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How long is your commute? I'm wondering if turning that into relaxation time (instead of worrying about everything time - I know, I get that way too) might give you some relief. Audio books would be good if the commute is long enough. I've been fantasizing about binging too... I can feel the food in my mouth, it is…

Don't be scared of the weights area. It's there to be used. * If they offered a consultation with a trainer - take it. But come in prepared. Before you go answer these questions: * Do you want to get stronger, build bigger muscles, or just lose weight while maintaining the muscle mass you already have (or some combination…

April 7 Me: 4 Binge: 3 Days binge free: 2 Slowly edging it out... Going to revamp my "meals" though, so my snacks don't look like I had them all at once. :)

April 6 Me: 3 Binge: 3 Days binge free: 1 Have an appointment with a counselor for later this month. Keep on swimming.

So, I did not keep the streak. Today is a new day. One moment at a time.

April 5 Me: 2 Binge: 3 Days binge free: 0 New here. I realized I need help, going to start getting it. Yesterday was horrid, but today is a new day. So far I'm on target. I will do my best to stay that way once I get home this afternoon.

I made it through at only 16 calories over. Although the brownies I made for my son... Wow. I only had 1, although more called my name. I didn't even have to chew gum to avoid eating more. Today when I go grocery shopping though, I'll definitely have gum with me. It seems to help me not buy stuff that isn't on my list.…

so. yesterday makes one day binge free. Today is a celebration day, so I'll be trying not to binge while taking part in delicious desserts and such (One of my offspring survived to legal adulthood today. Woot.) It's a balancing act. Going to try to be more honest about my logging and admitting my issues with food. One…

My daughter used to have a little plastic doll purse that was just large enough to hold a Barbie's head. She went around as the Baby Bowler for quite a while. I think she was four or five at the time. (Time flies)

I know you said you didn't care, but according to the recipe builder if you split the recipe into 40 servings, each has: calories 95 Total Fat 6 g Saturated Fat 1 g Monounsaturated Fat 2 g Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol 3 mg Sodium 16 mg Potassium 65 mg Total Carbohydrate 10 g Dietary Fiber 1 g Sugars 8…

I know at the beginning of the month there was an issue and a lot of people's accounts lost their token. They said they were connected, but they couldn't talk anymore. This worked for me and some others. If you have the apps on any mobile devices, log out of them. On the web, access Fitbit, and tell it to disconnect from…

If you are not sure you are getting an accurate count, then start out by only eating about 50% of your exercise calories. If you lose too fast, you can up the amount you eat back, if you are losing too slowly, then you can reduce it some, but chances are that something might be off with your food if it is that far off.…

Also - you can manually adjust the percentages in your goal settings to increase/decrease as needed. I adjust mine to set the protein and fat where I want them, and let the carbs fill the rest. (As it is, if I exercise and the goal goes higher than I need, I'll just stop the protein where I want it. As long as I stay under…

Short answer - if you are accurately logging exercise and food, then you do want to eat back your calories. MyFitnessPal is already giving you the number of calories you need to lose weight. If you are consistently under that net calorie goal by a lot, you will potentially lose weight faster, but you may also endanger your…

First, genetics determines where weight comes off, so getting rid of the "spare tire" is dependent on getting rid of all the excess fat. As for exercises to strengthen your core as you lose weight, I highly recommend calling the office of the doctor who performed the procedure and ask them if they can recommend a physical…

I prefer stone fruits, but I just weigh the whole thing. I figure it gives me a couple (not many, because fruit isn't really as calorie dense as most of the rest of the food I eat) calories to help offset something I might have undercalculated. :)

I use the calculator on line to build my sandwich. Go to the All sandwiches, and click on the one you want. On the right it has the nutrition info. Under that, it says calculate yours. Click on that and it will let you add/remove ingredients and update the nutrition info accordingly. I'll do that and take a picture and use…

I have that comic posted on the outside of my cubicle wall. I put it up on Change Your Password Day (Feb 1) last year. *sigh* my fellow employees still open tickets to reset their passwords when they expire (after two warnings no less - one automated, and one from a member of my team just because we know half the people…

And I wanted to clarify something. The people talking about the 1200 calories/2lbs per week maybe not being enough aren't trying to be nosy or mean. The closer you get the your goal, the closer your current calories get to maintenance level. (A 300lb person can eat more to lose 2lbs/week than a 200lb person.) And MFP's…

Oh yes! double stuff chocolate oreos (or in my case, the generic equivalent). Steps: 1. Open cookie 1 2. Place "half" with filling on plate. 3. Spread peanut butter on the emptier piece and eat 5. Open Cookie 2 6. Repeat steps 2-3 7. Combine cookies 1 and 2, pressing just enough to get the filling to "join" 8. Repeat steps…

Love my digital kitchen scale. Between that and my "Meal calculations" spreadsheet (I use to verify serving sizes), I think 95% of my logging has become much more accurate. Now if I could just find something to magically tell me exactly how much I'm really burning, instead of relying on formulas. :)

I pay $10 a month, with a $50 annual fee. Just joined in November, and not entirely happy with the shower situation (one shower, in what used to be a men's bathroom when the place was a banquet hall turned bowling alley. I do think they finally removed the urinal. But it's 2 miles from my house, so I just shower at home…

I used to love "Baby it's Cold Outside" and "Santa Baby" (Eartha Kitt version - Madonna's sucks), now, not so much (rapey and greedy - how are those nice things for the holidays?) as for "Last Christmas," I was just thinking about that this morning - how is that even a Christmas song? Aside from timing, it isn't about…

I've enjoyed Peaky Blinders - Cillian Murphy is awesome. But I'm behind on everything - Netflix and DVR. :(

Food/drink you should never consume: Cookies made by Corrinne Dollanganger (née Foxworth) Elderberry wine served by Abby and/or Martha Brewster Tea from a dotty old Bed & Breakfast Landlady in Bath Kool-aid mixed by Jim Jones Anything prepared by a Nyissan

I think it's just because of placement (although as was pointed out by j_bark, she did die twice).

And in zooming in to look, I saw the enterprise above the license plate. I still think the lack of a 53 on the bug was a shame. :) I think Herbie was my first exposure to the idea of a sentient vehicle/inorganic object. (Never watched My Mother the Car, and I don't think possessed vehicles count anyway. :) )

Darth Vader; Buffy; Hermione; Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts; DeLorean; Beaker; Serentity; Sherlock; Arthur Dent; Batmobile; Optimus Prime; TARDIS; Superman; MIB? (Black car); Buzz Lightyear & Whatshisname (I never watched Toy Story); Plants vs Zombies? (The flowerpot on the wall) And that's all I could identify. :) (If…

It's sad that I looked at that long enough to tell it had to have been photoshopped. :(

People who don't rack weights when they're done, and/or rack them in the wrong places. Dude the pegs are labelled. It's not that difficult. Also, the voices in my head that tell me to eat more Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter Spread. Those voices are jerks. (That is ebil!!!!, delicious, stuff - Thankfully the last jar at…