skinnyjess15

BUMP Thank you for posting this!

Congrats, you look amazing!!

Sure, just type in Zumba workouts and it'll bring up all sorts of videos. It was fun!

Five kiddos here. Four girls (ages 10, 9, 7, and 4) and one boy, age 2.

I have never understood the calories in v. calories out thing....put it in Laymen's terms? :happy:

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I'm happy to know that I'm not alone in my journey to eat less and less fast food. It was a big change for me, but I did it and I intend to keep going in this direction. I don't even like going to sit down restaurants too much anymore. Cooking at home has become a passion of mine and that way, I know what's going into the…

Don't tell yourself you're giving it up forever because you may start to feel deprived and then start indulging when you give into the cravings. Everything in moderation is key.

Philly cheese steak and fries...now THAT is something I could never give up permanently. That's some good stuff!!

Ohhhh, I LOVE deli's!!!!!

My plan is to savor every bite of my dinner and then drink TONS of water. :) Although, I'm under my sodium goal by a long shot for today!

I have already made huge strides in cutting back on all the crap I used to eat, I know the rest of it will come soon enough, but certainly not overnight. I'm proud of myself for recognizing that it's not good for you and not eating it except a few times here and there. I don't want to say I'll never eat it again because…

I hear people say they hate the taste of water, my husband being one of them. Water HAS no taste.

When I first signed up here (November 2011), I was weighing myself several times a day. I have backed off to once a week, every Monday morning. It was really hard to resist the scale at first, but it does get easier with time. You don't even think about it once you've gotten into the habit of only doing it once a week.…

There is a rule in my house and has always been: You get what you get and you don't throw a fit. Either you eat what I make or you go hungry. They can make a healthy sandwich if they'd like, but usually they'll pout and eat what I've made. I don't have the money to be making special meals for people. I cook healthy for the…

Wow, that's a shame!! I love Aunt Millie's bread! What's your address? I'll overnight you some! LOL

I was actually thinking of eating an apple w/peanut butter for a snack, but that'll take me WAY over my carbs...I think. Is it bad to go over on them?

I log cleaning house, too, because I do it everyday and there's always lots to do. I wear my HRM when I do it, though, so I know my cals logged are accurate.

Thank you, that makes perfect sense! I just get nervous when I see '0 calories remaining' or something like that. I weigh in every Monday morning, so tomorrow is another moment of truth. I didn't log my weight last week because of TOM, so I'm hoping I'll have a loss tomorrow. If not, I have to take a different approach to…

I am literally racking my brain trying to figure this out. Help me out, MFP friends! :( Right now this is the calorie breakdown: 1300 is my goal and I've had 560 in exercise cals, I've got 484 cals remaining. Are those calories to be eaten back? I don't understand. Do I aim to have a low number of calories remaining at the…

That's what I'm struggling with. I feel like I eat well, but sometimes things go in the red by a little. I have been at this since November and never ate back any of my exercise cals. I'm almost afraid to. Care to take a look at my diary and let me know what you think? I would appreciate it. :)

Even if some of my stuff is in the red?

This happens to me!

We just had ribeye steak, golden yukon potatoes with dill/butter, and steamed carrots/broccoli. Sooo good!

Mine is set to moderately active, I think? I have 5 kids and am constantly on the move, whether it be doing laundry, running errands, cooking meals, cleaning house, etc, etc. You get the jist.

Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm planning on measuring tomorrow morning. I started here a month ago and have yet to take measurements. Kinda mad at myself for that.

You are ripped.