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Rhiannon (PedalHound).......SW 000.0lbs / GW -8lbs /CW -7lbs / PROGRESS -7lbs Lorna (iftcheiaf).......................SW 142.4 lbs / GW 137.4 lbs / CW 145.4 lbs / PROGRESS +3 lb Cathy(chipper).........................SW 241 lbs / GW 235 lbs / CW 237.0 lbs / PROGRESS -4 lbs Kristin (kistinbee)....................SW 185.0…

Hello ladies! I've been sick since Friday, but I was feeling much better today. Especially after a Wendy's kid's meal with orange slices. How could I not feel good after that, right? :-) I finally hit my 20 lbs though! My beautiful scarf is coming out of my closet now! I hope everyone is doing well and not having too many…

Kel: Funny that you mention it, I did actually take some pepto. I can't remember what day it was, but I took one pill before bed because I have so much drainage in my stomach that when I wake up I feel very sick because I haven't eaten all night. I wonder if that was the problem! I would believe it since my tongue was…

Cathy(chipper).........................SW 241 lbs / GW 235 lbs / CW 242.2 lbs / PROGRESS +1.2 lbs Amy S (amyls8710)................SW 271 lbs / GW 259 lbs / CW 264 lbs / PROGRESS - 7 lbs AmyLou (amylou24)................SW 146.8 lbs / GW 140 lbs / CW 144.0 lbs / PROGRESS -2.8 lbs Kristin (kistinbee)....................SW…

Well, today I'm doing much better than yesterday. I got up and poured myself some dry Captain Crunch to eat in bed so I could take more medicine. Still no energy and my voice is gone. This morning I woke up to an interestingly BLACK tongue. My mom is a nurse, so she told me to lay off of the purple and blue drinks for…

I am sick! I started getting sick Friday when I got home from Raleigh, and I've been sick since then. Last night I thought my fever was breaking because I was freezing, burning hot, and shaking. But then I woke up this morning and still felt bad. That was pretty disappointing, since I thought I'd feel better this morning.…

Whew, I feel like I've been gone for weeks. I had to go out of town last night to give a presentation today in a city 2.5 hours away. But now I'm done with my presentation, back at home, and soaking some dried kidney beans. I'm making chili from scratch tomorrow. REALLY from scratch - I bought a few pounds of fresh…

Well, you still lost the weight -- your start weight was just higher than you thought. You can go back through your weights and add on the difference from the new scale if that will help you stay motivated. I got a new scale for Christmas and just incorporated the difference into my expected Christmas gain -- but my new…

I like the new profile pic, Nolachick! Gina, I also love greek yogurt. It's the only fat free plain yogurt I can eat without gagging. I do like it with a little bit of honey drizzled over the top. Yum! I bet it's good with pb and j too. Cindy, how are you doing? Well, I was down to 225.4 this morning. 0.4 lbs to a 20 pound…

Hello, I'm Alison and I joined MFP in September 2009 when one of my best friends was living with me for a month in a transitional time for him, and he was looking good! He had lost 70 lbs in about two years, and he really gave all of the credit to MFP. I had lost about 80 lbs previously, and put back 70 of them. I guess I…

Kristin (kistinbee)....................SW 185.0 lbs/ GW 179.0 lbs/ CW 180.5 lbs/ PROGRESS - 3.5 lbs Rhiannon (PedalHound).......SW 000.0lbs / GW -8lbs /CW -4lbs / PROGRESS -4lbs Amy S (amyls8710)................SW 271 lbs / GW 259 lbs / CW 266 lbs / PROGRESS - 1.0 lbs Cathy(chipper).........................SW 241 lbs / GW…

Hello! I'm snowed in! I've been stuck in my apartment all weekend, which is good for getting work done, but bad for going on walks. My weight is just dancing around between 225-230 like I've got a little wall to jump over at 225 and I can't seem to jump it. I'm getting back to eating mostly Weight Watchers Core foods --…

I'm still working on my 20 lbs. Been having some allergy problems lately, and the weather got cold again, so I haven't been on a walk in the past few days. I'm hearing rumors of snow tomorrow (yuck!), so I guess I need to get my calories back under my limit since I'm not going to be walking or jogging in the snow. I will…

