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eek :-/ I posted in the wrong thing this morning... Good morning everyone! I'm Melissa. I'm an Army wife, mother of 2 beautiful Army brats :-), nurse and aspiring chef (once I'm done with my BSN I'm going to go to culinary school). 5 years ago this coming December I had lap band surgery and have lost 110 pounds souly with…

seductive

I want to eat clean and it says I have to give up wine, I'm not going to give up my wine I can't sorry its just one of those things. You can have your vices basically but you can cut back or work for them.

0530 breakfast for me is always a GNC protein shake mixed with water my diary is open and coffee with half and half and raw sugar Then for my am snack which 0800 is larabar-nuts, cottage cheese and fruit-greek yogurt and honey

Try eating 6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones. If you're to consume 1500 calories that is around 250 calories a piece however it can be more or less, a piece of cheese, an apple with peanut butter that type of stuff. Limit processed foods, go all natural if you can.

TERRIBLE TERRIBLE MAN YOU ARE!!!!

I've got your back!

Once a week to once every couple weeks, only because of how much weight I've lost. I really need to get a good tape measure and measure myself in inches and then do my measurements weekly.

Totally my orgasm right here

IN

less than a month ago

1. I'm still not a morning person and I have to get up early 4:30am to be exact to be at work at 6am I have a 30 minute commute too... 2. I sleep in on the wkends till about 8am when the kids let me, if not then I'm up at 7am, so I'm up and out of bed. I get up, I shower, I brush my teeth, I drink my coffee (a must even if…

Feel free to add me (waves hands real big right here!!!) I need motivation too I'm getting back on track and looking for friends and finding some great support on here :-)

Here's a recipe You can adjust the spice according to your taste and the amount of veggies to your taste, I modified it from the Clean Eating magazine Kung Pao Chicken I can't eat rice, and my family doesn't like nuts so we left out the nuts It made 6 decent sized portions (although I calculated it out for 4) 3 tbsp…

Does your family do spicy foods?

yep, expanding issues..

Sounds good, although I can't do the rice cake because of the lap band one thing I can't handle... I"m glad you found a new healthy favorite

I have not tried Quest Bars...I don't know where to find them.. I have trouble with digesting somethings, due to the lapband

ME TOO!!! I'm a fellow HOOSIER too but live a far due to husband's job!!!

smile

yes

Need it for my 9 year old! Totally would wear it!

#4 beautiful pic! looks like you're a great photographer

Profile pic, smile

THANKS!!!

"Clean foods are natural, free of added sugars, hydrogenated fats, trans-fats and anything else that is unnatural and unnecessary." ehow .com easiest way to put it.

OMG it totally was! My husband and son woofed it down, my daughter didn't because she didn't know what the okra was...but totally was off the charts

I'm sorry you didn't it serves 8!

Due to my stature I have decided that even though the BMI calculator say I'm still "overweight" at 160 pounds I"m clinically healthy. I weighed 310 pounds at 1 point, I'm 197 right now, I was clinically healthy at 160 pounds in high school when I roller skated 32 hours on the weekend and 4 hours a day 3 days out of the…