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I have used it twice. Both times I have developed Kidney Stones. There has been some reports that it causes kidney stones. If you have never had one they are bad. On a scale of 1-10 they aren't even on it.

I am not sure if there is anything that you can say to somone to convince them to start. I woke up one morning got on the scale and said to myself this is ridiculous. I was disgusted with myself and that morning I started making the effort. I guess you could approach it like a drug intervention, I was in the same type of…

It is awesome when you can start cleaning the closet out. Nothing like getting rid of old clothes. The last time i lost a little bit of weight i held onto my old clothes. This time i am taking them to the Goodwill as soon as they are too big. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I hate some packaged lunch meat a few weeks ago. My hands and feet swelled up from it. The only thing i can think of is the sodium or the sodium nitrite in the food. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

MFP has really changed my entire attitude about my health. It is a good thing.

For me it would end up being the snowball effect. One thing would lead to another and i would be back to where i was in a month. I have moved all of my unhealthy habits towards healthy ones. My biggest was eating crap all the time. I have become very aware of everything i consume. I was in a vehicle this morning with…

Going to the mountains this weekend to fish and paint our camp. Packing tuna, canned green beans, canned deer meat and will pick up some fresh fruit on my way up. I will wade fish about 6 hours a day and will cover roughly 6-10 miles round trip at a clip. During the real hot part of the day i will be outside painting. I…

Turkey sandwhich most places=Bad Get the garden salad with the fat free or a balsalmic vinagrette....if they actually have a grill then get grilled chicken breast or grilled Shrimp.

Skinny cow products are good.

I am about 5' 10.5" and my ideal weight is supposed to be 174.....I don't ever see myself at that weight. I am hoping to settle around 220 or so. I have always been big boned and in a couple more months i am going to go back to lifting weights again. There are a couple websites that you plug info in and it gives it to you.…

You just need to get mad at yourself...Everytime you want to pick up that bad food choice you ask is it worth it. Set a goal for youself...When i loose X amount of pounds i am going to do this for myself. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I have just started taking a good multi-vitamin and decided that when i am more hungry i will eat. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

Thanks for the replies guys. Like some of you pointed out I was use to eating "regular" yogurt. I might try turning it into ranch dressing for veggies that would be a great idea. Never really thought about spiking it with truvia and some cut up bannana's. 261 pounds is amazing.

My one big thing dieting lately has been cooking shrimp.....:)

It doesn't take much heat or fire to cook shrimp. Buy the raw shrimp unless you plan to eat it right out of the bag or use it in salads or something like that. If you try to cook already cooked shrimp be prepared to eat shrimp that tastes like the rubber balls you buy out of those ten cent machines. On a grill a shrimp…

About a pound of shrimp Olive oil 5 or 6 tablespoons Three green onions diced\ four or five cloves of garlic minced very fine Paprika tablespoon or so Salt-To taste Pepper-To taste Cayenne Pepper-less mild more hot....lol two or so tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice Marinate at least five or six hours I then grill…

Diet and excercise is what is doing it for me. I have really cut my calories but i had to make a drastic change in my life. The lifestyle change is what the biggest key is. I know that i will loose big but the lifestyle has to change or it isn't going to matter in the long run.

90 Calorie Special K bars.

Kinda neat to see how many people don't crave the sweet stuff. I have never had a big craving for sweats. Red meat and anything deep fried howver.

Sodium could get ya.

Check out hungry girl recipes. They are great. I had onion rings last night.

I have one laying on the couch right before i started MFP. Everytime I get the urge to eat some Taco Bell I pull that pic out and look at it.

I was stuck for a week and ramped my water consumption through the roof. It was a good time for me to do it work wise because i didn't have any meetings.

I started Alli last year. It makes you not want any fats in your diet because of the resulting consequences. I did loose more weight taking it. I also developed a 5mm kidney stone. That is starting to be listed as one of the possible side affects of alli. It did help me loose and i lost a lot on it one other time before.…

I hit a plateau bad on my weight loss. I upped my water up to 64 oz a day. Then it started coming off quicker. Not scientific but helped I think.

I think it is good when people you are around know you are trying to loose. People that usually come up and offer me some homemade dessert in the morning or something at lunch stop asking and makes it easeir. I feel bad when someone offers me something and i don't take it. So i just started saying sorry i would love to but…

My parents are both on blood pressure medication and I knew it was coming for me. Know that i think about it I haven't had a headache in quite awhile. This website is a good support system.

My favorite worst movie is , The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I it is a really bad movie but strangely entertaining at the same time.

I use to eat out at least four times a week. One night mexican one night italian minimum. Make it at home and like others have said, use the healthy alternatives. I have really started to shed the pounds lately and Italian and Mexican were probably the two things that put the most weight on me. Because once i started i…

Here is what i have been marinating my chicken in and then grilling with it. It does have high sodium but it is the most sodium i am really ingesting in a weeks time. For my taste i do not have to dillute it at all. I use to use the Frank's, but it is so much better with the 1-1 butter.…