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Even people having Jaw surgery would not be put on a liquid protein diet, they would be on a liquid meal replacement plan. Those are more than simply protein. Most protein powders have very little if any micronutrients which your body needs. So just using whey protein as a meal plan would be very bad, you would likely have…

Some of us have a hard time noticing at all ;). It has happened over the full year and when I look in the mirror I look like I did yesterday. That is why measurements (which I never did and still haven't) and such are important to really notice the difference. As far as like clothing fitting differently and the like, it…

Greek Yogurt. If you want a double bang, get chocolate protein powder and blend it in with plain greek yogurt. 1/2 serving of EAS chocolate protein powder plus 150g of non-fat greek yogurt is about 165 calories but provides a very good amount of protein (approximately 29g). If you want more chocolate flavor add a little…

Not to defend the school or the decision but the two articles pointed to are very one sided. And in both I can see a reason why the school may have acted. There was a child en-route to the bus stop, the school takes some level of responsibility for making the bus stops a safe environment for the child and therefore if that…

9/1 - 9/7 - 112 9/8 - 9/14 - 118 9/15 - 22 9/16 - 16 9/17 - 17 9/18 - 14 9/19 - 31 9/20 - 7 9/21 - 23 9/22 - 16 376 flights so far (should clear 400 by end of today).

Can you walk for a good period of time? Walking is plenty of exercise to lose weight as long as you do it for a while. I have lost most of the 70+lbs just by walking daily. I walk about 10k steps each day. I don't have tendinitis just bad knees which have kept me from running much. If you balance this with some upper body…

I wear a pedometer so we count all walking as part of what we do. We set ourselves as sedentary to account for just walking around the house and doing normal house stuff. When I go shopping I can easily travel 2.5 to 4 miles on a shopping trip (Costco, BJs + the Mall and it eats up a lot of steps especially if you park…

My wife will eat plain greek yogurt with just berries. I still add a packet of monk fruit to mine as I just can't deal with the plain yogurt still, so monk fruit and berries and I am good to go. It is still much less sweet then the preblended stuff, and I can add fresh berries to it while they are available. We get the fat…

I think there have been a few studies that say that corn can help improve cholesterol levels due to some fatty acid it contains can help reduce absorption or something...I don't remember. Nor do I care. Corn is yummy and you can have my corn when I die, and you can lay it right next to my potatoes.

9/1 - 9/7 - 112 9/8 - 9/14 - 118 9/14 - 25 9/15 - 22 9/16 - 16 9/17 - 17 285 flights so far (9/14 is in the list above twice until my next post).

Up to 205 fights so far - Guess I need to step it up a little, falling off pace. 9/1 - 4 9/2 - 6 9/3 - 51 9/4 - 16 9/5 - 15 9/6 - 11 9/7 - 9 9/8 - 15 9/9 - 24 9/10 - 18 9/11 - 5 9/12 - 25 9/13 - 6

Up to 127 fights so far: 9/1 - 4 9/2 - 6 9/3 - 51 9/4 - 16 9/5 - 15 9/6 - 11 9/7 - 9 9/8 - 15

Up to 61 fights so far: 9/1 - 4 9/2 - 6 9/3 - 51 (My wife called me crazy for walking up and down our staircase for about an hour with several breaks, 13 stairs on my staircase) 9/4 - 16 9/5 - 9/6 - 9/7 - I will just be updating this one going forward.

Up to 61 fights so far: 9/1 - 4 9/2 - 6 9/3 - 51 (My wife called me crazy for walking up and down our staircase for about an hour with several breaks, 13 stairs on my staircase) 9/4 - 9/5 - 9/6 - 9/7 - I will just be updating this one going forward.

EEK! I am starting in a severe deficit, but I will try this. I have 10 flights so far between the 1st and 2nd, so I will have to step it up. I did do 100 flights in one day back in July but can't count on that as I have no big hikes planned through September. So 10/400 so far. 28 days left so 14 flights per day EEK!

