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I was shocked at the sodium I was consuming with cottage cheese! I know, right?! It's supposed to be good for you! I guess it is, if you're trying to retain water like a camel.

Mumma, you need to spend time tasting really well prepared foods, and learning how good things can taste. And you need to teach your children or they'll have a more difficult time with their weight than you are. Balance. Variation. That's the way to lose weight. Balance with your time, your hobbies, your interests, AND…

That's the trick -- recognizing you've fallen, and then deciding to get back up and keep going. Not one person isn't going to fall. But many will give up. And therein lies the difference.

So just don't talk to her about it. Find others you can share with, and later when you're healthier and happier and she asks how, tell her it was all the slow, quiet health and fitness stuff she didn't want to hear about. And then help her get there too. :)

I try and fast monthly, on the first weekend of the month. I do it to show God my spirit is stronger than my body, and I'm willing to sacrifice what my body needs in return for granting of requested blessings.

Let me know what I can do too. I've got four kids, and although I didn't carry them until they were born, I still have a belly to show for it.

I understand the cost of living is rivaled with So Cal.

Wangs should not be fried. Wings? Yes, please.

I have always loved the sinuous line that comes off the back of my deltoid (shoulder), and then runs down the back/side of my upper arm, then arcs over my elbow to continue down my forearm when I'm flexing my triceps. For a very long time that's been the favorite part of my (or anyone else's) body. And it looks all the…

Make sure you adjust your settings so you're sedentary now. I know I burn 400 calories more per day if I'm on my feet.

Do your best to stick to the routine for at least 6 days. Then relax and enjoy yourself. Then go back to the routine. Indulge every 7 days, and you'll stick to the diet much better than if you are imprisoned to it. And if you know you're going to have a 'fun' day, you're less likely to break the diet on the 'on' (or…

A calorie is a measurement of energy. That's the simplest answer. When you're talking about how many cals something has, it's determined by burning the food down to its basic carbon. The scientists (I'm not one of them) figures the number by how long it took to burn down, or how hot it had to be, or something like that.…

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I have a bachelor's degree in music composition. The certificate is worth less than toilet paper.

Make sure you don't put it on carpet when you weigh in. If your living room is like mine, and there's no hard surface near the wii, bring in at least cardboard, but better, plywood, and weigh on that. The carpet will make your results fluxuate enough to make you lose your mind.

Marriage is tough. No doubt about it. My wife and I are going to hit 14 years this August. And we're now starting our second round of therapy. We agreed when we had our first big 'this is it or we're done' fight that the word 'divorce' is not on the table. Having made that mutual decision, we will address every problem as…

Where is 'my topics'?

Oh wow, I am glad to know the real meaning now. Um... bump.

I think it's like a fist bump. I could be wrong. A very juvenile part of my mind wants it to be women doing a chest bump. I make that part of my mind stand in the corner.

Your body burns X calories a day. You tell MFP what you want to lose, they do the math and come up with a goal to lose that weight, bearing in mind your body's X burn. When you workout, which you should do, you burn more calories than the resting X. If you were to burn calories, and then intake a diminished amount, you…

I had to drop it cold turkey. I won't drink any calories anymore. Nor will I drink carbonation. I can feel a difference when I get winded now. I know it sucks (I still cry a little when I think about DrPepper). But I'm more committed to losing weight and becoming healthy than I am to drinking that delicious and satisfying…

Peas are my favorite. Next up, beans -- because they have great protein too. Lastly, broccoli.

I was told, and I've been doing this ever since, is you should drink half your weight in ounces of water daily. The words don't make much sense. I started losing at 300 pounds. So I was drinking 150 ounces of water daily. Yeah, almost 20 glasses of water. I bought a 40-ounce canteen, and we have a super cold water filter…

More water.

You've done a great job! Have fun -- and then pick up where you left off on Saturday. Enjoy!

Awesome!!! Good job!

The only way to shrink the fat on your hips is to shrink all the fat on your body (long answer for -- there are none). You can't target the fat reduction. So you just get on the weight-loss bandwagon. And bide your time. Plod, plod, plod.

Personally, I've found that family can more often than not be a hindrance. There are expectations, norms, emotions, guilt, and a very healthy 'lobsters-in-the-pot' scenario. Love your family, but if they're not supporting your weight loss, stop looking to them for support immediately. Go your own way, and when you're…

I think your hips widen because that's what your body does when it comes of age to bear children, whether you do or don't. It's just one of those things that the female body does. It's not a bad thing, btw.

How about swimming?