Ajessie

Hi everyone!! My name is Amber and I'm SO excited to be on this team!! Its my first challenge and I cant wait for it to start!!! :happy:

I want to join if anyone has room on their team let me know! Feel free to friend me as well :)

I ran into the same problem at work. One of the people who sits next to me brought fried chicken in - Its my weakness!!! I smelled it and immediately my mouth started watering... So I grabbed an apple and smelled it haha. It sounds silly but the smell of the apple made me forget all about the chicken! I ate the apple too,…

I would be very careful about who you take advise from on MFP. I'm sure people have good intentions, but truthfully every individual is different and needs to approach weight loss in different ways. Given your history I would say the best person to get advice from would be a doctor or nutritionist. Someone who specializes…

I LOVE Zumba!!! Its fun and challenging at the same time :)

Good call - I bet I could borrow a small one and just take little things... Thanks! :)

I'm trying to think of stuff that doesn't have to be refrigerated. The last time I was there the small fridge was fully stocked so they dont have room for anymore stuff.... Great ideas though :)

LOL I think I might have a hard time finding that in Chicago :D But thank you!

This is an excellent site, for calorie tracking AND for support!!! Feel free to friend me as well :)

You make a very valid point here - I was at my doctor's office just yesterday, upset because the scale was saying that I had "only" lost 5 lbs. She made a point to say that I shouldn't focus on the number so much, and the both of you are totally right. I think I'll join you in saying goodbye to the scale. It only hurts me…

These are some awesome ideas, thanks guys! =)

That is AWESOME! Very inspirational :smile:

Its not necessarily about what you're eating but how much of it you're eating. Make sure that even though you've switched to healthier foods that you're still eating a healthy amount. Also try and make sure that you're getting all of the vitamins that you need. My nutritionist told me that a vitamin D deficiency can…

I snack when I get bored... Try multi-tasking, instead of sitting and watching tv, maybe watch tv and work on a project or clean or something.... Also try brushing your teeth. It might just be a weird mental thing that I have going on, but whenever I brush my teeth I dont want to eat anything afterwards.

LOL those sound amazing!!! Can't wait to try them :)