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But just think that you have so much more time to exercise on the weekends too. Or so I tell myself while eating my nachos. :blushing: But seriously, I think the best thing for me is to stay busy and active on the weekends so I don't just graze in my house all day. I still haven't figured out how to avoid eating or…

I know just how that feels. I know that most people on here recommend drinking water or chewing gum or eating snacks with high water content like grapes and oranges, or distracting yourself with physical activity. These are all really good tips. But I don't think that feeling ever goes away until you finish trying to lose…

I set mine for public but I am not a very good example. Too much fat and sodium and not enough fiber. :blushing: Don't judge too harshly! :noway:

Whoo hoo!!!! GO You!! Congrats and keep it up! :drinker: :bigsmile:

:blushing: sorry! But, hey, my mom always says, she's not old, she's vintage! :smokin:

Whenever my weight shoots up fast like that (esp after drinking or eating salty food) it usually because I retain water like crazy. I've "gained" 10 lbs in days before. Make sure you're drinking your water. Remember, there are 3500 calories in one pound of fat, so for those pounds to be fat, you would have had to eat 17500…

I had the same thing when I first started. After my first few weeks, my appatite just dropped. I felt like I almost had to make myself eat, and I felt full after only a tiny amout of food. My appitite eventually came back, but I think that jump start really helped me focus on when my body really felt hungry and full,…

I know my Mom started working out and changing her lifestyle about the same time as me, and she loves her DVD called "2 Mile Walk" which basically takes you through low impact and easy exercises that give you the equivalent of a two mile power walk. She has never been active or coordinated but she raves about these videos.

OMG amymeenieminymo, I have the exact same rationalization about bad food that ends up in my house!! Good to know someone else has these crazy thoughts. Mine are any candy bar made by Reese's cashew and macadamia nuts Girl Scout Cookies

Glad you decided to come back. That's the first step. This time you can do it!! And we are here for you.

Whoo hoo!! :bigsmile: :drinker: Here's to you!

Great job sticking with it!! Plateaus can be soooooo frustrating. I hit a loooong one a while back and I remember dreading checking the scale because I knew it hadn't moved (or even gone up!) Then I read something about cycling my calories (eating a bit below my dailiy calories one day and above another each week and…

Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Welcome!! And good luck!

Greetings!! And good luck to you too!

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the concern. I was flipping out a little. Sorry for the slow reply. It's kind of difficult (and expensive!!) for me to go to the doc here, but I did have all my bloodwork done about a year ago and it was fine then (I didn't know that thyroid problems were something people could just get, I…

Yay!! Go You!! That landmark really feels great, I'm sure! :happy: Cheers :drinker:

So I was doing pretty well, and steadily losing weight over the last few months. Now all of a sudden, I'm shooting up again. I'm not eating anything different, or changing my activity, but the last month I've gained about 25 lbs! And I gained the last 10lb in 5 days!! I weigh myself the same time each week on the same…

So I joined MFP a while ago and was making slow but steady progress. Then I got the amazing opportunity to live and work in Thailand for a year. I left the website since I had no clue how to count my calories, but amazingly I have lost about 80lbs in the last 10 months! Now I am thinking of returning to the States and I am…

Liver Brussel Sprouts Menudo (Mexican tripe soup) fried pork fat I also don't really like the "mystery-meat-on-a-stick" they grill out on the street here in Thailand. The texture is really spongy and it is completely unidentifiable. BBQ crickets arn't great either

Everything will be okay!!! :flowerforyou: You really can keep going and achieve your goals!! I know you can. It seems so hard because the changes don't come right away (lord knows I have wanted to throw in the towel more than once) but just think how much better you feel, physically and psychologically when you eat well…

WOOT WOOT!!!! :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

For my check in: So after 3 weeks I still havn't lost any weight or inches :grumble: but I went to the doctor on Friday and got some GREAT news! :bigsmile: Since I was a teenager, my blood pressure has always been really high; like 185/90 or sometimes higher. As of Friday, it was 110/60!!!!!!! I am so excited. My doc used…

veggir tray?? or make your own dips with fat free sour cream. And bake your own tortilla chips with low carb, whole wheat totillas. Plenty of recipes online!

Someone left a bowl of peanut butter filled kisses in the break room and I ate 2. :devil: Man they were sooo good, though I don't know if they were worth the 50 calories.

I have very high blood pressure (everyone in my family does) and have had it since I was a young teenager. My doc says I need to be on a low sodium diet, no more than 12-1500 mg of sodium a day. But it is more difficult to avoid sodium than sugar! I go over my max every day, and I don't eat hardly anything that is pre…

I know how it is. I work two jobs equaling about 55 hrs a week. I never want to cook anything, so I cook healthy things on the weekend and save them for the week. I also use those steam veggies that you just throw the package in the microwave for 5 minutes and they're done. I make some hot tea and sip on it at night. Helps…

I record my drinks too. Click on the FOOD tab, then do you see the choices just under the tab (Food Diary, Database, My foods etc)? Click on SETTINGS. Scroll down to "Change Meal Names" and you can create any catagory you want. I think that some people even organize their meals by time rather than by type of meal. Then…

Welcome!! We're glad to have you here. :flowerforyou:

Great job!!!!!!!! :bigsmile: :flowerforyou: :drinker: Soon you will even start to really like exercise. Sounds crazy, I know. The bigest thing to be careful of is the sodium in commercial Chinese food. It can sometimes be more than your daily allowance in one meal!!! I am on a restricted sodium diet so I havn't been able…