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One of my favorite dinners has just four ingredients: -boneless, skinless chicken breasts -Newmans olive oil & vinegar dressing -a bell pepper or two -Ragu or Prego sauce Get 2 skillets. Put some Newman's in one, and some Ragu in the other. No need to measure either of them out, just enough to cover the bottom and give the…

Wait, what???? your 500 calories of... what? For the day??? Yikes, ANYONE would fail on that plan... if that's what you're talking about. Try just a reasonable amount of calories for the day, maybe 1700... and then pre-log your food the day before. I've found it very helpful. Eat the foods you enjoy, even treats, in…

I did so much walking in college I couldn't gain weight if I wanted to! But either way... it's good you're not into the drinking: when I was a freshman, an upperclassmen told me that a lot of people avoided the "freshman 15" by just staying away from the beer. *shrug* I didn't get into beer, so I guess it worked well…

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I've been surprised at a couple times at least.... some of my favorite dishes at my favorite restaurant had like 1700 cals or 2200 calories!!! I was like WOAH!!! So yeah... I've joined the ranks of pre-loggers. It's helping to know and plan what I'm going to eat ahead of time, no surprises when you log it the day before…

I think this is where "pity pounds" come from, LOL... my husband certainly gained a few while I was pregnant! We just ate the same things regardless :-P

Raw/uncooked.

I"ve given up on razors for that body part. I use Nair, and then I apply the HydroCortisone cream afterwards if I feel dry. Apparently, I have very sensitive skin :-/

I did a very low carb diet a couple of years ago, mostly in the spirit of experimentation. I loosely followed the Atkins formula, keeping my net carbs to about 30g or less per day. My diet most days looked something like this: Lots of romaine lettuce, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Bacon and eggs were the…

Yes, harvo. A good, zazzy black zoot suit hat.... (??)

Yes I have!!! And she is a fabulous friend to have! Luv you, Rach (CallMeCupcakeDammit)!!! We met up when I was flying out to her part of the country to meet up with some friends from college. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, it was fun! :-)

I'm very glad you're around. Signal amidst the noise.

Welcome! You can do this! :-) Add me if you want :-)

@ Srarojas - Great back!!! Looks like you're doing fantastic!

I like the Godiva chocolate bars that have like 85% cacao... I don't need very much of it to fix the craving, so it doesn't cost me many calories.

Mmmmm, bacon!! I'm out.

Congrats!! thats a great NSV!!!

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Tonight it's chicken breasts sauteed in Newman's Own with some steamed veggies. Simple. I like simple. :-)

I don't know much about the UK, but maybe the financial incentive is to just encourage mothers to *try* breastfeeding, maybe to just get some mothers to do it who might have otherwise been in the "I just don't want to do it because it's inconvenient for me." I highly doubt it's about medical issues that may prevent…

This.

You will be on my FL. Yes. That is good.

I'm a stay-at-home mommy now, but before that I was a medical technologist (or sometimes called clinical lab scientist) and I took some of the same classes as the nursing students, some great friends in that group! Add me if you like. I worked in blood bank and microbiology - talked to the nurses at the hospital I worked…

Feel free to add me! I'm on every day and try to comment frequently on statuses!

I'm $10/mo at Gold's.

Looking at your diary, I'm guessing you're not eating enough. Please shoot for AT LEAST 1200.

Yikes, that sounds scary! Def talk to your doctor about it. There are many, many forms of contraception that do not involve hormones, so you have plenty of options even without pills/shots/patch/vag ring/etc. This is what I use: tcoyf.com (it explains everything, I used it for 5 years before choosing to conceive my…

FR sent! You and I sound a bit alike... :-)

Totally. :love:

Well, according to my husband, he likes to "spoil" me because he loves me. He likes to delight me with things I don't "need", spend quality time with me, etc., because he likes to see my face light up. He's thoughtful. Sex is not something he has to work for, sex is a given. I, personally, do not believe in telling my…