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You also provided a great lesson for your kids. It doesn't matter how tough the goal seems -- just get started!

I eat Mahler's California Lifestyle Flax-Soy bread. It has wheat (so violates your restriction) but it is low carb and avoids the processed stuff. Only 6g carbs, 1g sugar and 1g fiber. You can read the label and ingredients here: http://www.mahlersbakery.com/Images/Product/CalFlaxSoy.jpg. They will ship it to you if you…

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My belly fat was the last to go, so I lost weight at my belt and in my hips but not in my belly. So for a while, my belt got tighter but my belly button stayed where it was, and I looked fatter.

I read up on lipo a couple of years ago, and most everything I read said that while it can sculpt your body, it does not really take more than a couple of pounds off. Lipo is more about your shape than about your weight. You should check up on that, because it might have an impact on your decision.

Looks yummy. How many calories is that? What are the macros?

I think you answered your own question.

Welcome aboard! Read a few forum posts that seem interseting to you, and invite a few folks with similar situations or interests to be your MFP Friends. The group motivation here is great, and by having people with similar situations, they can easily relate to your struggles and give advice and suggestions.

I have the most basic (least expensive!) model, and I use it several times per week. I grill hamburgers, turkey burgers, steak, salmon burgers, fresh salmon, etc. on it. As it ages, I find the heat is becoming a little un-even. I now have to flip burgers halfway through and shift them from one side to the other. Still, I…

Telling your story is a good start. For goals, consider that instead of listing specific quantities of weight, you list specific actions that you will achieve. E.g., first month, you will cut 100 calories per day below your TDEE and walk 1 mile per day. Second month, you will cut 200 calories per day and walk 2 miles per…

Learn this "weird word" : TDEE. That's your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Just do a search on TDEE and you will find ways to calculate yours. That tells you how many calories you need each day to maintain your current weight and activity. Once you know your TDEE, you can start to make better choices for your own caloric…

If the gym opened a wine bar, maybe I'd get a gym membership.

My knees hurt. My feet hurt. I was exhausted from walking up a flight of stairs. When I got up in the morning, I could barely walk from my bed to the bathroom.

I rarely eat salad. I find the texture of lettuce is bothersome on my tongue. Instead, I eat a lot of raw crunchy veggies, like carrots, celery, cauliflower, and broccoli. As for "junk" food, it's all still just food. The key is to track everything you eat so you can see how you are doing on calories as well as on…

The first person noticed at about 25 pounds. She was particularly health conscious. Others did not seem to notice anything until about 40 pounds. I actually looked fatter for a while as I lost weight. I lost weight in my hips, thighs, and arms, but not in my belly. So as my waist got smaller but my belly stayed fat, my…

Don't be in a big hurry to do complicated and difficult workouts that burn 1000 calories per day. I started just walkind around the parking lot at my apartment complex. That only took about 10 minutes. A couple months later, I found a nearby park with a 1/2 mile path laid out, and I walked that path once. A week or two…

Firefly (I never even saw it until it was off the air for years) Shades of LA Love and Curses I think I'm the only person who ever saw the second and third ones on my list.

I started obese and am now down to being overweight. I was always unhappy when people commented about my weight. The only ones I really appreciated were people who actually asked me to do something with them. For example, my friend Bill goes for a walk after supper each night, so he asked me to walk with him a few times.…

There is no such thing as gray hair. But I got my first dull silver hair at age 20, caused by strife from my then-girlfriend. It went mostly dull silver by the mid-40s. If I squint really hard now, I might occasionally see a brown streak (but that might be a smudge on the mirror).

You definitely have plenty of cardio and strength training in your job. It's all about the food for you. The more control you have over your food preparation, the easier it is to track. Consider making sandwiches and sticking them in a cooler in your truck. It is easy to get the sandwiches fixings, like sliced turkey, ham,…

I wonder if different people here have different ideas of what OP means by raw ingredients. For example, if we are talking about fresh bananas or lettuce, those are easily accessible everywhere. Fresh green beans not frozen or canned are available at a farmer's market but that requires a bit more effort than a visit to the…

I thought that ALL diets fail almost all the time. Why should VLCD be different?

Run someplace INTERESTING. Running on a treadmill is boring and it is easy to quit. Run where the terrain changes, the sights change, the people change, etc. I run at a nearby park which has several ballfields, dog runs, playground for little kids, basketball hoops, skateboard ramp, gravel, grass, parking, etc. So I run…

I often just eat an orange before I go for a morning jog. If I wait to eat breakfast, then I feel like I have to wait for some digestion or I get sick. And then I procrastinate and never go. But an orange is quick, easy, and healthy.

Retired from academia. Formerly taught undergraduate economics, finance, and political science. Taught online and classroom, but I found cheating was rampant in the online classes.

It helps if you fill out your profile. A lot of people try to Friend those with whom they have something in common. Also, having a little info helps others to give you suggestions or share ideas that might make sense for you.

In 1980, my political science class at Drake Univ worked at an event that featured Vice President George Bush. The same class worked at an event for astronaut John Glenn. In 1984, Michael Moore (before he was famous) interviewed me on his radio show in Flint Michigan. In 1984, my boss was Spencer Abraham, who several years…

I frequently have unidentifiable cravings. They lead me to eat everything in the house. I will have a few nuts, some oatmeal, peanut butter sandwich, yogurt, apple, tuna, spicy sausage jambalaya, strawberry smoothie, chicken breast, stroganoff, burrito, fried egg, etc. I just keep trying to eat different things until I hit…

I love the irony -- the U.S. Senate can chastise Dr. Oz for being a demagogue. By contrast, the Senate is filled with paragons of moral virtue!

Under the FOOD Tab, you can select RECIPES. Just enter your recipe, and MFP will calculate the calories and macronutrients. Then enter your serving size, and you can now track it. That will make it easier for you in the long run.