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Figure out which foods are causing you the most problems and tell them to take a flying f---, I mean leap. :devil: Sorry, but food addictions in myself really piss me off, and I just refuse to have anything to do with those foods anymore. It's the only way I don't fall off the wagon over and over and over. (Been there.)…

I'm always sitting here while I eat my meals, logging what I'm eating, and posting to the forums. And I'm late to a lot of things on a regular basis. Just missed a workout :bigsmile: (due to computer in general, not just MFP -- World of Warcraft :devil: LOL) but I can do something later today.

Dalawna, it can be VERY hard to eat in the company of others sometimes. I start to feel just a LITTLE bit obsessed with food when no one else is worrying about what they eat as much as I am. But I'm also usually the healthiest one in the room, so that's motivation for me to keep worrying. :laugh: I know that if I follow…

I'd say give up fast food. Fast food salads are often made with nothing but iceberg lettuce, which is about as nutritionally deficient as water. Of course, water is good for you for other reasons, but iceberg lettuce is a waste of the effort it takes to eat it (and it's gross, in my opinion :laugh: ). If you're going to…

Jan. 2 Meals #1 1/2 c dry oatmeal, cooked 1/4 c cottage cheese Sliced apple 1/4 c skim milk 1/8 c cashews Stevia Calories: 367 #2 1/2 c lowfat plain yogurt 1/4 c lowfat cottage cheese 14 almonds 1 T trail mix Stevia 2 slices turkey bacon (it's hard not to eat what my kids eat sometimes) Calories: 311 #3 Whole wheat wrap 2…

When I use butter, I make something called Better Butter. You mix equal amounts of real butter and olive oil (or other healthy oil) in a food processor or blender. It hardens in the fridge, but it's easy to spread, and you get the best of both worlds -- real butter and healthy oil.

"Normal" is way overrated! :happy: Use your anger as motivation. Refuse to let food control you, and take the culprit foods and kick them to the curb! :mad: When you make healthy eating a habit, you will feel in control because you won't even want those other foods so much anymore. I've been dealing with a few sugar…

Oh, thanks. :laugh:

What does SBF stand for?

Meal #1 Oatmeal, apple, cashews, skim milk, egg whites Calories: 362 Meal #2 Coffee 2 T half and half 1/2 T maple syrup Calories: 78 (Not really a meal, but it satisfied me for a little while) Meal #3 1/2 c quinoa 1/2 chicken breast Calories: 257 Meal #4 1/2 c coffee 1 T half and half 1/2 c plain lowfat yogurt 1/4 c…

It must be very tough to eat clean in college! We're here for you! :happy:

We're hippies, too! Hippie homeschoolers, lol! I know all about family pressure. :laugh: You just have to live the life you want to live and forget what everyone else thinks. It's the same with clean eating. Almost no one gets it, and they think we're weird to be different. :ohwell: Oh well! :smile:

The elliptical has saved me this year because I haven't been able to run. I use them at the gym and love them. See if your friend will let you take it for a test workout. I will always do the elliptical, even when (being positive! :happy: ) I can run again.

Oh yeah, how could I forget running?!!!! My goal is to run in 2009 -- just run! Any amount that I can do will make me happy! :happy: :cry: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Happy New Year!!! The girls and I were just talking about what a milestone year 2009 is for us. My oldest becomes a teenager and turns 13, my youngest turns 10, and I hit the big 4-0 (in seven days)!!! I am proud of my milestone age because I feel about 25, and that's a major accomplishment for me! It's…

Let's start the new year by working toward becoming what we want to be -- healthy and full of energy! The 80 Percent Principle says that the body is 10 percent genetics, 10 percent exercise, and 80 percent nutrition. Therefore, in order to improve the way we look and feel, the most important thing that we can do is focus…

That's about how I feel right now. I've given up worrying about what the scale says. Now if I could just give up worrying about how many calories I'm eating! :laugh: I swear counting calories is an obsession and I can't stand NOT knowing how many calories I'm eating. :grumble: If I'm eating healthy, only eating when I'm…

Meal #1 Sliced banana 1/4 c Grape Nuts 1/2 c skim milk Meal #2 1 c cooked oatmeal 1 sliced apple 1/8 c cashews 1/4 c skim milk 1/4 c egg whites Meal #3 1/2 c lowfat plain yogurt 1/4 c cottage cheese 1/8 c Grape Nuts 1/8 c raisins Stevia Tossed salad 1 T Drew's dressing 14 almonds Meal #4 1.5 c green grapes 1 slice whole…

Stevia is an herbal extract that is sweeter than sugar, has no calories, and supposedly no side effects, like spiked insulin levels. I get mine from the health food store. I like the NOW brand liquid form, and it only requires a few drops to sweeten a drink or a food, so one bottle lasts quite a long time. It also comes in…

Consider it a New Year's Eve treat! Or a that-time-of-the-month treat. I think we all need those. Thankfully, it only comes around once a month! We're doing the same tonight -- just hanging out as a family, playing the Wii and computer games, and watching movies. I didn't go crazy buying junk food like I have in the past.…

I disagree. That's like saying cocaine is natural because it comes from the coca plant. Sugar cane may be a plant, but the way that it's heavily processed into white sugar takes away its status as natural. The end product looks nothing like the plant it comes from. A "natural" food goes through as little processing as…

Dalawna, that looks like a great website. I'm going to download the ebook. Thanks!

Do you like straight honey or maple syrup? You could probably mix those things in water. What about maple sugar candy? Boomi Bars (protein bars made with honey). I don't know, that would be a tough one. I've never run a marathon (nor done a triathlon), so can't say what I would do.

Me too on the "one bite leads to days of binging." And seven miles is no "small accomplishment"! It's probably the most I've ever run at one time. I'm envious of anyone who is running at all. :flowerforyou: Sigh! I don't think I'll ever be a winter runner. We have major snow today.

To find the nutrition content on a food, go to the food tab and click on Database. Koolaid has no nutrition content except for the empty calories in the sugar and a tiny bit (10% DV) of artificially added vitamin C. I would definitely classify Koolaid as "sugar is pain." LOL :laugh:

STS stands for Shock Training System, Cathe Friedrich's latest strength training program. It consists of 41 workouts on 41 DVDs. It's huge! From the site: "Only STS gives you a different workout every time and that means you won’t have to worry about hitting plateaus or workout boredom. The advantage of STS is you maximize…

Junk food does add water weight. For me, I always notice that as soon as I clean up my eating up, some of the weight just melts right off. It only takes about three days. Processed foods and sugars make you puffy. It's not all fat because it would be impossible to gain weight that fast. Just clean up your diet and you will…

The only one I use is Stevia, and I'm thinking of weaning myself off that (not buying any more when it's gone). A lot of the other ones give me headaches, which I consider a blessing because it keeps me away from them! :laugh: Also, I know several people who use artificial sweeteners religiously, and they just keep getting…

I pre-ordered STS, cancelled it, and then pre-ordered it again. It's finally coming soon! I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm excited to be getting some new workout videos. "Never the same workout twice" will be right up my alley! Anyone else waiting for STS to come?

Hi, Debbie! When I first started exercising this time around, I was coming off a couple of years of no exercise and sitting around all the time. I couldn't even go for a walk without getting sore! So I started out walking, too. You can only start from where you are, but the body adjusts to exercise pretty quickly. The…