AndreaMerrill Member

two things: first my fiance took a picture of me and my daughter. I was leaning over with my hand on a large tree stump. I didn't realize how large my back side/thighs were! I had him text me the picture and I blew up the portion of me as my screen saver on my iphone. Now I look at it every time I eat and it helps me…

Natural sugars (like those in fruits and yogurt) are not bad. If you're getting sugar from those don't worry about it.

today breakfast: yogurt and a bag of 100 cal almonds snack: apple lunch: homemade corn chowder dinner: homemade bean/meat chili extra snack if needed: probably popcorn (my favorite) or salsa & corn chips

I can't wait for warmer weather to get back to jogging! It helped me a ton to tone and loose weight. It's New England weather right now so I'm stuck indoors.

I am and love it! Feel free to add me anyone

165 trying to get to 135. Heaviest was 173.

I haven't tried insanity - but I got p90x. Two days ago I put in a dvd and started it. Each workout seems to have a "warm up" time to get your body ready for the work out. Two days ago I managed to do 8 minutes of the warm up. It was mostly run in place - jump side to side - lunges, etc. Well the next day my butt hurt like…

Yup - filed online through turbo tax on Jan 28th and it was in bank account on Feb 7th :-) Ye ha!

I'm 5'5", weight 165 lb, and take a sz 10 jeans. I want to be back in 8s!!!

You said your company uses mail order . Does your insurance company also do regular pharmacys? My insurance does both pharmacys and mail order. I've used the mail order as it's much cheaper and you get 90 days at a time. Obama's new health care plan that's happening has already made some changes - have others noticed this?…

Quality time with no kids :-) Doesn't matter if you get dressed up and go out of stay in for meal or even take out - just getting alone time is so special. Gifts are not necessary if you ask me.

Only your doctor can determine if you have a thyroid that is not working properly. They run a blood test. If it's underactive or hypothyroid your thyroid is not producing enough hormone for your body to burn it's food for fuel (in short). So in return you'd be run down, tired, cold, hair loss, brittle nails, and weight…

I have to just say at the time you don't think it's for the best - but usually it is. My ex and I "tried" to make it work several times and we actually got divorced once and re-married a few years later. We should not have. After our last and final split it was hard but I look back and it was not a good relationship at…

I'd go for it! I am not happy with where I am fitness or weight wise yet - but I went for it and couldn't be happier. I also know he loves me for me and not my looks because when I get to my goal I'm going to rock his world :-) It wonderful knowing that he's going to love me larger or smaller!

I like a couple handfusl of spinach or kale and/or romaine lettuce (what ever I have on hand) then I add water, green grapes, a kiwi and a tbls of flax seed meal. By freezing the grapes and kiwi (peeled first) it comes out like a slushy. the grapes/kiwi take away the "green" taste a ton. Love these :-)

It's really good - love the cinn raisin. I get it at local grocery stores. It's a low glycemic bread so it's much better for you than say white bread (yuck). It's about $5 a loaf.

I like this idea - baby goals :-) By July 4th weekend I want to be down one pant size. I don't know what that relates to in pounds but I was cleaning in the attic and found a whole bin of clothes that are a size smaller. I want to wear them this summer!

I had a membership. If you sign up around new years and when they're running specials it's $99 for the year. If not it's $10 a month - but there is usually a $20 down payment up front and every year an annual fee of around $60. If you can pay the $99 up front you save the extra costs. Overall good gym - I just found I…

I just want to say give it time with the girls. I am dating a fantastic man and wonderful father. He's always made it clear his kids are first in his life. I have to say my kids are to. But that's cause they're underage. He makes me feel like a queen and I know how important I am to him. We can't wait to spend our lives…

Coffee with cream and sugar. I did cut back to 1 (sometimes 2) cups a day though. It was more :-)

You guys can do it and so can I. It's extremely easy to fall off the wagon when life throws you curveballs. It's about changing our eating habits in the long run. When you fall off the bike you get back on. Just keep going:-)

Blood tests for celiac are negative for me. My doctor told me with rashes I get thought I definetely have an intolerance. No real test for it though. I cut out most gluten. I don't stress about it in things like condiments/dressings, etc cause I don't use much. I did replace breads with gluten free ones as well as pastas.…

I make green smoothies and add flax seed meal to them. I'd try adding flax seed to your diet - you can sprinkle them on a salad if you'd like.