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I had a brownie for breakfast. I don't feel guilty. It tasted so good! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I don't stress about special meals. I eat. I try my best to make smart choices and log as accurately as possible. I go by the 90-10 rule so that I can allow for times like this. 90% of my meals are right on track. 10% of them, I just eat. I don't binge or go crazy. One meal out of ten is not going to undo all your hard…

No way. I think that's a little obsessive, to be honest. I also eat one hershey kiss at the end of each day when I successfully stayed within my calories AND kept my kids alive while the house is still standing. Never log it. Never will. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I went hiking and the government shutdown caused the bathrooms at the trailhead to be locked! UGH! So not cool!

The last week has been hell. Like, really, emotional HELL. Family issues have really been keeping me from sticking to my schedule, But I have been to the gym twice through all of this and I have not self medicated with food. I have remained within my calories and made good food choices. This has not derailed me. In the…

Have competitions with yourself. Create a list of exercises you can do at home and try to improve your abilities every week. Keep a list tracking your improvement. It will fuel your motivation if habits have not yet been formed. There are also TONS of exercise videos on YouTube. Even videos of Wii Dance games if you enjoy…

I beat my previous best time of rowing 10,000 m by 11 minutes! I've got three blisters/battle wounds. I feel so great!

No way! I plan on eating candy for dinner on Halloween. I will log every piece, stay within my calorie allotment AND enjoy my snickers and milky ways.

My dad is an alcoholic/drug addict. My brothers are both addicts as well. I know what it's like to love someone who consistently hurts themselves and the people they love for a high. My husband and I are foster parents to teenagers mostly. (we live in a small, very conservative area and we are one of the only foster…

You can add me. I log every day and am very active here. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

My non scale victory of yesterday was that I had pizza for dinner and frozen yogurt for a snack AND stayed within my calories. Winner!

I totally crave both...sometimes together. Salted caramel? YES! French fries and ice cream? YES!

I mostly come on to distract me from eating something disastrous. I enjoy the gym and don't have a problem working out. It's my eating that has been totally off the rocker. So, yes, this forum does help me. It motivates me to leave the cookies and pizza alone! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I can't wait to do this!! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

Have you tried flavoring your water with citrus, berries or cucumbers? It's really yummy. My favorite it Cucumbers and Strawberries. I have a giant cup that i try to drink twice a day. Half of it by 9, the rest by lunch, another half by 3 then the rest by dinner. I try not to drink after dinner too much or I am up all…

He's so funny. I could watch/listen to him for hours!

Someone asked me if I knew what I was having yet. I told them I was having twins and I would name them after their father--Ben and Jerry.

I think just like trying to lose weight, trying to gain weight is a one step at a time thing. your body is not used to so many calories. Track what you eat normally then make a goal to add a little every week. Talk to a doctor or a dietitian. They may have useful advice for you. I am a foster mom. Recently, we had a boy…

I disagree. Most of the time, I am not that far off from my goal and I can make up for it with a small deficit over the next few days. It's not a license to eat whatever and binge. It just allows for some added flexibility with out guilt. If I go over because there was a birthday with pizza and cake, it's ok. The key is to…

Asian Stir Fry. 3 cups of veg and 1 cup rice for 392 calories. It's an enormous amount of food!

I live by the 90-10 rule. I eat on track for 90% of the time. 10% of the time I just eat. I don't go crazy, but I eat. It makes social events less stressful. I do my best to log what I do eat. If I end up going super crazy, I try my best to create a smaller deficit over the week so that I can make up for a bit of it. I…

While it makes for interesting TV, I would never follow that diet plan. Seriously! I try to find balance in my life. That is seriously extreme and not sustainable. Make small changes that you can sustain. There's a reason why people who try extreme diets gain all their weight back. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition…

First things first. Be 100% sure you are logging accurately by measuring and weighing EVERYTHING you eat. Even Ketchup has calories. Log it all even if it seems silly. Second, Plateaus happen. Change it up a bit. Try a new exercise. Focus on goals that are not scale oriented. I have a long list of fitness goals listed in…

I agree with everyone saying "cheat day" is a negative term. I live by the 90-10 rule. I stay within my limit 90% of the time. On days where there is a special occasion or circumstance like going out with the husby for a nice dinner or having pizza and cake for a birthday, then I eat it. I log it. I don't feel guilty about…

I get what you're saying about accountability. I had a hard time with nibbling too. My solution was to plan my whole day before I ate anything. If I needed to change my plan, I tried really hard to stick to something that was nutritionally similar. I don't do that anymore, but it helped when I started to get back on track.…

GOOD SHOES. Never go bare foot. And GOOD SHOES. That is all.

I focus more on my weekly average. This way, if I want to go out to dinner on Friday night, I have some left over calories. I am not so strict with my individual days. You might crave chocolate tomorrow. If you are not hungry, don't eat. Save it for another day. One low calorie day is not going to hurt.

So glad you're here! I always tell my kids that by making no decision, they are in fact, making a decision! I hear ya about feeling like you'll never get there. You don't climb a mountain in one step. It's lots and lots and lots of little steps. You will get there if you remain dedicated. I have found something that has…

I'm down 23 lbs and no one has said anything to me. I still look fat in all my pictures. I'm not doing this to get compliments and look good in photos. Those things will be an added bonus when they happen. I'm losing weight and working my *kitten* off at the gym so I can Feel better. So I can be fit. So I can run a…

Maybe it's the native american in me, but I think eating/using as much of an animal that gave it's life to feed me is the ethical thing to do. I am by no means a vegetarian, but I do consume meat as humanely and ethically as possible. But from responsible, local farmers and use as much of it as possible. Chicken skin is…