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My kids tell me everything, so even without asking they will inform me they are going to have an apple/banana/orange/crackers/carrots with dip etc..... I don't know why they do but even my 10 year old still tells me EVERY time! I try not to keep the unhealthy things on hand, but when they are here they know they HAVE to…

there is a strict regime you follow, so it is not just soup :) I can't remember because it was a LONG time back, like 6 years for me, but you eat regular food too, it is just specific foods.

I would if they had a mid version, I wouldn't qualify as I am just overweight. I wish they just had a shorter version where they went household to household. Gave them outside activities and showed them clubs in the area to join. I would like a revamped kitchen stock and help feeding my picky family more healthy and kind…

beefy lentil vegetable soup from allrecipes.com :) My favorite go to soup. Plus a spinach salad with chicken grilled (just a tiny bit) on top.

I normally eat a lot of vegies and LOVE them! Turns out I am the only person who ever gained weight and on it, and boy did I follow it. I loved the soup and couldn't wait to make variations and ate it all day long! I honestly think I consume too few calories regularly and eat at the wrong times, so this was not the…

I do daycare, so work from home and provide snacks throughout the day, I just ate 1/2 cup of honey cheerios with the kids a few minutes ago :( edit to add, I need to lose about 30 lbs, but we are also trying to conceive :) So I don't want to be aggresive in weight loss, I am trying to eat healthier. I don't want to wait…

I started taking glucosomine and fish oil because it was supposed to ease my muscles and joints while I worked out and it has really helped a lot. I mean a big difference if I haven't taken it in a while and I have soreness and a hard time recovering. I am interested to see more answers to this though, what I have heard…

I don't trust snopes anymore. THey are a couple with no expertise in anything. They only look up information on the web and while I used to do that for myself, I turned to snopes thinking they were some great expert. Now, I am back to looking for trusted articles. really difficult with the amount of conflicting stuff, but…

Those are my 3 boys :) Even at 4, 8 and 10 they know everything in moderation and keep finding ways to have fun and move. (thanks )

That is actually a beautiful name :) Do you get upset if someone pronounces if Violet? I am just wondering because it is pretty common for names to be pronounced different in various nationalities and parts of the world. The way you typed the pronunciation I can see it being said in Italian, but the Americanized version…

Exactly, I think parents need to find better ways to express themselves because it is the kids who have to live with it. Can you imagine trying to go for a professional job and be a person in charge with some of these names? "Hello, my name is butterfly sunset and I think you should consider me for the position of personal…

This one lady on a pregnancy site I was on wanted to name her son Boss ??????? I had to stop going to the site because I openly made fun of her. Boss Hog? Who's the Boss? What kind of complex are you setting him up for. What if he is below avg inteligence and a manual laborer? I was pregnant at the time, normally I would…

It is what I call sustainability :) I don't want to lose a lot of weight fast, I don't want to lose more than a pound a week. I want to lose fat not muscle. I don't want to be dependant on a weight loss drink or any expensive products. Even mildly expensive products. No short cuts! I DO want to keep going to fit club, do…

There are houses here from 50,000 (fixer upper) to really nice about 120,000 to really really nice at about 180,-200,000 ish. I live in small town MN. Just like anywhere the closer you go to a bigger populated city the higher the prices go. Actually even in LaCrosse WI, right across the river (our bigger "city") varies a…

somewhere you can hide. You don't want to limit your future because you have them and can't get a professional job. I have one on my ankle and I loved loved roses when I was in high school, not so much now.

MN ? I live right on the edge of WI and IA. Not up north in MN.

sorry, i had no idea what you meant till I looked back at my topics. I wrote what I take. I didn't explain it, it was asking for a list. I take a vitamin (cheap from sams) and don't always take it. I don't feel I need it. Simple. I eat healthy and balanced. I take a fish oil and glucosamine from sams, I think, I may have…

I usually do ok if I grab a TB of unsweetened coconut. For me it has the right amount of flavor and chewing I need. That and raisins, craisins don't work, but raisins have the right amount of sweetness. I used to keep dark chocolate on hand, but turns out one day I binged on 1/2 of it. I have never been that addicted to…

I use plain for baking or as sour cream, but yeah, I hate unflavored too. I hae been adding sweetend coconut, but you can actually add different sweeteners before you leave it at 110 degrees for 8 hours or after that. I want to try some with honey and mashed banana or with different fruits but I don't have any right now. I…

haha! Ask (axe) is for sure on my list. That was the one I was trying to think of :)

merote instead or remote. Bad one for me. There are a few others, but that one stands out.

I have just started lifting weights and doing squats as well as a form of pilates yoga and after 2 weeks can see a difference. I never realized it but when I have been toning those spots my stretch marks (from my 7 amost 8 year old, my 4 year old didn't add any) have also been getting less noticable. I was anti lifting, I…

not sure what you mean by stacked? I was saying I get what I need in my diet and food. I buy a cheap regular mutlivitamin, but am not sure that is even necessary. I got a 2 pack for about 10 bucks and it has about 3plus months in it. I have a varied diet and get everything I need through natural sources. I don't think I…

you might go up a little. Just stay off the scales like you do and give it a try. The feelings of contentment and like I am doing the right thing to give my body its fuel is really satisfying. My food diary is open, although I am not always super consistent at entering it all, but I tried quinoa today for the first time.…

I was thinking about this. If you can get by eating 500 calories and lose weight unhealthy or eat 1500 calories and lose weight healthy which would you choose? Everyone is different as is every body type. What works for you may not for another, what works for you now may not in a few weeks. The more weight you have to…

weight loss is trial and error. Just give it time for your body to figure out what is going on before you quit it. I just changed mine to 1/2 pound per week because I wasn't loosing at 1-2 pounds per week. I do work out, eat some workout cals back but not all, but decided maybe I don't have enough to lose to make the…

they come in black and white, you can order them on amazon the easiest. I put them in my oatmeal, they swell up and thicken things up. I had never heard of them till here either, they run about 14$ per pound at our natural food coop. I bought half a pound to test them and while I am not thinking they change a lot of the…

you are doing fantastic! Our body has a liver for a cleanse, unless there is a problem or you really like to poo a lot (it didn't have that affect on me with shakeology, actually very little affect) . There are some interesting cleanse posts on here. If you have a varied diet with lots of different vitamins and minerals…

I would compromise. Have a quinoa meal served with black beans one day and have a great piece of fish served with steamed frozen vegies another. There is always a compromise :) Somtimes looking at rice or other whole grains that are cheaper might take precedence for a short while. Red beans and rice with frozen or canned…

There is a video forks vs knifes (or forks over knives) that is on netfilx online that was recommended, I started watching it but the kids wouldn't let me finish. Anyway, it goes over rates of cancer and heart problems based on animal protein vs plant protein. I would really like to finish it and it seems to make sense.…