start to buy new warm weather clothes (which I WILL need), I need to get a slimmer friend to go be my eyes because I have a hard time getting my mental image of myself and how a…

Swedish Red Cabbage. It's one of those Germanic type cabbage recipes. A little sweet and a little tangy. Goes well with pork meats (chops, roast, hams) or roast turkey. Serve with one of those and a small baked sweet potato. Mmmm... Recipe at: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Swedish-Red-Cabbage-2806 I can't…

After "disgusting" and "surgical bulimia" this ^^^ was my next thought. Why in the world would anyone take on the risks here? What ethical practitioner would perform such a procedure for someone seeking solely to lose weight? Ulceration and infection of the port site and in a major organ? Does anyone really believe that a…

Yep! I have always tended to feel warmer than others around me any time of year, even when I was only modestly overweight. I started MFP in mid-July. Dropped more than 50 pounds before Christmas. And once it got truly winter cold around here I have just not been warm much at all. Many times I'm uncomfortably chilly. I even…

All the junk collected by this thread aside, sounds like one could know all that is necessary about it by reading the first post, the OP's profile, and the OP's last post. Mostly, the first few responders called it... trolling (see quote above). So, garbage in, garbage out. Next, OP has been to the US before... rode in a…

We make a weekly dinner menu and may plan some weekend breakfast/brunch meals. Though we may move a meal from one day to another, we stick to it pretty closely. We like a variety of cuisines and the only way we can guarantee that we'll have all of the ingredients for what we might want to make is to plan the menu and make…

We all have our own beliefs/pet peeves/problems to address. OP thinks Splenda is a poison, yet drinks Diet Coke sweetened with aspartame. My point of view is that Splenda tastes better to me and doesn't give me violent headaches or intestinal distress. Aspartame, at least in any real quantity, does exactly those things to…

I think it's terrific that you are making changes to support your health! I'm all for avoiding medication by healthier living to begin with. I'm currently taking an ARB blood pressure medication but hope to be able to come off of it by the time I have my physical this year. That said, I'd like to second what another poster…

Might try this... I skip steel cut oats some mornings because I don't have the time to wait for them to cook. I keep meaning to just cook some up to reheat in the mornings, but I forget by the time dinner is cooked, eaten, and cleaned up after. But I'll have to find a smaller crock pot first! My regular one is HUGE!

Try browsing the recipe database at CookingLight.com or SkinnyTaste.com to help generate meal ideas. We find that the CookingLight site has recipes that are controlled calorie but flavorful. We had a chili from their site tonight. My husband and I cook many of our dinners together. If you would like to friend me my diary…

We've been talking about this at work a couple of days this week. One of our staff has just returned from her maternity leave for twin boys. We work in healthcare... specifically at a women's hospital. While none of the people in my department are lactation consultants, we are very friendly with the dietician/nutrition…

What an awesome loss and a great commitment to hanging on to and even improving the change! You look TERRIFIC! The close clipped haircut looks great on you too. Keeper changes all around! Congratulations!

Cold Smoked Salmon, 2oz - 100 cal Sabra Hummus - 3 or 4 varieties are 2 Tbsp for 70 calories and taste yummy on that celery. Raw red bell pepper strips Lean deli ham, I don't recall the serving weight, but 70 cal per serving. I like it with cantaloupe cubes. Butter lettuce leaves... make lettuce wraps using these, a bit of…

Really awesome progress! You look so happy and confident. It's great what knowing you're doing something good for yourself can do beyond the goal on which you're focused. Keep smiling... the smile is looking better on you all of the time!

Mono in high school. I had been mildly to moderately sick for weeks, seen the doctor several times, but they couldn't diagnose. So one day I'm at school and feeling *terrible* all day. Awful headache (but then I had migraines back then), pain in my neck (literally), and increasingly stiff neck, shoulders, and upper back.…

You forgot to mention the collard greens with vinegar pepper sauce!

We have made the following Cooking Light recipe before: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/smoky-shrimp-chicken-gumbo-50400000116793/ It wasn't the best gumbo I've ever had, but it was enjoyable and I'd make it again. I'd say with our cooking style that it is likely that we played with the amounts of spices until we liked…