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You all look so fantastic! It's amazing how much weight ages us because not only do you all look fit and healthy, but you look younger too! This is helpful as I'm on my second plateau in the last 2 months...stuck at 17 pounds which is where I usually give up and gain it back but looking to actually KEEP GOING this time no…

That all foods are calorie free on your birthday, Christmas, Halloween, St. Patty's Day, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July, Arbor Day, etc.... Oh how I wish....

If I had small breasts, I would never wear a bra if I could help it....maybe just a shelf cami to keep the nips in...BUT at a 36DDD, I don't think it would be good for me. If I don't wear a bra to bed, I have trouble sleeping.....it is bad :(

She is not actually gaining....as someone else mentioned, she'd have to be overeating by 3500 calories in a week for that weight loss! Plus, when MFP gives us calorie counts you are SUPPOSED to eat back any exercise calories because of the already generous deficit. I eat 1500 calories if I don't work out and between…

You don't need to give him a hall pass at all. My husband and I were 22 when we got married...a month from him being 23. Now, you can want to be a great wife, but changing yourself will not help either. The important thing is to work on your marriage, know which duties are whose (ie he takes out the trash and helps with…

I usually eat 400-500 calories for breakfast AND dinner and then have a lighter lunch with a snack or two around dinner. I could eat all my calories for breakfast though...pancakes, bacon, french toast.....yummmmmmy!

30 calories for moar almonds!

For running shoes, I love my new balance (not a 30$ pair either...think they cost me 118$). They're starting to wear out and all I have are a pair of nike lunar glides that I hate...hoping I can sell em off so I can afford another pair of new balance.

Did you know that bananas are actually better for you when they have brown on them? I also can't eat them plain though like that. Two things I do....make a smoothie with some fruit and yogurt. Calories depend on what you put in but with 1 cup yogurt, 1/2 cup milk, 1 banana, and some strawberries, mine usually come out to…

What looks like a Canadian, sounds like a Canadian, drinks like a Canadian but isn't a Canadian? If you think a yooper, you be correct, eh. ;) And for reals, my old residence hall was attacked by a moose.

If they tell me they respect Tom Brady as a quarterback or if they idolize any rapists or dog killers....

I use 1/2, but I also make them into pancakes.

Shakes may be out, but homemade fruit smoothies? Just throw in some yogurt, a little milk, and whatever fruits you'd like! You can also add protein powder to them if you want. I lived on a lot of applesauce and soft fruits as well...It's been so many years that I can't remember what else....

Since no one else.... You can make French Toast lower calorie by using a lower calorie bread, substituting egg whites for eggs and then just using cinnamon and a little imitation vanilla in the batter mix.

Powdered Peanut butter..it is just dehydrated with less cals. You can easily do without it or just top with a little natural peanut butter.

If you're willing to get out of the norm on your thoughts of pancakes, I make myself oatmeal pancakes nearly every day. They are super filling and satisfying and have a good chunk of protein as well. To make them I take one banana (any size but weigh or measure it or whatever for accurate calorie count. About 90-110…

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I don't watch my sugar intake...I should but I don't have a condition affected by it....but I think when they measure your sugar intake, they mean added sugar or refined sugar and not what naturally comes in foods like lactose or fruit sugars. Just a shame you can't separate them.

We have a commissary so I get protein powder there but there is only 1 brand to choose from, but it is cheaper than what I've seen it listed as in the US. I kind of have the best of both worlds except that our commissary is limited to what they import...it is about half the size of my local grocery store back home and I…

I'm supposed to stay between 127 and 168 for my target heart rate, but if I do cardio more intense than a walk, it is up higher. When I run it goes up to 181 usually and stays there. I never feel weak or tired or dizzy, but I think the target zone is kind of your ideal fat burning zone...higher and you start burning lean…

Oh yeah, my non-lifting days will be my C25k training which is a minimum of 30 minutes and up to an hour if I walk to the gym and home as well (which I almost always do)...plus whatever day off I do. My partner has physical therapy Monday and Wednesday and works 11PM-7AM so we plan to go when he gets off work on Tuesdays…

Hm, I might have to try that. We have some organic yogurt which is 60 calories more than the dannon,but I think it has a little more protein than normal low fat yogurt. I am from the states originally...stationed in Okinawa with my husband who is military. I used to get the big chobani greek yogurt tubs and before I…

I still like my diet dr. pepper....BUT I can't stand things like lays potato chips anymore or cheetos....I just taste salt and fakeness. I also like veggies that I never did previously...like zucchini and onions.

He used to lift in high school and wants to start again so I'm just going to follow his plan which is cardio first...1 mile run to warm up and then lift and then cardio to cool down, which for me will be a 15 minute walk home from the gym.

My husband doesn't WANT me to start lifting...he has the same thought in his head and he likes my soft curves...but I want to wear a tank top and not worry about arm flab or thigh jiggle in my shorts or tummy bulge in a bikini! I'm doing it anyway because how else will he learn that I'm not going to bulk up?

I am VERY limited to what I can get as I live in Japan. I'm allergic to seafood too so the fish is out or cans of tuna or whatever. We can't get almond butter or flax seed or greek yogurt in tubs (they only have yoplait greek cups which I don't like). Today I made a smoothie with 1 banana, frozen strawberries (I don't have…

I don't really know what HIIT is, even though I hear about it all the time....I'm redoing C25k now and am in week 3. I've mostly done cardio, but even eating at a deficit of 20% below my TDEE, I don't lose weight. I was stuck at 182.2 for 5 weeks, dropped to 177.6 last week for 2 days and then ate poorly one day (not even…

Just turned 24 and moved out of my mom's house in December (to Japan!) I try to eat 1500 calories a day, but will probably be upping them to 1800 while I run and lift. If you search "In place of a Road map" it gives you good advice to figure out about what you should be eating because MFP just goes by numbers based on…

Haha nooo I am not in any sort of mentality where I want to lose x pounds in x days. I'd like to lose 15 pounds before July, but I understand there is a chance that won't happen. I don't eat a lot of added sugar, but natural sugars kill me as I eat a lot of fruit. Protein is going to kill me though....I have a hard time…

I ran my first race alone. I talked to a few people but then I didn't have to worry about anyone but myself and I kind of raced people without them knowing. I was also in a city where I didn't know anyone and there were thousands of people there. The next week I ran a 5k with a friend which was nice, but definitely went…