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  • 58 years old. Have lost 13 lbs but reached a plateau. Trying to do the DASH diet for blood pressure but getting tired of the recipes from the book and I think I'm fudging too much on my own. Decided to go back to the calorie count to make some more progress. Please add me if you need support and are willing to give back.
  • Men just don't seem to "get it". Most have a much higher metabolism than women do and have no clue what one meal can do to your plan. Every man I've ever been with has sabatoged my diet plans. I don't think they really mean to, they just think like men. It's up to you to stand up for yourself though and do what you need to…
  • I'm looking forward to being able to cross my legs at the knees and not having my thighs rub together when I walk. http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubmit&count=55
  • I think that's a great motivation for losing the weight. When I had my 2nd child I gained weight from 130 lbs to 163 lbs and I swore I'd never be that heavy again. 26 years later I weigh 40 lbs over that and would love to be back at 163!! It's tough work carrying the extra weight of the baby, you sure don't need any…
  • If you know you are over why not try exercising off those extra calories? I don't believe in depriving ourselves when our bodies are calling for more.
  • You can actually get South Beach recipes on the southbeach.com website without subscribing. If you do subscribe they will provide you menu plans customized to you. But they rotate the same ones every several weeks and I soon found myself going astray from their suggestions. But the recipe database is VERY good. Joyce…
  • I once had a diet made up just for me that was computer generated from the items I picked that I liked and didn't like. It consisted of three different levels of calorie intake - 900, 1100 and 1500 calorie days. You could pick and choose which level you felt like that day (of course most of my choices turned out to be 1500…
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