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I keep chopped onions and bellpeppers in the freezer. When I'm ready to cook eggs I take a little chunk of onions/peppers and sizzle them in the pan for a couple of minutes before I add the eggs. Onions in particular add such a good flavor to eggs, in my opinion! I usually eat them on a sandwich thin that I've popped in…

I'm trying to ease into maintenance because I just knew (and I was right!) that I would find it a lot harder than losing the weight. This week I'm trying to not log my calories, but instead just be mindful of what and how I'm eating. I'm keeping up with my regular exercise, and watching to see how my weight reacts to this.…

It took me 7 months to do it, and the first few months I wasn't exercising at all (because of some health issues). I lost most of the weight then. It's been harder to lose weight now that I'm exercising, believe it or not, because now I have to tweak my calories every day based on my exercise and it's hard to find the…

I would absolutely go! Enjoy the parts of the dinner that you really want, and either leave or give the rest to your OH. I was invited out at the last minute for curry the other day, and I just went for it and enjoyed it. Got back on the wagon the next day and no harm done. I'm trying to make this a new lifestyle, not a…

You know, if I am super-tired and don't feel like working out,... I don't. Particularly if I had a good workout the day before. My rule of thumb is that I give myself permission to skip a day if I have worked out at least 2 previous days in a row. Most times I don't skip it, but when I have that tired, hungry, worn out…

This exact thing happened to a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. We went to the beach for a few days, and although we didn't go crazy on the eating, and we walked and bicycled a good bit, we did eat some good vacation food! She went to her WW weigh-in the day after we got back and had gained a pound. However, the next…

In 6 months I've gone from a starting weight of 167 to my current weight of 140 (which was initially my goal.) I'd now like to lose maybe 5 more lbs, but this last 5 is a lot more stubborn than the first 25, lol! Plus it's trickier finding my balance now, because in my initial weight loss phase I wasn't exercising because…

I'm not sure where you're located, but I have a local Asian market -- Super H Mart -- that has a huge produce section with great prices. It's also very busy all the time, so the produce doesn't sit out long. The down side is that it isn't always easy to find local produce there. I also belong to a Community Supported…

Wow, I either need to find out where you guys shop or I'm not wearing my pants nearly tight enough, lol! I'm 5'7"and down to 142 and I wear size 12 pants. (And yes, I'm still wearing some of my 14's, although they are loose.) I must carry my weight way differently from everybody else here. Or maybe it's the cheap Target…

I usually buy Champion sports bras from Target, too, and up until recently I've worn 2 at once to give me enough support (I'm a 36D). However, with my weight loss I've lost most of the fat around my ribcage but not much boobage, so they weren't fitting anymore. When I get them large enough to cover and support my breasts,…

No, luckily mine is not cancerous, and since it has (so far) been easily controlled using tapazole (methimazole), that's what I do. I agree, we hear a lot more about hypothyroidism than we do hyperthyroidism. My doc has me come in for bloodwork every 3 months. It seems a bit excessive and I asked him about it, since I know…

I'm hyperthyroid due to a "hot nodule", but it''s been under control for a couple of years now with tapazole. I had trouble believing it when I was first diagnosed because not only did I feel awful, I was also gaining weight. That made no sense to me until I got my thyroid controlled and realized how much less hungry I…

I will say that tastes sometimes change, even for somebody my age (53)! I joined a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) about 6 months ago, which means that weekly I get a box of fresh seasonal vegetables. I decided right from the beginning that I was at least going to try a little bit of anything that I got. Things that…

It's leftover from the IV fluids, and from the fluid retention around the traumatized parts of your body, or at least that's what I was told. I was 7 lbs heavier when I came home from having my hysterectomy last month, and I hadn't eaten for days plus I had a colon prep ahead of time. I was a little panicked about it, but…