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You are definitely in the right place! Changing your eating habits and lifestyle with fibro will help you TREMENDOUSLY!!! If you are at all interested in alternative therapies, I would suggest you looking into a homeopathic practitioner in your area, they may be able to help you a ton as well. I have rid myself of a number…

I am with you girlfriend!!! I am 5'4" and have gotten myself down (on here) from 161 to now, 136. I find myself either reaching for twizzlers or cookies, brownies or ice cream in times of stress or depression and have been working my *kitten* off to curb that! I LOVE this application on my phone- it really allows me to be…

Welcome! I JUST lost my baby weight, my son is 2 now and it's really nice to be able to model great eating habits for him! My hubby put on just as much as I did during pregnancy so now its a family goal! I have found yoga to be a great way to play and work with my son- teaching him gross motor skills, coordination, body…

You are doing exactly the right thing for yourself and doing the right thing is always a challenge! Stay the course, take the drawbacks just as well as you take the successes and understand that it is small steps not giant leaps! You can do this!!!

You can add me too! This is an AMAZING site and full of wonderful support! I have been here about 50 days and have lost 20 pounds. I am now much more active and have stopped needing my stomach medication because I am FINALLY making good food choices. Congrats on taking the first step!!!

Totally not the only one ..They should add it as an option.

Thanks so much everyone. I really don't want to change what I am eating b/c I love all the fruit and snap peas but have been experiencing major bathroom issues...but I think it is more as a result of it all being such a shock to the system as opposed to anything else. I will certainly check out that link and maybe, instead…

We do a lot of creative casseroles...using cubed chicken breast and zuchini, low cal turkey kielbasa and zuchini, turkey meatloaf etc. that serves me, my hubby and son for usually 2 days....that might be an option for you and your girls. Also, not sure how busy your kids are but maybe you can break up the mealtime chores…

Ok, I think I changed my profile to be public so hopefully that will help. I have been bad with working out since I broke my toe over the weekend but activity level is a bit of an issue with me as I spend all day running after 4 and 5 year olds, only to go home and do the same with my 2 year old! I have been doing walking…

I am 5'4" and my goal is 125. I think the healthy range for our height is 125-145....but don't quote me on that. I think you could probably do an internet search or even search through this site to see what the "typical" weight range for our height should be...then take it from there. I have been 125 before and felt super…

I did no exercise at first aside from my regular day to day walking and activity and QUICKLY lost my first 10 no problem...now I am up to 16 pounds lost and have added a tiny bit of extra walking and yoga to my daily routine. Eventually hoping to start running again and can only imagine what my body will look like with…

Once I can figure out how to add, it's done! I am sorry you are unable to do cardio at the moment but I can tell you, I don't do any cardio aside from yoga with my 2 year old and have been able to lose 14 pounds so far just by eating the right foods, logging in as I eat and chatting with some of the great people on here! I…

Has anyone tried the new PB2- I think that's what its called...its powdered peanut butter that you add water to and is something like 60 calories for 2 tablespoons. I think the fat/oil content is much lower, thus the lower calories. Just curious if anyone had any experience with it. A friend got me a jar but I have yet to…

So, I upped my excercise to moderate instead of sedentary and am going to plan on giving myself 100 calories for the time being...as I have easily hit 2000. Now, if only I can get the pedometer to read accurately, then maybe it will help me even more. Thanks so much everyone for the helpful tips!

I really just want to be able to keep track of how much I am walking and would like to add it in to my diary but not for extra food- just to be sure I am staying on track!

Oh yeah, I've made it when we have staff breakfasts at school and its a big hit! (they have no idea how low cal and good for them it is!) :wink:

super easy casserole...6-8 chopped zuccini's (yellow and green), 2 diced tomatoes, 2-3 eggs (depending on how firm you want it), 1 1/2 cups whole wheat bread crumbs and a package of low fat kielbasa (turkey). Mix them all together, throw some bread crumbs on top, stick it in the oven-pre-heated at 350, and bake it for an…

I'm really leary of sucralose and aspartame etc. due to their synthetic nature so I go to the Betty Crocker 150 calorie mini cakes...they have chocolate indulgence, chocolate and caramel and dark chocolate. I have one every night to satisfy my cravings and it used to be a pint of ice cream, bag of chocolates or chips so…

I have been told its important to eat every 2-3 hours so I always pack a snack like celery and whipped cream cheese (2 tbsp is only 60 calories), light peach cups or a low fat string cheese...that helps me curb the cravings and apparently it's working cause I am down from a 14 to an 8. Keep eating so your body can keep…

I am having the same problem and am kinda concerned as well....I'm staying well within my allotted caloric intake but go over protiens pretty consistently. Have you heard anything either way? Any good alternatives to getting good foods in that may be low in protein but high in something else beneficial, maybe fiber? I have…