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You can try someplace like Sparkpeople.com.

A typical serving size of a potato is 5.3 oz. I know that there is an item in the food database that has the 5.3 oz serving size.

Me, me, me!! Started at 107 to lose, down 15 of those.

She loved it. I think she preferred Twilight more because it centered on Edward not Jacob, but she still loved it....lol She's read each of the books at least 5 times and a few of them she has read more. She is definitely Team Edward.

My daughter is an absolute Twi-hard. I bought her opening day tickets to New Moon. She will undoubtably have the dvd late Friday night/early Saturday morning (I would have pre-ordered it but there weren't any deals to make it worthwhile to me to pre-order). She went to see Remember Me last weekend not only for Robert…

I have my weight loss goal set to 2 pounds which puts me at about 1500 calories a day. I know that at a 1 1/2 pound loss, the calorie goal is about 1700 a day. While I always try to stick to the 1500 a day, I know that I can go as high as 1700 and still have a loss if I need or want the extra calories on any given day.

I like Wishbone's salad spritzers. I use their balsamic vinaigrette but they also have a honey mustard. They are like 1 to 2 calories per spritz and cover well. If you like Blue Cheese, Wishbone Chunky Fat Free Blue Cheese is really good and you can't tell it's fat free. It's only 35 calories per 2 tbsp serving.

I am half way through my first 30 Day Challenge. I only have it set on low intensity this time but it still really gives a good workout. I love that you can modify a routine by deleting exercises that you can't do like jumps if you have knee problems. There is a wide variety of exercises and some of them don't even seem…

Maybe it's your body's way of telling you that you are at your right weight. I have read a few different articles that talk about how "goal weights" aren't always right. They are usually based on an arbitrary number that we have decided is the right weight for us with no reason behind it. They have gone on to say that if…

http://www.eatingwell.com has a menu planner that allows you to plan all the meals for the week, tracks calories, creates a shopping list, lets you either use recipes from their site or enter your own meals. I haven't fully checked it out, but I am planning on using it once I finish exploring it. There are 6 of us in our…

This is their ingredient list for the salad from their website: INGREDIENTS: Garden Salad Blend: Iceberg Lettuce, Carrots, Red Cabbage. Spring Mix Lettuce/Baby Spinach Blend: Spring Mix (May contain: Green Leaf, Mizuna, Green Romaine, Tango, Green Oak, Green Chard, Baby Spinach, Arugula, Frisee, Tatsoi, Mache, Red Chard,…

Oh no!! I love that salad and I fell for that advertising. That is so unfair! So have you calculated out the damage? How much do the cranberries and walnuts add? I just checked their website and looked up their ingredient list and nutrition facts for the salad. The cranberries and walnuts are listed in the ingredients…

We had a Gazelle. While we had it, it was ok. Nothing great. The workout you get from it depends on how much you put into it. If you squat while doing it, it gives you a better workout and obviously the faster you go, the better the workout. It's very similar to cross country skiing in terms of motion. Unfortunately, there…

Fom everything I have read and heard: Pasta: 2 oz dry or 1 cup cooked Rice: 1/2 cooked

There are 6 of us, plus a dog, cat, rabbit, hamster, bird and fish. Including all pet foods, household cleaning items, toiletries, food, etc., we spend $300 on our big shopping weekends and $125 on our little shopping weekends. Big shopping weekends are every other week alternated with the little weekends. We shop at…

I have read that you should drink your water ice cold. The body burns calories warming it back up to body temperature.

Thank you all. I know that any movement I do is a huge improvement over doing nothing. I just started a 30 day challenge and I still want to work the treadmill in the evening but I didn't want to sabotage myself. Now I know that, at least for the time being, it's safe, sane and probably the healthiest road to take. Thanks…

Thanks for the advice. I am going to change my setting but add in my activities, like walking my son to school, house cleaning, etc. and see how that goes.

i have wondered the same thing in the past. This time around, I decided to check with the multiple sites that I have belonged to. When most of them came back in the same range as MFP, I decided to trust MFP. MFP has me set at 1730 and I am 249. I figure if I am losing at an acceptable and healthy pace, I will stick with…

I would love to take this journey with you. I am a 41 yr old sahm to 4. I had 100+ to lose. Now I only have 99 more to go...lol. Add me as a friend. In fact, I would love to be friends with all you 100+er's. :smile:

I too am a sahm. We are a family of 6. I find that buying in bulk helps a lot. I will buy a whole lean pork tenderloin and then cut it up into smaller pieces. One long tenderloin usually gets us at least 4 dinners. Don't always buy fresh fruit and veggies. Sometimes frozen is a better deal. Plan one left over night. I…

I'm Kris. I got imdamom, well, because I am THE mom to 4 kids....lol

Any idea how I would measure it cooked? I am making stirfried vegetables for 6 and I don't want to cook mine separately. Normally, I would just measure it out frozen and then divide equally, but I can't do that in this case. I plan on having a doulbe serving of veggies since I'm not having rice, my 6 yr old won't eat a…

I got mine at http://www.smokefreequitmeter.com/

Baked potatoes aren't bad for you. A small/medium sized one (about 5 ounces) is only 110 calories and full of vitamins, minerals and fiber (especially the skin). They have gotten a bad rap when it's really the stuff you load on top of the potato that makes it unhealthy. Try a small baked potato topped with 2 tbsp salsa and…

Thank you thank you SportsQueen and Ukheather!

I know that at least one of the "games" tells me calories burned after I have completed the workout (I think it's either EA Active or My Fitness Trainer). Can I "create" an exercise and list the calories burned based on what the game states?

I ve had 3 c-sections. One 17 years ago with my twins, one 14 years ago with my daughter and one 6 years ago with my youngest son. All of my c-sections were done vertically, incision from belly button to pubic bone. Because of that, I almost have two flaps, one on either side of the incision area (makes it look almost like…

Technically I am not just starting the program because I joined what seems like ages ago but I am just now really getting with the program as of 1 week ago. Does that count...lol?

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