brooke_g0501 Member

33 and I LOVE my 30's!

Thanks guys! I'll check it out!

Yes!

Long, pretty hair!

My mom passed away unexpectedly in 2007. I was crushed. About a week later, at 3am, I woke up to wind whipping around my room, curtains blowing like crazy. I looked at the foot of my bed, and there was my mother, standing there. She was transparent and didnt move or say anything, but she was there. A few days later I spoke…

Sounds so yummy! I will be making this! Thanks!

I have done about 2 weeks! I really like it, but it's so hard sometimes!

I like Hannaford's light wheat bread. Only 70 calories for 2 slices & its inexpensive.

Start easy. I noticed you eat honey nut cheerios. Switch to Kix or Multigrain cheerios. Whole wheat bread instead of white. Low sodium bacon, etc. Crystal light tastes good and is only 5 calories, instead of juice and soda. More veggies and steam them! Promise butter, and less sugar! There are so many ways to just cut…

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Great tip! I've never heard of these, but I love ranch dressing! So glad to hear about these! Thanks so much!!

Lotions & exfoliating wont get rid of a tummy. It will give you nice, smooth skin though! :) I went to school for skin care & of course lotions only help the outside, not the inside. I read that eating certain cheese helps you to lose around the middle. Any core exercises are helpful as well! Good luck!

I think you look great! No need to be disappointed! Its hard work, and you should be proud that you are sticking to it! I'm back after dropping out for the last 6 months!! Good luck!

I LOVE spaghetti and meatballs, but havent had it at all since I started MFP! I cant seem to find a great recipe that is reasonable with calories, etc! I wish I could find something!

Hey! I'm a mother of an 11 year old and a 20 month old, so I like quick and easy dishes. Here are some links to my favorite dishes! Hope you enjoy! http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/01/turkey-sausage-and-tomato-sauce-over.html http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/04/healthy-baked-chicken-nuggets.html#more…

Good Luck! Chocolate is a hard thing to turn down! I ate a brownie (my fav!) that a student brought me today!! Maybe starting off by going without for a week, then slowly bringing it back, so that you let yourself have a chocolate treat once a week or something. I am strict during the week but then let loose on the…

Thanks for sharing!

I'm under my 1200 cal. almost everyday. I dont eat if I dont feel like it and if I am hungry then I will eat. I dont pay much attention to the time of day. It seems to work for me. Tonight I had a low cal. dinner, so I had a lot of calories left. I ate 2 low fat cookies I had made, and still have almost 300 cal left. But I…

Any easy fruit, like apples, bananas, grapes. Fiber one 90cal bars are good. I would switch to wheat bread & save yourself some calories. They are some 5 calorie jellos out there, and some low cal puddings as well, for a sweet snack. Pretzels are quick and easy as well. Another fav of mine is graham crackers alone or w/…

Thank you so much everyone! I'll go change my goals now! And thanks for the ab ideas!

I really like eatbetteramerica.com & skinnygina.com They have great recipes for all meals! There is a great tomato basil pizza & a coconut chicken! Good luck!

Exactly!!

I have a couple suggestions. Try eating egg whites instead of the whole egg, and maybe cut back on the ham because of sodium. Also, the alcohol is alot of wasted calories. You wont get alot of what your body needs from that. Maybe cut back to having a drink 3 or 4 days a week and not daily. I also eat multi-grain cheerios…

Salt is a major cause of high blood pressure! It also causes retention of water in your body, which leads to swelling of the ankles and weight gain. salt also worsens thinning of the bones (osteoporosis), asthma and kidney disease and is closely related to cancer of the stomach. Adults should cut down to 1 teaspoon or less…

If you are looking for healthy recipes, I go to eatbetteramerica.com a lot and we love it. I have tried at least 20 of their low fat recipes and we like them all! I've lost about 7lbs and my BF has lost 30lbs! We've been doing MFP almost 2 months. there are some great recipes for all meals, and side dishes, even desserts!…

We use fat free italian dressing, or plain bread crumbs (just a light coating).I have been going to eatbetteramerica.com & if you click on "dinners" then "chicken", it will give you a bunch of recipes for chicken. We have made a ton of their recipes and have liked them all so far! They have things like oven baked "fried"…

Great idea using greek plain yogurt! Thanks Lisa!!

I find that I always have cals remaining, and since I'm only at 1200, they say I should make sure I'm eating all of that, but how can I do that without going over everything else?? I've been wondering the same thing!

I guess my problem is the taco seasoning packet, because that does have a lot of sodium, but I've never seasoned the meat on my own, so I wasnt sure how to or what to use! How would I bake the whole wheat tortilla shell? I cant put a bowl in the oven, so is there a different way to do it? Thanks for all the great ideas, I…