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JUST FABULOUS!!! You should be so proud!

I like them, but I do agree that they tend to do best with Asian flavors. (Though I did just order this chemical free fat free cheese at http://www.northwoodscheese.com/RetailCheeses.html that is supposed to make a delish mac and cheese paired with the Miracle Noodle.) I was in an Asian grocery store today, and purchased…

One of my idols, Pauline Nordin, recommends this fat free cheese: http://www.northwoodscheese.com/RetailCheeses.html She claims it melts like normal cheese, and isn't chock full of chemicals like fat free Kraft. I ordered some, but have yet to receive it. Pauline makes a mac and cheese with Miracle Noodles, I'm dying to…

Do the Vitatops one have refined sugar? I looked at the ingredient list for the Fiber One brownies and dropped them. Lots of sugar and chemicals. Am I overreacting?

First off I don't think he's doing it out of malice, it's just that food as love is very ingrained in our culture. Sharing delicious food is primarily how relationships start, many first dates are dinner! WHen we make these changes to our diets, it is often very confusing to our partners, who we likely used to bond with…

I thnk perhaps you need to re-evaluate your relationship wth food, as well as the reason you started a diet (more appropriate, lifestyle change) to begin with. Life is full of choices; you choose whether to get up and go to work every day, to pay your bills, to clean your house, I could go on. For example, you probably get…

I absolutely plan on both a tummy tuck and breast lift with small implant once I maintain for a year. The only person I'm doing it for is myself. As someone mentioned, surgery after weght loss is often reconstructive. That's a wonderful part of being a woman in America, we have the freedom to make our own decisions and…

I was halfway through making pumpkin protein pancakes when I went to go add the milk and it was all gone. My ex whom I live with (not much longer thank God!) has a lovely habit of devouring and ploishing off things. Thhis morning it was almost an entire half gallon of milk, as it was nearly full when I went to bed last…

I swing between 1200-1400, I try really hard to eat clean. Diary is open!

Two lobsters, baked potato (I even like with keptchup, not that butter, s/c, etc. isn't tasty, but I don't eat much white food any more), and grilled asparagus is a favorite meal of mine . . . I guess we are not food twins!

You should like me because I am smart, funny, a great cook and a free thinker. Why should I like reptiles as pets?

Thanks for the chuckle, though it does make me want a glass or 4.

We're really taking it in the pants up here in VT. For a one day sale price, I paid $3.60 a gallon.

Rap music has great beats to help make your workouts seem easier. Why should I like shopping at Wal-Mart?

I am ripping off a quote from someone here, sorry I can't give credit: "Dieting makes you look good in clothes, working out makes you look good naked." I want to look good naked again.

what is the biggest lie you ever told????? A few years ago my friends and I would make up complete lies about ourselves; jobs, names, where we lived, being married, (we were all single) it goes on. One night we had this whole group of guys convinced one of us was a porn star with her own series and that I produced the…

When I got weighed at the doctor's office, and I was 256. Having lost 80+lbs 9 years ago, only to start slowly gaining back over the last 6 years, I was living in denial. There was no denying it any longer. There was a lot I was unhappy about but I realized THIS was something I very much could control, and my life would be…

Stir some cottage sheese in your oatmeal. I have mine with 1/2 c 1% cc, 9 raw almonds chopped and whatever I have for fresh fruit. Delish and keeps me full for hours.

I don't like overly sugary candies like sour patch kids and the like. What a weirdo, I know! I hate water chestnuts, the texture gives me the willies. Florida Avocados are disgusting, I tried them last week and they were runny and gross. Totally lacked the creaminess of California Avocados. I love all fish, tons of…

I live in VT and my house is surrounded by water; sometimes it's like walking into a cloud of mosquitos if it's been raining a lot. I read this somewhere online and it really works. Dryer sheets. Just last night I went on a twilight hike in the deep woods with a dryer sheet tucked in my bra. No problem with the mosquitos.…

NO!!!! Especially when you start a new exercise you are going to muscle pain, that can last days. It's called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness), Google it to learn a bit more. The pain should be in your muscles, not in your joints. The more you work out the less you'll experience it. If you are constantly pushing…

I know when bodybuilders are tryng to lean out they stay away from carbs a few hours before bedtime, but continue to eat protein up until bedtime. Something about the carbs converting to sugar and fat and the protein feeding the muscle to help spare muscle loss while cutting. But, I'm not sure if it's as important for the…

It won't cause any permanent damage, no. Try not to make a habit of it. Your calories over time are more important than every single day being exactly on. Eat a little more tomorrow. Relax.

:drinker: Happy Birthday! Have a great weekend and indulge in moderation, if that makes sense. You've clearly dramatically cleaned up your intake, so your body may not like a huge smorgousboard (sp?) of greasy and sugary foods. Then again, a refeed might do your body good! Enjoy the weekend, try and stay active and come…

My ex who I am living with for another month eats like crap and is 40 lbs overweight and doesn't exercise. (He also told me the other day how he was fit, at 5'9", 225 lbs with a HUGE gut . . . yeah right! But that's a whole other topic!) For him, eating and food are pleasurable, and sharing it with a loved love is showing…

I just read this article regarding weight gain and the pill: http://www.slate.com/id/2301723 Below is a quick summation from the article, if you'd rather not read the entire article: "The notion that birth control pills make you fat is just part of what the paper's lead author, physician David Grimes of the University of…

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! I know just enough to be slightly dangerous, but not really quite enough to always be as effective. I've got 90+ lbs to lose, and I have been eating between 1250-1500 cals per day. Weighing, measuring and logging every last item that goes into my mouth, down to a tsp of ketchup…

It can be a slippery slope into an eating disorder, attempting to exercise off any extra calories you consume. Just be mindful of it. The other issue you can run into is that is take a LOT of exercise to undo just a little bad eating. We all know somehting like a sandwich with sides at a major chain restaurant can easily…

I live in farm country and have access to not wildly expensive, grass-fed, hormone-free beef that is packed with Omega-3s and other very healthful fats that make its nutrition profile much different than the meat you buy at the Piggly Wggly. I would be VERY careful taking any health/diet book strictly at face value. Anyone…

Since I regained 80+ lbs by NOT tracking and not being mindful of my eating, I won't make the same mistake twice. I have MFP on my phone, so I will always/very often use the MFP phone app (or whatever is available) for logging my intake. Just like many recovered alcoholics make AA a part of their recovery for life, I need…