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I strongly recommend investing in some good quality, well-fitting running clothes. It can be very distracting to be in the middle of any workout and have your shorts riding up or your sports bra shifting on you. Also, a good set of workout clothes can help you feel better about how you look and give you a confidence boost.…

Odes is right, burn more than you consume on a regular basis. This doesn't mean you will never plateau, however. I weigh everything I eat and log every bite, and with few exceptions, I burn more than I consume. And I hit a plateau about a year ago that I could NOT get past. It took me a good 3 or 4 months at the same…

I noticed a few people mentioning tea tree oil. If you have never used a product with this before, I highly recommend spot testing it somewhere other than your face for a few days. I have a tea tree oil allergy, but it takes about 2 to 3 days of using the product regularly before I start breaking out and itching from it.…

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I would love to get from 163 to 135 by Christmas!! Seems like a lot of us have the same goals. Please, feel free to add me, any of you...I can always use some extra support and motivation.

Some days it's hard for me to get all my calories in also, and when I first started on MFP I discovered that I was grossly under eating. I took a quick peek through your diary, and most days you are skipping either breakfast or lunch. Eating a healthy breakfast can help you get into the mindset of eating healthy all day.…

OH YEAH!! I also couldn't help but notice how SEXY all of us band nerds turned out to be. Eat your hearts out all you jocks and mean girls who wouldn't go out with a band nerd in high school! :smokin:

I LOVE how proud we all are of our bandnerdiness!! Total band nerd here...piccolo for marching band during football season, flute for symphonic band the rest of the year. My high school won Chapters for the first time during my freshman year, and kept winning every year for several years after I graduated. Got to go to ACC…

I don't have any original salad ideas, but I found a great light dressing that doesn't taste like one...Ken's Lite Northern Italian w/ Basil and Romano. It's 45 cals for a 2T serving (I usually only need about 1T or less). Very flavorful and a great alternative to regular dressings if you don't want to make your own or use…

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Mirey, you are my hero.

I have a Mediterranean Chicken recipe that I bet would be fairly yummy even without the chicken. And it's super simple. Dice the chicken and brown it, dump a 15oz can of diced tomatoes in the pan and finish cooking it. To go vegetarian, just warm up the diced tomatoes in a saucepan. Sometimes I add some Italian seasonings…

I was also against them until I had a runner. (I have 4 kids, my runner was my second). I thought they were inhumane and vowed I would never use one...ever. Then we went to the beach and my son took off for the water. I caught him, before he got in over his knees, but I also had a very active first child to look after, and…

Mederma has just come out with a cream for stretch marks, different from their cream for scars. The key is to start therapy while the stretch marks are new. The sooner you start using it, the better your chances of diminishing them. They will never go away, but they have a chance of fading if you start treating them and…

You definitely aren't the only one. My kids are 20, almost 15, 12 and 7. I agree, such a different mothering experience now that they are growing up. I would love to add you. :smile:

I haven't been posting, but I have been on track every day since I started. Day 8...much needed rest day. :)

today's done. :happy:

Okay, I have been putting off doing this and could use some motivation. I'm in. Feel free to friend me. If I'm being honest, I know I need the accountability of other people asking me how it's going.

I LOVE the fact that this thread was started yesterday and it's already 7 pages long!! Tells me it was a much needed thread, so thank you to OP. :D My confession is that I totally ditched logging anything from last Thursday til Sunday because I was at the lake with 8 other friends, and I knew we were going to be eating and…

Love my Danskin stuff that I get at Wal-Mart. It's good quality, and they have some wicking items that really keep you cool and comfy. I also found, on sale at TJ Maxx for a great price, Avia compression shorts and tank top that I wear on my exercise bike and I really like those too. Very comfortable, they don't rub in…

I do now, but if I had periods like I used to, I am not sure I could have worked out. Used to spend at least one whole day in bed every month. If yours are like that, maybe you could try some yoga or pilates instead of your regular workout. Something that will get you some exercise, but not be too intense, and I bet it…

If you don't want to be in front of other people, ie gym or martial arts dojo, there are tons of DVDs you can buy or rent (to try them) and work out at home. Pilates is a great low intensity work out if you are trying to start in slowly. There are also Zumba DVDs, or if you have a DVR, you can find programs on TV and set…

Yes, I was being sarcastic, and I appreciate that you acknowledged that you probably deserved it. :P I totally understand what you are saying about people not being aware of the dangers of sugar, and I agree that it is a potential problem. Nobody should be discounting their sugar intake altogether, and even if you stop…

Thank you very much for your constructive comments and your polite, understanding delivery. It's interesting that you chose to address my concern this way, considering that almost every other person I have seen post about sugars being too high has been told to stop tracking their sugars and not worry about them. I am…

If you are asking me, I am just going by what MFP calculated for me when I set my initial stats and goals. My daily food calculator tells me that I am aiming for 1520 calories a day, 209 carbs, 51 fat and 57 protein. Yesterday I was 355 low on calories, 54 low on carbs and 20 low on protein. The day before that I was 387…

I am having a similar problem and was about to post a new topic about it until I just found this thread. My issue is that I am under my calorie goal every day, and I keep getting the message warning me that my body could go into starvation mode. Until I started tracking my daily intakes, I never realized that I was…

I have had the same problem. I was getting frustrated until I went back over my diary and realized that my sugars were coming primarily from low fat yogurt, my morning coffee (I have cut back to one cup and allow myself the indulgence of a little presweetened creamer), and fresh fruit. If I had a cup of yogurt and coffee,…