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The TOM affects married men too. I notice when it arrives in the house we go out to dinner a lot more often. Oh, and personally my beer consumption increases for a week. :drinker: Probably the best thing we've discovered is that massage helps tremendously. It's good strength training for me to have to give her a massage…

I keep my logged foods for the day they're eaten in. It'll look odd, the day prior may be short and the day they're logged in will be high, but they balance is there. By all means log everything! Just don't worry too much about a given day but the general trend over time. I know that my Monday & Thursday look bad, but…

I'm a director in an IT office Junk food isn't much of a problem, but going out to lunch every day has been. Since I've started packing lunch it's been the single most incredible change in my eating habits. My wife is an amazing cook and has that metabolism that doesn't gain weight. She's been helping a LOT. The other big…

*whew* I'm not getting shorter, my clothes are getting longer! :smile: D

Welcome Aboard! As an experienced drinker I'm also looking at the numbers for various types of alcohol and their effect on my diet. For me it's been a question of quantity of alcohol instead of what I'm drinking. So, I've pretty much switched to vodka & cranberry juice. It's not perfect, but I don't drink every day, just…

Amen brother. Personally, I'm just doing what I know is healthier than what I was eating, so just stick with your plan. As to sodium, I've determined that unless I eat raw rice, I'll rarely make the sodium gods & godesses happy. As such, I'll avoid it if possible. However if I'm out for dinner and order the steamed veggies…

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Thanks Tracy, and good luck on your's too! D

Thanks Allie, there's water in beer, right? So 8 beers a day? I can cut down to that. :laugh: Seriously though, the sodium amounts in everything are off-the-wall! That's been my biggest impetus to drink water, to flush as much of that out as possible. For myself, other than the occasional fried egg or baked potato (each…

Thanks for the advice! Even I can understand that logic. :wink: Sincerely, D

Welcome to MFP and you're definitely in the right place! Be sure to allow yourself a failure now and again, but keep your eyes on the long term goal! :smile: Best of luck, D