Trilby16 Member

The Big Idiot.... coming soon to theaters near you.

I get bruising on the backs of my wrists from where the kettle bell hits me.

You guys, maybe I'm slow to have just realized this--- You don't just do 30 days, improve your body and then sit back and enjoy it. No. All the hard-won improvements will go away! This exercise thing, it's never over with. You have to keep at it several times a week at least or you slip back into, well, the state you were…

I would say it's pretty normal. Sadly. That's why I left my husband, but it wasn't easy and I couldn't do it when my kids were small. But yeah, there was no reason to stay in a marriage with a man who offered no companionship, no affection, not even conversation. He didn't have a physically demanding job but spent every…

Wow, 2 days! WTG! Thanks for the giggle.

I don't mean this to be insulting but you look like your own mother in the first picture. That is to say, you've lost a couple of decades along with the pounds. Good work!

I have an easier and probably tastier alternative that I read about years ago in Men's Health. Take a medium carrot, peel and then sculpt the ends into a hotdog shape. Put in a small pot of water with some barbeque sauce added to the water. Simmer until the carrot is fairly soft. Slap on a bun and add all the fixings (it's…

I made these. They were not yummy. Quite the opposite. A waste of 3 good bananas.

I've juice-fasted for as long as 19 days, and in my experience, the first few days are difficult, but after that, your digestion goes to sleep and you stop feeling hungry and actually feel quite great. If you partially fast each day, by adding in a dinner, you will be torturing yourself I think. And boy, food tastes…

Did you run any numbers on this? I just did. If you make 8 there are 314 calories in each. Unfortunately I didn't note the fat content and lost "my" recipe but I bet it's up there. Thanks anyway!

Good for you! I mean it. LOL Four years ago, I lost 290 pounds of useless fat and never looked back!

I agree with you. It's silly. People trying to one-up each other with how "clean" they eat. I didn't even know that was a thing til I joined MFP. I lived happily my whole life just eating mostly meals I cook myself from mostly whole plain ingredients, and I liked it that way. But if I want to have some ice cream, I do. If…

Uh-yeah. WHat makes you think you have to run?

Agree! It's gotten too risky. I would not eat it unless I ground it myself. A meat grinder is so worth it! For beef too. Haven't bought store-ground beef in years.

The article actually makes sense to me. Most cardio is a problem for me because: knees. I want to keep what knee function I have. I like kettlebells. They are fun and make me stronger and I don't have to join a gym.

5'5"? That's not short.

No. But afterward I sometimes experience carb-eater's remorse.

Maybe you have a tapeworm. What you describe is almost impossible.

I have a glass of water with lemon in it every morning. I also put in 2T of ground flaxseed meal and gulp it real quick. I do it on faith-- I don't notice any difference in any part of my being.

Scary. But you sound like you have the right attitude and a positive outlook. Stay strong and best of luck.

Sounds good except for the iceberg lettuce. I think butter lettuce would work better and taste better. PS- no butter in butter lettuce.

Do cookies count as water? I hope so. Then cookies and milk would count as TWO waters.

Sorry but your husband is in the right! In public bathrooms, it should be over but at home, under is much neater.

I lost weight breast-feeding my babies while eating more than I normally did, quite a bit more. Why don't you eat what you need to feel satisfied and see if you lose weight? I always found that breast-feeding melted the baby weight right off me, without the need to diet. QUite the opposite in fact!

LOL. Spoken like a true bro-scientist. Why stop at 200?

I say with all kindness-- you CAN make 2 different meals. As a mom of 3 kids, married to a caveman (and not in a good way), I used to work all day and then cook for 2 vegetarian teens, 2 meat-n-potatos "men," and for myself who fell somewhere in the middle. With a bit of ingenuity-- and if it's important enough to you-- it…

Bench press him? He may also make a good kettlebell for swinging. JK

Yes, restaurants, all of 'em! That's how they keep people coming back. Heaps of fat and sugar (and salt). A few years back, NYC made it mandatory to post calories on restaurant menus. What an eye opener. You can never enjoy a Chili's meal again, if you care about calories. Oh, it's devolved into mud-slinging and…

Another easy one is a half-cup of Fiber One (the twigs) with a Tbsp of Hershey's syrup drizzed on.

Everyone besides me has had success with it. :grumble: