knitnurse72

I've tried a few of the products and have ended up throwing them all away. I tried one of the salad dressings and it was okay (I think it was a balsamic dressing), but couldn't compare to the taste of a real or light version - so I just use the real stuff and measure out a tablespoon, which only ends up being, at most, 50…

I live on the East Coast of MA! Newburyport area.

1 cat - Alex 2 yellow labs - Sophie and Teddy 4 goldfish - my kids named them all, but I never remember them!

Love your quote on your picture: "Your stomach shouldn't be a waste basket" - that is great!

I've never been turned down by a date because I was too heavy, but back before I got married (11 years ago) and was looking at wedding dresses with my skinny maid of honor (I was about 40 pounds overweight, which I did lose for the wedding), the owner of a wedding dress shop told me "let's have your friend try on the…

I also disagree that walking is not good exercise - I lost 40 pounds just over 11 years ago by dieting and walking just 20 minutes a day most days. I have also belonged to a gym, which I just canceled because I was never going - it was hard for me to get to, the times for the classes, which I do enjoy, just didn't work for…

I bought a jump rope a few weeks ago, and I do it in 1-minute segments throughout the day (in addition to a daily walk), and I love it! My goal is to get at least 5 minutes of jumping rope a day - I know it doesn't sound like much, but once I get there consistently, I'm going to increase the amount I do. I also used to…

I do weigh myself every day, but I only enter it here once a week, on my "weigh-in day". I find weighing myself every morning (and sometimes even throughout the day) often helps keep me on track, but I only count the "official" weight on Monday mornings. I guess I'm a bit obsessed with it too but try to look at how I do on…