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How big are your saucers?

The yolk stays yellow with this.

I have never found actually boiling eggs super easy considering timing and broken eggs and more. So between this and Alton Browns method of baking boiled eggs I think its way easier. Plus I can empty my steamer basket, fill it back up and put it back on without changing water or losing a boil which makes it perfect for…

Lol, thanks for all the stupid jokes. I'd like to say I made mine up too but I don't really remember. I know I used to say it a different way and it didn't really make sense.

Me too. And I don't think rice cakes are better than bread either, but I got the song stuck in my head. :) Although, the crunchiness does go with my extra crunchy peanut butter.

Best gif ever. Put a smile on my face even before my caffeine kicked in.

Once again (Just less of a blanket response) humbled by such words. I hope you have a great day. And yes, I think about bowling a lot. It was something my whole family did (and most still do) and something I learned VERY early in life. I don't mean like rolling the ball down the dinosaur with bumpers (they didn't have…

Congrats to you too. I'm inspired by your progress in a year and look forward to my one year.

You had me at Yoda.

Thank you everyone. I appreciate all the new friend requests and am humbled that anyone was motivated by my small first steps.

First question is did that one full you up? If not, was there more meat and cheese than the were vegetables? Adding a bunch of vegetables to meat and cheese helps full you up while not costing a bunch of calories. I don't suggest cutting anything out of your diet yet but rather find alternate ways to fill out your meal. I…

To sum it all up... Don't change WHAT you eat, change HOW you eat.

Haven't "Banned" anything because I'm not on a diet, I'm changing my life. I'm not going to ban cheeseburgers or pizza for life. Now I haven't had any actual fast food since I started but it doesn't mean I will deprive myself if I get the urge because I know, from past experiences, as soon as I really deny that urge it…

I can understand. I hate how I look and hate my physical self. I will take pictures but it's because there is more to my life than my weight and I don't want those memories to fade just because I didn't want to look at myself. My weight will not define my life. Still I try to make them look as good as possible and hate…

I can say that when I make zucchini pasta lasagna with turkey meat, I am not only getting rid of a LOT of carbs but get VERY full. You can be full without carbs but it really takes some planning and a little bit of change. Knawing on a cucumber for a snack may not help a lot, but cutting up a bunch of cucumber and adding…

goal is just over 200 but I have over 250 to lose. Still. I'd be really happy at a 200 pound loss.

Over the last year I have slowly traded a soda addiction for water and started learning some healthy recipes I liked (zucchini noodle lasagna, yummm) and just making similar small changes that has led to my recent take on of full on 'lets get healthydomness.'

oh and I like the carbonated flavored waters, too, however the carbonation was one thing I was trying to reduce as I think it makes me feel worse overall. Or at least hungrier.

my thing is Mio flavored water (or generic substitues). Is how I gave up my soda addiction.

My thing is having gotten in the habit and remember to log before I eat. Even if I were to binge I would be more aware of what I was doing. And get more friends on here that will help keep you interested in logging in. Turn those notifications on. :)

I'm FROM Fort Smith, but just visit the family now as I'm (not much further away) in the Tulsa Oklahoma area now.

When I found Mio and was able to cut out soda/tea 99% of the time it was huge. Those are so many calories I had just been drinking away.

Board gamer here!

Woooo! We can do it!

I do not work from home (though I have plenty of hobbies that are similar) but I do have a sit me down job. They installed a little program called WorkRave that I highly recommend. Basically it pops up every hour (or however long you tell it) and not only gives some good stretching exercises to do right at your desk but is…

Total geek/nerd here. Trekkie, whovian, jedi, writer, calligrapher, photographer, code monkey (I have hobby A.D.D.).. anyway, I'll take all the geeky / nerdy friends I can get!

This totally hits home. I used to be able to do quite a bit of stuff with my son but when I finally got to visit him again recently (long story) I knew we couldn't do anything that would be really fulfilling like that. And I don't want any of my other kids to have to deal with that for the rest of their growing years. And…

AHHH (Fanboy scream) Miss Casi. Thank you so much for the encouragement you've given me recently. You rock.

As much research/study as I've done over the past year (lifetime?) on obesity I did not know this one. Thank you for the info and I agree on the Mio. I'm slowly trying to introduce more plain water a day as its a double edged sword, I still need the caffeine and boy water isn't as tasty as soda. On a side note to that,…

A lot of people shared your sentiment and to you and all of them I am humbled by the response. Its nice to see people understand how hard it is sometimes to even say, "I realize I have a HUGE problem." Pun intended.