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That's part of ours too! Every Friday I'm going to Safe Haven and donating what ever is in the box from the week! Good luck!

Happy Lenten Season Everyone! Today is Ash Wednesday and for Lent:: I am giving up CARBS, or doing the South Beach diet. We'll see how I am after the first 2 weeks!!! LOL For the giving back part, I am following The Fly Lady's decluttering/houseing cleaning program. (15 min a day everyone has to clean or pick up) Then once…

Don't forget to breath and take time for yourself. All that work upstairs is work too! Better than a gym workout! Keep up with MFP and counting your cals and exercise and you'll be fine. One word, or two, about the other one. In 2004 my husband had a massive stroke which has left me as the caregiver. He was only 37 at the…

I did the same thing last March for lent, and found a great substitute: diet Lipton Green Tea. I like the citrus flavor but my kids like the berry flavors. I have not gone back! When ever I find myself craving a sweet I go grab a tea instead. Be care of those fruits, the sugar can add up! If you must have chocolate, and…

I've never heard that before? Yes! I am very allergic to ALL those other things! Thanks for the lead!

I have no medical advice for you here. But I find pop in general makes me feel bloated. Last year I gave up Mt. Dew for lent and never went back. I found Lipton's Diet Green tea citrus flavor has been a great substitute! I don't feel bloated, and my stomach used to have this ulcer like ache that has seriously improved! I…

sniff, I guess being a pear is better than being an apple, but I would prefer hour glass! ;-)

When your little guy become 6'3" and a human eating machine you won't have that problem as much! Or when your two girls start PMSing...I'm lucky to get a bite! But on the other hand, that time of month comes and I'm shopping for my cravings! So it's the only time I buy it, I open it, eat my little portion, then leave it…

1983 I was 100-105 and 5'7". By the time I got married in 1990 I was 117 after 5 years of college. After 3 kids and 22 years of marriage I blossomed up to 158-9, now I'm down to 139ish. would never want to get back down to my HS weight again, but 125 was a good weight. We'll see how I feel as the next ten to fifteen pounds…

WTG! You look like a different person! Enjoy!

Thanks, it could have been so much worse! Thankful for our blessings. Heard about this on the news the other day: two day a week zero carbs, was found to be better than just plain low carb or low cal. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2071903/Strict-diet-days-better-calorie-counting-week.html Haven't been able to…

I hear you too! One month I was afraid I was PG, but oh no just very very late! I started MFP back in March and have lost around 18#'s. My biggest thing was to quit drinking pop(especially mt. dew) and sugar in my tea. I found Lipton's Kiet Green Tea Citrus in the 16.9 fl oz (or 500ml) bottle to be very tasty and a great…

I had to switch it up. I finally had another MFP'r help me change the numbers, high protein, low carbs, etc. But the biggest learning has been that no matter what you have to burn 300 cal a day to lose one pound in a week. So I bought a body fat and weight scale, found out that no matter what I do, I burn 1360 cal a day.…

I've got the FT 7; Bday present from the family, and love it. A trainer said make sure what ever you buy can take the impact of a strong workout, and be sweat/water resistent! That has been some great advice!

way to go! I'm half way there too! Can't believe how hard it is, and how long it takes! But keep on trucking!! p.s. It's OK to go for 1/2 a donut every now and then! ;-) right??

I hear you. I was doing so well, then went on vaca for the month of July. Really remote camping, no wifi, no phone signal, etc. On top of that we had a car wreck on the way home and now my shoulder is messed up, so I'm afraid to go back to the gym. Instead I finally started just logging in food. I'm not as religious at it…

Great suggestion!!

Double Ditto

I don't have extra money too. And since my husbands stroke I reward myself with mani anyway. But I do reward myself by seeing that little button that says you are under your calorie goal each night! And I don't beat myself up on weekends, or evenings when I go over. For example tonight I hosted a GS leader meeting and…

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I have been doing nothing but canning these past couple of weeks, it's only 127 cal/hr but when you are doing it for 2-4 hours it adds up!

I'm Polish, and married a military man, which means we have been guests all over the world, and my MIL and my Grandma gets really snarky if you don't eat what THEY put on your plate. Now I just take the serving spoon and serve myself smaller portions, or just don't finish the plate. It drives em crazy sometimes, and I have…

You look fantastic! Great post by the way!

Not quiet the same, but we were on a 3 wk vacation and on the way home rolled our truck. Now my shoulder hurts something fierce so I'm staying away from the gym for awhile to let it heal. Just doing like you, watching my calories, and doing stuff like walking. Good luck with Irene!

Non Scale Victory Like fitting your old pants, or for me I rock climbed with my kids and made it all the way up to the top of a 40' wall! Never could do that before!

sooooo true, I keep trying tell my husband this! I'm losing and he's not. don't forget the calories of testing food while you are cooking!

I tell everyone! I'm so bad, but I love MFP! And I've never been able to lose weight before! And my kids tell me, buy more junk food!!!!!! lol really they do! I'm getting chastized for buying too healthy... Just returned from a vaca home and my Mom and everyone noticed! 12-14 pounds gone! woo hoo! almost half way there!

A very good friend of mine had something like that happen to her. She is very tall, and has lost a huge amount of weight, lap band surgery a few years back. But she is over 6' tall and big boned, I really mean it! She will never be a petite anything! But she looks good and this Walmart Idiot followed her through the store…

1/2 english muffin with crunchy peanut butter and a glass of milk, maybe some fruit too

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