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This is probably my favorite black bean recipe and I often serve it as a side w tacos. “Refried" Black Beans 4 servings- approximately 113 calories per serving 1/2 medium onion diced 3 cloves garlic minced 1 can low sodium black beans .5 cup of stock or broth (1 cup if not using liquid from beans) 1 tsp lime juice Sauté…

I am sure age may play a role. I think I may also just be an active person, I rarely sit down. I consistently burn more than 2500 calories per day and only 300-500 of that is from formal exercise the rest is just normal daily activity. BTW I think your intake seems completely reasonable. There was another poster who said…

Some of these numbers seem really low to me as well. I am 5'7" and 130lbs, I have been maintaining since November. I typically eat an average of 2300 calories per day, higher on the weekends and have stayed between 128-132 every week. I also wear a bodyfit which shows my daily burn to be between 2500-2700 but I leave a…

Have you tried sparkling water? My boyfriend hates plain water but likes sparkling waters and seltzers like pellegrino. There are also some naturally flavored fruit seltzer waters that are calorie free.

I also like eatingwell.com. Everything I have tried from there has been good.

Haha, I did not even think about that when I titled the post. Thanks for the kind words

Yeah and I just realized that I did not double my leg and arm measurements...DUH...so I have actually lost more than 60 inches!

I have lots of pics on my profile of before and after. I just do not know how to post them on the forum, lol. Thanks everyone for the compliments! Looking at the numbers really helped put my loss into perspective!

28 5'7" 130lbs (down from 210) size 0-2 (down from 14-16)

5'7" started at 211lbs and size 14-16 currently maintaining at 130lbs and size 0-2

Ice cream definitely ice cream

Unfortunately I do not have any children so I can't blame pregnancy. I guess I can just consider it my fat battle scar, lol.

I appreciate your opinion definitely no offense taken! There are quite a few recent pics of me on my profile, all of the ones in the bikini or sports bra are fairly recent and pretty much how I currently look. Out of curiosity, what makes you say that I am borderline skinny fat? I have been trying to determine if I am or…

Yeah its very frustrating!

Yeah that has been my approach for the last few months. I have read that the excess skin can tighten for at least a year after being at a stable weight so I keep hoping it will get better but I have not seen much change so far.

Thank you for the suggestion! Maybe I should have posted this in a different section of the boards. I was hoping for some more suggestions.

Spicy potato sausage and kale soup with a homemade whole grain flax roll with a pat of butter. Yum! http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/spicy_potato_kale_soup.html http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/crusty-whole-grain-flaxseed-rolls-10000000424578/

I always halve them and put the half with the pit in a ziploc bag in the fridge. It will form like a new "skin" on the cut part but that can easily be removed and the rest of the avocado will be green and yummy. None of the other tricks I have tried have worked so I only cut an avocado when I know I can use at least the…

Do you think this also applies the other way? If I am eating 2300+ calories per day with 1-1.5hours of exercise (mixture of strength and cardio) and maintaining that my weight is probably not too low?

This is an interesting topic for me. I have lost 80lbs and I often have people tell me I am too thin. It has made me wonder if I am actually too thin. It is difficult because I do not see thin when I look in the mirror. You can see some of my bones but you can also see my muscles. I will say that I think part of it is…

I lost 81 pounds and went from a size 16 to a size 2 over a period of 14 months. I have been maintaining since November. I had my calories set at 1200 but always ate the majority of my exercise calories so I was eating around 1900-2100 calories per day and lifting heavy. Before After

Yeah cinnamon sugar waffles kind of remind me of a churro and I loooooveee churros!

Peanut butter and honey or a little bit of butter and cinnamon sugar!

I am 5'7" and started my journey in September 2010 at 210 lbs and wearing a size 16. In November 2011 I met my ultimate goal of 130 lbs. It was a long road but I actually enjoyed it once I got started. I lost the first half by just changing my eating habits, cutting down on junk, only eating meat once per week and…

I definitely suffer from some body dysmorphia myself. Its not that I see myself as fat but I do not see myself as that thin either even though I can wear a size 0-2. I have had a few people even tell me I am too thin. But then again even before I lost 80lbs and was a size 16 I did not really see myself as that big either.…

I make steel cut oats in the crockpot. I combine 3 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 3 tbsp of skippy natural peanut butter, 1 tbsp tupelo honey, 1 large banana and cinnamon in a metal mixing bowl and puree it with my immersion blender. I then add one cup of steel cut oats. I fill the crockpot with water then place the…

Steel cut oats. I made some in the crockpot last weekend and put almond milk, honey, banana and peanut butter in them. I portioned it out into small containers and ate it for breakfast almost everyday this week. It was about 200 calories for a serving and kept me full for hours.

I suggest searching exercise calories on the forum. You will get a ton of results. This is a frequently debated topic. I always ate back the majority of mine (leaving a few to account for overestimations by MFP.) I lost 80lbs in 14 months and have been maintaining my goal weight since November.

I try my best to reply to everyone but there are days when I just can not find the time. I only comment on diaries that look nutritionally sound, I do not cheer people on just for being under the calorie goal if they are eating too little etc. Feel free to add me and I will do my best to encourage you. BTW I reached my…

Hi! I am 5'7" and started at 210lbs in September of 2010 and hit my goal of 130 in November of 2011. I have been maintaining between 128-130lbs since then. I still do not know how to post pics on here but there are some on my profile that show before, during and after that you can check out. Feel free to add me as a…