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Use a julienne peeler and it turns the zucchini into noodles! It's amazing and tastes like spaghetti in marinara. Great texture and only brat up minimally. Just google zucchini noodles...

CALORIES make people fat. Plain and simple. Extra calories end up as fat. It is all about the math. You can get fat eating too many potatoes and carrots as easily as if you overrate candy. It's about chemistry.

One word: YOGA!!!! You'll be amazed. I'm 5'5" and 105 and was skinny fat until I found yoga. 40 minutes a day was all it took.

Those are the best! Why shame? Serious? Pfft...

I'm 42 and have been obsessed with food and diet since age 17. It's a never-ending civil war in my head and for me it is a way of controlling things in a world where bad things have repeatedly happened to me. It is great you are exploring what makes you tick and what makes you eat. Just remember we are all here for you and…

I don't get it. Ha ha. That guy is super cute though!

Well, you're so lucky to have a family who needs you. I'd trade my free time and fitness for that any day of the week. You will get the hang of it. It will catch on. Give yourself a break. At least you are on the right track. Is there a way you can get access to exercise equipment in your home? For example, I got a bike…

Agreed--

Congrats to you on plans to be healthy! I suffered from an ED for ten years, I'm 42. If you ever need an ear I'm here you can friend me. It's a delicate balance and like you, to this day, i get scared of eating things like chocolate , even though I KNOW it's only about calories and nothing else.

There are so many worse things. Ha ha. Yum.

I'm new here but I'm a former Marine and an exercise rat. Every day without fail. If you need motivation or a drill instructor to scream at you to keep pedaling or put your fork down I'll be happy to. I'm on my exercise bike as I type this, ha ha.

You mean my mom? Just kidding--

Always remember that what is really important is MASS, not WEIGHT. Water retention during initiation phases in weight loss is common and it hides the reality that you're actually losing weight. Water adds pounds, but only temporarily and what matters is what you see and feel. Remember too that muscle weighs more than fat…

I bought one once in that flavor and it was rather grayish-purple...hmm....

I'm new here too. I'm a former Marine who never rests so if you ever need motivation let me know and I will shame you mercilessly into staying on point. :) Welcome, it's fun here and the math makes it so easy to know what to eat and when.

It was my cat's fault. Really.

Wow, that must have made your whole day. Congrats to you on your new body!

I'm here only two weeks but am a great motivator. I'm an ex-Marine so you can count on me to be honest and not stop harassing you with motivation. I'm here if you'd like the occasional fist bump. I'm a fierce daily exerciser and a lifelong diet nut.

Sorry about that. I made that mistake ONCE about 20 years ago. I asked a lady when she was due and she wasn't pregnant. I knew her, too. I felt SO TERRIBLE. I cannot imagine what that did to her. I still feel bad. Now, I NEVER EVER ask or say a thing no matter how pregnant someone looks. I wait. Better to wait than hurt…

You should feel GOOD! The fact you're worn out and can feel the burn from doing that is a sign you've already started making a change in your body. Your body is already adapting and repairing itself and getting ready for what you have planned for it. I always like it if I feel a but of a burn or pain after a workout…

I'm a total nerd. Grew up on Star Wars and GI Joe, still have them and even my Twin Pod Cloud Car, and my Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids. Love retro foods and almost any sugar cereal, love playing video games, love comics, love sci-Fi, war, and horror books and movies. I'm a Super Geek, I'm 42 and am also an…

I hate this. I ride every single day for hours and it never fails. I hate cars. They do not look and are always mad no matter where I am. I almost get hit from behind when I ride on the right side of the street, I get screamed at if I ride on the left side of the street so I can at least see who is gonna hit me, and I get…

I use salsa or I create a hybrid "dressing." Today, for example I mixed two tablespoons of fat free mayo with one tablespoon of Caesar Light dressing and a teaspoon of sweet honey mustard. Not mustard dressing but real mustard. I mix it all up and yum. I eat salads three times a day. I'm obsessed with salads.

Trader Joe's sells meringue cookies. Yum.

When I was cutting weight I used to eat lots of pickles! Get the sodium free ones and they're zero calories. They fill you up. Also I'd eat mushrooms. Another super low cal,food just to stave off hunger. I lost weight fast.

I get really upset if I don't get my scheduled bike rides. I like my schedule and it makes me calm to keep it daily pretty much the same way, but I know it's not healthy, it's an addiction, just a more socially acceptable one than drinking or drugs.

It actually has many medicinal uses. Any time i get stomach gas for example, I drink a shot and it goes away. Same with pickle juice. Pickle juice is the new Gatorade. You can google it too.

I'm brand new too. I lost my hearing in 2008 and am now totally deaf so I understand medical issues pretty well , sadly. I'm brand new here too and don't know anyone or even how this works, but hello. I'm just here because all the people in my hearing life don't care to be around me any more. I can't hear and they treat me…

Thank you for sharing your journey here. I am so impressed! Keep up the good work because you look really wonderful.