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fantastic! :)

My favorite brussel sprouts have been with a little low sodium soy sauce, olive oil and garlic in a foil packet like a jacket potato and cook them on the grill, I am sure baked would work just as well. yummy!

I am always looking for ways to cook with only my mini toaster oven.....boy do I miss the real thing! But I have found a good way to make sweet potato fries. I live alone so I only cook one potato at a time and it is perfect. These fries are not crispy crispy, but more like melt in your mouth :) Ingredients: 1 medium sweet…

Hi there! My name is Wendi. As long as I can remember I knew I wanted to teach. When I was 11 I discovered the job of teaching for the DODEA and wanted to do that, specifically in Germany. I still want to do this and currently gaining as much teaching experience as possible to my foot in the door. Got married in college,…

Yes, I think I will quite enjoy Turkey! Turkish delight and baklava may be a thing to be wary of because I see myself eating a lot of it. lol. But I tend to eat at home a lot because it is so much easier to know and calculate the intake. The main difference for me will be the culture I think. I have been told many times…

Well we do have a few markets that specialize in imported food, but you will definitely pay an imported price. I have a hard time finding good greens in the Taiwanese markets. I am personally not a fan of cabbage, and i don't think its worth it to eat. So for a box (that will last me about 4-5 days) of dark greens I pay…

I live in the land of greasy meat......greasy everything really. My students are constantly eating processed sugary breads and of course a ton of plain white rice as well as other carbs. It blows my mind how so many are thin. Also, they are pretty blunt. Weight to them (my students, adults are tad bit better, so it doesn't…

I've been an expat for 3 years now. First year in China, two in Taiwan. I will be moving to Turkey in about 3 months for another 2 years. I can rant w/ the best of them!

Yup I agree with all of these replies. :) I am sure it will work out exactly how it is meant to.

No, it would never be something that I hide from a potential partner. Kind of curious as to how/when to bring it up. :D

I guess I am lucky, because I don't think this is much of a problem since he loves going to the gym as well. He has even mentioned us training together. Also, from what I've seen he eats well too. :)

I think it is something that I would mention if things get more serious between us. We haven't really spoken to much about our pasts yet since we are still getting to know each other. We are currently in the stage of why we are both living and working abroad which is a fabulous journey in itself. But just like I would…

No I don't think its something to be worried about or that he would run screaming for the hills. lol. But just something I thought about and wondered what people who have been on this journey thought. If he took the time to scan through my facebook he would find the pictures of me from before. I even have a dedicated…

That is also how I am feeling. I've always been overweight/obese since I hit puberty and now am close to a healthy weight (about 10 pounds away) for my height and age. I have some loose skin on my tummy. My issues with my weight (among a million other problems) put a huge strain on my previous marriage and I've been single…

This is a good way of looking at it. :) I wouldn't be like I am keeping anything, but honestly that isn't who I am anymore. Thanks!

Any thoughts?

quote I guess :)

the outfit!

I can't eat out here too often. Honestly I don't like the way most of it is prepared. I can do the basics like dumplings, shabu shabu, or hot pot on occasion.....well I can hot pot all the time. But other than that, I really just enjoy cooking at home. But I am pretty busy, so i cook the same things pretty much all the…

I've have some experience in the past year with lifting but it was all pretty basic dumb bells. Iso curls, tricep dips, weighted lunges, weighted squats and the like. So I just a routine that I can stick to. Thanks for all the tips and I will be seeing what works for me in the coming weeks. :D

Is it a little advanced. I do zumba at my house for cardio, I run a few mornings a week as well. I will look into the NROL and stronglifts too. I haven't really heard about them before. Thanks!

any thoughts?

Oh trust me I have....lol. I've lived here for 3 years. I honestly just don't enjoy a majority of the new vegetables I have discovered. It was different in China, they actually had some really delish squash, but I haven't found that in Taiwan. But the main thing is I just kind of want to make new things......but a recipe…

I haven't been going out as much. Partly because I am moving to a new country and saving moving funds, party because of the calories, and partly because I've been really busy finishing my work contract. I don't drink juice.......so I haven't really replaced it. I have just found different ways to see my friends like going…

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I read the post and I see what you mean about the generic and homemade thing. I do use those sometimes. I think this is an easy fix I can work on now. :) Thanks for the link.

Oh and I did forget to include my stats. I am 28 Female 5'2-3". I am currently trying to fat burn and tone in general. :)

I don't see or remember the log for chicken. But I will look over this post. Like I said, I do weigh my food mostly and try to be as accurate as possible with it. My burns shouldn't off at all for cardio since I use a HRM, but we all know that doesn't work so well with strength training, so those burns are really just…

Thanks, no plans to stop! Just want to keep moving forward.

I try to reevaluate my macros every 10 pounds or so. so I haven't reevaluated them on the calculators since maybe January. But I've lost maybe 6-7 pounds since that time. I do weigh my food in the morning before work for the most part but things like fruit I've come to be able to eyeball and generally be correct in telling…