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Good luck.... I had previously done about 40 lbs in 6 months without being very active.... with exercise, I'd think 50 lbs would be possible w/ this site.

The bear picture is awesome.

There's no evidence whatsoever that diet soda is unhealthy to drink. The only thing to watch out for at all is the sodium content.... any "studies" that claim ill effects by aspartame have been blown out of the water when peer reviewed. Its a bunch of scare mongering that keeps re-propagating itself through public…

Best of luck to you.... I love cooking, too... I'll be having to learn to make some more healthy foods, I guess.

I've never quit, but MFP definitely made me cut way down... maybe a night or 2 a week I'd have a few beers, but had to make sure to drink lights to keep the calories down.

I eat a lot of the Healthy Choice Cafe Steamer things.... they're all really tasty, filling, and relatively good for you. Turkey sandwiches are also a favorite of mine... I honestly wouldn't worry too much about fat and carbs as they don't really matter much for weight loss if you follow the amount of calories you're…

I sent you a request.... I find this site to be much more fun when you have a bunch of friends to keep up with.

Wow... you guys make me feel like a night owl.... bed somewhere between 1:30 and 2:30.... wake up around 9:30...

I think you just got The Distance by Cake stuck in my head. Feel free to add me.

One of the best things you can get is crunch carnitas tacos w/ mild salsa and cheese... I think that was 420 calories and really delicious...

Earlier this year, I lost 40 lbs eating chipotle's burrito bowls at least 1 time a week. As long as you come in under calories, its perfectly fine (and delicious)!

Welcome to MFP! Best of luck.

Not so fast there. This is only one non-peer reviewed experiment.... there's been plenty of evidence to the contrary, that neutrinos do not exceed the speed of light. Previous measurements of neutrino speed across many light years have aligned perfectly with the predictions that it would be not exceed the speed of…

Haha.... that's awesome.... what a self-righteous moron.

I do... think of it as if you don't log something, you're taking the first step toward falling back into old habits.... a bad day is a bad day.... nothing more, nothing less... but if you don't log it to remind yourself, it may become the first in many.

I've done enough "dieting" to finally realize that if you look at it as something you can "quit," you are looking at it wrong. The changes you've made to your eating habits thus far ARE going to make you thinner and healthier, no matter what. It will not occur overnight. It will take many many months before you are where…

Like I said.... you don't need to believe Wikipedia, but at least check out the citations in the Wiki article before writing it off. I'm sorry, If you're going to scoff at the credibility of Wikipedia, you must also discredit all citations in the given article... its the nature of the beast.

You asked for peer reviewed sources.... here's a start.... http://dms.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/08aug2002_water.shtml Here's the actual science journal article: http://dms.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/pdf/8x8.pdf No reason to write off wikipedia, either.... they have sources cited there.... check the citations out if you…

Its not that drinking water is bad..... its more the myth that you somehow HAVE to drink 8 glasses of water a day to be healthy. Water is in everything you eat or drink... that should all count toward the magical 8 glasses of water mark if this were actually based on some sort of fact.…

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp Yeah, the 8 glasses thing is absolute and utter b.s. I don't know why people can't get it through their head....

I don't want kids and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one here.... there's a ton of recent mothers and such around here, which is fine...but personally, I don't have time or money to devote to raising a kid, nor do I picture myself as the "fatherly" type.... like so many other responses here, I'm happy with where my life…

I had something similar, I believe it is called Plantar Fascitis.... anyway, I had to stop running for a while and massaged the bottom of my foot regularly with a small rubber bouncey ball... it seems like it has gone away now. It was really painful for quite a while, I'm really glad the pain has subsided. It probably took…

Welcome, and good luck! Stick with it.... it works.

Good to know that I'm not the only one suffering from this right now... makes walking feel terrible and I haven't really even thought about running since it really flared up.

Just wanted to say that I'm loving all the hockey love here!

Yeah, I'm in Cincy.... been doing this for a while with a fair amount of success.

I still eat a lot of fast food, but make sure I'm under my goal as much as possible.... a lot of times its not the healthiest option, but it works for me. I've tended to change from going to McDonalds to Jersey Mike's or Chipotle or somewhere where I can see what is going into my food. I've cut out snacking more than…

I know your pain.... I was having the same problem the first time I started counting last fall.... going out 3 or 4 times a week... trying to save enough calories to fit everything in. It was tough, but I was able to do it for about a month and a half, but eventually I couldn't keep that pace up and bailed on the counting.…

Totally agree.... bottled water tastes weird.

Bottled water is wayyyyyy overrated.... most tap water is just as good and just as healthy, unless you live somewhere with a bad water supply. Bottled water is kind of a scam....