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These sound like some good options but I was secretly hoping this was going to be the top secret PF Chang Chicken Lettuce Wraps. I so love them and want to figure out not on how to make them but how the hell they even get the chicken like that. Still though, I will try these as they should pretty good.

I just need to make a post in this thread as I so belong with this group. I am a big guy that is currently sitting at 364 and I have at least 100lbs to go. I am to busy right now to get involved with this thread and I will be away all next week but I want to find this thread easily as there seems to be a lot of like minded…

So long as you sit in the corner and take a one minute time out for each year of your age then it will be just fine. Sigh.

I'm not knocking WW but I will tell you that I am very familiar with them and the only thing that I can say they have over MFP is that you get to go in person and it sort of makes you feel accountable. Knowing you are going to hit that scale each week is a great motivator when you know they are going to put a label in your…

I strongly second the opinion up top to talk to and see a nutritionist as well as some diabetic education. I too am type two but I have yet to get my diabetic education because I screwed up my appointments but I am going to say that so far as I have figured out it is a good thing to cut as many of the bad carbs as you can.…

This is a great article and one that I plan to read over and over. Lots of good info that makes a ton of sense and plenty of strategies that I personally can adopt.

I don't care how you slice it, that sure does look like a lot of fun. I am in no way shape or form able to do a 5K but when Project Mud comes to town I just might play along so that I can get dirty.

I will say that I am a little surprised by this one. I have made it twice now and both times it went over pretty well in my house. I really liked it but I am a guy that really likes just about any sort of burger so for me it was no surprise that I liked it.

Don't ask the question if you don't want the real answer.

I agree with Bettyann55 and I would caution you from taking advice on medical issues from a message board. Having said that, I know that when I am even a little dehydrated I get awful pain in that right calf. It is very predictable and happens in the same spot. But really I would consult with a real doctor to make sure…

Mine is a picture I shot of a place that I like to be.

In the old days, I am 47 years old, we had to drive or walk to the girls house to stalk her. Now you bump phones and you have an instant stalker. I don't know that I could be a young adult in today's world. Oh and for what it is worth, I think that the wine is probably better than this guy. I think he probably showed his…

Pizza and or Rigatoni in meat sauce. But really just about anything from the pizza shop.

I can only say that I have not been to Six Flags since I was about 275lbs. I am 6'3" so 275 on that frame is not super huge. I would say I was about a 40 or 42 waist size and wore a 2xt shirt. I did not encounter a single ride that I did not fit in then.

That is a great story. Be proud, very proud. You look great btw!!!

I will admit that I want to see results when I weigh in but I will tell you from very much weight loss experience, (I have lost over 100lbs three times in my life), that the scale is often total BS. It is just one tool to use when losing weight and I really feel it is the least reliable. To many things can influence a…

Maybe I am missing something but I don't know why we would use the food log if we was not going to try to be as honest as we could reasonably be. I mean like someone mentioned, I don't count a spray of pam but if I was using a lot of things that would add up then I would make something else a little denser in the count…

I know a very successful loser from the past that ate ice cream almost daily. I...err...he just made sure it fit in his calorie goals for the day. You will be fine.

I am not going to pretend to be an expert but I have had weight issues all my life. I have worked with doctors and nutritionists in the past when I lost weight. I just never could get with the program and stick to a life style change. Anyway, I am going to tell you that eating your BMR, which is what I am guessing is where…

The scale is really evil, in my opinion. Most certain for woman there can be that extra issue to contend with but even for men there are lots of things like a salty dinner the day before that can really toss the daily weigh in off. I know for me Chinese food will really screw with me and my sister says the exact same about…

Use the old faithful tried and tested witch proving trick on him. Toss him in the water. If he floats then he is a cheating, lying, scheming, hands in pocket, throat clearing, detail giving, creep. If he drowns then he was none of the above and was actually very misunderstood by cosmo and yourself.

I just read that article to my wife and now we need a marriage counselor as she just looked at me and said that I fit the profile.

Your best bet is to get your doctor to order the test, IMO. There are more than one way to do it but the only way that I truly trust is when they use a tank full of water to measure your body fat. The calibers are used much more often as they pinch and measure the fat but I don't think that test is as reliable as the dunk…

And again I can only speak for me and tell you that so far as I am concerned the BMI was never that good of an indicator for me. My doctor didn't even bat an eyelash at me so far as weight was concerned when I was at 225. In fact to be honest I don't recall the doctor saying anything to me about weight until I was a little…

I will only tell you that I am a 6'3" guy and I have in my adult life weighed as little as 185 and recently as high as 396. I will tell you that when I was 185 I did not feel right at all but that may be because I was always a big guy. I played offensive line when I played football so you know I must have been big. I know…

One way that I look at net that makes sense to me is the net is the total calories that you have eaten once your exercise calories are factored in. In other words you start the day off with a goal calorie target of 1400 which represents how much you should eat to lose whatever you told MFP you want to lose per week. Then…

I am with the others suggesting to use a tape measure and drink plenty of water. The scale is truly the last resort but it is the easy one so most of us flock to it and let it be our only source. Keep up the good work and it will show.

I am new around here but I use body media and it also adds back exercise calories. I know there are plenty in the camp of not eating back your exercise and there are plenty that are. I personally do not but I am really big. I seen something, actually I was told something, about a study and the person that told me about it…

Someone up there said it way before me but I will say it my own way. If he loves you for who you are then your size or shape should really not matter. When I met my wife I was 210 lbs. Much to thin for me and where I feel comfortable and I was struggling to put weight on. She on the other hand was also at least 70 lbs…

I personally hate to keep anything from my doctor so when I was really cutting carbs a few years ago I told her about it. She gave me the speech and then scheduled me for blood work in two months. At that time I was only getting blood work every year so she was concerned enough to do the blood work. Well the workup looked…