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I can also help with ideas/recipies/diet if interested. Good luck!

I have recently dropped all diary from my diet, I do not believe its good for you. I do not want to get in an argument/discussion about it, just answering the post and explaining why I would drink almond milk.

Oh yeah forgot to mention I eat nuts so I get my fat from nuts and I eat beans so get alot of protein there.

I eat close to this way although I will eat oatmeal and I will eat quinoa and other healthy carbs. My only advice is to look up the sugar content of fruit, there is huge variation.

I have a few friends I have shared what I'm doing with and now that they have seen my weight loss some are trying out some of my ETL food.and I would so love for them to eat better, lose weight and be healthier and will keep encouraging them. However what the others have said is correct, to a certain extent you are in this…

Very inspirational. I am sure it wasn't easy. Great job!

I love food too. And I love all the bad food. Cheese is a favorite. So is bacon. Sausage is up there too along with Cheeseburgers (see look we are back to cheese again). .And for many years I just kept eating all the bad food and getting fatter, thinking that it was inevitable, that I could not control myself. Well its…

I will be inconsolably upset when the farmers market season ends. This time last year I barely knew farmers markets existed. Feeling frustrated when friends think I am not eating healthy and not getting enough protein because I am barely eating any meat and have cut out dairy.

For those of you who think no one else is counting calories. The people out there who we perceive as slim, most of them are doing something to maintain their weight even if they do a good job pretending otherwise. They might be eating only one meal a day (the meal you see them eating) or they have days where they hardly…

I agree its better to go organic. However I am worried that in some cases I'm paying more and being lied to lol.

Baby Kale Baby Spinach Arugula Parsley Red Leaf Lettuce Mustard Greens Blueberries Strawberries Raspberries Water This is my smoothie but its not a protein smoothie but I wanted to post it anyway lol

Well you are going to get different answers to this question. My opinion is that if the tea is decaf it counts as water.

I get it, having 2 little children is exhausting. And I'm sure when they are sleeping you need to sleep, catch up on laundry and other chores. By the time they are asleep your energy level also might be too low to exercise. I know I need to exercise in the morning or I can't do it at all. So here is my idea. Is there…

Approaching this thread from a different angle: People treat you differently when you are thin. Doctors are less condescending. Complete strangers have a better initial opinion of you. I know this first hand from being thin and being fat at different times in my life. If you are trying to get something done like returning…

I also would eat a whole package of cheese at one sitting. I would cut off one small piece at a time and with every mouthful lie to myself that it was the last piece I would cut off, and then I would cut off another piece and eat it until there was no more left. I ate cream cheese out of the container by itself when I ran…

Along the same lines, when I don't want to work out: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. - Chinese Proverb

“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” - Mark…

Do or do not...there is no try - Yoda

It sounds like you are eating similiar to me! I'll add you!

I have started over again sooo many times. My entire adult life I have been on a roller coaster weight wise. The important thing is that we are trying again! Success is picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and trying again. Every time we have not been successful we have learned from that and we will learn from our…

I am right there with the other cheese addicts. I read somewhere that cheese addiction is a real addiction and I believe it. My second addiction (but cheese is way ahead of this on the addiction scale) is bacon.

This is a great site, feel free to add me as well.

I agree, eat. I don't feel it matters when you eat, just that you eat within your goals.

Beans are high in protein, keep you full and are not expensive (not baked beans).

I love this. Happy 4th everyone!

Friend request sent. You can do this! I am 51 and have had alot of the same feelings as you do. Getting in control of what you are eating helped me feel alot better emotionally and physically.

Grilled Eggplant is delish! Slice an eggplant into 1 inch slices, skin on (either eat the skin or remove it after its cooked) Spray grill very lightly Grill eggplant a few minutes on each side. Yum and the leftovers are yummy too!

I love cats too! Feel free to add me

I think this would easily work if you made the soup and control what it is in it. Nutritionally soup is wonderful because you don't lose any of the nutrients from boiling them since its all part of the soup.

I used to love salt, added it to everything. But then I got high blood pressure and I just simply cut it out, Now I never add it to anything and I am currently cooking most of my food from scratch so I control everything including salt. Now, if I happen to eat something someone else cooked, (or in a restaurant) even if…