stephaniemartin42

I had my band installed a little over 3 years ago. I've lost pretty close to 100 pounds (94.5 pounds so far if you want to be specific). I have been very successful and really haven't had any complications. If you'd like to read about my journey with the band in more than a few short sentences, my blog is here:…

That just blew my mind. I know what I'm having for lunch.

I LOVE Optimum Nutrition Oats & Whey. It's not super low carb but it has oats/oat fiber in it so those are good carbs and keep me full for a good long time. It also doesn't have any artificial sweeteners (it's sweetened mainly with honey powder) so that's a plus for me. I use 1/2 scoop in my morning smoothie for 100…

You may have a mineral deficiency. Try supplementing with magnesium, calcium, and potassium. I eat lots of avocados for the potassium, drink almond milk that's fortified with calcium in my smoothies every day, and take a magnesium supplement and I rarely get muscle cramps anymore.

I have a huge selection of hot sauce in my fridge at all times (mmmm...spicy) and Sriracha has a special place in my heart. Give me a bowl of pho and a bottle of Sriracha and I'm happy. I never even think about the sodium - I figure it's better than smothering my food with fatty mayo or sugary barbecue sauce like I used…

I make my smoothies with unsweetened vanilla almond milk as the liquid. My breakfast pretty much every day is: 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 cup some combo of frozen mixed fruit (with at least 1/2 cup of that being berries since berries are lower sugar/lower calorie - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,…

Everyone here is so helpful - thank you! I just ate 100 extra calories in preparation for my workout tomorrow morning and I am going to see if I have more energy. I usually hate morning workouts because I have so little energy but I have plans tomorrow afternoon so I'll miss my beloved 5:45 PM Kangoo class. Hopefully this…

Everyone here is so helpful - thank you! I just ate 100 extra calories in preparation for my workout tomorrow morning and I am going to see if I have more energy. I usually hate morning workouts because I have so little energy but I have plans tomorrow afternoon so I'll miss my beloved 5:45 Kangoo class. Hopefully this…

Thank you for answering! I'm still relatively overweight so yeah, I burn a lot of calories with high intensity exercise,

I TOTALLY did, on our 10 year anniversary! I had to cinch the dress with hair clips because it was so big on me, but it was fun to wear my dress again after a decade. Before: After:

Kangoo! It's the most fun workout I've ever done, and according to my HRM, I burn between 900 and 1200 calories per workout (one hour). I do Kangoo 2-3 times per week, and usually one tabata boot camp-style class and/or one pilates class. I've just started using My Fitness Pal and this is my first post. :-)