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There is also a group - Pregnancy June 2011 here :) I highly recommend joining since it gets a fair amount of traffic and its a great way to get support for everything during your pregnancy.

If they aren't using a ton of oil and sauce, its actually not a bad choice at all. One of the places I've been too used very little and it ended up being healthier than plenty of meals we have at home! That said, I personally tend to like having cheat days every once in a while. Sometimes you need to just have what sounds…

For me, WW was just too difficult to deal with. I hated having to constantly calculate my own points from nutrition info because the brands I used were never in their books. The program just seemed so much more complicated than tracking calories. It also didn't help me eat healthier. I now try to keep not only my calories…

I completely agree with this--although I only lost 40 lbs. I had no problems with them until I added an additional medication that also caused loose stools and stomach cramping and so I had to stop them. My doctor reports having many patients that have had great success with them. My major suggestion is to use them to…

My friends wonder about us, but we don't always buy the newest and greatest. And I generally refuse to buy music online because I still burn cds to listen to them! We also still haven't bought a flat screen tv. And my cell phone generally just makes phone calls and sends text messages. Me have an iPod touch so my husband…

For my body, getting up and going for a walk, even a mild and short-ish one seems to help me lose weight. I can eat the right amount of food and not lose much but getting out and walking does seem to help, particularly in the morning. I assume that it helps get my metabolism going. And an hour's walk is 150+ calories and…

Can you cut out the milk? Or cut down? If you use just a tablespoon of milk in it, its really low calorie [there is only 90 calories in a cup of skim milk and only a tablespoon for each tea would equal under 30 calories for 4 cups.] Plain tea has 5 or less calories a serving, so I drink a lot of that and save tea with milk…

It depends on several things. If you are active, that definitely seems reasonable. I was at 325 several years ago and moderately active and was eating 1800-1900 [on a different program than MFP] and I lost weight between 1-2lbs each week. I am now at 1550 calories at 280lbs [which MFP recommended] and it seems to be…

Yay! Congrats! I was so excited when I tried on last year's shorts and they kept falling down as I was walking. Well, I was excited when I got home and changed into something that didn't fall down. I went out today and bought a pair of smaller ones! Smaller clothing is definitely the biggest motivator for me.

It partially got easier for me, and actually cutting back on my protein helped a lot. Whole grains and veggies were much more filling for the amount of calories. Beans have plenty of protein for a meal but are much more filling than a small piece of chicken, which has been enough to make me feel satisfied most days. Also,…

I definitely need days where I don't log and I just eat what seems good, within reason. Usually on those days I make sure I have two good low-calorie meals, exercise and have one meal where I just enjoy whatever sounds good. On 1500 calories a day it would be hard to go and enjoy myself at a steakhouse, but I don't want to…

I definitely have to eat. When I wake up I am feel extremely hungry and I don't function to well until I have breakfast. I can manage if I don't need to be anywhere and loaf in bed, but if I need to get up and go, breakfast is necessary within 30 minutes of getting up. If I can manage having two small meals in the morning…

I definitely agree that what you takes depends on if you have a campstove & cooking pit. My family normally brings oatmeal, granola bars, veggies [carrots, celery, broccoli and snow peas hold up well in a cooler but I've had problems with lettuces], bread, peanut butter, nuts, crackers, eggs, etc. We definitely try for…

I definitely think that you should get a better idea of why your doctor doesn't want to put you any medication for your thyroid, and probably a second opinion to see if this is generally accepted practice or not. Also, my brother is on a raw food diet and doesn't have to worry about what he eats because he exercises like…

I sometimes see as much as a 5-6 lb variability. I really wish I knew where it all was coming from/going to!

Walking and gentle swimming for me! I get horribly bored at the gym. Previously I have used various dvds such as yoga, pilates, general exercise ones when I had more space in my living room to move around. Oh, and I do use the Wii Fit to add in extra exercise. I don't tend to count it, but it helps add a bit of fun…

It definitely depends on your criteria for a drink. If you really like foam, you can buy an espresso machine with one or buy a separate frother. If you need sweetener than purchasing Starbucks' sugar free syrups or using Splenda is an option. Do you need espresso shots or just coffee dressed up? I personally like to drink…

I always count tea since I drink a ton of it and I'm a perfectly hydrated person. Caffeine only works as a diuretic in large quantities in people who are not used to it--your body quickly becomes used to it and adjusts for it. Also, most teas have only 1/4-1/2 the caffeine as coffee and many people get a lot of their water…

There are 3500 calories in a pound, so 500 is only 1/7 of one, or a little over two ounces. I definitely need days where I just go and eat what I would like. Its hard to eat so much in one meal that it really puts you back!

Our relationship seems to be the opposite of many others--he doesn't care what weight I am unless I magically became very thin, but I would be a bit less attracted to him if he gained much weight! That said, I really don't think that either of us would extremely turned off, just less attracted than we were when the other…

As long as I keep my fiber intake up! If I slip up for a few days, it starts up again :( I drink a ton of water but I do take pretty big bites and I don't chew quite as well as I should... Luckily, my husband and my dog have noisy tummies too, so I fit right in!

I much prefer to weight myself each day for the reasons people have mentioned---your weight can fluctuate massively from day to day. This way, I know if its a fluke instead of being horribly depressed on "weight-in day." I don't quite see how weighing only once a week removes this issue. When I was doing WW, I frequently…

I want to jump in and point out that studies do show a correlation between diet soda intake and higher weight & diabetes. There is not causation given. That said, I know from personal experience that I have issues when I drink diet soda on an empty stomach. I would think this has to do with the fact that the body begins to…

I am finally officially joining after lurking about for the last month. The hubby and I have finally decided that we would like to start TTC as soon as I can get my weight down some more. It is so strange to go from a couple months ago just thinking that we would probably like to have children to realizing that soon is…

I have never, ever had a doctor that wouldn't count it as water as long as it wasn't sweetened. A.) It has very little caffeine [about 25mg for a 6-8oz cup] B.) Your body quickly gets used to the very mild diuretic effect and you will have no harm unless you are popping caffeine pills C.) Its all water. D.) I get about 90%…

I've been reading pregnancy books like the ****ens lately, and all of them say that you can't really do much about them once they are there, other than wait until they go away [which can be a long time, unfortunately.] Apparently, in actual trials, most of the "miracle creams" don't help much, and a lot of the anecdotal…

We have made very good fish in the microwave. Wrap it in microwavable wax paper with seasonings [I particularly like lemon slices, garlic and rosemary] and microwave until done [two 4oz fillets usually takes just 6 min in our microwave.] We also make rice and baked potatoes in the microwave. Recipes abound in the internet…

At Chipotle, you can also get a bowl, which will cut our the approximately 180 calories that come from a tortilla, if you want. You can add lettuce then. Its quite tasty that way.

MFP's automatic settings are low because unlike calories, its considered not a limit [like calories] but a minimum to try to get [like vitamins.] But you are right on the 25 grams being the recommended minimum, and getting 25-35 grams per day is the suggested target to aim for.

I did their free trial a couple months ago, and I certainly didn't hate it, but it was frustrating how limited their database was. So few of the restaurants I go to had numbers, so I was left guessing frequently. And literally none of the foods I had in my cabinet were listed. We shop mostly at Trader Joes and from what I…