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Try adidas micoach. There are apps for both iphone and android. You are able to create your own interval workouts from their website (micoach.com) and sync them to your mobile. If you complete a 12 minute assessment workout, the program will automatically determine your "levels" (blue, green, yellow and red corresponding…

I am a ranch fiend, so I buy ranch dressing/dip mix in the packets and add it to fat free sour cream with a little skim milk. It's 21 calories per tablespoon! If you want to change it up, add cumin and chili powder and you've got southwest ranch! Fat free sour cream is my new best friend. Add splenda and it's a tasty dip…

I think its called tzatziki. I absolutely love it! I wish I could find it in grocery stores. Anyone have a good recipe?

I had the same problem just this week! What to do with so much delicious avocado? I just mix it up with diced tomato and onion, a squirt of lime and a little sea salt and garlic powder for guacamole. Yum!

I love hummus! We have to buy the Costco tubs at my house. I don't know just HOW much better they are than potato or tortilla chips, but if you haven't tried 'em, pita chips are pretty stinkin' delicious for dipping, too!

Someone here mentioned something about sparkpeople.com. I checked it out, and definately too many bells and whistles for my taste BUT their food diary has preplanned meals and suggestions for different foods plugged in already to meet your calorie needs, so it might be helpful. You do have to register, but it's free.

Me too! Me too! 6 lbs down, 7 to go! mlillie, I am starting to wish that I hadn't told any of my face-to-face friendlies about my goals, either. It seems really difficult to explain to anyone I know about my "lifestyle changes" without them reacting like I've got an eating disorder! It's really frusterating. I want to be…

I used to have trouble eating all my cals, but I've gotten better at snacking a little more often between meals and spreading out the calories so I don't feel like I'm eating so much at one time. Also, I spent a week eating alll of my exercise cals and stopped losing. It probably had something to do with underestimating…

I miss pb&j :(

I'm a ranch fiend, and by no means any sort of cook/health food innovator, so I just mix in Uncle Dan's ranch dip mix (0 cals) with fat free sour cream and skim milk. It does the trick for about 10 calories a tablespoon :smile:

Okay, I realize the stuff actually has hidden calories, but I'm pretty sure it also has hidden crack. I eat it on bagels with spray butter, in milk with vanilla extract, on cereal, oatmeal, drinks... My most recent obsession (and it may be nothing new to some of you) is mixing it in with sour cream and putting it on…

my favorite is skim milk with a little vanilla extract and splenda. tastes like melted ice cream!

Thanks for all the help! I'm making myself a cheat sheet of nutrition bits for all the best stuff to grab for lunch. Of course, today the gang opted for Safeway soup. Okay, I can do soup, right? But no! Tomato bisque or loaded potato with bacon. 30 grams o' fat per cup. Yikes!

I know it would probably make more sense healthy-eating wise to skip fast food lunches altogether, but I really don't want to give up that extra getaway in my workday. I get paid for being the lunch-getter, free food, and generally spend a lot of time sitting around doing nothing at work. Basically, I look forward to…

I played a game pretty similar to this, except the rules were that no one was allowed to say the bride or groom's name in conversation, they had to refer them as "Bride" and "Groom". Oh, and we had little bells strung on ribbon to wear around our necks. It gets fun when you steal a whole load of bells from one person and…

I've had the same problem, and lately I've been trying to eat more for breakfast and lunch, and snacking in between, especially when I'm planning on going to the gym. I have read a few posts about late night eating, and it seems that the consensus is it's not going to do you any harm, except maybe for your sleep. I'd just…

So here's the thing. I'm living at home for the summer and my parents eat very late...sometimes after 8:00. I've found that pretty often I end up with a lot of calories to spend toward the end of the day, so I've been eating bigger dinners. It's tough to eat a small meal and finish off my calories after because there's…

I had my last training session today, after four weeks of making excuses not to go. I got weighed, measured, body fat pincher thing'ed, the works. Turns out, the scale at home is a lot friendlier than the wretched machine they keep at Gold's, not to mention my body fat is 4% HIGHER than when I started working out. I want…

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I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one! I try not to get into my eating habits and calorie counting biz with other people, but sometimes "No thanks, I already ate," doesn't cut it and I have to explain why I really would rather not join in on the midnight hot dog/root beer/tater chip buffet. Thanks for your suggestions!…

Two weeks and seven pounds later, I am in awe at how well this site really works. I tried my best to remain skeptical, and until today I was still a little worried that maybe my scale was tricking me, maybe I had just lost water weight from cutting back on my sodium, etc. etc. But the skinny jeans test does not lie.…

So, I've read through a post or two and it looks like I'm sounding like a broken record all over again. I really am trying to eat my cals, and I'll definitely start working a little harder at it. I'm learning to enjoy spending the calories I've saved up at the end of the day. But heck, I've never been on a diet and felt…

So here's the deal, I've always heard that diet should be paired with exercise so that when calorie intake goes down, workouts can keep the metabolism a-burnin'. And this is my question, if I go under my 1,200 calorie goal by 300 or so, is it really that bad? I spend at least 35 minutes doing cardio just about every day,…

So, I never intended to use this place for any sorta friends-making chit-chatting. No sir, strictly business here. Turns out I spend enough down time reading through random posts, I figgered I might as well slap together some of my own. So hello, from the majestic state of Idaho. This program rocks.