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I actually never realized you had to wait that long for dairy! Thanks for the tip!!!

To be fair, I've been out to eat plenty of times where children have been sitting around me and I hardly noticed. I've also been to restaurants where I've seen children start to act up and parents nip the behavior in the bud. I've also been to restaurants (not family-geared places mind you) and seen children run around…

Point conceded...although upon searching at least two of the restaurants that popped up have allowed children in . Apparently I should start eating at the bar :wink: Then at least I can drown my annoyance away...jokes :laugh:

Do these exist? I know I personally have never seen a restaurant that has a blanket "no kids allowed" policy. I've listened to children screaming at restaurants where dinner is $75/plate and there is no kids menu...explain that one to me?! On a side note, don't hit kids...I might grumble under my breath within earshot of…

AMEN! I don't have kids but I was a nanny, and I have all the respect in the world for parents and everything they put up with, but don't bring them to the nice restaurants and let them scream and ruin my dinner. If your sitter bailed on you or you didn't have one in the first place, I'm sorry. That sucks, but those are…

I've been logging in the morning. It seems to curb my temptation to eat things I hadn't already planned because I know it will throw my numbers out of whack.

This may seem over-simplified, but if you feel hungry eat something, if you don't then don't worry about it. Sometimes I think people obsess too much about when they're eating and going into "starvation mode" rather than just listening to your body. If you're under your calorie count for the day but you don't feel hungry,…

My parents tried to feed my sister and I very healthy foods when we were little. In fact, I have always liked broccoli, green beans, peas, milk (not chocolate milk either). I do remember going to school though and all of the other kids picked on me and called me weird because I liked to eat these things and would rather…

I actually misspoke earlier--my iron pill is 2x daily but my vitamin D I only take once a week per my RX. My doctor told me to go ahead and keep taking the fish oil in addition to the weekly supplement.

From my own personal experience, I was a pescatarian (eating only fish) for about 2 years, and I did not lose any weight. My roommate at the time was as well and (although she was naturally thin) she didn't lose weight when she started eating that way a few years prior. When I wasn't eating junk (you can find a lot of…

My vitamin D levels were actually low...so were my iron levels so I'm taking supplements for those as well as my multivitamin and fish oil. I pretty much do the same thing except my doctor has my rx broken up into 2 pills daily of the supplements so I've been talking the medicine for my thyroid as soon as I get up and eat…

I had all of my other numbers tested as well--my blood pressure was normal and my cholesterol and blood sugar were within the normal range. My doctor told me if I had the will power I could safely cut my calories down to 1000 per day (which seems like not much at all). He just said I need to make sure I was still getting…

I'm a sugary-soda fan too and although I'm just getting started, I've found that mixing a little bit of fresh squeezed juice with sparkling water actually helps me a lot. I'm not going to tell you that it tastes just like soda (because that's not true) but for me it's a happy medium between water and soda.

Mint.com is fantastic! Can't say enough good things about it! And there's an app so you can track everything on the go. It allows you to link all of your assets and debt so you can see it all without looking at 20 different websites (on mine I have my bank accounts, credit card, store cards, student loans, 401(k),…

Eating well and financing your healthy choices can be really difficult. I work in finance for a living and I still find it really challenging sometimes. And what's worse, when we worry about our finances we generally look for some way to forget about our money troubles and find comfort (which explains why we eat the things…

Most of the time I just have to eat the same things over and over again so I don't spend hours of my day making sure everything is correct. It's really frustrating.

Good luck to you! I've been fighting my own set of exercise limiting circumstances and unfortunately, I did gain back a lot of the weight I lost. BUT that's because I didn't adjust what I was eating to account for the calories I was no longer burning at the gym...and then I started to get angry and disappointed in myself…

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I really appreciate it. Unfortunately we are planning on using the pictures on our save-the-date postcards. They're going out with our families' Christmas cards. I think what made it worse was looking at these pictures on my computer at work while on my desk are pictures from a…

I have a bad back too and my physical therapist has me do walking lunges while holding a medicine ball with my arms straight out in front of me and twist to each side as I lunge. It really helps with my core. Otherwise you can try pilates (a lot of the moves can be modified to ease tension on the back. As many others have…

I'm not too far out of college so I understand how you feel about the ease of prepackaged food. I'm still incredibly busy working and going for my MBA and although I'm guilty of eating Lean Cuisines when I haven't had time to prep a lunch or dinner, I've started taking a couple hours (usually on a Sunday afternoon) and…

I've done the exact same thing. The worst part about it is the guilt I feel as soon as I've finished that bag of Cheetos which usually leads to more binge eating! In order to break myself of the pattern I've started doing the following: Whenever I feel the urge to binge or feel a craving for something I know I probably…

I'm 5'8" and about 200 pounds right now. I'm eating 1200-1400 calories a day but to keep from getting hungry I eat lots of snacks throughout the day like veggies! I also drink a lot of water (like 8-10 22 oz. water bottles full a day). Honestly the water keeps me from feeling really hungry at any point. The only time I do…

Fair point! But if the the dress and the pictures motivate me to make the changes I need to so I can live a healthy life, I'm going to take the motivation and run with it!

I know exactly how you feel when you say your husband is too nice. My fiance is way too nice (and he's an enabler as well---he brings me home treats I have a really hard time resisting!) The way I've handled it is by planning out every calorie I eat before I even get started for the day. Maybe it's overkill, but if I…

I'm getting married in June and want to lose 55 pounds by then. I'm not sure if it's doable, but I hired a personal trainer for a few sessions just to get me started because I'm clueless when it comes to exercise! I just found out thyroid condition and they haven't been able to get the dose of medicine right yet. I'm…

This might be a silly question, but how do you calculate your calories burned using your heart rate? Is there a website or tutorial somewhere that can walk me through it? Also do the heart rate watches actually work? What about the armbands that supposedly calculate calories all day long? My parents were going to buy one…