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I would die if I had some sort of allergy to fruits and veggies, but there are ones that really turn me off: Brussels sprouts butternut squash frisee lettuce (a.k.a. chicory or curly endive) corn

Your words are as beautiful as you! Thanks for the wonderful post to enlighten those who are still in the dark about maintaining weight loss. When the brain is changed, things just fall into place. I'll be quoting you when I treat my patients, "eat the way you want to maintain". Awesome! Congrats...there's no way you're…

Cherish it!!! What a great accomplishment for you :)

I always have marshmallows at home to snack on something sweet. A handful of the minis are a great fix for a sweet treat. Not too weird I guess, huh? lol

That's a buttload of calcium my friend. We're talking 4400mg and your body only needs about 1000mg per day. Have you ever heard of kidney stones?? Have you ever felt the misery of a kidney stone?? Your friendly dietitian

Thank you for pouring your heart out to all us strangers! You have accomplished so much and for that I know you are most proud. I hope you have inspired someone out there to get healthy and not take their health for granted. I'm deeply sorry for your loss:cry: I am amazed how people like you turn to something positive in…

After 80lbs gone, I was in denial that I wouldn't need plastic surgery...guess what? I did. And I hated how fat I felt after losing all that weight. :( After surgery though, I feel skinny now. Biggest unexpected surprise, though? Having to move my driver seat forward A LOT. I was having shoulder pain when I drove and…

There is a great book I read called "Thin for Life". It gives great examples of how people maintained their weight loss over years. My best advice? Make MFP part of your life just like checking your email, voicemail, and bank balance, etc every day. What I tell my patients who want to lose weight and maintain is this:…

Human beings want everything in life with the smallest effort put forth possible. We want a bigger bank account just by scratching off a lotto ticket or spending $1 to win $180 million. We want a pill to keep us from pooping so much, a pill to make us poop when we can't. We want answers to our problems and will take the…

I've been wearing these white pants that were hand-me-downs from someone. They have been looking really good on me and I had to alter them since they were too big in the crotch/butt area. As I am slowly shrinking, I've been washing them in hot water and drying them in the dryer on hottest setting. This morning I put them…

APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE! You do deserve this and you are awesome! :flowerforyou: :wink:

I say, to heck with buying a new car! Start saving a "car payment" now and in 3 years you could have a new body to drive. To all the people just starting out with their massive weight loss journey: save the money you would have spent on larger portions to pay for your skin removal surgery. You're gonna need it somewhere on…

To OP and anyone else who thinks packaged sunflower seeds (whole) are not that high in sodium. If you read the nutrition facts it states a portion is "1/4 cup without shell" and the sodium content is 135mg. This is taken from the David brand of sunflower seeds. If you only want 135mg of sodium, then you have to break the…

Hip, Hip, smaller hips! Horayyyyyyy

My coworker, who is of normal size but has a little belly bulge from having a kid, told me today that she is very jealous of my flat tummy. Since having my body lift my torso is very flat, but I haven't had my thigh lift/reduction yet. Funny how this is the area I focus on when I look at myself in the mirror. Apparently…

I say...to hell with people and their comments! Get your body in a swimsuit (I always did when I was larger) and be proud that you are getting healthy. How do you know what people are thinking anyway, unless you talk to them? Make some friends at the gym..you'll need them. Go up to the person who has the body size you want…

Make some sugar-free Jello with a little fruit in it and have some Cool Whip handy. This 50-calorie snack might help you when you're craving some comfort carbs. So sorry for your loss. You sound like such a caring and compassionate person. Remember to be as such to yourself in your grieving. Remember, junk food won't bring…

Why can't you stay committed? Lots of reasons (based all on experience with my own struggles and of counseling people as a dietitian) 1. We expect results using methods that have been tried and we failed at. So stop doing these, ok? 2. We aren't addressing the issue of fixing our HEADS first before we try to fix our…

Who cares about the resistance level or the incline? Are you sweating? Are you monitoring your heart rate? Are you still able to sing a song 10 minutes in to your workout? (you shouldn't be able to) I do interval training on the elliptical when the songs change on my ipod. I have a heart rate monitor on when I exercise and…

Vinegar. I promise it totally works. I have a spray bottle filled with 75% vinegar and about 25% water in the bathroom. When I take off my clothes (and not just my gym clothes) I squirt the under arms and neck of my shirts heavily until saturated. I toss them in the hamper and when the load gets washed, I put vinegar in…

I have a Polar HRM and it has the option of doing a FITNESS TEST where you lie flat for 5 minutes (monitor on of course) and it tracks your absolute resting heart rate. The lower your resting heart rate is, the more fit you are and the harder you will have to workout to get into your 80% target zone. My model of the Polar…

You are a very, very pretty lady! Big or small, you are stunning and should be enjoying what you see in that mirror :)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!! You better be buying yourself something sparkley or shiny for this accomplishment. Every major milestone I hit, I bought a piece of jewelry that I wear every day to remind myself of my work. Honey, you need to buy yourself a Mercedes or somethin' :)

build muscle in your legs and butt. I have the same issue and working out with weights really made the lower half of my body shrink...But I had to do A LOT of lower body workouts. Genetics suck. It took 25lbs for me to lose 1 size when I was 263lbs. Even at 50lbs gone, people could notice that something had changed about…

WHO THE HELL KNEW THAT THE LITTLE COSTCO INNOCENT SLICE OF PIZZA IN THE WINDOW (CHEESE ONLY) IS 660-700 FREAKING CALORIES!!!. OMg...I haven't eaten one since. And to think that my husband would get a slice of the pepperoni pizza and the hotdog as his meal. I hate you Costco for offering such delicious food for so cheap and…

I have a huge bowl of salad ready to eat in my fridge at all times at work. Throw on some croutons and maybe a slice of avocado, and it's really quick. I use the low-fat/low-calorie yogurt dressings that are 45kcals for 2 Tbs. The blue cheese flavor rocks.

Skinny Cow has about 140kcals and 5g fiber

Yeah, ditto. Why would you go on ranting and ranting and typing so fast that you can't even put in proper punctuation or capital letters if you weren't raging angry at someone telling you the truth? How you're responding to this issue IS the issue. Denial runs deep in addictions.

Thanks for the post! Obviously people who won't accept real scientific proof for the way things work in world, will still avoid aspartame. Did you also know that it is the MOST STUDIED SUBSTANCE ON THE PLANET? My crazy sister is convinced that it causes cancer and has my nieces and nephew paranoid about it. When the kids…

There's a wonderful book written by a Registered Dietitian, Anne Fletcher, called THIN FOR LIFE. It's been my bible and she quotes in the book that the percentages of successful weight loss are off. The book offers sound, real-life, advice and tips from people who have maintained weight loss for more than 5 years. I would…