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Southwest Oklahoma girl here! Lived in Tennessee 20 years and now in Ohio but will always love southern cooking. I'm good 95% of the time but a girls gotta have her fried squash, taters, and okra sometimes or she'll go right crazy :laugh:

Same as most of the above. Unclothed and first thing in the morning before I have my first cup of coffee, drink of water, or bite of food.

Leftover sloppy joe on whole wheat bun, green beans, & apple slices. Tomorrow night tho will be beef stew!! :tongue:

Great job!!!!! You look amazing!!!

How simple are you wanting your recipes? I've been on this kick every morning for the past week or so: 1 Cage-Free egg scrambled with a dash of milk 2 Kroger pre-cooked turkey sausage links 1/2 cup fresh blackberries 1 slice whole wheat toast Coffee :-) The sausage links come in prepackaged 2 link packs that simply take 45…

I've never taken a bag of frozen veggies out for the sheer purpose of snacking on them but it's not a bad idea! I have eaten a frozen kernal or two of corn that escaped my boiling water on the stove before and it's good but I'm not a fan of frozen green beans at all. Frozen peas sound good tho.

Hi there :) I'm not good really at knowing what to eat, what not to eat, what to focus on, what to not focus on, etc but can't wait to see what suggestions you get as our taste for foods are very similar!

Ahhhh gotta love those stretch marks and jelly belly tummies no matter how hard we work at exercising and eating right!! Love your post and believe me when I say you are so not alone!! I hid my tummy for years and finally a few years ago looked in the mirror and said to myself i don't look that bad even with the stretch…

Jimmy John's turkey tom minus mayo and sprouts but added onions and jalapeno on whole wheat bread and water. Yummy!

Here are my main things I track: Calories Sugar Fiber Protein Sodium The importance I place of hitting the goals are in the following order: Calories, Fiber, Sodium, Protein, Sugar. I find it frustrating to stay within my sugar limit because I eat fruit a lot and that seems to up it pretty quick. It would be different if I…

Yep I've made the Stuffed Pepper Soup and it was amazing!! I brought leftovers to work and had 2 people taste and my manager loved it so much I printed the recipe off for her! My family said "this is a keeper" as well. I will be trying other recipes on there soon!

I've been sick with a cough and get winded easily right now so have backed off exercising and taking cough drops so much the roof of my mouth hurts :ohwell: I've heard you should feed a cold and starve the flu but i havent been hungrier. I am staying within my limits but just not counting the calories in my cough drops and…

I'm with you in trying to find good breakfast ideas. Lately I've been eating organic peanut butter on a toasted whole wheat muffin and a piece of fresh fruit and that keeps me filled thru lunch. I also love yogurt but don't eat it all the time due to the high sugar content in the ones I like. Greek is good tho and i…

5ft 1 and cw is 122. I'm a small build so my gw would be somewhere between 110-115. I have weighed as low as 102 but that was really too skinny for me.

I am gonna try this this week! Thank you!

This sounds amazing and i always have bananas and apples on hand!

Looking at how I posed my question I can certainly see I gave the wrong impression :/ Next time I won't try to post a quick question before my bosses see me on a message board instead of working :laugh:

Oh my goodness thank you so much for all the ideas!!! Its not so much that I'm trying to force myself to like it but more need new ways to try it that gives it a different texture. I love oatmeal in cookies, bars etc but am struggling with having oatmeal as a breakfast. I will definitely be trying some of your recipes…

It is because of the health benefits and also because they are filling and it's an extra way to sneak in fiber. Plus I usually will just eat cereal or an egg sandwich for breakfast and so looking for another breakfast food when I get bored of those two. I've not tried the other grains and will look into those.

Fixed this tonight using the Greek yogurt in place of sour cream and added chopped onions, cayenne, chili powder, and garlic powder (just a shake or so of each) and 2% Mexican cheese and it is pretty tasty! Great for these cold winter nights! Can't wait for lunch leftovers and hoping this freezes well too.

Sounds amazing!! I love the Greek yogurt substitute and will try it that way first. I too was wondering about the tomatoes but will either dice some fresh tomatoes or use Ro-Tel to give it a bit more spice. Keep bringing on the yummy healthy (and easy!!) recipes!!!