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Garbanzo beans are the best things ever. You can cook them up and eat them as-is, you can put them in an oven and have crunchy snacks with whatever your heart desires on them (plus salt of course) you can make hummus, you can make hummus veggie burgers. I'm sure there are other things you can make too, I just haven't found…

Dearies, you can lose weight eating nothing but Dominoes and whatever you find in the vending machine. I've done it. But I also crashed and burned shortly thereafter. No telling what was stress, what was lack of sleep, and what was idiot nutrition. I'll never know. But I know better than to ever do it again. I hope.

I hate you now. And yet they are so freakin adorable!

I've read the suggestion to make the kid buy sit down playtime or TV time. One hour of sit down must equal one hour of active time. I think it was the much maligned Dr. Lustig. And he also considers juice a no-no for kids with weight problems. But he didn't say anything about fruit smoothies in a blender so far as I…

I triple whatever I think I ate and move on. The yummy Indian buffet I went to a couple of weeks ago was totally worth it. Fried mushrooms. Why didn't I think of that? And now I'm trying to forget about it so I don't gain a zillion pounds making my own!

In that case I prefer MFP. Free and frisky!

Not everyone can afford organic. I sure can't unless I see it on sale. But those who can should under the better safe than sorry rule.

When I mention the nasty bugs and bug excretions that find their way deliberately or accidentally into our processed foods I get a lot of people saying "So what? Cultures XY and Z all eat bugs and love them!" So by that reasoning, if we'd all been raised on grasshopper pizza crust we'd all find it delicious and nothing…

Effect on metabolism is minimal, but they're still delicious. Two cups spinach One cup portobello mushrooms One cup red hot chili peppers (or half a cup if you don't like it fiery) Optional: Habanero or jalapeno peppers or any other kind of pepper Any seeds and nuts in any amount but weigh or at least measure carefully,…

I'm late to this thread, but you've done an amazing job! And yes, you did look like a sweaty Meatloaf.

Found this today: I want it!

I use this sometimes, too. But it seems to have changed. Or I've gotten slower. It doesn't like some of my distance with my time. Too slow for it, I guess? Also, I want this shirt to run in:

Congrats! I've only had one kid (he's 18) and if I tried to deadlift 185 pounds I'm pretty sure I'd pee my pants. That would be right before keeling over dead. So you're doing better than me! My NSV this week: The scale hated me despite all my efforts to step lighter on it, but I didn't let it throw me off track and I got…

If you have no energy to workout it could be you aren't eating enough no matter whether you think you're hungry or not. In fact it's likely. Unless other things like increased work or illness or other stress are messing with your energy levels. Some questions to ask yourself: Are you taking any appetite suppressant…

Only because you are either deliberately misunderstanding the nature and obvious extent of my analogy or pretending to.

I agree. On top of that, from what I've been reading, food that has to travel a long way and sit on a shelf without rotting has fiber removed and flavoring such as sugar added. Then there was the whole low fat craze, which meant adding more sugar.

Drug manufacturers have done their best to increase the efficacy of pain killers and at one time speedy appetite suppressants. We know why and we agree on many drugs having great power to heal and/or make life better, but we also know that coca is far less addictive than the concentrated, processed form known as cocaine.…

Some Antonyms for bored: concern, energy excitement, liveliness, sympathy, pleasure This is the problem. It has been my problem in the past, too. 1. Concern: I'd rather be bored with my food than concerned with it. 2. Energy: No problem, my food gives me energy. That is what food is for. 3. Excitement: That is what food…

Blueberries! Cherries! Peaches! Apples! Raisins (be careful though, dried fruit can be pretty calorie dense).

Well technically if you were using the strictest definition of 'healthy' is there ever a reason to eat refined sugar? If we're going with optimal ultimate no holds barred health, aren't we talking about getting as many nutrients in as possible for every calorie (except for those who need to gain weight of course)? This…

Current favorite is garbanzo beans (chickpeas). A cup is 39 grams of protein.

Sounds like the run up to some interesting experimental paintings. With names like "Yellow Despair" And "Woman in Yellow" or if his aim is really good, "Yellow vase with Yellow Flower".

If you're going faster than a walk you're a runner. If you love the feeling of running, keep doing it and who cares how fast or long you go? Comparison is the thief of joy.

I think she looks great and seems healthy (she gets B12 shots I believe to prevent that issue). But I find if I don't eat some seeds and nuts in there I get very foggy headed and very cranky and depressed very fast. I need more fat in my diet than some people seem to need. It's up to all of us individually to find the…

It's silly but last night I stood there staring at a bar of dark vegan chocolate contemplating buying it and having a little each night this week, and I had the urge because of threads like these. But no matter how well-reasoned the argument some of you have for moderation, my sweet tooth is a like that proverbial camel.…

My highest weight was 245. I gained it very fast. I was doing my best to dig my own grave with a spoon. And a fork, and a knife, sometimes a straw but usually I'd just guzzle straight out of the 2 liter. I knew exactly what I was doing and why. I actually don't know exactly why I changed my mind and decided to live. Maybe…

Sadly it's one that requires a workout partner I don't have at the moment. Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant tennis! Okay, I lied. I wasn't thinking of tennis at all. Riding horses was my favorite when I was a kid. If we still had horses it would be now, too. Plus taking care of the giant, hungry and thirsty…

AAAAHHH Get out of my HEAD! :laugh: I find sometimes I can gag my inner brat with enough roughage. But sometimes the little snot just will not shut up. And if I give in an inch, she just gets louder!

Mine is a lot smaller now that I'm nearing the lower end of the BMI estimate. But it looks like I'm going to have to be at the very lowest healthy body fat possible to get rid of the rest of what I want gone. And it has definitely been the last holdout.

Double post for inspiration: Or you could guarantee your family will NEVER push food on you again by looking at your husband, smiling, and then saying I can't, we want to try this new position with our bedroom swing, and I need to be a little thinner to bend a certain way.