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I eat a can of tuna, squeeze of lemon and kosher salt. I heat it up and pretend I'm eating fish and chips. :)

I'm 6'3" and I'm currently around 180, but I want to get back down to 165, which is my pre baby weight.

I've lost 2 lbs and I have 13 to go! :)

I'm very tempted because I get very bummed when the scale doesn't move. But to not weigh for a month? Okay...I'm in!

Well...I always skipped breakfast before MFP and apparently I overcompensated later in the day because now I have weight to lose, lol. I feel like I need breakfast to keep from overdoing it later in the day.

Aw it makes me sad to think that young girls are self conscious and wish they would stop growing. I'm 6'3" and I love being tall. :) I wish I could give these girls a pep talk. I feel really lucky to be so tall and I get a lot of positive attention from it. I have a 10 year old daughter and she wants to be 6' tall. <3…

Great work!

My husband grabbed my *kitten* and said, "whoa, feeling tight baby!" ;)

Whenever my kids say they can't do something, I correct them and make them say, "I can't do _________yet." :) You will lose weight! Are you possibly not eating enough to fuel your workouts? I really have no advice, and since I can see your food diary I have no idea what you are eating. Do you eat way more carbs than…

Absolutely. I had bright red claw marks on my butt from puberty and they have faded to skin colored, slightly silvery lines. I dint get them on my stomach during my pregnancies, but I have deep ones on one inner thigh (yep...just one one side. Makes no sense). Then I got 1/2" wide red stretch marks from breast feeding.…

For me it was a series if small things. First...my clothes didn't fit. I put on my cute summertime shorts and they were painted on. My cellulite was oozing out in bulges. Ugh my dryer shrank my shorts. ;) Then during changing in front if my husband his reaction to seeing me went from, "Dayum! How did I get a hot girl like…

No idea. I'm skurred. ;)

Meh...it's probably like born again Christians or first time Moms. (no offense if you are a born again Christian or a first time Mom. I've been both, lol). They are just super gung ho and are probably happy they found a diet friend to talk at. ;) Just smile and nod.

I was on WW points plus system for a month and lost NOTHING. I was so upset and defeated and "rebelled" by not tracking anything and enjoying all the food I wanted for a few months. I was on MFP for a week and I lost 1.8lbs. (happy dance)!!!! I am so happy and hopeful that Ive found the right plan for me with MFP! The…

Ho-leeeeeee-crap! You have completely transformed. Beautiful job!

Sooooo...I walked a 5k this morning. A friend of mine was unable to do the Color in Motion run so last minute she asked if I wanted her bib numbers. Two of my friends were going with their daughters and my daughter came too. It was actually fun. We jogged a little but walked the majority of it. I really loved the time with…

It blows my mind that so many adults smoke weed. I had a daily habit for 2 years but stopped when I went to college. I never even think about it being a possibility in my life. I love a buzz from wine so hmmmm...pot is zero calories! Oh wait...right...this post was a warning against munches. Never mind. I wouldn't know…

I can count cleaning the house as exercising? Well never mind then, I exercise constantly LOL! Seriously though, my goal is to look good in a swimsuit at the pool this summer. Maybe I'll try sit ups, pushups, and lunges to start.

That's good to hear!

I weigh my food but weighing my cereal was impossible. I poured in what looked like a ton of cereal and the scale barely moved. I measured it and it was 1 1/2 cups, so that's what I put down in my diary.

Wait...did you just start MFP and are you close to your period? I started MFP the week before I got my period and I was ravenous. I though that it was because I was finally paying attention to food so now I was obsessed with eating. Turns out, as soon as I started my food obsession vanished. Hormones are powerful. Play…

Oh the fruit muffins idea is great. I can freeze them ahead of time and just toss it in their bag and it will thaw by lunchtime. I think I'll buy sun butter too. I've tried almond butter but it was a no-go. Love the idea of ants on a log...my kids would get a kick out of that. Ive raised cracker loving kids so any ideas on…

I wear my nicotine patches long term so no help here! Now I'm scared to ever wean off of them after reading your post. Nicotine in itself isnt terribly bad for you, no worse than caffeine IMHO. Cigarettes will kill you though so great job quitting! I personally feel like nicotine helps with my anxiety and I'm off Prozac…

I will be logging it, but I only have had 1 period since starting MFP and I hadn't weighed myself before.njustnthink about it this way...it's a bummer to see the weight pile on, but what a relief to see the weight back off the following week.

Very true that your palate will change! I'm starting to feel unimpressed by super sweet things and processed carbs. I took a bite of white bread the other day and spit it out (how ladylike!). It tasted like flavorless goo and the though of putting it in my body grossed me out.

I have stopped eating out, except for taco bell. I'm just not strong enough yet. Im new and I also didn't have a clue what a "portion" was. I scoffed at moderation. I'm three weeks in though and I'm getting better. My go to "fried craving" snack are lean cuisine spring rolls. There are 6 per box, but they are divided into…

I love the shrimp cocktail idea. I'm definitely going to serve that. I can munch on that and stay way under my snack calories.

I feel like I'm too new to take a day off. My big problem is alcohol. I lose my willpower when I drink so I'm actually pretty worried that I'm going to blow it with junky food. I've only lost 1.8lbs so far and I'm ridiculously proud of that number. I'm hosting this year and usually get togethers at my house are my time to…

550 is no that bad, in fact it's probably close to your maintenance calorie number. You might not lose that extra fraction of a pound, but you aren't going to gain from it. I mixed up my numbers a little this week and went 550 over on Sunday but I still lost 1.8lbs in a week. Just start fresh tomorrow and drink a lot of…

Let me preface this by saying I'm a fast food junkie and the question was, "What saves you?" For me, Lean cuisine spring rolls. Super delish...hot and crunchy with just enough grease to satisfy my desire to hit up a drive thru. Then special K fiber plus protein bars. Very filling and they taste like a candy bar. Coffee…