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Thanks for sharing. You have done a wonderful job! :-)

You don't log consistently so it's hard to know what could be causing the problem. On that basis alone, I'm not sure how you can say it's the site that doesn't work. ETA: If you ARE logging everything, well that explains a lot. You're only eating one or two meals a day?? Sometimes you eat less than half the calories you're…

Tried the 30DS yesterday - didn't make the gym - and my knee HATED it. I mean, H A T E D it. So ... yeah. My knee seems to currently hate anything that requires moving ... not sure what to do about that, but I'm going to try some upper body today provided nothing weird happens. Bored out of my mind at work - looking for a…

Is it also expected that Italian men and women will be so disrespectful to their parents while living as grown adults in their parents' homes? I would really like to understand this, because where I come from, disrespect is a great way to get your teeth knocked down your throat.

If my adult son spoke to me in that manner, or hung up on me, he'd be coming home to his clothing in the front yard. Did I say "in the front yard?" I meant all over the front yard. I never made my kids eat what I cooked - they were free to make themselves a sandwich, or a bowl of cereal, or a hot dog. As they've gotten…

My ex and I split up 13 years ago; I've long since moved on, new marriage, good job, etc etc. But I can't lie that when my daughter called me this morning and said that my ex and his wife (the woman he left me for) have split up and are headed for divorce ... I laughed just a little and thought, wow, isn't karma a b!tch.…

Sorry, but if you want to eat healthy and avoid "hidden" ingredients, don't by prepackaged foods. My brain is a bit boggled that you didn't realize refried beans would likely have trans fat ... To avoid trans fat, don't buy anything in a can or box ... but be aware that there is a bit of trans fat in many whole foods as…

So, today is just a pain. I want chocolate. I want to be home instead of at work. I think I need a vacation. Sad thing is, I just took a week off last month. Maybe the coming weekend will help ...

I was put off guacamole many years ago but recently rediscovered it. Although avocados have a lot of fat, they are fairly decent on calories. I worry less about the fat than the calories and indulge at least once a week. ;-)

ANY child who screams in a store, lays down in the aisle and throws a fit, is a nuisance, whether you tell them that or not. And never once did I say that I told her she was a nuisance, but when she acted that way, I certainly thought she was a nuisance. If your kid, or anyone else's, did the same thing, I'd think they…

Let me preface this with saying that the owner of the spa did not handle this correctly. She should have pulled the mother aside and explained that the child's behavior was upsetting others. Just because one or two people who posted this on FB weren't bothered by it, that doesn't mean others weren't. However ... I didn't…

Count me in.

I think in this particular case, YOU'RE the exception. Most women don't purposely "let themselves go" during pregnancy, or even after. With my daughter I gained 18 lbs, and when I got pregnant five months post-partum with my son, I had a net gain of 2 lbs. But I was never able to achieve a "slim" look again, thanks to a…

I wouldn't want my husband hanging out with women without me all the time. I don't understand where her husband is in all of this ...

I love steak, but I would be concerned about the saturated fat every day.

As rude as it may sound, I don't think I would take any sort of advice from someone with this story, and I would have looked at someone like they were crazy if they put me with a 300 lb trainer ... ETA: Unless, of course, it was 300 lbs of mostly muscle ...

Honestly, I'm not going to worry about it too much. For me, it's just one meal, maybe two, so I'll enjoy it and be sure to hit the gym. :-) Now, if anyone can give me advice on not going crazy when my youngest graduates high school in a couple of weeks, I'll take it. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a little depressing…

Yep. Burgers definitely need an 80/20 or 85/15 or they are like eating sawdust burgers. Everything else, I use 90/10 or 93/7 (depends on what I find when I go to the store, and I don't spend the extra $2/lb for a 3% difference).

When I was single, I was lonely too - the whole single mom thing and all that. I never expected to find THE guy on the internet, but I sure did have some fun meeting new people this way. Some of the guys were just weird, and some "dates" I cut seriously short, but I did have fun most of the time. I think your "success" has…

I could use a "home" on MFP that includes folks who understand I'm not trying to look like a nubile child ... ;-) Is there room for one more??

I started with 120 to lose, and knew I would be overwhelmed. So I decided to look at it in five pound increments. I need to lose five pounds. Twenty-four times over. So far I've hit my goal four times. :-) I don't let myself get overwhelmed by the fact that I still have 100 lbs I want to lose. I'm only focused on the next…

I can certainly understand how you feel. Depression made me pack on pounds, and by the time I was no longer depressed, I had gone too far down the road of overeating to naturally turn back. To add insult to injury, I eat when I'm happy too. I eat when I'm sick, I eat when I'm healthy. I just LOVE to eat. I figured out I…

That the hypothetical woman speak to her hypothetical doctor to find out if what she wants to do is healthy. Seriously, you're asking folks who don't know you or your medical history to comment on you making a change to your body composition for vanity's sake. No one here really knows whether or not your goals are…

So, coming at that from another perspective, it may very well that your parents think you're not going to stop. I understand what everyone is saying here, but it's not always jealousy or insecurity that causes people to make such comments. I have a sister who is very health conscious and works very hard to maintain her…

Actually not a fairy tale. I'm married to one. :-) He can definitely be an *kitten* to the world at large, but he treats me and the kids like we are the most important things in the world. He looks a bit rough, and he is distrustful of everyone, but I've never been treated better at any point by any other man in my life,…

I had part of my clavicle cut off in 2009, and just never got back into the gym, so I lost all of my shoulder strength, and most all of the strength in my left arm. As a result, now that I'm back to working out, I use the machines to rebuild what I've lost. I did try going back to free weights and found that my strength…

What do I do? I pick up my keys, wave goodbye and take a ride. I get away from them, and I don't answer my cell phone when they call. When my grown daughter, who lives with her boyfriend, calls with her problems, I express empathy and say, What are you going to do about that? I don't usually offer advice, and I don't fix…

At first, it was clinical depression as the result of an emotionally and physically abusive marriage. Then once we split up, I got back into shape, and maintained for years until I blew out my shoulder. Boom! Huge weight gain in a very short period of time, and then a lack of commitment to get back into shape exacerbated…

What worked for me (I fell off the wagon after a business trip to the UK) was to just start logging again, even if it was way over. I started seeing what I was actually eating, and it made me a little sick to realize exactly what I was eating and how many calories I was taking in. It was the motivation I needed to get me…

Understandable, but I didn't stall until I changed my deficit. I think I went below my BMR, so I think my best bet is to actually up my calories, not take them lower.