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I am American and I have Been to: Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Seychelles, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Nepal, Bhutan, and Japan. Next trip will be: Australia and New Zealand

Boy: James Girl: Ashley

Looks classy!

"You used to be such a cute kid, what happened?" -Mom

Face and my moobs. =(

I was basically at the same weights. I started around 245lb, I had lost about 26lb over last year. I wore a smaller sized pair of pants and went in a couple belt notches, but could never look in the mirror and feel like I had lost anything. The key is to pay attention to little comments from friends / family. They will be…

Once a week, Thursday AM, straight out of bed (after a morning pee to lose an extra few tenths of a lb of course!!). =)

This whole mentality is what keeps us fat. For whatever reason, we are trained that getting a "good deal" means more (2 for 1, double meat, super-size, etc). I had lived in Europe for quite a few years and their approach is far more sensible. Getting a "good deal" meant getting something cheaper. Same portion, but at a…

I have been using MFP for food tracking for the last ~6 months. I have had some weeks where I didnt keep in goal and an entire month vacation to Europe where I wasnt tracking at all, but tried to keep as healthy as possible. During this time I have lost about 25lbs through nothing but diet change. I seem to have plateau'ed…

If you leave the skin on, you really shouldnt just toss it in the oven (bake). Soggy squishy fish skin is never tasty! You need to crisp up the skin first. Use some extra virgin olive oil in a very hot skillet on the stove top and crisp it up, then finish it off in the oven to cook through the flesh. I guarantee it will…

This is it in a nutshell. I had lived 6 years in Europe and in my experience its all about the portions! One of the key elements is "getting a good deal" on the other side of the pond would be to have your same meal for a cheaper price. In the US, getting what one considers a deal usually means bigger portion size. 2 for…

My official logged weigh-in is on Thursdays, but I take a peek every day when I wake up to see my fluctuations.

Sounds exactly like what I went through a couple weeks ago. Cold / flu like symptoms, but instead of losing appetite I wanted to eat constantly. I just gave in and ate whatever I felt like to feel better. I felt bad enough with the symptoms, adding constant hunger was out of the question for me. I am back on track now…

The other day, I had gone out with a European girl I started seeing. While we were out she made the joking comment to me that "American's wear too large jeans" implying mine were too big! I kind of laughed to myself because I had only bought these smaller sized (36) in July while vacationing in the US. They pretty much…