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My kids always take a lunch when they stay with me. They prefer it to the school lunch but their dad is too...busy to fix them lunch. They nearly always do a honey ham sandwich made with love. For sides options they will have string cheese, carrots, cheetos, chips, yogurt, cereal bars, pretzels, apple slices or sauce,…

If your kids aren't stupid and are checking the trash to see if you tossed the eggs then they are certainly smart enough to not be wasteful and leave out eggs for an imaginary bunny. Just don't do it.

I usually can only go to the gym on mornings that I don't have my kids and that only happens when I work the night before. Last night I wasn't off til 11 and was in bed about 11:45. Sometimes it's closer to in bed by 10:30 if I'm lucky. Alarm at 5:45 up and at em quick snack like maybe some cheese and pre-workout then I…

I'm not really a huge fan of perfumes and colognes. They are okay if they aren't overdone. Most people who wear them do not know how to accomplish that. I love the smell of cilantro and fresh mint.

Abstinence is the only 100% effective method. I have the Mirena and have for 8+ years with no problems. What makes me gain weight is eating too much food and drinking too much beer.

I'm going to be trying Guiness Blonde. I've heard that it's really good.

How many nights a week does your son have a ball game? How long is your lunch at work? Can you eat at your desk? How much do the other members of your household contribute to the housework? How much do you really need to see your husband's face? Can you do some lunch prep on the weekends instead of all of it the night…

An extra long workout would be my present to myself. Don't let others tell you how to spend your birthday. Do what makes you happy.

Have you been taking measurements or just looking in the mirror? Sometimes it's hard to notice the difference especially since you see yourself every day.

The sitting around eating mindlessly for no reason while reading books all day, sleeping in and having "free time" in general and post-coital giant sandwiches.

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Look for the fresh prints.

Wedding dresses are expensive. Why on earth is she trying to drop 3 sizes in two months? Sounds like a lot of extra alteration cost and grounds for failure to me. She should just consistently do whatever exercise she is likely to stick with and not set unrealistic goals. Cardio is okay, but if she doesn't enjoy it, she's…

This place sounds a little like heaven

Maybe you can just say that you don't like your kids to hear talk like that with all of the emphasis they are putting on bullying in school and ask him to refrain from making such remarks around you and your kids. If that doesn't work, just don't go. It doesn't sound like a great environment and just because someone is…

Most of those just sound like little jokes or for ways for people to say they noticed you lost weight without making a big deal about it. You should just laugh it off and not let it get to you. The boyfriend saying he doesn't like you to starve yourself is just silly. You were eating something, just not something many…

Well...fat doesn't actually cry so I would say that for weight loss it doesn't matter how much you sweat. The purpose of sweat is to cool you down.

2.5 pounds a week is plenty to have lost already. You are doing a great job. If you want motivation you're just going to have to look deep inside yourself. Do you want to stay where you have been or do you want to lose the weight? You have to do that for yourself. I don't understand why you are frustrated if you have seen…

I think it was supposed to be a joke...

How much success did you have with the other programs? Good luck and enjoy the extra calories. I'm sure you will find you will lose just fine at 1400 cals.

If it were perfectly fine you wouldn't need to find a pill to help curb your appetite. Please listen to what the others are trying to tell you despite whatever tone or snark they are using. It can't be that they are all wrong and you are right. Life just doesn't work that way. Eating 1200 and burning 700 calories is…

Obviously thicker skin is required for both the tracking and community parts of MFP. Congrats on making healthier choices. You are 3 days in so it is impossible to be a failure already. The only way to be a failure is to quit now. Keep making good choices and just be sure to fuel your activities with enough calories to…

If 30 calories a day is sabotage, you may need to rethink the rest of your life.

I am pretty sure there is not a setting for gestational diabetes or even pregnancy at all. You probably should have asked your doctor about proper nutrition. Please don't just start eating at 1200 calories. That is too low for pretty much anyone and especially too low if you are pregnant. For now try just making better…

Day 1 run half a block and do 1 sit up. Day 2 run 3 steps more and do 2 sit ups.

That would depend on what you mean by bad back. My lower back used to hurt a lot from a very old injury. There were some days that anything more than walking felt like Hell. Turns out it was much worse because I was kind of lazy and didn't do any exercise. My core was very weak and my back would have to overcompensate.…

I think it depends on the particular location and your particular goals. The closest Anytime Fitness to me is basically the same as Planet Fitness with the equipment they have so it's not really worth it to me but I have friends in other towns that go there and it's a fully functioning gym. It wouldn't hurt to take a tour…

This thread makes me love my gym. Other than battling over the one squat rack, everyone is very nice and respectful. I did overhear a conversation a couple years ago where an older man was saying how women picking up too much heavy stuff could cause their uterus to fall out, but mostly I just laughed. That is some…

Not even a comment but that awful cat/hissing sound people make when they think you are being...grouchy. That sets me off every time.

Congrats!!