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40 is a little early to stop, but I agree with you, those posts are boring. Especially to those of us who are past it. I can't even remember what that was like.

You're beautiful! Nice work.

Yes, fat positive seems an offshoot of the self-esteem movement.

Oooh. Withering sarcasm..... I was being facetious. Nevermind.

Elsewhere, everyone says weight lift to lose weight. Next thing, you're going to tell this person to eat more. Which we all know is the KEY to losing weight.

Or.... you could roast a head of cauliflower and stick birthday candles in it!

I am a big fan of kettlebells. The exercises you do with kettlebells work more than just your arms because your core has to stablilize you as you perfom swings and stuff. They're really fun and there are many great kettlebell workouts on YouTube, notably the Fitness Blender series.

I get you, OP. Usually the people who flame you for eating 1200 calories are 25 year old MEN. And they think everyone should eat like they do. I wish I had the metabolism of, say, my 21 year old son, but that's not gonna happen.

Fifi Shepard here. Wait-- that's my porno name. Nevermind.

A couple of tablespoons of marshmallow fluff do it for me. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know!

I would say, "Jillian could you please shut up for a minute? Could you please count? I don't know how many of these I'm supposed to do. Jillian could you uncurl your lip and stop snarling at me? Thanks!"

Becoming healthy enough to have a baby should be a great goal and strong motivation for you. Also, the hardest thing is to start. For more than a year I resisted and resisted counting calories even though I know it's the only thing that works for me and is sustainable for the long-term. Once I really started, easy-peasy!…

A way to stop drinking diet sodas is don't have them around. I kinda hate the taste (non-taste) of water so I pour a tall cup of cold water at work and put a green tea teabag in it. It flavors the water. At home I keep a large pitcher of water that I put two teabags in. Also, seltzer is good with a little cranberry juice…

Yummy! I make mugcakes with the stuff. Very low-cal mugcakes, and sometimes not so low. I add it to chocolatey things that are not chocolatey enough.

Gosh, where are all the haters today? Usually you have a whole host of MFPers telling you how juicing is akin to a fad diet and pure evil! I once did a juice fast for 19 days and felt fantastic on it. Man, food tasted absolutely wonderful afterwards!

I know, right? That is my biggest frustration with the list. If you type "apple" the list should START with plain old apple. Why do I have to type "generic apple - raw" and still get entries that are irrelevent? So annoying.

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So chicken at 75 cents a pound....? Are you writing this from a time machine?????

Well, there has to be an upper limit, right? Like when you reach the same amount of calories that made you fat in the first place, you'll probably stop "losing more."

I've made this a few times but used real sugar so it's more like 200 cals but well worth it. I made one for my son while he watched, and then he was like, "where'd the CAKE come from?" Somehow it makes cake.

Here's a fun, easy, cheap way to make oatmeal, even for family members who don't like oatmeal. Get a canester of store brand rolled oats and cook them according to directions. Cook up about 6-8 servings. Add a little white or brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins, and pour into a loaf pan. Refrigerate. The next morning, cut…

Wow! Everyone but me lives someplace where chicken breasts are cheap, I guess! I'd like to go there.

When my daughter was about 4 years old, I was driving her to school, she was sitting behind me, and out of nowhere she said "Sometimes I can't believe this is real life." Amen, sister!

No, the eggs of these bugs are IN the rice when it's purchased, so pouring it into another container would do nothing. The difference between white and brown rice, as far as the bugs are concerned, is that their place to lay eggs is under the natural coating that is on brown rice and is polished away for white rice. Click…

Ugh. Don't bother. I used to love brown rice, but you know what? It always has bugs in it so I can't eat it anymore. The bugs are tiny, but still. You buy a bag of brown rice and leave it on a shelf for a while, unopened, and then move it around and you can see the evidence. I think these tiny critters lay their eggs under…

You stole my joke!

It's a nice fat, tasty, and has a lot of uses but none of the uses is weight loss, in case you read that.

Nutella!

I don't understand why people want to drink their calories instead of chewing.

I am not quite at goal but I am pretty comfortable where I am and cannot exercise in the summer, just can't. So am I still tracking? Not so much. But while I was tracking rigorously I got used to a set of meals and snacks that are now my go-to, and I think I've actually lost a little recently. Short answer: If you can keep…