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Thanks for the replies guys! Crystal, there is one I should be able to make it to every week, but unfortunately it's between two lift days and after I train again everything tightens back up. :) There is another I should be able to make it to some weeks. Juju, good to know, I have terrible posture as well haha.

Niner, she has only been having me do upper body and abs while reclined on the bosu or stability ball lately. Do you think I should stop that too? Cherry, thanks. I may try the hot Bikram, but I am not sure I will like the hot room. I can only stay in the sauna a few minutes.

It only happened to me once, when I forgot to eat my snack before.

You know how many calories are burned by stripping? :)

I don't know, but it affects my mood considerably. If I don't get enough, there will be rage.

Divide it in half before you start eating. Half you will take with you. If you drink water and eat slow, it will be enough. If you don't think so, get a side green salad and eat the whole thing with dinner. I know a lot of people who have always done this, and they didn't even have particular nutrition goals, they are just…

Have you been measuring it every week? Make sure you don't measure more often than that to account for daily height fluctuations.

If he lost 22 lbs because he has journeyed to this from eating at McDonald's five times a day, then he has made great progress.

I don't drink energy drinks, but there is lush in my diary each and every day.

Hint: if you have a freezer where you can store stuff at work, and a microwave, you don't have to keep Lean Pockets in there. I have a big bag of broccoli, a big bag of spinach, and a big bag of unsweetened blueberries in my work's freezer.

Maybe I am strange, but I just heat it up and eat it. It took a couple of days to get used to, but now I like it. Even better with plain heated frozen broccoli or cauliflower.

Water from salt from the snacks. If the system thinks you'll lose 1.2 lbs a week at 1200, then it has you at a 600 deficit which means your maintenance is 1800. You were still under your maintenance calories Friday and only 200 over on Saturday.

Everyone is different, but very single day, I weigh 5lbs more in the evening than I do first thing in the morning. Every day.

I get the salad bowl with black beans, fajita onions and peppers, mild salsa, 1/2 serving medium salsa, and full serving of delicious guacamole and no salad dressing. It's under 400 calories and I am full for hours and hours.

I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. I also hail from the land of the Markets Sanitary and Unsanitary.

That is interesting. I haven't been quite as strict as you, but I've been slowly edging my way closer away from refined sugar and closer to berries being the only fruit. Then today I had a nectarine and a Clif Builder bar and I have been sick as a dog since about half an hour later.

It would make a nice MFP feature.

Carrots and hummus. Kinda light, but I just had a Clif Builder bar at 11 :D

The Spaten is going to be the lowest calorie beer. That being said, most of the others are probably within 50-70 calories of it in a pint, so for that margin it's worth it to get a different one if you will enjoy it much more. This is a tough food menu. The only fish entree is wrapped in pancetta and fried. Perhaps the…

I started in June at 133, now 125. I am focusing on strength building and thinking about switching to maintenance.

I have been drinking it for 11 years. I like it because it is not milk from a cow that is fed all the antibiotics and GMO corn and then you are getting all of the hormones of a lactating cow on top of it. I still drink it but less often now thanks to the newer options of readily available almond or coconut milk. I really…

I have been using Sun Warrior. It is made from brown rice. There are also hemp or pea, I am going to try one of those next.

No but I tried the snake oil.

My username is no joke. Some people eat healthy all day so they can have a cupcake or ice cream or whatever, I do so I can try to meet my macros and still have a few drinks. It was worse before I joined MFP. I drank twice as much and hardly ate anything. I am sure some of my MFP friends who never drink are aghast at my…

I like Alter Eco Organic Fair Trade Dark Chocolate Blackout 85%. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea though. It is NOT real sweet.

I have stopped eating many foods, and not just for the purpose of weight loss. If you want to lose your appetite for a certain food, learn more and more about where it really comes from and what it really is until it is gross to you.

If it's too tough, you can fix that by simmering it. If it's also flavorless, you can fix that at the same time by highly flavoring the simmering liquid. After that when you fry it (or cook using another method) you can also try cooking it longer, and cutting it thin. It's kind of the opposite of meat, it gets less tough…

Can't see your diary, but I'll just put this out there. Are you certain it's the sugar you're craving and not the fat? I have never been much of a sugar eater, but if I feel like I want something and I'm angry for no reason, I usually look at my diary and find that my fat intake is too low.

I think the salty taste is the electrolytes and potassium... Gatorade has the same taste although they added corn syrup and citric acid to try to cover it up.

Obviously, if folks are chatting and such while working out, they are not giving it 100% of their attention. That said, I think it is important to remember not to make a snap judgment about others' level. Anyone could be rehabbing from an injury or illness. Whatever level you personally are at, there is always going to be…