beutiful5678 Member

bump! i need meal ideas!

Bumping for later reading!

Hello and welcome! I think you will find this website and the people on it are fantastic! Best wishes and feel free to add me if you want. Jennifer PS - from your screenname am I to assume you have some sort of connection to Colorado? :smile:

So here is a post that someone on this site (who is very knowledgable) posted about MFP's calorie goal calculator: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/103155-the-mfp-goals-wizard-and-you-yes-you?hl=dumb+calculator Basically, MFP let's you create a calorie deficit at an unhealthy level if that is what you need according…

Yes, I would like to join with the others in shouting out a big THANK YOU for all of your work on this site. This site has done soooo much in helping me improve my eating habits.

I've heard that protein shakes are awful for you. Try Greek yogurt instead. Just throw some in the blender with some berries and you've got yourself and delicious breakfast!

I can't wait to try this! Sounds delicious

Thanks for sharing your recipe! I love the stuff!

Good info! Thanks!

I love to read! However, I've never read any books on nutrition so I'm excited to see what everyone says! (Mostly I'm posting this so I can easily find this in my list of topics I've responded to. Sorry for offering nothing substantive to your thread!)

Don't give up! As some others have suggested you may not be eating enough calories. First of all, go "Tools" and then "BMR Calculator." This will give you then minimum calories you should be consuming per day (NET). The reason I say net is because when you exercise you burn calories, when you enter that exercise in MFP, it…

I just did W1D2 and I did 10, 12, 8, 8, 12. This is sooo hard! I also did the situps and squats challenge and the situps are killer! eriny - You are incredible! The 100 Pushup Challenge is a six-week program to help people build up their strength to do 100 pushups. You can view the website here: http://hundredpushups.com/…

I LOVE breakfast! Thanks for a great post and some fantastic ideas!

Discerning between what our bodies *needs* and what our bodies *feel* is a tricky thing sometimes. After all, if all of us ate according to how we feel, many of us would never have started losing weight. During the initial phase of cutting calories we are retraining our bodies and minds to think that this new level of…

i am a morning person but i hate getting out of bed (it's just so comfy!) and i hate that tired feeling i have just after waking up. what i do is: 1) drink water before going to bed. not too much or else you will have to get up and go in the middle of the night - ugh! - but if you drink just enough you will need to get up…

i did day 1 yesterday and i'm sore! although it's mostly in my right arm so i have a suspicion that it is partly due to flexing in the mirror so much and admiring my arms :wink: and i'm only on day 1! haha good job everyone - keep it up!

Dumb or not, these ideas and cheap and therefore awesome! Thanks! I've heard this too! I should try it... I've started a 100 Pushup Challenge thread (thank you for suggesting this - I'm sure there would be some takers who are not interested for looking for support on a thread about boobs) and you can view it here:…

i am happy to report i did flys and the bench press this morning - straight, no inclined/declined (i don't have a bench.) i also did the "initial test" for the hundred pushup challenge. i am patheticly weak in my upper body and doing one (yes, one!) was a struggle and i could feel the air ripping through my nostrils as i…

I just looked at your food diary and from that I assume today is your first day? Trust me, it gets easier. Your body is used to consuming more calories and so it is sending you cues that say, "I"m hungry!" If you feel so inclined eat a small snack to satiate it - it takes time for our bodies to adjust to fewer calories.…

Jennifer, Jenny, Jen or whatever. I currently live in Boulder, CO but will shortly move to Denver, CO - I'm going to miss these Flatirons!

You bet! Sending one right now...

i too have bagged facebook. it's just not fun anymore - i guess that's what happens when you spend wayyyyy too much time there. :smile: most of my family and friends are there but there are so many other ways to communicate that i don't miss it in the slightest. (although i do resurface on facebook once in awhile -…

PS GooBeGone - I love your quote! It made me laugh. :smile:

I just enjoy running. It is a good way to challenge myself; it is a simple sport with very little equipment required; and requires little coordination (which is perfect for people like me who can't even walk in a straight line sober). As for the distance - it is fun to see how far and how hard you can push your body. There…

your starting weight on your ticker shows 168. the number of pounds lost on the side of the ticker is number of pounds lost from your starting weight. sooo if you want to show your progress from 172 then reenter your starting weight and then remake your ticker. when i've changed my goals it didn't show up on my ticker…

Also, if weighing yourself everyday is going to affect your motivation then don't do it! Weight fluctuations are normal. Try weighing yourself once a week.

i just read your plan... i think it's great! just make sure you clear it with your parents first. (you may be an adult but you are living in their house and you don't want them to think you are being subversive.)

that sucks. i had a difficult time living with my parents, too. i can honestly say we both matured the most when i stopped living with them at 16. she realized i was an individual capable of rational decisions and i realized she wasn't as mean and difficult to deal with as i thought. some people are just easier to love…

first off, this must be a very difficult time for you – no wonder you are having troubles! It hurts when other people express dissatisfaction with something as personal and intimate as physical appearance. i took a class in college were we wrote a lot about bodies and body image. with so many expectations and high…

bumping for reference! thanks!