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Water water water. Also - I was a big stand-in-front-of-the-fridge-and-eat-whatever-I-see person... Now, I always keep a bag of baby carrots, grapes, or mini sweet peppers in there. Anything to fill the snacking urge without undoing my day :happy:

TOTALLY KIDDING!!!! :laugh: Yes, I think we mean Stay-home moms? [/quote] A little off topic but where do you find the emoticons? [/quote] "Add smiley"

Nah, sometimes I just lose it and lock them in a box. I'm not a mom for those 10 minutes. TOTALLY KIDDING!!!! :laugh: Yes, I think we mean Stay-home moms?

You sound like me 2 years ago. The motivation is there - just need to look. This site will help, I used to work out with the kids. We'd play the Wii Fit together for cardio, and I'd do the baby bench press for strength. They're a bit too heavy for that now, or I'm getting weaker - HA! Feel free to add me :) *edit* Anyone…

My diary is open too - including what makes me look crazy (i.e weird stuff listed under breakfast) and kinda like an alcoholic. :drinker:

I noticed my sodium levels were through the roof when I started this last year. I switched as many things as I could from packaged to fresh foods. I use frozen veggies instead of canned as much as possible. That being said, I'm a stay-home mom with time to do all the extra prep and cooking. (And I love it). If you don't…

Sorry if I turned people off being so picky about friends - will anyone be my friend? I only have 4 :sad:

I'm starting over too after an injury. I gained back all the weight I lost last year :( Anyway - instead of a pity party, I'm jumping right back into this. We can do it! I only have 3 friends - I need people to add me :D

Sound a little like me - 33, 2 kids, and while I'm not obese, I'm just not happy with myself. And yeah, going from not tracking to seeing what you were eating - ew. Check out some things you used to eat at restaurants... it made me cringe when I realized what I was doing. No wonder the pants got a little tight! lol

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Did you prime it - or whatever it's called. Eggplant needs to be prepped. I peel and slice, then lay on a paper towel, and sprinkle some sea salt over them. After 20-30 minutes, wipe off the liquid, flip and salt the other side. Then start cooking. Check allrecipes or just google search for more tips.

Pfew... Cooking ahead. Not cooking a head. Make a whole Chicken on Sunday - you can make meals out of it all week :)

I don't think I could go on living without tomatoes or pizza. I can't stand the smell of curry. My hubby keeps insisting that I try Indian Food because not everything is made with curry, but the smell of the restaurant would make me hurl.

I was just as worried (and hate the dentist) when my 4-year-old (now 5 1/2) had to get a cavity filled. They didn't let me in the room and I was pretty distraught over that, but figured it might be a good thing. She did great. She never cried, she never freaked out - I was up worried for 2 days before for nothing.…

Yep. That.

Yum. You think all this 'knowledge' would stop people from eating crap. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. That and pure stupidity. **edit** I'm stupid too. I break down and eat some nasty things from time to time, so please don't think I'm on any sort of soapbox.

HA! 1978 - Love them. In fact, Jedi was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. lol

I agree with some comments above. Don't force yourself to eat it. I really never liked fish, but found LOVE mahi mahi and other light-tasting fish. It has to be fresh though, or I can't stand it. Some grocery stores have flash-frozen fish, meaning frozen right after being caught... and that's the only way I can make it at…

Deep. Dish. Pizza.

Ditto on the jouney cringe. Adventure? Mine's like a roller coaster anyhoo :laugh:

YUM! Good trick.

So you'd get really pissed if someone starting singing 'Clementine' to you? Bwah ha ha

I wish I had calories to spare - avocados. I would put them on everything. Good fat, too high in calories for my diet.

See horse fall. See horse die. See people grab sticks and beat horse.

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I have a WW digital scale I got from Bed Bath & Beyond. With the coupon I think it was less than $30. It saves up to 5 weights so you can track progress. It's been pretty good for me. Have to stand in the same spot or you get different results... but can't expect much from a cheapo digital.

(Nerd Alert) We met at Northern Illinois University - in marching band :laugh:

I tend to 'fridge eat' - just standing there with the door open and pound whatever's there. I got rid of all the crap and now have to fridge eat cherry tomatoes and baby carrots. :tongue:

I have some calories to spare. Beer me.

Did I really see someone basically say that it was on Wikipedia so it must be true? Wow. Just. Wow.