Amy Lou - congrats on the job!!! Tamm - I LOVE water aerobics. When I was losing weight before, I did it a couple of times a week. I love that you do the whole workout and it doesn't feel too bad, I didn't feel sweaty or anything because of the water -- almost like I didn't get much of a workout, and then I would get out…

Cathy(chipper).........................SW 241 lbs / GW 235 lbs / CW 241.2 lbs / PROGRESS +.2 lbs AmyLou (amylou24)................SW 146.8 lbs / GW 140 lbs / CW 145.8 lbs / PROGRESS -1.0 lbs Alison (ali258)..........................SW 225.8 lbs / GW 219 lbs / CW 227.8 lbs / PROGRESS +2 lbs Kristin…

C25k Week 1 Day 3 done! Today I was feeling adventurous and decided to do my walk/jog in the neighborhood behind my apartment complex. I've walked back there a few times before, but I don't know the roads very well. It's hard to get lost because they all loop around back to the same place, but I somehow managed to do 2…

I just use a little balsamic vinegar on my salads.

I get steamed chicken and veggies with brown sauce on the side (for dipping), with either white rice instead of fried, or most places if you ask, will just give you extra steamed veggies and no rice or egg roll. Super low in calories, fat, and sodium, as long as you don't overdo it on the brown sauce.

My weigh in isn't until tomorrow, but we decided to look at houses all weekend, so the past two days have been a cycle of getting too hungry and then finding whatever wasn't too bad to eat. I'm not too excited to weigh in. My unofficial weight this morning was 226.4, so I'm still not quite to my 20 pound mark, even though…

Yum! I love carrot cake -- sounds great!

After you cook it (roasted or just cooked in a pan until done) you can... You can cut it up into slices and add taco or fajita seasoning for chicken fajitas (with tortillas, lettuce, cheese, tomato, salsa, olives, sour cream, avocado, or whatever you like on your fajitas). They even make low sodium taco seasoning, if…

Verda, I could have said those exact words. When I jog for longer distances, and I want to quit, I tell myself that jogging won't kill me and if it does, it won't matter to me anyway. I'm a little tough on myself. But if I start with the sweets, it's like I'm a bottomless sugar pit with absolutely no will power. What is up…

When I go to Olive Garden, I either go for my free meal, or I get minestrone soup with salad (dressing on the side, no croutons), or whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce. You still have to watch portions, and if you're going with nice people, they can either not order bread, or put it out of your reach.

C25k Week 1 Day 2 DONE! And it's 45 degrees outside. It felt pretty cold at first, and I even wore a pair of fleece gloves because I thought my fingers might freeze off. But by the end, I could have used a breeze. I ran my usual route the opposite way I usually do it, and it turns out it was a lot more challenging today. I…

It's not all or nothing. If you had a good friend who lost 3 lbs and then gained it back but was pre-TOM, would you tell her to just give it all up and go drown her sorrows in a box of donuts? Of course not! You would say - hang in there, it's okay. Keep tracking your food and exercising, and you will see results. I really…

Whoo! The boards are flying! I didn't get my workout in today because it was 40 degrees (which is cold to me) and raining. It's supposed to stop raining tomorrow though. I decided cold OR rain was okay, but not both. Also, I feel like TOM is coming, and that's obviously never fun. I really want to hit 20 lbs this week. I'm…

Have you tried cooking it longer? I know some people can't eat broccoli raw, but if it's pretty thoroughly cooked, it's okay. Or beano might help with that. -Alison

I try to keep my grocery bill reasonable by buying mostly fresh fruits and veggies, and just buying whatever is on sale. Recently, I've made roasted carrots, eggplant parmesan, sauteed zucchini, mushroom omelets, and I've enjoyed quite a few clementines and bananas. I don't know what I'm cooking for the week until I see…

Welcome Amy S! I've been trying to find books to help me work through the psychological aspects of weight loss since I'm good at losing weight, but bad at keeping it off and I get really shy when I start getting any positive attention. So, yesterday I started reading Julia Cameron's "The Writing Diet." It's basically about…

I'm working on this problem too, since I'm losing 70 lbs that I lost over two years ago and then gained back since I didn't know what to do with my skinny self. I just started reading a book today called "The Writing Diet" by Julia Cameron and I'm also going to checking out "Finding It" by Valerie Bertinelli to start…