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I use GNC Lean 25 chocolate protein powder. It's 200 calories/serving with 25g protein. I make mine with 12 oz of water. I can't do soy, either, but the GNC powder sits just fine with my stomach. They also have chocolate peanut butter powder, but I have yet to try that because, well, protein powder is kind of a big…

Agreed, this is how I do it. I use a HRM for my workouts, but I still only eat back about half because when it gives me my calorie burn, my HRM doesn't deduct the amount of calories my body would have used if I were sitting on the couch instead. I also think they tend to overestimate a bit, so I go with half. It's worked…

Another +1 here I don't like having to keep fresh lemon on hand (especially at work), so I buy True Lemon, which is crystallized lemon. Here is how the package reads: "Crystallized lemon [citric acid, malice acid, lemon oil, lemon juice, ascorbic acid (vitamin C)], no preservatives, gluten free" I buy it in bulk from…

^All of this. I just wanted to draw attention to this link, which is included in the "sexypants" post above: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1 There's a video embedded in that post showing the importance of weighing solids vs. measuring volume.

I put this question out there a while back on my newsfeed and got a bunch of people saying they bought various digital ones from Amazon. Here's a link for the top sellers: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kitchen-Dining-Digital-Scales/zgbs/kitchen/678508011 It seems like they are all pretty similar, are all come in…

I'm not BFing anymore, but I did it for a year while trying to lose weight after I had my second baby. There were some BFing groups on here that were very helpful. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/197-breastfeeding-support is one that helped me immensely when I was BFing. I recommend joining up!

Oh, that's right, I was advised of that as well!

I drink cold water with lemon because I don't like plain, flat water under most circumstances. I'm not a big fan of stuff like Crystal Light and Mio, so lemon it became. Both times I was pregnant, after 30 or so weeks, I started retaining water like crazy, so my OB suggested water with lemon as a good, mild diuretic. I…

Wow, I am so sorry about the racial slurs and whatnot you're experiencing in your neighborhood. That's really horrible, and there's no excuse for that. As for the Kid Zone, can your 7-year-old help her adjust a little? I have a 4-year-old and a 1.5-year-old, and while they both go to preschool full-time, I know that in a…

If it keeps you on track, then I can't imagine why it would be an issue. In my non-expert opinion, a week's time is short-term enough that I doubt you'd do any damage eating lower for 5 days and higher on the weekends. Lots of people "calorie cycle," meaning that, as an example, they'll eat 1000 calories one day and 2000…

If your BMR is 1350-1400, then that's the amount of calories your body needs just to function, say, if you were in a coma. Your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is what you would need to eat to maintain your weight, and it takes into account your activity (regular daily activity, like walking around your office, as…

I've talked about this in other similar posts, so anyone reading this who's read any of my past posts, please forgive my repetition. About 8 years ago I was losing weight eating 1200 calories/day, and I decided to have one "cheat day" a week, on Saturdays. My husband and I would go out to dinner, think Outback or Red…

I feel like it should be required reading for everyone signing up for MFP. It really is helpful, and it contains links to other helpful posts. It's a lot of reading but oh so informative. It changed my perspective even after I'd been at this for a while.

Oops, just saw how old the original post is. Glad to see you checked back in, that you're healing up well, and that the scale is showing you nicer things :)

^All of this.

You can check out this link to read about setting your calories and going from there: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants Yes, you'll lose weight eating that little, but it won't take very long for you to become miserable eating that little. Long-term, you'll…

8 years ago, after I was first married, Saturdays used to be my "cheat days." My husband and I would go out to eat for dinner and have dessert. Sometimes we'd go to the movies and sneak in snacks or share an enormous tub of popcorn. Either way, I'd eat myself sick. Sunday was always awful because I had the worst time…

I had a Mio that I had to touch two fingers to the transmitters on the watch to get a heart rate. That was hard to do while you were moving. I didn't like it because, unlike the chest strap on my Polar HRM, it didn't give me constant feedback. Presumably the one you are looking at does. Otherwise I find Amazon reviews to…

I'm currently around 186, and I'm wearing a (US) size 14 in a pair of jeans and a pair of khakis that both run small. Typically around this weight I'd be wearing a size 12 in pants, and I think if I were wearing pants that didn't run small, I'd be in a 12 now. After my older son was born and I lost a bunch of weight on…

I have Runkeeper and Runtastic. Even though I have the paid version of Runtastic, I prefer Runkeeper, but they're pretty similar. Because I have a Polar Bluetooth heart rate monitor, I started using the Polar Beat app, which also uses GPS to calculate distance, speed, etc. They're pretty good. My sister has a Garmin GPS…

I'm not knocking weight loss surgery (WLS), but if you are losing weight without it and are happy with your progress, why would you undergo a surgery that is not without risks? Not only are there risks with the surgery itself, but sometimes the aftereffects are not so great. Two family members of mine had gastric bypass,…

Rock on! I hope your 5K went great!

Woohoo!!!!!!

I wonder what each sign means. One was an X in a circle. I know I've seen more than one that looked like an inverted L (or an uppercase gamma), though there may have been variations in which direction the upper part pointed. I suspect that Morgan knows something went down at Terminus and is trying to figure out what…

I'm guessing he's less than a day behind them, but this show doesn't always follow a linear timeline.

My husband's guess was that, upon finding the map, Morgan would head towards DC, so Rick and Co. better get going there. (Noah also mentioned Virginia, so he'd probably be happy to go that way.) My thought was that Morgan picked up the map and thought that if Rick had gone to DC, he'd have taken the map with him. Because…

I was wondering if it was intentional. They knew they were there, parked, and then when she ran towards the road, they hit her. I wouldn't put it past those crazies.

I think I got 16/19, but some of them were lucky guesses. I thought they would be less specific questions, more like the questions about what more obscure characters' names/roles were.

We have a product here in the US called True Lemon. It's crystallized lemon, so you don't need to keep fresh lemons on hand. I use it in water because I'm not a huge fan of plain water. Otherwise I use our SodaStream to make carbonated water. Link to Amazon (US) for True Lemon, in case you need it to help you find it by…

I can do without more Carl scenes... But only three more episodes until the mid-season break? Nooooooo! I feel like we just started again! Of course there will be a cliffhanger until February or whenever the show returns :(