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Yeah... I think it says a lot about the level of respect he has for her. I can't imagine my Husband constantly referring to me as "the wife" and he doesn't refer to me as a ball and chain either. Then again he's my best friend.

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Read my profile photo. Lol I'm a hot sweaty mess by the time I leave the gym and bonus on not wearing makeup: the program director guessed me to be 10 years younger than my actual age :) If I felt like I had to do my hair, put n full makeup and coordinate my outfit just to work out, I would never work out lol ETA but as…

My love of cooking, gourmet food, good cheese, wine, olive oil all things, Italian, French, Spanish, Indian... Pretty much eating all of the time, drinking too much wine, having a highly stressful LIFE, trauma, and a lack of activity..... For years :/ The hardest part of dieting for me is that my meals are so dang boring!…

Sounds about right. That's what I eat per day and I'm 143 and 5 foot 2 :) I'm losing, but slow and steady and I did hit a monthlong plateau after raising cals from 1200, but now seem to be losing again after a couple of even higher cal days and a few days of rest. My body rewarded me by dropping 2.5 pounds :)

I work out six days a week and have for about 3 months. I recently took a few days off and my body rewarded me by busting me out of a month long plateau and dropping 2.5 pounds :) enjoy it, relax and renew!

And good luck with your goals! Just don't get caught in the 1200 calorie trap, like I and so many others have. It slows down your metabolism significantly and it took my body a full month to stop freaking out on me after I raised my calories. I may still even have to raise them more, but I'm not ready for another month…

according to how much weight you have to lose, I wouldn't try to lose that in a week. Go back in and Set your weight loss goal to a half pound per week and see what it says. Chqnces are you will lose more than that anyway. And yes, I would say eat back your exercise calories if you follow Mfp recommendations. You…

I really need to follow this thread.... We spend way too much for food just for me and my hubby and seems like we are always running to the store. Ugh.

I have a Chris Chinchilla on my friends list :)

pretty please add some more stuff!!!! :)

I recently got full lab work done and received a letter stating everything was "normal". When I called to get copies of the test results for my home records, I found out they hadn't even ordered half of the tests! Took days for me to get an explanation and even then it was just a "woops, our bad" Always ask for your test…

I don't know why, but this thread made me crave a peach nehi

If you stick with a shrimp dish, as long as its not fried... You should be okay. The sauces are usually lighter for seafood. I believe oyster sauce is not too bad....Beef and broccoli is also really low which surprised me... you might gain a little water weight from the sodium, so make sure to stay hydrated today and…

I genuinely wasn't getting hungry on 1200 cals a day. Instead of staying low I took the opposite approach and increased my calories to 1500 and started making myself eat something small every 3 hours. I actually have an appetite now, and I feel soooo much better :) I eat clean mostly, whole foods but i also use protein…

They are also delicious with eggs and corn tortillas

How long have you been stalled?

Dear... The only way you will fail is if you do indeed give up. Keep doing what you need to do and trust the process. At some point things will start to work in your favor, but it absolutely takes time. Forget deadlines, forget magic numbers. Stay dedicated to tracking and working out and giving tour body the fuel it needs…

Yay! :)

All you nice guys, please keep being nice!!! I looooved the nice ones and I married one! :) nice guys are so where it's at and the right woman will appreciate you for it I swear and you will adore her. The only thing I can say is most women really do like nice guys we just also want to be pursued a little. You gotta…

I used to worry constantly about how I looked while working out. That was pretty much where my mind was all the time. Feeling like I looked stupid or fat. Now I don't care in the least. I focus on if I'm doing something correctly or if I'm hydrated enough, or Im pushing myself to get that last rep out. I do sometimes Go…

Congrats! I just started and I'm getting the worst shin splints! :/ Did you get them too and did they get better?

I'd like to see someone TRY and eat 10 pounds of any of these lol. You can't! I know where this person is coming from :) all of these foods are very low in calories, yet nutrient dense. You will feel satisfied on smaller amounts of them. Even eating large amounts of them won't derail you. In my lifetime, the lowest I've…

There is no reason to be rude to the original poster who is simply trying to relay her experience to be helpful. Grow up people.

Saving this for next weekend's breakfast recipe!

Good reminder to double check food labels from time to time! :) I ate one of those pre wrapped sweet potatos the other day... Biggins Brand that you pop in the microwave and on the package it say 6 oz. Well then I got to thinking there is no way every single sweet potato is 6 oz unless they have some mad crazy perfect…

Great news! :) Do you find your bmf to be accurate?

I don't drink much anymore.... tomorrow is my birthday so that statement doesn't apply lol. But I've been to several occasions lately where people are drinking and I just don't bring it up. If they bring it up I remind them I'm driving. If they persist I tell them I have a bladder infection. TMI always shuts people up…

I would also add that the South is great and you shouldn't have too many problems making friends :) It's always harder as an adult, but I moved from the south to the midwest and ugh. People just don't care to get to know you where I am. I've tried, but after 9 years here I still only have what I would call one FRIEND. And…