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Not wild about a lot of milk-based products (especially ice cream) - they leave a weird taste in my mouth. I'd take a popsicle over ice cream any day. I don't like bacon much (I know, blasphemy). I prefer turkey bacon over the "real thing". Also not much of a "sweets" eater, though I'll have something on occasion. My…

Whole milk plus melted butter is an adequate substitute for half and half; I looked up the substitution on Google and that's exactly what it said to do. Cheddar and swiss also aren't that much different when it's made in a soup like this. It tasted fine - never said it didn't. The 7 is mainly for the fact that it was a…

It's easy for me because I quite literally can't eat before I work out - I feel sick and have low energy! You seem to have the opposite dilemma, though. I would maybe try a protein bar or a couple of sticks of light string cheese - it's enough to have something in your belly but not overly heavy - eat just before you leave…

Blah, double posts suck :)

Actually, bananas are a GREAT post workout snack, especially if you suffer from DOMS - the potassium will help with those sore muscles! I have an apple with PB2 sometimes - I get the peanut butter without the calories. Sometimes I'll have some cottage cheese. And if I'm on the run, I'll have a Quest or Clif bar, depending…

My cholesterol is extremely low - along with my blood pressure - and I eat up to 36 eggs a WEEK. Yes, a week. Still waiting for the time bomb to go off.... in the meantime, I'll have me an omelette. With cheese.

I always buy 3 dozen eggs during my shopping trips... ....every week. :blushing: Eggs are, indeed, nature's perfect food.

Try downloading an app called RunKeeper. Turn it on when you walk and it'll measure distance, pace, speed, etc. It will measure calories burned, and I go by that, but you may want to do it differently. I love my RunKeeper app - would never go without it.

In my experience, the soup was actually pretty tangy, despite not having the dressing component. I think the vinegar in the sauerkraut helps to make it that way - it's not at all an unpleasant taste.

Zucchini. I always turned my nose up at it until I tried a little bite of some that my husband had ordered at an Italian restaurant. Wow, was I missing out. I didn't like salmon either (or most fish, for all that), but I love it now. And I had an aversion to raw tomatoes because "the jelly stuff" in the middle made me sick…

I love to walk. Walking has been my salvation throughout this entire process. It's free to do, it gets me moving, and it's sort of my "me time" where I can just relax, go as slow or as fast as I choose, decompress from the stress of the day, take in the sights around me (or not)... I love it. I started out very slowly and…

Wow.... holy sodium, Batman! :noway: I bet mine was even worse - I ate so many chips and crackers and salty stuff that I'm surprised my blood still flowed through my veins. I'm VERY lucky that I have low blood pressure, or that would've been added to my diabetes as something to battle. When I think about the things I used…

I couldn't even tell you. I've been obese since the age of 11, so who actually knows - I had gotten so used to high calorie amounts that when I started eating correctly after my diabetes diagnosis, I lost 30 pounds almost immediately just from the shock I put my body in. 10,000 calories a day isn't out of the realm of…

First name: Carrie Age: 42 State or Country: Maryland Starting Weight in MFP: 343 (though I took most of this off prior to joining here) Current Weight: 232 Goal for Year End (92 days): 210 Plan: Continue to log under TDEE method, continue cardio 3x/week, add strength training as needed, increase daily walk to 5 miles a…

So I tried this out over the weekend. My husband doesn't like sauerkraut so he wouldn't even attempt it. Things I changed around: - I cooked it on the stovetop. I used a big Le Creuset Dutch oven with the metal bottom, the quality stuff. If you cook it on the stove, make sure and use a good quality pot like this. THIS SOUP…

Sigh. I'm 42, 5'4" (just scraping it). I was 343 pounds (no lie). Currently struggling at 232, looking for 143 but even if I never lose another pound, I'm grateful for what I've already achieved. I have a long way to go compared to some here, but... I already feel so much better just to have accomplished 100+ pounds. Some…

I keep rearranging the question in my head - not so much, why do so many women care what men prefer, but... ...why do so many women care TOO MUCH about what men prefer? It's natural to care about one's appearance in the hopes of attracting someone (whether it's opposite or same sex, depending on you, it could apply in both…

I used to work rotating shifts and I know that I've had trouble with meals before - not necessarily because of the time of ingestion (because, as previous posts have said, time doesn't matter), but because I couldn't get into a routine and that was by necessity. I find that I'm a VERY routine-dependent sort of person - I…

I don't, because I get in and get out and I usually walk home (about a mile) to "cool down". I don't go in the mornings so it's not anything I have to necessarily worry about - the only one I'm around is my husband and he's usually worse than I am. :laugh:

To each their own. But I did mention that some people (such as myself, say) do NOT have "one minute to spare". People are busy. If someone says hello, I'll say hello back or "nice day", but yeah - I don't have time for chit-chat. It's nice that you and others do, but some don't. And with that - bless your heart. :love:…

What kind did you get? Please tell me it's something GOOD :heart: ETA: I kind of want chocolate now....

I would have outright told him, "Hey, bud. I'm on my period right now, which means I'm feeling rather homicidal at the moment. You look like a great target. If you don't want me to practice my cutting skills, I'd suggest that you let me purchase my chocolate and get the HELL out of my way." But I'm a jerk like that. :love:…

I have a VERY tight schedule - and I mean down to the MINUTE, sometimes (a 3 hour commute, a 10 hour work day and graduate school will do that to you). I speak with people all day long (some of whom most don't WANT to talk to - think convicted felons). My workout time is the ONLY time I get to myself, literally, and the…

I related to every bit of that, except the shopping for clothes part, because I STILL cry when I go shopping, only now it's out of disbelief that I can fit into things that I never DREAMED I could before. I'm still suffering a little from the "I don't belong in this section" syndrome and I keep wanting to run back to the…

The only thing that I count as exercise when I'm going about my routine is grocery shopping, because I count the walking that I do as exercise (after all, I'm moving, even if it's slower than usual). I use the TDEE method, so it doesn't much make a difference as to how many calories it is anyway, but I like to keep track…

This is exactly what NPD people do. This is exactly what my mother does. She'll say something, then deny she ever said it, with a straight face, when I and sixty other people in the room know what she said. I spent nearly all of my life thinking that I was absolutely bats**t crazy because I would hear things she said and…

My mother is NPD (narcissistic personality disordered) and has ALWAYS used this against me, along with many other tools in her arsenal. I've tried sending clothes back, and I get the guilt trip right on top of it. It's so abusive that it's not worth it to me to go through it. Everything she sends me now, I donate to local…

In for this weekend, as well. I think I'm going to have to bookmark this guy for my dinners. :D And, it's soup weather!

Yum, sounds delish. In for a Saturday night meal. :tongue:

I was once where you are. When I started (it wasn't here, but elsewhere), I was 5'4" and 343 pounds with a BMI of 61.8. So, yeah - I know exactly how you're feeling. I've lost quite a bit since, both on my own and through MFP, so it DOES work. Struggling a little still even now, but I've accepted that the battle is going…