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If there is, I'd truly appreciate you sharing a few. I struggle to meet protein requirements each day.

Kelsey, have a look at these three threads. I found them to be very informative: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/686963-large-collection-of-info-for-beginners…

Thank you for taking the time to look at my food diary, I appreciate all the help I can get :). No, my surgery doesn't impact the types of foods I can eat, just the amount. Basically the upper portion of my stomach (the part that has the greatest ability to expand with added intake) was wrapped around the bottom of my…

You may well have a point there. Thank you for bringing that up.

You may not, and that's up to you to decide what to believe. But I've lived it, and I know first hand what it did to me.

^5, jppd47. This is neither the time nor the place to push your political agenda. Whatever it may be.

Thank you all for the sacrifices you and your families have made in service to our Country!! And to any military personnel who may reply after my post....Thank you!! To any folks I may have missed, my sincere apologies and appreciation for your service!! I was in our living room playing with my then 2 yr old daughter. I…

What do you do for a living? I run a fan-based website for a NYT Bestselling Author Where in the world are you? NY How old are you? A whole lot older than I wanna be. What car do you drive? Ford Focus and Nissan Quest Are you really boring or interesting???? Can I lie?

This may be the first time in two years that I'm even remotely thankful for chemo induced menopause. Thanks for the perspective ladies :). I sincerely hope you all find some relief from your symptoms and an answer to having it impact your daily lives so much. This fitness thing is hard enough without throwing that wrench…

I use the Ingenuitea teapot. Love this thing!! http://www.amazon.com/Adagio-Teas-16-Ounce-Ingenuitea-Teapot/dp/B000FPN8TK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1347241362&sr=8-4&keywords=tea+infuser

They're being very contradictory between the popped vs unpopped calorie count. If figuring using 'unpopped' counts - a serving size is 2 TBS and there are 'about 3' servings per bag then I read that as 6 TBS of unpopped kernels. If 2 TBS of unpopped kernels = 170 calories then 3 servings of that amount = 510 calories. If…

I sure do. I'd be a hypocrite if I forced my child to wear a helmet and I didn't.

Count me in! I started out at 142 and VERY out of shape. Would love to see the 120's but I have to admit, as long as my body is strong and fit I don't really care where the final number falls. Either way, I definitely have 15 - 20 lbs of fat to lose.

I found this post to be very informative and a great starting point... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

I can relate. A lot of days I struggle to even reach 1200 cals. I just wasn't hungry/was already feeling full. But, I am overweight. So something is very wrong here. I read Banks' post yesterday about 'Starvation Mode' and it made a lot of sense to me, especially since I'm seeing a lot of what he described in myself. So…

I have a friend who swears by the benefits of tumeric. Not sure if he's right or not but he sure seems to think it's beneficial.

I am definitely over Teavana. I got sucked into buying a few flavors and you're absolutely right about them. Kinda mad at myself for spending that kind of money on them. But, live and learn. If you ever get a chance to try the WhileLion brand, do. I was quite pleasantly surprised.

I love tea. The best tea I've ever had is from WhiteLionTea.com. As a rule, I've never liked flavored teas - they've always tasted too artificial to me - so I've generally stuck with Earl Greys. While on vacation this summer one of the hotels we stayed at served several flavors of White Lion Tea. I loved every single one…

Not through the internet but I met someone through the classifieds in the newspaper. We've been married nearly 16 years now :).

Tiny little town in Upstate NY. Now I live in a bigger town in Upstate NY.

Found this info: "Tips on Portion Sizes: For short pastas and egg noodles, like elbow macaroni, shells, spirals, wagon wheels, ziti, etc., 2 ounces uncooked is roughly equal to 1/2 cup dry and about 1 cup cooked (Larger, bulkier shapes such as bowties, penne rigate, rigatoni, and wide noodles may yield more, while smaller…

I hope this statement was sarcasm or an attempt at humor, because otherwise it is simply ridiculous. Police Officers are a reactionary force. They do not follow everyone around making sure nothing bad happens to you. They intervene only after a crime has occurred. That's a little too late in my book. If an assailant wants…

Hadn't seen this post before. Thanks for shedding some light on the matter.

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And what is your argument against being physically assaulted? Say a criminal confronts you and demands your phone, money, purse/wallet. What if they think they need to subdue you first? Maybe they're only going to punch you a couple of times. Maybe they have more nefarious notions in mind. How are you to know? And are you…

Oh, I'm not worried about comfort at this point. I'm worried about falling on my butt once I squat down because I don't have enough strength to get back up LOL. I do understand that this shouldn't be easy and that I should be using the maximum amount of weight that I can even if it isn't pretty :).

Thanks, ladies! I joined both groups and will take a look at both of them. I think I want to get the Starting Strength book too. Question for you, Determinednoob...based on the content of the book do you think the Kindle version would be sufficient or am I really better off getting the physical book in this case?

Ok, here's how pathetic I am. I just tried to do a squat with the 32lb weight and couldn't do it. Not even 1 :blushing:. But I don't want to give up. I really don't. I just need to try and figure out how to make it work for the level I'm at now.

OP, I can relate to what you're saying. Most days I struggle to reach 1,000 calories. Just like you, I eat when I'm hungry. Although I think my food intake is fairly well balanced - other than I need to work in more veggies. But the thing is, I always eat this way and even so I'm still over weight. Not by a lot - I weigh…

Then here's a thought...maybe the dead person shouldn't have made the decision to attack another human being. There are a lot of folks here making assumptions about how and when a concealed weapon might be deployed for use. Every gun owner I know hopes and prays they never have to pull that trigger. The OP isn't looking to…