HazelCaz Member

I'm 47. I've been here since mid August. You can add me if you'd like.

At a funeral I went to recently of a friend I grew up with, we all did "Father Abraham" with all the goofy hand and body motions. Does anybody know that one? "Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had Father Abraham, they never laughed, they never cried....all they did was go like this, With a Right......." And then you…

Wow, another winner. Thanks so much.

We go through times when one of us isn't feeling motivated to get things done for whatever reason. The other one usually steps up and keeps things going smoothly. The secret is not feeling resentful and trying to keep score. We also have certain jobs that we prefer doing.....no we never worked out a schedule or assigned…

If you did get a food blog up and running you know I'd love to be a subscriber. I've tried several of your recipes now and they have each been delicious. You are doing such a great job.

You know what would be fun is to make it a goal to try every one of these salads over the next 6 months. My favorite at first glance is the California Roll Salad. WOW.

I'd like to give some of these flatbreads a try.

I've got all these ingredients handy right now. This sounds like a great dinner for tonight. :)

What men don't want: Someone who is critical and controlling Someone who expects them to have no other friends or interests outside of the relationship Someone who needs constant reassurance to make up for their own low self-image. What men DO want: They want the pretty and down-to-earth girl next door, who they could be…

Everything I tried using "Carol" was taken. So I thought I'd use the first part of my maiden name because there aren't many Hazel's running around out there. Also some of my online friends started calling me Caz.

I've been here since August 10th and lost 7 pounds the first month. Hopefully, this should be a very doable challenge. No one has made any odd comments since I started losing, but what prompted me to start was a stranger putting their hand on my belly and asking when I was due. Since I'm 47 yrs old, I don't think that's…

I see birthdays all around mine, but no July 7th.

I'm 47 and will fight aging, kicking and screaming. It's gonna have to run FAST to catch me.

I've never really liked the idea of all day cheat days. I don't want to have a set back...especially not as often as once a week. Over the past two weeks I have had 1 small indulgence each week. But they don't go over 500 calories and even though I may have not gone over my total calories for the day, I cheated. Examples:…

I'm 47. Serious about dieting, but not nearly so serious about life. I've only been here two weeks so you can add me if you'd like.

I dip carrots celery or sugar snap peas in hummus. They make a lot of different flavors. I like the roasted red pepper.

This week I roasted a large chicken and stuffed it with onion, celery and carrots (this really makes the meat flavorful). Then I took it off the bones and stored my whole chicken breasts in one big container and all the dark meat in smaller pieces in another. I've been using it all week in tons of different recipes. My…

Cheater :P LOL

I've only been here 10 days and feel like I've found some friends who are encouraging and helpful. The first day I introduced myself on this thread just like you did. I told a little about myself. I also looked around and chimed in on a couple other topics. A few people liked what I had to say or had a similar experience…

I made a chicken salad this week with left over chicken breast, red grapes, chopped cucumber tossed in vanilla greek yogurt and sprinkled with pecans and dried blueberries. It made a great breakfast.

I made 30 different salads and took a picture of them each day and posted them on facebook. There is an amazing amount of variety you can try. Greek Salad with olives, tomato, feta, red onion Spinach Salad with turkey bacon, hard-boiled egg, tomato, fresh mushrooms Waldorf Salad on a bed of greens with Apples, celery and…

Not very close. I'm 47.

All the people right before already told how old they are. What do you think about me?

As long as you don't expect every week to be like the first. Just about everyone losses a lot the first week. I will weigh in tomorrow morning (my 1st wk weigh in too) and my guess is about 6 lbs. We will see.

It is frightening to me that someone is passing this around a fitness site. Why would anyone want to intentionally punish their digestive system like this? I think you see by all the responses that no one thinks this is the way to go. Dropping 10 pounds in a week sounds great and you seem to be eating all the food groups,…

The secret to what we are all trying to do here is to find an appropriate balance between the amount of calories we are burning through exercise compared with the amount of calories we are consuming. If we want to lose weight, we must eat less than we burn. Other people have pointed out that height and weight is also a…

I'm trying to turn all my bad habits about too. Your comment about "eating clean" really stood out to me. I've only just started but feel like I've got my plan figured out. Sending you a friend request.

Sent you a friend request. :)

I eat right at the 1200 calorie mark and would challenge anyone to read my food journal and find any fault with it. I eat great sized meals with a variety of fruit and veggies, chicken and fish, and 1 lean meat per week. Not all people who eat at this level are starving themselves. People can choose whoever they want as…

Friends can help in tons of ways. Some of them make a great cheering section when I 'm on track, some provide a comparison for just how healthy I'm eating and every day, when my friends start posting their exercise and calories burned, it feels like a kick in the pants to get a move on myself. They are also a great source…