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Almost 99% of what my family eats is bought at Aldi. If you have one near by you, I would suggest checking it out. We previously shopped at Walmart and weekly I would spend $150 to $200 for my family of four (actually 3 at the time). Now for a family of four I shop at Aldi's and routinely make it out of there with enough…

Not for sure why you have been asked to give up dairy, but FYI "non-dairy" coffee creamer isn't non-dairy. It is Lactose-free, but still has dairy in it. Found that out the hard way while I was breastfeeding my son who had a dairy allergy.

I think it was your use of the word "real" in the title of the post that got me bristled. I can not for the life of me understand why there has to be a distinction between "real runners" and "runners". I also don't understand why on an internet forums you have to be an elite runner to be worth anything. IMHO, the only…

I think of runners as a group of inclusive, supportive people who do something they enjoy at every fitness level and persevering to better themselves. I get both feet off the ground while I sweat my butt off running my 12 minute mile on a treadmill. I am a runner.

Yes it does get easier! I started that last week of January walking a half mile in 20 minutes, tomorrow I am running my first 5K and expect to be able to run all 3.1 miles of it. It probably took a month for me to run without my calves SCREAMING throughout my walk/run. Start slow! I started by running for 30 seconds and…

I have a Fit & Active (from Aldi) Chocolate Peanut butter Protein bar every morning. 180 calories. That with a cup of coffee keep me happy until lunch.

Take Tums and get outside.

Good info! Thank you!

Amazing and inspiring! Congrats.

bump. Thanks :)