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Thanks for the ideas and the recipes everyone! I like the idea of cutting it in thirds... it's like a little baby burrito. Good call. Also, veggie broth in the beans, another great idea. And, can't wait to try the rest of the stuff. Mmmmmm....... burritos. They make me happy.

Did we just become best friends? Sorry... got carried away with the "Step Brothers" quote. You fully understand me, probably has something to do with the fact that we live in the same city. ;)

How do you keep your beans from getting too dry?

Ha! Sorry everyone, didn't mean to make you hungry! It's just so hard... I come into work and the taco truck comes around and everyone gets breakfast burritos with whole eggs and potatoes and bacon and cheese. Or I go to lunch and the guys in the next office are bringing in carnitas. Or, worst of all, I live approximately…

Aspartame (or other artificial sweeteners) turning to formaldehyde when they enter your body is completely untrue. Look it up on snopes.com. This is an urban legend.

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Isn't it great when you get validation from other people that you look on the outside the same way that you feel on the inside? Great work! I love that today my boss told me I looked like I needed to buy new clothes. Now if he would just offer me a raise... :laugh:

If weight loss isn't enjoyable anymore, and you find yourself obsessing about it constantly, then I am going to say something you're not going to like... maybe it has become a little bit of a problem. If you have health insurance, I would call and see what kind of programs they cover to support you through weight loss…

What an amazing gift you are giving to you, your family, and your friends. Even if you didn't lose one more pound, or a single inch, you would still be a role model for all the rest of us. Congratulations on losing the weight and gaining your life back. Happiest of birthdays to you!

Has anybody else noticed anything about your feet? I love that I don't have to wear wide shoes anymore and my feet are far less painful at the end of the day.

Completely agree... I'll even take it one step further and say something with a little bit of sex appeal to it. I like Isaac Hayes, The Gap Band, Roger & Zapp, etc. I also like to listen to booty shaking music that you would hear in a club, because I can't keep still when I hear it!

What about setting a goal of another, longer race? If you need a goal to stay motivated, then you'll just have to come up with a new goal.

Oh my gosh, we're going to have to go hunting in the rain forest or something to find new things to feed you! Either that or else we'll get you a bubble. I used to have an athlete I coached a long time ago who was so allergic to milk that she had to carry an epi-pen. That was one I'd never heard of before... I also had a…

Luckily Celiac disease has been getting a lot of attention lately and there are several brands offering gluten-free foods... try San-J Organic Tamari Soy Sauce - wheat and gluten free! Also, I believe if you search for it, you'll find an entire thread of gluten-free MFPers. And try going to www.glutenfreedom.net or picking…

You mentioned you're avoiding soy sauce... does this also mean you have to avoid soy based products?

I love the steamed veggie bags either in the freezer or the produce section. I don't like the idea of cooking an entire meal for one person, so these are an easy fix for me. I just make sure to get the ones without sauce. My mom goes to the farmer's market on Sundays, picks up every possible veggie she may want to eat and…

I also eat the Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 bread, the Low Sodium variety. It's good, the taste just takes a little getting used to. I also keep it in the freezer and prefer it toasted, rather than untoasted. It gets a great crunch around the outside, but isn't hard as a rock. I like it in the morning with a touch of Land 'O…

Great work!

My only suggestion would be staying away from sugary drinks and dairy in general. Eat the roasted, grilled, or baked meats and fish dry and keep the cheese and creamy dressing off your plate at the salad bar. (Plus, who wants to have an upset tummy on a cruise ship? Dairy always seems to make me feel yucky when I'm…

Yay! Good work!

While the 25 lbs may be a bit of a stretch, 10-15 lbs may be doable. And then would alterations or different undergarments help the dress to fit more comfortably? Formal dresses can be expensive and alterations and a body shaper may be more affordable.

Instead of the pumpkin/spice cake, I did Devil's Food (the lowest calorie I could find was 160 cals for 1/12 of a cake) with an entire can of diet coke and left out the egg whites. (We used to make a similar cake with Devil's Food cake mix and a full can of regular Cherry Coke - no egg white - and then frosting made from…

I was really disappointed, my big metropolitan grocery store had neither reduced sugar cake mix nor canned pumpkin. I will have to expand my horizons...

I fully encourage the obsession! So many of us disliked so many things about ourselves and our appearance for so long... if we can find one small thing that we really love about the way we look now, it doesn't seem that hard to start loving everything else. :)

So cute!

So on the way home from my 4 miles this morning, I'm stopping at the grocery store across the street... there WILL be pumpkin spice cake in my stomach this afternoon. :)

What size can of pumpkin? The huge ones they sell at Thanksgiving time? Or the regular soup can size? Pumpkin in a spice cake mix sounds really, really good right now.

Skin clearing up was a great one for me, too!

Thanks for finding us! We love abs, too. Ha! And I also love your pictures of your animals and your hammock. Today, I love that I tried on my favorite workout pants, and I realized that I can't wear them anymore because they're too big. Happy Saturday!

I also take a pre-natal, even though I am not pregnant/trying to get pregnant, as well as a calcium supplement.