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Welcome and Good Luck!

500 calories a day sounds anorexic to me. Ouch.

I am convinced that sugar is stored in the belly. I've never been able to lose my stomach until I started eating clean. Now my stomach is shrinking for the first time ever. I doubt I'll ever have six pack abs but I'm looking forward to one day no longer seeing a roll either.

Butternut Squash - Here's the way I made it today (my first time eating it) Peel and dice the squash. Place in baking dish - add a little vegetable broth (or chicken broth) (I use progresso broth in a box items) sprinkle with a little salt. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in oven for 30 min or til squash is tender. (comes out…

I love zucchini and tomatos! Here's my recipe that we love at my house - take a zucchini and slice it long ways. (I sometimes cut it in half and then slice each half long ways) Place the zucchini strips face up, skin down in a baking pan. Sprinkle a little olive oil on your strips (or if you don't want to use oil, use…

Calorie rich or nutrient rich? Give me nutrient rich foods over calorie rich any day.

Today was my first day on here and I went over my sugar as well. I don't eat refined sugar, sugar substitutes, etc. The only sugar I have is in fruits. I eat a lot of vegetables, my diet is probably 70 percent veggies, 20 percent fruit and 10 percent seeds, whole grains and lean meats. So I am not even going to worry about…

For those of you looking for a way to add sugar to a recipe but don't want to use real sugar - you can use dates instead. One cup of dates - blend with a quarter cup of water in your blender or food processor, can be used in place of one cup of sugar in most baking recipes. It makes your batter a bit thick so you might…

The dirtiest food I can think of is Twinkies - they have enough artificial preservatives to survive a nuclear holocaust. Another really dirty food is hot dogs - they are made up of the leftover bits of the animal that no one will eat or buy on its own.

For starters quit beating yourself up. 137 is actually a nice healthy weight. Stop looking at movie stars, models, etc and thinking that is the way we should look. That is not realistic. 137 is a great weight for a healthy teenage girl. There really is such a thing as being too thin. It doesn't sound like you have dealt…

I love eggs scrambled with hot peppers, a little ham, etc - but that's not the question. What about having non breakfast foods for breakfast? Fish? Cottage cheese with something besides fruit? Soup?

I don't count calories. It never worked for me like that. I eat clean - almost 95 percent of my diet is whole foods - fresh vegetables, a little fruit and occasionally a cut of lean meat or fish. The things I'm eating don't have labels. Since plant based foods are nutrient rich, everything I eat has some real nutritional…

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone.

Sounds like you have a hormonal imbalance. might not be menopause. Go to your doctor and she should be able to help figure it out. hormones are a big reason it's hard to lose weight as we get older. If your doctor can help you straighten out your hormones - you will start seeing your weight drop. I struggle with hormones…

Good thing you recognize that you are an emotional eater. Maybe its time for you to start looking at what's eating you and what triggers your bad habits. Now is a good time to start eating healthy and teaching your baby to eat healthy as well.

what are you eating? I can't see your food diary. I did see Stacy's though. If yours is anything like hers, you might be eating the wrong things. Instead of the premade, processed foods - start cooking from scratch. Get a good recipe book that you like that promotes healthy eating and start learning how to make your own…

For starters you can't out exercise a bad diet. It took me a long time to realize that but it's true. Secondly - you should eat breakfast like a king - have a nice sized meal of healthy food. Don't want to cook or not that hungry in the morning? Consider investing in a juicer or a blender and make a healthy drink packed…

Marie the reason its so hard to give up sugar and processed foods are because the food industry puts chemicals and additives to those foods to make you crave more of them. Plus did you know that sugar and processed foods only fill up about one fourth of your stomach and goes through you quickly so you are still hungry…

Isuz - the cravings will gradually disappear and you will get to the point where the thought of a sugary treat makes you a bit ill to your stomach. Iannabelle - I think I eat more than I did before I started all this. What I've decided is that I will not eat anything that is not nutrient dense - no more empty calories for…

A few months ago I didn't think I could live without at least two glasses of sweet ice tea from McDonald's or my morning coffee. Now the only beverage I have is water, I drink almost two gallons a day on average.

Hi I just found MFP today myself. I am 48 yrs old and started my weight loss journey back in March. So far I've lost just under 50 pounds, at least that's what it was the last time I was weighed - I am part of a nutrition class that meets on Tuesdays and I get weighed in then. I'd love to be your friend if you want to add…