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Either chocolate raspberry baked oatmeal or sausage, poblano & corn strata. I have not decided which, yet, but I know I'm in a brunch kinda mood. Even if it is 2pm.

Yup, meal timing/frequency is irrelevant unless it affects how you eat the rest of the time (binging, etc). Here are some useful reads: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/820577-meal-frequency-rev-up-that-furnace-lol http://www.biolayne.com/nutrition/carbs-at-night-fat-loss-killer-or-imaginary-boogeyman/ The first has…

What I've found most important to help me stay on track is just being consistent. I finally have a routine, and if something happens that messes with my routine (Travel, family visits, etc) I tend to go off the rails, eat too much, drink too much, smoke too much, and take a week or two to get back to being healthy. But…

Lifting. Eating. Currently cooking with ham, bacon, and sausage. And lots and lots of cheese.

This ^^ I still love Body Pump, and do it once a week or so (or did, until my gym membership lapsed), but people seem to view it more as cardio or interval training, though it certainly involves resistance training. I found Pump incredibly useful for a) getting me into the gym in the first place (I went with a friend) and…

Forgot one: oat & fruit pancakes. Soak 2 c oats in 3 c milk overnight, add 2 eggs, flour, salt & sugar to taste (I usually add 1 c flour and 1/4 c brown sugar), 1/4 c oil, and 1 tsp each baking soda & powder, and fruit to taste (I usually use apples, blueberries, bananas or a combination thereof). Depending on what fruit I…

Just chiming in to say "Listen to these people." Read the links they've provided, read other things they've posted. They know their s*(!@ and will put you on the right track. Cheers and good luck to you! :drinker:

I pretty much do this, but as far as favorite breakfast foods - baked chocolate oatmeal, quiche, and meat & veggie stratas. I eat breakfast for dinner a lot, and these are staples, esp since they freeze well.

I like you.

If you're fluent enough in doublethink, it can be both.

Thanks for the encouragement! Maybe I should set myself a challenge to take the plunge before the end of the year. My "old-year" resolution, if you will.

I do find the weekly net calories graph to be extremely useful. I get a lot hungrier and eat more on days that I weight train, or the day after weight training, so am almost always "over" on those days, but it all evens out in the end. I also think the weekly graph can be a valuable tool for people who get hung up on the…

Feel free to add me. I still use the scale to keep an eye on trends, but I don't really care what my weight is. I say I have an UGW in the 120s, but if I stay in the 130s, I won't sweat it. My goals are fitness oriented, and I want to continue getting stronger and lifting heavier. I don't have specific lifting goals that…

C'mon, haven't you ever heard of pistol squats?! Get it together, princess!

Just send me some to taste test and I will help with your crusade.

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I still don't know what I wanna be when I grow up (in terms of career, relationship, life in general) but bumming around and trying to figure it out is cool with me. Especially as long as it involves wasting substantial time on MFP.

Haha, love this, especially "But, Don’t You Want a Life?" And those women in the post really put me to shame. I'll get there someday, though!

Ooh, good point! I also generally pre-log, and that absolutely helps keep me on track. I really prefer to map out my food for the day in advance, and on days that I can't, like today (since I'm going over to my sister's for dinner) I try to be more mindful during the day.

Yup. All of this.

This depends on whether or not the person has their profile set to private. If they have a public profile, you can see the other posts they have made by viewing their profile. There is a "recent forums post" column that shows up under their "about me" and friends' list.

When I've cooked something, I usually enter the recipe, with weighed ingredients, into the recipe builder. After cooking, I weigh the entire end product and divide that weight by the number of servings I want, so that I know how many grams or ounces each individual serving is. Like, I make beans and rice a lot. I'll weigh…

I don't know if you SHOULD eat breakfast, unless eating breakfast helps you for one reason or another. I feel like it's dealer's choice. People have had success with IF, some people have had success with grazing. Some useful reads on meal frequency/timing:…

0% breakfast 10% lunch 50% dinner 40% snacks I do almost all my eating in the late afternoon and evening. Coffee is the breakfast of champions. :drinker:

^^ This. I used to only weigh myself once every week or two, but I've become more interested in seeing how what I eat, how much sodium I ingest, my period, etc, impacts my weight, so I tend to weigh myself every day now. I still only record every couple weeks, since weight does fluctuate so much. But if the number on the…

I can relate, I have gained back about one-third to half of what I'd lost, simply because I stopped being mindful of my eating. I also have been allowing myself to overindulge in bad habits that encourage overeating. I'm working on getting back on track by eliminating some of my triggers and being conscientious about…

That's pretty amazing! I can't think of much that is more fulfilling or rewarding than knowing you made such an enormous impact on someones' lives. Especially when you think about how many more people you're helping by extension, if the son goes on to assist other people as you did.

This does not work for me. I need my pre-bedtime dessert fix.

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:laugh: :laugh: I love nerdfitness...!