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1/2 roasted sweet potato, 1 cup leftover roasted cauliflower. When I get to work I'll have a Fiber One bar from the vending machine and coffee with splena and cream.

I highly recommend a book called "Body By You" by Mark Lauren. It is all body weight exercises but tailored toward women. What is great about the book is that each exercise category has 25 different exercise starting from easy to extremely challenging and you step up gradually. For example for push ups you start by doing…

I've been doing pretty well lately without cooking. I like to cook -- but just haven't had the time. A normal day for me is: Breakfast: hard boiled egg or a cheese stick and piece of fruit Lunch: take-out salad. Be careful to look up the calories of the salad AND the dressing -- they can really vary. Mid-afternoon snack -…

Have you looked at the "Couch to 5K" program? It is just a method of starting slow -- mostly walking with short bursts of running -- and then moving up to running a bit more and a bit more until you are running a 5K. I mention it because you might find that doing something that is part of a planned program will make it…

My biggest tip is to find a "ethnic" grocery store i.e. a non-chain grocery store in a Mexican or Indian or Asian neighborhood. I live in a neighborhood that has a large Hispanic population and the produce in our local grocery store is SO CHEAP. The other day I got two huge bags of fresh fruits and vegetables and my total…

If you do a search for Southern Comfort when you are logging your foods you will see that one shot (one ounce) has 70 calories and 3 grams of carbs. So .. does 70 calories/3grams of carbs fit in your calorie/carb goal for today? If so then yes -- just log it like you would any other food. That of course assumes that the…

You look fantastic!

Well, it kind of depends on how much work you want to put into it and what you define as "healthy." That being said ... One of the cheapest options for breakfast is oatmeal. And I don't mean the kind that come it the little packet, I mean the round can of oatmeal. For breakfast I just take a half cup of oatmeal and put it…

Try taking a dance class or zumba or some other class -- especially one you have to pay for in advance. Then you have to go becuaes you already paid for it and, if you are like me, going to that class will inspire you to exercise outside of class. Another way -- make a work-out date with a friend. if they are expecting you…

I do something similar but I use canned pumpkin and I also add skim milk to the "sauce" mixture. Basically I take 1.5 cups skim milk and bring it to a simmer then stir 1/2 can of pumpkin, one 8 oz bag of shredded cheddar cheese, 1 tsp mustard powder and 1/4 tsp cayanne pepper. When the cheese is melted the sauce is done.…

I have heard that getting an adequate amount of sleep each night can help curb hunger. My guess is that if you have a 2 1/2 year old you might not be getting enough sleep! :-)

If you have a smart phone you can probably find a free app that will count steps and do other things that the fitbit does. I had a fitbit and di like it but accidentally put it in the washing machine after having it a month. I don't want to spend ANOTHER $100 so I am sticking with Accupedo which is a free android app.

If you have an iphone or android phone try downloading a motion tracking app and see if that gives you what you want. I have Accupedo which is free and I feel it works almost as well as my fitbit did before I ruined it by putting it in the wash.

I had one and really liked it but about 3 months after getting it I ran it through the wash and it was no more. And I remember when I got it there were all these warnings about not putting it in the wash and I thought "Who would be stupid enough to do that?" But after a while you get so used to it being on you that you…

For a slightly different take -- I used to get cramps in my feet when I started ballet lessons and now after a year of classes I don't any more. I attribute this to the fact that the little muscles in my feet at first were just not strong enough for what I was asking them to do. So if you are doing much more exercising…

I eat sliced raw zucchini all the time as a snack. Sometimes for variety I will sprinkle with Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb or Lemon Pepper.

Carry light weights (like 5 lbs) and do arm exercises as you walk -- that will help with the arms. When you get home from the walk do a set of crunches or even better some pilates -- that well help with the belly. As previously said you can't spot reduce but as you lose weight you will start to be able to see the muscles…

Do the same thing you do with regular pasta. Or are you looking for pasta recipies in general?

I am a 34/36DDD and I have tried many sports bras. My two current favorites are: Moving Comfort Fiona bra -- this is a major masher but it WILL hold you in place! It comes in lots of cute colors and looks like a bra top so if the straps are visible it doesn't matter. Moving Comfort Luna bra -- this is also very supportive…

I live in Chicago and don't own a car and when I started doing this I wondered the same thing, so I got a fitbit in part to find out how much walking I do on a daily basis. Though it is certainly more than I used to do when I lived in a small town and drove everywhere it really only added up to about a mile a day which I…

You don't need to calculate anything -- MFP has already done it for you. When you signed up you said if your goal was to loose 1 lb per week or 1.5 or whatever. The calories that MFP is telling you that you have for the day take that into consideration.

Are you planning to buy groceries that you will take home and cook or are you planning to buy ready-to-eat items that you can take straight to the picnic?

So sorry for your loss .... Ditto to what others said about letting go of what has happened and just starting today with getting back on track. I don't work at a fast food place but at my work we do have an all-to-available snack machine as well as lots of free leftover food from client lunches. My strategy is to basically…

Put a nice shake of olive oil on top of all of your food before you eat it. I would think that would do the trick.

When I first started doing this I spent a lot of time reading books (on my kindle) written by people telling their weight loss stories. Reading these stories helped me to work through some of my issues with emotional eating. And I think it makes a difference to read something book-length and not just blogs or posts. In a…

A couple of questions: 1. When you signed did you choose "sedentary" as your level of daily activities? Sounds like you should have chosen "active." 2. What did you set as the amount you want to loose per week? MFP recommends 1 lb per week, if you choose more than that you may want to change it to 1 lb per week. I would…

I saw this listed in the MFP database: "Chipotle Vegetarian Burrito - Flour Tortilla, Black Beans, Fajita Veggies, Tomato Salsa, Corn Salsa, Guacamole - 680 Calories" That sounds similar to what you are thinking of so that gives you an idea. If you are thinking of getting the chicken on the side for protein I wouldn't…

Perhaps this image will help: Here is my diary so far today: (Edited captions on second image.)

There are two ways to do this. One is the easy way i.e. let MFP do the work. If you want to eat more either reduce your goal of how much you want to loose each week (I started with 2 lbs but that was unsustainable so I change to 1 lb per week) or do some exercise each day and log it and MFP will automatically adjust your…

What is your goal here? Are you looking for alternatives that are lower in calories? Or ones that incorporate more vegetables? Or things that are lower in fat or sodium or cholesterol or something else? Or are you just concerned about variety in his diet? Or what?