kermiefan

I'm vegetarian-but not for weight loss reasons. I gained weight because I was so carb-heavy in my diet.

Nuts are also a good way to increase the calorie count and they are soooo good for you, too! :glasses:

My butt aches sometimes too, but, when I look in the mirror after all of this time, it's still flat as a board. Sometimes I think that fighting with genetics is pointless.......... :sad:

I have the opposite. My mother's ex husband used to call it the shovel butt--meaning flat butt. (I inherited it from her--he never called me that-he used to call her that) I have been doing so many butt exercises for over 6 months and still have nothing to show for it. I am convinced that once the layer of fat covering…

When I didn't eat my exercise calories, I lost weight-but it was slow and grudgingly. When I ate my exercise calories, it came off so much more easily and I felt so much happier with more in my stomach! :tongue:

You know--I've also heard that 3,500 calories equal a pound, but, I'm not sure if that's correct or not for sure.... Why? Because I've kept track before of calories burned each week and they've totalled up to be that amount yet the scale wouldn't budge--when according to the numbers, it should have. Very frustrating! I…

Is greek yogurt goat's milk?????????

What a great bike ride! Great job! :bigsmile:

If you like the dairy and protein factor of the cottage cheese, what about greek yogurt? It has twice the protein as regular yogurt. :smile:

I'm new, too! Hi! :flowerforyou:

I think corn counts as a grain and not a vegetable. :glasses: :tongue:

I think people generally mean well when they give the compliments. They're acknowledging our weight loss efforts and commenting favorably upon our appearance. I don't think it means anyone has been thinking/saying anything negative about you because when we see people regularly, we don't tend to notice gradual…

I used to take the b12 pills--they were prescribed by my dr--and I could feel the food being changed into energy --really pretty cool. I can't say they increased metabolism-but they may have given me a little more energy. :flowerforyou:

Google Super Spices and you will find info about lots of ones that help! Two that come to mind right now are cinnamon and turmeric. Also-google Super Foods so you can eat foods that also help! :)

I think the pedometer idea is fantastic! :glasses:

Sometimes I think it's a combo of things: 1. People hate change so if you are less weight than you were before, your role might change-like you're no longer the "overweight friend" or whatever title you are in their mind and they don't want to relabel you and rethink your role. 2. Misery loves company--something along…

Actually, I do change up the DVDs. I have quite a few! :smile: My favorite strength training DVDs are Jari Love, Rob Glick, and Gilad. I have FIRM DVDs also-though I don't consider those as intense of a strength training as the ones listed. I have many step and aerobic ones by them, too. I have Jillian Michaels, also-and a…