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I would say you will want to eat a MINIMUM of 2000 calories but that is something you can talk with your Dr. about! Congrats on the pregnancy...super exciting!

Congrats! That is awesome!

Yup! Keep it up!!!

Keep it up! Good job!

WATER should be drank each time you go for a snack. Drink about 4 oz..you will eat less food and drink more water! After that...I like to mix it up. I love eating a few almonds with dark chocolate - yum! For time consuming snacks - pistachios in the shell are good cause you have to shell them. Just watch your servings ( I…

In 1 month, after tracking each day, you won't know what to do without MFP :) It is great and I soooo wish I had found this while i was working on loosing my weight 170 lbs! Now I use it to track my maintenance cause I never want to get those 170 lbs back!

I am making stuffed Green Peppers for dinner :)

Are you taking Metformin for Diabetes or does your Dr. have you on metformin for something else (like PCOS)? I was on metformin to help control my pcos but I did not have diabetes and it did stop me from loosing weight on the scale. I don't know if the non-diabetic thing made the difference or not but it did have that…

There is ALWAYS arguments on here on whether you should eat your burned off calories or not. So if you get blasted don't take it personal. The issue is you need to be eating at least some. Some would say you need to eat all your exercise calories back. If you don't want to, I do not think you should; however, I would…

Yes - go and enjoy! You are not on a "diet" you are doing a lifestyle change! You have been good. Go enjoy, just don't go overboard. If you did this every week I would say no...but this is a night out and not the norm. Don't feel guilt, enjoy and have some for me. Sounds soooooo yummy!!

The pants you have been wearing for the last 4 months - how are those feeling on ya? Look and think about that and those pair. You will ALWAYS be able to go into the store and try on the size smaller and not have them fit (even when you are a size 4,6, or 8)...but the current pair that is the tell-tale sign! Are they…

I weighed 300 lbs and was in a size 28/30. I now am 134 and in a size 6/8 and honestly most of my skin has shrunk great. I think a lot of it depends on the elasticity of your skin, how old you are and how long you had the weight on.

Oh Girl Scout cookies are accountable for my last 2 lbs I gained I am sure!! :) Ok here's how I did it! I have NO will power but then I changed. I said, "I am strong" I wrote, "I am strong". I repeated, "I am strong" while I worked out and it was hard. I repeated again, "I am strong" when food that looked DELICIOUS was put…

This place is a GREAT GREAT place! Just make sure even when you go over calories to put in the food. Makes you accountable and in the end if you don't put it in, the only person you are cheating is yourself! You can do this! And good luck!!!

Maybe exercise videos are just not for you! Or maybe you need to have it be exercise video one day, outside another and gym another...mixing it up will help!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my wii fit and I find that it is usually spot on. I have a dr. that calibrates his scale weekly and whenever I weigh myself at home and then on his scale in same clothes they weight within .1 lbs of the same. I love and trust my wii fit. The best thing is I have had mine for almost 3 years (at 1015 days…

Honestly HEALTHY cereal is not a horrible choice. I love Fiber One Honey Clusters. I think it tastes good and my kids eat it so I figure my taste buds can't be that off :) For 1 1/4 cup (55g) its 170 calories, 1g of fat, 14 g dietary fiber, 5g of sugar and you also get 3 g of protein. With milk you are at about 215-260…

Yes I can but please note that I have eaten REALLY crappy for the last 3 weeks. I had major intestinal surgery to fix my intestines and food became what I could eat and keep down rather than healthy choices. I think that is a huge part of why and how I got off track and have started to REALLY struggle. Also, candy got…

So inspirational! You are awesome and a big example of wonderful things! I am so proud of you!! Thanks for sharing!

A big thing to remember is that in order to take care of them...you have to take care of you! Also when you have lots of stress like you have especially sick children it is really hard to concentrate on what foods are going in your mouth. I find that if ANYONE in my house gets sick (my hubby and myself included) my food…

Does bicycling hurt your foot? I suggest taking a break from exercises that affect the foot but take the time to make it that you find OTHER exercises so you don't fall off the wagon. Do a google search...maybe you will have to do a lot of sitting weight band reps or something. Hope it heals fast!!

That is so wonderful! Thanks for sharing!!!

Also remember WATER! Water is such a HUGE thing that your body needs! If you are eating perfectly and only drinking 1-2 glasses of water your weight will do nothing. Eat the healthy foods and drink 8-9 glasses of water and suddenly weight will start to come off! Your body can not help you shed fat if it's dehydrated!!! You…

I know I have said on here before but WATER! When you feel blah and don't want to exercise go drink a glass of water. I don't know what it is about that magical fluid but it's magic. Drink, drink, drink! :)

Staying positive is a must for continued success but I think it becomes the hardest at about 2-3 months. You have worked past the "fun" part of seeing 1-2 pounds drop off. You get tired and are ready to be at your goal already. What I have found though is you HAVE to stay positive. What I never realized until I lost my…

I understand where you are at and you CAN do it! It is hard (especially when you have little ones). Food is the biggest thing...watch your food and what you eat. When I start to gain back even 2 lbs of the 165 lbs I lost without fail when I start tracking food again I see even with exercise I have increased the intake more…

Drink water...lots and lots of water tomorrow and then stay within or under your calorie range. Make sure to eat at least 1 apple. Do the same thing the next day. I will bet money that the next day you will have that weight plus a little more off! When I say lots of water I mean you should drink at least half your weight…

That is awesome that you work does this fitness challenge! I can do 100 at one time in about 2 minutes. It works ya. I want to get to be able to do 200 at one time without stopping but I KNOW that will take working up to cause at 100 I am ready to be done. I know this is a late post. How did it go? What did you find you…