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  • Here is your motivation: You deserve to feel spectacular! Not just on your wedding day, but every day. You will feel SO MUCH better when you are at a healthy weight. 2 - 3 pounds a week is a good goal, so start with one week at a time. Eat colorful veggies and lean meat., a handful of nuts a day. Drink plenty of filtered…
    in 1 Year Until My Wedding...advice on getting motivated? Comment by ovenbird May 2014
  • Eating out is fraught with pitfalls. I was week willed, in a hurry, and hungry one Wednesday so I drove through Culver's and got a Co Jack Pub Burger double with sweet potato fries. After I came home I checked the info when logging it into MFP. EEK! I had consumed 963 calories in the burger and 441 in the sweet potato…
    in What meal do you buy when you have to eat out? Comment by ovenbird September 2012
  • Hi. Well, I guess the answer is, if you must drink juice, use concentrate. Not from concentrate has a very long expiration date on it. This means that it is ultra pasteurized. When it is done being heat treated this way, vitamin C is dead, and the liquid has lost all fruit flavor. So then they have to reintroduce the fruit…
    in Concentrate or not-from-Concentrate? Confused Comment by ovenbird September 2012
  • Ways I dress salads to avoid fat are: just use salt and freshly ground pepper, or Braggs Organic Apple Cider Vinegar or a balsamic vinegar, which are sweeter and milder than other vinegars, or lemon juice, or salsa. My salads have a lot of fresh herbs from my garden, so those give lots of good flavor, plus I have tomatoes…
    in What salad dressings/dips do you use? Comment by ovenbird September 2012
  • I'd just e happy with a spoonful of organic peanut butter and skip the cool whip. I don't care for engineered "foods" like whipped topping, let alone low fat versions of it.
    in Cool Whip Peanut Butter Treats Comment by ovenbird September 2012
  • in Raw Milk Anyone? Comment by ovenbird August 2012
  • Raw Milk? YES PLEASE!@!!!! I live in Iowa and it is illegal to sell raw milk here. I was introduced to raw milk when in Missouri where it is legal to buy it at the farm where it is produced. First, your raw milk should come from an organic pasture where there have been no chemicals to interfere with the healthy microbial…
    in Raw Milk Anyone? Comment by ovenbird August 2012
  • I was a long time user of aspartame and splenda, then stevia. I now am a user of cane sugar, agave syrup, honey, etc. Here is why: I had read for a long time about brain effects of aspartame. Last summer I was with a nephew at Mayo Clinic. He had leukemia and with side effects of treatment was having a very hard time…
    in Aspartame Vs Sugar Comment by ovenbird August 2012
  • Substitute cooked quinoa for bulgar wheat in a tabbouleh salad recipe.
    in Quinoa recipes?? Comment by ovenbird June 2011
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