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laurie, make sure you are eating at least 1200 cals per day, net (after exercise etc.) you need a certain amt to make sure your body does not go into starvation mode. i personaly think if your net is under 1200 per day consistently, you are going to feel like poo and have a hard time making the numbers move. also agree,…

i have gluten allergy- celiac and follow a strict gluten free diet. i very very rarely eat cakes or brownies that are GF at all. i think its been 4 yrs since i had any sort of donut. but otherwise i eat a pretty regular sorta diet.- just not with wheat. feel free to friend me, my diary is open. take care and good luck.

sounds awesome! thanks for the post. bump.....

GREAT JOB!!! can totally see it in your cheeks, esp near your nose and along your jawline. YOU CAN DO THIS!! wishing you much love and luck and your journey. anytime you are feeling down, pull up this thread and read all the people on here who are shouting out from their computers that you are DOING A GREAT JOB!!!

real eggs. from chickens that run around locally. i am blessed to live where lots of neighbors keep chickens. there is alot to be said about free roaming chickens that can eat whatever is around the coop....the eggs are more healthy for you. in the grocery i pay about 1.50 or so for regular eggs. free roaming local eggs…

i cook ALOT from allrecipes and from fine cooking. i substitute when it is a pasta thing. one thing i don't do alot of breads, cookies, cakes. just not a big fan of the texture, and honestly there is SOOOOOO much food out in the world folks, not gonna make or break me if i dont' eat a cookie. i love cheesecake, which is…

sorry you are having to deal with this. it sounds like your mom doesn't understand how genetic things work. that they can 'skip' a generation or a kid, and specific to celiac, while you may carry all of the celiac genes, they may never get turned on. i think you live and eat the way we do here. i am the only one in my…

i am 100% gluten free. i have celiac disease diagnosed by labs TTG 239 and endoscopy (2 scopes over 1 year, first with severe cobbling in the intestine positive for celiac, second with healing villi, dx celiac). its an all or nothing sorta thing my friend. there are many who feel better cutting out pasta, flour bread…

a common topic here is the calorie goals. i think certainly each person has a different bar for many many reasons. current weight and height, loss goals for each week, etc... but many will tell you there is a certain 'break even' point. for some it might be 1200 cals others, higher or lower depending on so many things. you…

i'll drink to that. feel free to add me. i can use all the help and support i can get too!

RN. i work in an internal medicine office. have been an RN for 18 years.

at the gym i go to it lists the cals burned on posters they have to advertise for the class. right now i am doing bodycombat and bodystep. the newest release is supposed to be 764 calories for bodycombat and in the 600's for bodystep. since the instructors always mix up the classes a bit and sometimes do old releases, i…

i agree with the water thing. i am 5'4" and if i work it out hardcore and i'm sore for a few days, my weight is always up. i have done a mix of bodycombat, bodypump, bodystep and then easier stuff like walking the dogs around the hills near my home and gardening, yardwork. the days when i work like a dog, i am always up…

i use the recipe builder and put in exact amts of the ingredients. to figure out portions, i weight the entire pot of food on a food scale, subtract out the weight of the pot. that tells me how many ounces the food is. then i portion out what i consider to be "one portion". i weigh that, then divide by the total weight to…

my 3 fav ways: #1 when i have the cals avail: take a nonstick pan, put on low low heat, melt 1 tsp butter, add to this, 2-3 eggs that have been beaten with 2-3 tbsp of half and half. heat on low, cook the eggs very slowly. salt and pepper to taste. may take up to 10min to soft scramble. use a soft spatula. the eggs are…

1.5 cups of fruity pebbles and 1 cup skim milk. don't ask me why but this seems to do it for me. if i want chocolate, i use the low cal choc milk in it instead. only 340 cals, and its fortified so there are some good things in it. its a good filler for when you want the really bad stuff.

our first family dog was a husky. we named him carolinas golden sirius. he had to have a fancy pedigree name. we called him sigh. our black lab mix is mae or maemae our female mastiff we named lulu. she is aforce to be reckoned with. i love that she has a dopey name but is so the very opposite. lots of nicknames for her.…

oh and i would not do a supplement at all. again, i think there are enough sources of nutrients you can find in the diet you choose to eat.

i think balance is the key. balance in the types of foods you eat, balance in how much of them you eat. i have celiac disease and have been gluten/wheat/rye etc... free now for almost 3 yrs. if it wasn't bad for me. bad meaning making me physically ill. vomiting, diarrhea, painful joints, hair loss, bloating the list goes…

rice noodles ( i have celiac disease) and baileys on the rocks. oh and margaritas... not together of course, but yummy nonetheless.

bump. looks fantastic. love quinoa and i have loads of peppers in the garden right now. perfect!

the rights: -exercise of some sort almost daily. either walking the dogs 2 miles up and down hills or that and the gym for some crazy psycho butt lifting class. -enjoying life at parties etc and not feeling like i am a slave to my weight. the wrongs: -saving up my cals each day for booze or candy. sigh. i wish they were…

i think losing 4-6 lbs per month is much more reasonable. and doable.

yes its the acid in your stomach burning the inside of your esophagus. the esophagus can't tolerate the acid of the stomach. long term effects of this include cancer of the esophagus. i too hope you are getting the help you need.

i agree with others posting here. if you start drinking too much protein shakes and fuel bars and whatever, you are going to ruin the work you have had done. stick with a 100 cal snack or so. a banana, a yogurt or a piece of fruit and plain ole water. the rest is just hype. if you have a crazy workout, ie. bike 20+ miles…

if i am not eating lunch or dinner right after i work out, banana, water or chobani yogurt and water.

agree 100% with tangal88. if you take a day or 2 off from the gym, you'll diuresis the extra water weight. following that kind of workout with little calories is hard on the body.

try things that don't need to be refridgerated super cold. like others said, nuts, fruits. a pb sandwich. granola bars. rice cakes, string cheese, carrot sticks. they can hold up to temps that are a little warmer. other alternative. buy a 10 pack of roaring waters juice pouches. freeze one or 2 overnight and WALA! instant…

for popcorn i buy the dry store brand, the one with just the popcorn seeds, for 99 cents. i take a brown paper bag, a lunchbag, and put about 1/3 cup of seeds in it. i turn the open end under twice and tape it with scotch tape to seal it. i then fold the bag in 3rds, just like the microwave bags are, making sure the seeds…

forgot a few more. brown rice lundberg wild rice blends quinoa skim milk buttermilk canned tuna/crab i buy local eggs, as i live in the country, high in omega 3's olive oil popcorn i do buy deli meats, but only stuff that is lean, and has no additives etc... i have celiac disease, so in a way, i am lucky i can't eat alot…