mielikkibz Member

it's easy and convenient when you're traveling or running late(I don't like fruit in mine, so have never gotten it)

exactly, I have allowed myself two trips to BK since the 1/5/2011, but got much smaller portions than usualy, I also still eat pizza & CHocolate, just in moderation. . one small papa johns used to last me two maybe three meals, I made it last me 5 :) We still go out to dinner, I just eat healthier, only thing I've cut out…

ditto here, the hardest part I find is trying to find calories on some of the smaller restaurants I like to eat at. We have a place called Stoney river here in town that I LOVE, but they have no nutritional value available, ok for most the dinner, but NOT for their chocolate ganache. .. :SIGH: Thankfully we split it…

HSA is not an insurance program, it's money you set aside pre tax dollars. . and we're not allowed to ask what condition means they have to have something. .as long as your doctors says it's medically necessary for you to have this item, HEPA laws won't allow us to say what is that condition. . you would not believe the…

thanks guys, I basically stayed in bed all weekend. . .haven't exercised since thursday, feeling much better tho still awfully congested today, hoping I'll be able to do at least half my normal workout tomorrow morning :)

was doing so well until I got real sick Thursday, threw everything off :( week 2: 246.8 This week: 246.0 on a good note, I'm finally feeling better, and think I'll be able to exercise for the first time since Thursday. . not being able to breath when you already have asthma is NOT a good thing. . and I'm so sick of sleeping

most of that had to do with OTC items, and that is just that you have to have doctors notes to get things like aspirin, where up until now, you did not :)

deleting second post

something I can answer :) As I work for a company that administers health savings plans You can, with a doctors note. You can get just about anything related to losing weight, WITH a doctors note. That inclues Weight watchers, exercise equipment, gym memberships, alli, and many more It doesn't include foods, unless you're…

thanks guys, soup & grilled cheese has been my meals the last two days, going to eat some buttered toast. . .this is bad because it's my sinus' draining backwards and making me sick to my stomach. . .and not eing able to breath stinks

think I broke it down to brown sauce and chicken when I got the broccoli & chicken with brown sauce, hold the broccoli :)

I've been doing really good with getting at least 30 mins a day in, tho yesterday after going out for dinner, I came home and did an additional time on the bike, 60 mins total. . ouch lol .. and got up and did my normal routine in the morning(37 mins LOL) ouch

i just tried on a pair of pants that i didn't fit into when I bought them either last year or the year before, and not only can I get in without sucking my gut in, they button, soo neener neener neener ;)

I bought a HRM Sigma PC 9 cuz it was recommended here, but I think I need to take it somewhere and have the battery chagned, as I cant' get the darn thing turned on :P

Congrats! I'm down 15 and dancing in joy that I can fit in a pair of pants I bought but never fit in!! :) so totally understand CONGRATS!!!

week 1: 253 week 2: 246.8 6.2, doubt I can keep that up LOL but amazing what going easy on sodium changed things

oops, have to retake the pic, forgot to put the date :P

and to add to my pickiness, I don't want/ like sauces on my chicken other than BBQ sauce :)

I did too, but then, it ended up being 2 hrs LOL

Nope, mom wasn't big in junk food growing up, but I still can't stand the smell of cauliflower or broccoli, nor do I like the taste of spinach, and just not a big fish eater, loved the way my great aunt used to bake fresh fish we caught, but nobody knwos the recipe :( . . .it just very well may be her personal tastes I am…

forgot to add, just do it in moderation :)

lots of good advice. . my advice don;'t think of this as a diet, think of it as a life style change. Don't demand perfection, we all fail now and then Don't deny yourself ANYTHING you love. .. I am a chocoholic. . . and I am not denying myself chocolate each day. .. why? Because if I do, I know I'll fall off that wagon.…

I know, I absolutely LOVE Cottage cheese, until I started watching my sodium :P

lol, bump bumpidity bump

I am not one who likes exercising, but I have found sitting on the stationary bike with a good book and my headset on, 20-30-35 mins can pass without a problem :) I want a wii fit, but first have to get a TV :) And until a current huge vet bill is paid off, that ain't happening :P

LOl, I laughed out loud for real when I saw it. . .here I went and spent money I didn't have on something, and it gets derailed LOL are the gods telling me something?

I've been refusing to let it stop me, and so far isnt' getting as bad as the rest of the household. . :P doing quite well tho despite being sick, going to go home, zone out on the bike, and see how much I can put in before my body says stop :)

i thought of it, until I talked to my mom who has had it. . 3 meals of 3ozs of food, throwing up after eating food, and doing medical flex plans at work, seeing how much people have to pay to make sure their diets are balanced(protein shakes, supplements for the rest of your life,e tc), I opted to do it one lb at a time.…

BINGO!! Finally, someone with IMHO common sense

First move the cake elsewhere. .out of sight is out of mind. Second, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION!!! I have now lsot 13.5 lbs since the beginning of the year, and it sure the heck isn't by denying myself things i like, yes, like cake :) Eat a small piece And then politely remind everyone that you are trying to be good, that if…