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  • i try to weigh in once a day, and i try to do it at the same time every day, and make everything as same as possible. that way i can try to correlate bad habits (or good ones!) with results. I use the wii fit as my scale, it graphs my results over time so I can see how my 'speed' has changed as i've lost weight and…
  • my favorite, kind of a country pork stew. about 300 cals for 1/12 of this recipe, which is about a cup 3 cans of beans (14oz cans) 3-4C onions, carrots, and/or potatoes, cubed 3/4 lb italian sausage, no casings 1-1/2 lb pork butt cubed 3 cloves garlic, pressed 3C chicken broth 1/2t oregano, dried 1/2t basil, dried 1. brown…
  • this is surprisingly filling: 2 small corn tortillas (guererro's from costco) + one wedge of laughing cow swiss or chipotle split between the two and spread like cream cheese. toast them up in a dry pan, then slather with tobasco or tapatio and fold them over like tacos = 150 calories!
  • If you can, go to a running store, let them pamper you and your feet and tell you about the different shoes they have and what they're good for, etc. If you have 'regular' shaped feet then you can wear pretty much any shoe you like. If you have clubs like mine, you may want to make sure you get something that fits well.…
  • I can relate to holidays and all, its hard to make yourself feel like you're missing out in the middle of a very happy social situation. At work we have a weekly catered lunch, and I started a new habit there that I found helps a lot: using a much smaller plate (like using a dessert plate, cereal bowl, or even a mug…
  • Kookla, I read that if you push you calorie intake too low, your body goes into starvation mode, which makes you plateau if you're trying to lose weight. That happened to me a few weeks back when I was eating 200 calories less than what I should have been, thinking it would get me to lose faster. And the more I plateaued,…
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