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This is one of my favorite ways to make spaghetti squash. I don't like sausage, so we substitute grill chicken breasts instead. http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/12/spaghetti-squash-sausage-lasagna-boats.html

I do believe that genetics plays into whether or not you can get a completely flat belly after a c-section. Just like some folks will never wear a size 0, regardless of how thin they are. I see a lot of women with gorgeous bodies, even days after giving birth. I am not, and never will be one of them. I'll just be happy if…

I actually disconnected my fitbit from MFP. It was giving me entirely too many calories burned and then I was having to constantly subtract out the exercise calories the fitbit was giving me for simply walking around my office or going to the store. I ended up gaining weight.

I used cooked weight. I am not eating the raw weight, I'm eating however many ounces it is cooked.

I've belonged to PF for almost 7 years now. It's clean, our PF has two stairclimbers, all sorts of free weights, plenty of machines and tons of cardio equipment. They don't discourage members from lifting heavy (yes, they have a lot of free weights) and they don't care how you dress. They have pizza on the first Monday of…

The article: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/12/07/fasting-15-hours-day-wards-obesity-study-finds

We aren't mice, but there was an article in our newspaper the other day regarding a study on mice that found that if the mice were fasted for 15-16 hours overnight, they lost weight while the mice who were fed around the clock actually gained weight. Even though they were fed the exact same foods in a 24 hour period. It…

Breaking Bad, if you haven't already seen it. Criminal Minds is good, too.

No, it's not crazy. But it's not realistic in a long term relationship to expect that spark of excitement you get in a new relationship. I've been married for almost 23 years and together for 25 years with my husband. I met him at 23 and married him at 25. Over time a marriage grows into something more than the infatuation…

That makes no sense to me. If someone desires a monogamous relationship, why would they struggle with temptation? The definition of monogamous is having one mate or spouse. If you are being tempted, then maybe you aren't ready for a monogamous relationship. Or haven't found the person you want to be monogamous with. Maybe…

I would like my husband to lose weight for his health. He would like to lose weight, too, but he is totally clueless on counting calories and doesn't want to log his food, so I don't see it happening any time soon. I know his feet would feel a lot better if he took 50 lbs off (and so does he) and then we could do more…

His eyes look dead to me. They always have looked that way. Like he has no soul.

So many people abuse prescription pain medicine that doctor's have to be very careful about writing scrips for them. Maybe some muscle relaxers would have helped you more than pain meds?

You are proof that if you (and your SO) are willing to work for the relationship, it can come back from rocky and unhappy and become what you've always wanted. My husband and I have been there, done that and have been together for 25 years now. My husband is significantly heavier than he was when we married. But he's still…

I married my first husband when I was 18 and he was 24. It lasted all of 4 years. I met my current husband when I was 23 and he was 30. We've been together for going on 25 years. If I hadn't been married the first time, I wouldn't have known what my true wants and needs in a partner was. I was also a single mom of a…

Chantix and I quit when I was ready. Quitting smoking is a lot scarier than a non smoker can ever imagine. Well, thinking about quitting was scary, once I quit, I couldn't figure out why I had waited so long.

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2 weeks seems like a lifetime to you, but when you look back on it, it will have been no time at all. I am sorry you've had a not so great relationship with your dad. It's hard to love someone and dislike them all at the same time. I don't know how old your dad is, but when people get older, then tend to lose their…

Kitty litter, almond milk and vacuum cleaner

I have dated a few in the past. I married the last coworker I dated and we're still married 22+ years later.

A Toyota Venza. It's the first car I have ever owned that I absolutely love! Drives like a car, but has the room of an SUV.

Toothbrush.

Really? I am 47 and when I was in high school, my parents gave me the same offer they gave my siblings. If I went to college, they would pay for it and I could live at home until graduation. If I didn't, I would have to get out at 18 (or graduation from high school) and make my own way. I chose door number 2. I never got a…

I only had one long-term relationship prior to my current marriage. That was my ex husband who I was with for 4 1/2 long years. He was the biological father to my son. That was the only way he was a father to him. I am not friends with him and dislike him intensely. I married him when I was 18 and too dumb to realize what…

If you just want one strictly for counting your steps, a regular (and much cheaper) pedometer will work as well and sometimes better than a fitbit. I do have a flex and the only issue I have is that it overestimates the number of calories I need to eat to lose weight. But that is more likely because I have a slower…

My husband has low vitamin D levels and takes D3. My levels are fine, but I love salmon and have it at least once a week, but will have it more often if possible. That's really the only explanation I have for why mine isn't low.

I did suggest in my comments above that she stay away from hounds in general if she's in an apartment. I am not sure what you mean about leaving a dog without food all day is not fair. Free feeding can cause dogs to become overweight. Feeding twice a day is much better (and my vet believes in feeding once a day, though I…

I have no guilt because I know how good my dogs have it. In the 11 years that I have fostered, I have placed over 70 of my foster dogs in homes. Not one was rehomed, dumped at a shelter or ended up on CL. Because I do make sure it's a good match between the adopter and the dog. I don't make blanket decisions based on one…

No, it's a combination of both. If there aren't adopters, then the animals are being killed (in kill shelters). What the OP is wanting to do is not minimal neglect. There are too many "rescue snobs" out there who think it's better for a pet to die in a shelter than be treated with what THEY believe is neglect. I work full…

Good gosh people! Do you all think people who work full time jobs don't have dogs? Can you imagine how many MORE dogs would be killed in shelters if they were so picky that they wouldn't adopt to someone because that person thought a picture of a basset hound was cute, so that somehow makes them unfit to adopt? I could…