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You look amazing!

I am up for a challenge! How many spots are left?

Lots of good info here! Hope it helps you. If I am around lots of snacks and dips then try to eat half of it in veggies without (or very little) dip. And substitute either lemon water w/ice or a no calorie soda for everyother drink. Fills you up, you are doing exactly what everyone around you are, and yet you are cutting…

My hubby is on here, but is doing WeightWatchers online. I hate that all veggies and fruits are "free" for him and he can eat as many as he wants! But I couldn't see spending the money for the 2 of us to do WW and I love MFP! I agree, its definitely not been a diet for me. More of a game. I get excited when I am under…

Sleep of Death (a Shakespearean Murder Mystery) in your pants by Phillip Gooden and Basket Case in your pants by Carl Hiaasen lol

Haas have more calories per ounce than Florida Avocados. Tricky part is the FL Avocados are 2-3 times bigger, so if you eat a whole Haas it will be less cals than a whole FL one. They both taste great, but Haas are a little richer in taste. Hope this helps! As a fellow Avocado enthusiast, I absolutely LOVE them!

I own a hearse. Her name is Midnight.

grammymelPolly was my first and she is still a huge support and I love her! One amazing Lady! Thank You Polly!

Very awesome! Thanks! Totally want to try the margarita, can't wait!

I find that a salad and an apple a day keeps me quite regular. Plus water. If I drink less than 8 glasses of water a day I throw the whole system off.

Welcome and good luck!!!

My cell and 2 rubber bands from Christmas lights.

Hubby smoked a pork butt, then we had broccoli and a baked potato. It was super delicious!

Makes my hubby crazy! But he is the same way with Patton and The Quiet Man

I agree! Totally not fair! LOL I can't get enough of Notting Hill, what a wonderful movie!

Love the Christmas Pier1 commercials that are out right now. All time favorite are the eTrade baby ones. (particularly the one about riding the dog! hilarious!) The guy with the car up the pole almost beat Pier1 but the penguin is why it won out! :D

If I am flipping channels I will stop and watch Grease and Dirty Dancing, no matter how long its been on! Even last 5 minutes.

And I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers Still crazy after all these years ~Paul Simon

I like a lot of everything! Couldn't possibly list them all. So going to do the opposite - favorite non band/musician of all time "Dean" doing lip sync of Eye Of The Tiger. Those who know will know!

Love your picture! Great dress!

Truly an inspiring question! I do know that what we are saving in butter we are spending on fruit. So am glad to have the "extra" cash to buy them! Love the fresh fruit and veggies!

I can't do only one! ~I am not as bad now but have always been insanely ticklish! Head to toe! I wore socks in my sandals until around 20 and still cannot go barefoot. I want to get a pedicure but haven't been able to work up the courage yet! I live in flipflops now, and when go to a pool have to have them right near the…

We live on average 30,000 days, I don't think you should beat yourself up for 14 of them! Finding out there is no cancer would be worth 20lbs off the wagon! And make that heavy on the desserts! I gained 3lbs just on Thanksgiving, I then worked a little harder at taking it back off. All part of life. The important thing is…

I have a big glass that holds 4 cups. I fill it up in the morning and try to have it gone by lunch. Some days it is easier than others for some reason. But I know I have to drink 2 of those a day and my goal is to finish 3. Depends on what I am doing, too. If I am busy I forget to drink. It is just a learning experience…

Enjoy the party. Eat what you want, try to do it within reason, but your body obviously needs a shake up. It is stuck on a plateau. So a good jolt of things it isn't used to will help you get back on track. Good Luck!

This is very true! I have been losing consistently on 1720 cals and then kind of hovered. MFP just dropped it to 1650 because of my recent loss and my weight is dropping again. You are probably not eating enough and the body is kicked into starvation mode! It will hang onto every little bit until it can't any longer. Eat…

Ooops! Forgot about that! We are too! and Stuffing! 'cuz daughter is making "Stove Top" yuch!

Remember the old joke "Which weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of lead?" That is what you are experiencing! Volume! Think of what is bigger, a lb of feathers or a lb of lead. Muscle, by volume, weighs more than fat. You are losing nice fluffy fat and gaining hard muscle. RELAX! It's a GOOD thing! ;D

We put our veg (zucchini, mushrooms, poblano and other peppers, onions, yellow squash, mostly) in a ziplock with olive oil and a healthy sprinkling of Parmesan and some salt and pepper (and now I've added red pepper flakes too, YUM!) for a marinade. Comes out delicious! And most of the olive oil remains in the bag, and a…

We are going to our daughter's, it is her first time to host. She is very excited! When she told her husband that she is doing it he said "is you dad making the turkey?" LOL Yes! We have a smoker and hubby is smoking 2 turkeys. We are also making "party potatoes" from an online recipe site. I am nervous because the turkey…