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Hi Jackie, great attitude, and I wish you much success on your journey. Smiles from BJ :smile:

A big HI to you, and welcome to MFP, I am sure that you will really enjoy all the tools this site provides. This site has really gotten me on a good path to fitness and weight loss, enjoy!!! :smile:

Hi Jenif, another good exercise for cardio is riding the bike, I like to find some good trails near me and when the weather is nice, get out and bike, I also have a recumbent bike at home that I use along with my treadmill, I switch back and forth between the two and it is a good combination for me. I need to start adding…

A big HI to you yvonne, I just wanted to welcome you to MFP. I am sure that you will find this a very rewarding site. So far it has done wonders for me. My weight loss goals are not as large, but I would like to welcome you and good luck! Just remain motivated and take the good days with the bad, don't get discouraged when…

Hi there, and welcome to MFP. I really have been enjoying this site, and truthfully it really has been working for me. It really keeps me accountable for the food I am eating, and its nice to track my exercise. Just be patient and keep with it. :smile:

Hi Candice, I usually have a glass of continental light chocolate soy milk, and a fiber one snack bar. This fills me up and is also good for me. :smile:

Hi there, welcome to MFP, I joined in February, and I am hooked. I love this site, it is great site to keep track of food and exercise, and to get support. I wish you lots of luck, and to be patient, anything good in life takes time. :smile:

Hi Erin, welcome to MFP. This site is great, it really opens your eyes to how many calories different foods contain, and how fast those calories can add up. I also like using this site to log my exercise. I am sure that you will find MFP very rewarding, lots of smiles to you! :smile: :smile: BJ

Hi Lauren, welcome to MFP. I to have found this site very beneficial so far, it really makes you accountable for everything that you eat. So far I have had some great success, my last weigh-in did not go so well, but I remain very motivated and will keep going. Again, welcome and good luck to you! :flowerforyou:

Hi Dahli, I am glad to see that you are using MFP, it is a great site. Once you reach your goal weight, to maintain that weight you will probably need to add more calories to your diet until you reach a point where you are not gaining or losing, especially if you remain active. Good luck with MFP, I am sure that you will…

How about Salsa Chicken, it is easy to make and not too much fat. I take the chicken breasts and coat them with about a half bag of taco seasoning, then I place them in a baking dish, I coat the chicken with a jar of salsa, any salsa will do, depends what you like. I bake at 375 degrees for 40 min, and during the last 5…

Hi there, no it doesn't make you boring, I too, especially when I am working and I pack my dinners to eat at work. Everyday I work I eat a natural applesauce, a yoplait light yogurt, a 60 cal SF pudding, and a turkey or ham sandwich. I have always done it this way, even before I began MFP. It is just easier for me to keep…

Hi Janet, I am glad that you are using MFP, it is a great site. Good luck with your cardio-weight class, it sounds challenging. One small piece of advice, try setting smaller goals within your large goal, you may find more success doing this, and the small gains may be more acheivable. Good Luck to you! BJ :smile:

Hi Nicole, welcome to MFP. This is a great site to keep track of everything, and it really does keep you in check. I started in February this year, and so far I love this site..... Good luck! and be patient and stick with it.... BJ :flowerforyou:

Hi there! I too work out on the treadmill, but when I use MFP, it usually gives me more calories than what the treadmill says, I believe that MFP takes into account your body weight when figuring out your calories burned, so if you do not have that feature on your treadmill, I believe the closer number would be the MFP…

Way to go! You are doing a wonderful job. I to work 10 hour shifts at a hospital, but I workout before I go in because I work so late at night. I am starting to run more on the treadmill now, but not as much as you, I did do 3.5 miles without stopping today. Keep it up!:smile:

Hi Suzyblues, a good start to strength training is to begin with small dumbbells, a 5lb and a 8lb set would be a good start. There are lots of exercises that you can do with dumbbells, and they are not that expensive. I got a beginning weight training book to help me get started. Good Luck to you! Whatever you do, have fun…

We don't have any Starbucks up north where I live, the nearest one is in Wausau, but when I do go, I like to get a tall coffee with 2 shots of espresso, and sugar-free vanilla flavoring, I don't add to much skim milk, cuts on the calories......

Great Job! JennyLynn84, that is awesome. Keep it up, reading your post is a great inspiration to others, that they to can have great success using this site. Good luck, getting to that size 14, I know that you can do it! Lots of smiles......:smile: :smile:

Hi Lu, Just keep working at it, I want to reach the under 200lb mark, and last week I thought that I would be there already, but I hit a small road block, so this week I am just going to keep working at it, and remaining patient. Keeping track of my food and exercise on this website has really helped me already. Good luck…

Hi Lisa, sounds like you got a really good plan goin on. I am impressed. I too have been losing weight with MFP, about 2 pounds a week, but today was my weekly weigh-in, and I stayed the same. I am a little bummed. My plan is to work harder this week, and hopefully I will begin losing again. Good Luck to you!:smile:

Hi Kailey, welcome to MFP, so far using the site I have also had great results. It really opens your eyes to how many calories different foods really have. It is a nice site to keep track of everything, and to get some great advice. I wish you lots of luck during the next few weeks! :smile:

Hi Brandy, welcome to MFP, I think that this site is awesome, just take it day by day, and stick with it. Setting small goals, and not all at once will help you acheive your ultimate goal, good luck! :smile:

Great Job! Keep it up, you are doing great! :smile:

Hi Anna! Welcome to MFP. I am sure that you will find this an awesome site. Keeping track of your daily calories and exercise really is a nice way to keep in check with everything. Have fun with it! BJ :smile:

Great Job!, staying away from the late night snacking. That' been always hard for me, because I work in the lab from 1pm to 1130pm, and when I get home I used to have almost another meal. But since I have joined MFP, I have almost totally elliminated my late night snacking. I just have to make sure that my blood sugar is…

Wow! You sound ambicious this week.... My week will start hopefully with 5miles on the treadmill, then tues, the recumbent bike, and so on for a total of 6days, Saturday is my "last chance workout day" because I do my weigh-ins on Sunday, hopefully the weather will cooperate so I can get outside to workout some. Have a…

Hi Jen! Welcome to MFP, I am sure that you will find this an awesome site. Your from Ontario Canada, I remember all my fishing trips up to Helliar's resort on lake of the woods, it was always a fun time. I to recently joined MFP, and am having great success with it. I am from northern Wisconsin, but the fishing is nothing…

Good Morning to you! I usually start my day by having kashi "cocoa beach" granola and yoplait light yogurt, or I started eating new Thomas "bagel thins", which are only 110 calories and very yummy. I also enjoy village hearth light english muffins with "dark chocolate dreams" peanut butter. For cold cereals I usually stick…

Don't get discouraged, it sounds like you are doing a great job already! Just keep working at it, and remember when you gain muscle, the weight may come off slower. It sounds like you are doing everything correctly. Good luck to you!:smile: