Lynn_babcock Member

OMG... where do you live? If you're anywhere close to me in Wyoming I'd love to cook for you... just watching you eat the things I want to would make me happy. Taco's seem to get me in trouble.. they are cheap to make, and so yummy you just want more. I make creme de pollo when cream is on sale (heavy whipping, whipping..…

I thinks it's strange that so many people have written about being bored with food at 1200 calories. I'm doing 1200 calories right now too. I'm always so hungry in the morning. Anything hot is good. Cold cereal just doesn't cut it. Oatmeal, egg muffin sandwich, eggs and toast.. throw bacon into the mix and life is GOOD.…

String cheese usually has 80 calories a stick. I take those when I'm doing a long cleaning job... keep them in my totally-hip fanny pack :) Imitation crab sticks, about 30 calories a stick.. depends on brand. Pickled boiled eggs.. finish off the dill pickles, peel your boiled eggs and drop them in there. They last a very…

Try writing out your food diary the night before or morning-of. I'm more willing to stick to an already-logged food diary than pick something else and have to change it. The night before (after dinner) I'm more clear-headed about what I should be eating, so I just do the meal planning to make it work. Taste is better of…

Add me too. Trying to be good. I keep cheating on weekends so I'm trying to save up calories for the next one.. while still keeping to an average of 1200.

I use the big pumpkins for meals. I make them into a vegetable with dinner and I also use the big ones for pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread. I bake for side income and people say my pumpkin bread is the best they've had. Cheapest thing in the produce aisle... 18 cents a pound here.. can't beat that. I boil it until its soft,…

Good job. Motivation is everything. Don't loose it if your weight loss slows.. because it will now. A lot of the first weight we loose is bulk food in the digestion because we're eating less. Remember to set yourself up with a pair of 'skinny jeans' so you can feel your progress. Set mini-goals. Keep it up :)

Tried them. A bit too salty, next time I might not use any additional salt since the baking powder is a bit salty in itself. The recipe just doesn't make 2 tortillas.. 2 tortillas end up too small to be useful, maybe 4-5". I used 1/4 tsp of dried powdered cilantro and jalapeno which had a good taste. I cooked on a…

No, but they are much lower-calorie so you can eat a lot of veggies with the other more calorie-dense foods for a meal and feel like you aren't missing out. I try to do half a plate of veggies at a meal. Veggies generally take longer to eat, at least for me. I try to take my time eating, we talk as a family and then by the…

We're also four on $100/week. We started doing this with fairly well stocked pantry so I've been able to wait for sales to replenish the things I use. Currently trying to spend closer to $80/week and saving the other $20/week for an upcoming case-lot sale that will save money (generally canned foods and bagged flour are…

I just turned 30. 5'4" Starting weight: 177 Current weight: 151 Goal weight: 135 .. hoping by early Summer to get there I was between 125-135 during high school/college.. put it on after getting married (first 2 years). We have two boys, 4 & 6. I broke my ankle a year and a half ago and it's been painful since. Majority of…

Broccoli, steam with granulated garlic and salt. Spinach - Great in SO many foods.. like omelets.. or just lightly cooked (steamed or on a skillet) with some salt and garlic. I mix it into rice (after the rice is cooked.. on my plate).. that's really good. Adds flavor for the rice and makes that side go further. Green…

My husband got me a Zephyr almost a year ago. Still works. I link it with my smart phone and the Endomondo app.. when I'm done it automatically logs it to MFP. My weight loss is keeping up with what it says my net calories are.. so I would say it's accurate. **Edit** Perhaps a down size (and I don't know if the Polar does…

I try to save enough for about 6oz of red wine. It's supposed to have other health benefits.. and it tastes good.

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Dang.. well I turned 30 less than a week ago. Pretty happy where I am these days.. but plan on even better by next year.

1200 just seems to be their golden number. My husband, who is 6' tall, has the same minimum.. 1200 calories. Personally I think his should be a higher minimum if 1200 is my minimum to get adequate nutrition. So at 5'.. my thought is that you would require less calories than my husband who is a foot taller than you. Just my…

Here too.. at 1200 I'm projected to loose 1.1/week. I ate 1700 something calories yesterday (I believe in cheat days) and it showed me as a gain. Kinda depressing! :) Oh well, it's the safer way to guess using sedentary and logging workouts I think. If you end up being a little more active it just works to your benefit.…

I agree with meal planning and buy around that... along with some fun snacks. That way you don't have food spoil and you know you don't have to run to the store to finish making something. In the morning my usual meals are: - Oatmeal (old fashioned, 1/2 cup dry.. then cooked of course), with brown sugar (1 Tblsp), and 1/4…

SW: 155 W1: 154.5 W2: 154 W3: 152.5 GW: 135 Goal for this weigh-in was 150.5.. currently 2#'s behind. I wrote out my weekly goal ahead of time to loose 20# in the challenge time. I had a rough start though.. spent an entire week in a truck not able to do anything but sit there.. I'm just glad I didn't gain that week…

Mine is public.. I've only been active again for about 3 weeks.

Oh gosh.. it was right on the home screen for the group. :) Ok, put my weigh in from last week.. almost time to weigh in for the new week! I'm so stoked for this challenge! SW: 155 W1: 154.5 W2: 154 GW: 135 Any Foodies on here?! I love food and trying new things (open diaries required so I can get ideas!).. if anyone wants…

Do you track your fiber? Might be a good place to check.

I only get gas from it (and beans) if I haven't had enough fiber in my diet for awhile. I remember it really hurting. It passes though if you keep eating them. My brother was eating refried beans for 2-3 meals a day.. he says you adjust after awhile.

Our mule deer isn't as good as whitetail. I make our mule deer into swedish potato sausage. Its easy to make, you do have to have a sausage stuffer though. Marinate and grill. Deer stroganoff. Jerky. The ribs might be the best part...

I have a Waring.. I guess it does pretty good for a juicer. It does make me sick how much of the fruit/vegetables aren't used though. Lately if I'm going to make a food drink I use my blender so I'm not throwing much out.

I have a friend that swears by the red yeast rice. Her cholesterol has also been bad since her 20's.. and she's a healthy eater and has never been overweight. My MIL just started taking it too a couple weeks ago because she swears the pharmaceutical pills she was prescribed are affecting her ability to walk. She's hoping…