While I agree it isn't a great stand alone tool, I too have been waiting on this as just another indication of moving in the right direction. I am at just about 30.4 right now and I am waiting for the day when the WII no longer says 'That's Obese!'. Take that WII ! I am about 2 weeks away from it I think. Great work on…

I don't have a fuelband but I do have a fitbit one and I know someone who has the fuelband and she is about to move to the fitbit also. I really like the fitbit and it is a more generic measure of the activity you are doing. I will also say that it is very accurate, I walk on a treadmill that records steps on the tread and…

While I am not going to say Ben Affleck is an amazing actor, I wouldn't blame him for DareDevil. His acting was okay in that movie, the problem was the script was HORRIBLE. The best actor in the world wasn't going to make that a good movie. Ben has had a talent for picking really horrible scripts to accept, which makes him…

It isn't lazy certainly. But it probably will be less effective than you may think. Just remember at some point to maintain a healthy long term relationship with food, you will need to build a new meal plan you can stick to, and meal replacements are probably not going to be your long term goal. Calling you lazy is wrong,…

I have tried the slimfast 'diet' 4 times. I had lost about 10 pounds each time and then put it back on. It didn't help me to adjust my eating habits as it replaced meals rather than teaching me how to create better meals. I actually like the taste of some of the slimfast bars but really don't plan on 'dieting' again. If…

I guess I was just lucky. The day I bought a treadmill desk my wife was upstairs walking on it a few hours after I got it set up just to play with it (and complain that the desk was too high ;) ). We both joined MFP on the same day, I have missed one day and she has missed zero. My big issue is that she can't follow my…

The worse thing you all could do is spend too much on a ring and then be miserable because of it. My wife is definitely not a jewelry person so probably way to easy for me. Her original ring (same ring new setting and diamond now) was actually from my mother. It was a very small diamond (probably 1/8th caret) in a sort of…

Some call centers have installed Treadmill desks and this can really be helpful. They are fairly quiet and with a good headset most of the background noise it causes is lost. I have a treadmill desk at home where I actually work and it has been great. I walk on it at least 2 hours per work day and is really the only…

I am on the list of people who didn't like it. I didn't like the taste of it, and I am not sure I could quantify it. Typically if I want juice now I blend it with zero calorie sparkling water about 50/50. For some reason if it is fizzy I don't mind the loss of flavor so much ;). Right now it takes me a month to go through…

Two things : 1. Time - I am very busy at work and really haven't been able to fit workouts around work which is why I bought a treadmill desk, if work is exercise then there isn't an excuse. I haven't yet found a good way to incorporate weight lifting into my daily work, I think people would get a little put off with me…

The how long it takes depends on how aggressive you are being with your weight loss. Other than vacation that I took this summer, I have averaged 10lbs lost per month since December when I started or 2lbs per week. My weight loss has been totally diet modification (I am not on a diet, I am eating more healthy and with…

I would say this, if a treadmill will help you to remain active when you probably wouldn't have been as active then definitely buy it. The whole weight lifting stuff was not helpful to you at all. Yes weight lifting should be a part of your plan (it is mine but I haven't gotten to that part yet ;) ). All the weight I have…

I eat Brummel & Brown Yogurt spread. At 45 calories per serving versus 120 calories for butter it is part of helping me maintain my calorie numbers. And while cholesterol in food doesn't equate to it in you, fat does have an impact on cholesterol buildup and the lower fat in our spread helps to bring numbers down. All this…

I actually own 3 food scales. 2 are in our kitchen and one is in my bag and is about the size of a flip cell phone. Obviously the small one can't weigh much but it is handy for those times when I want to know what a piece of fruit weighs or something like that. If you get one make sure you can read it with a plate on it.…

Not that you were likely looking for a man's opinion but anyway: I would really say it depends on the sports bra, my wife has several and a couple of them I would probably drag her back inside before letting her go too far with it ;). But others cover her more than her regular bra and a T-shirt do at times so if it won't…