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Here I am again….fat and sassy, not so much feeling hot!….gained almost all of my 110 pounds back….been feeling very sorry for myself….but here I am….trying to catch up on all of your posts…..glad to see some of you are still here…I will try to be here more….

Dinner was a ham steak, mexi corn, and boiled potatoes!

We had bbq chicken breasts, peas and yellow rice with fiber one brownies for dessert….very good day!

Great job!

Welcome!…we are a small but mighty group!…please join in and comment on anything!…ask questions!….no one judges or shames you!….we all have stories of why we are here!…

I have decided I really don’t like Panda Express….my husband says it’s like “ crack” but I just don’t get it…I don’t like my food all “ willy-nilly” anyway and egg rolls are just left over vegetables put in a roll and fried in God knows what….I don’t like Chipotles either, same reason….I went with my grandaughter over the…

Sounds like a good plan!….it is hard for me to plan meals because our life is so hectic right now…some days John has to get out of here and we end up at favorite restaurants and then eat way too much!…and other days I have been so “ down” that I don’t care what we eat as long as it’s easy…I can’t make myself measure or…

Athijade I agree with you!…our small but mighty group is always so supportive!… I also know how it is to be so perfect a few days, you start feeling like you have a handle on it and then out of the blue a switch goes off in your brain and WAM you start eating paint chips off of the walls!…sometimes you silently cry while…

Laurie has inspired me ( kind of sort of ) to have a vegetarian dinner….zucchini with garlic, onions, and one tsp. of olive oil, sweet potato and white potato diced and roasted with 1 tsp. Olive oil…..roasted asparagus, and a huge mixed salad!…bunnies everywhere!

So far today has been pretty good….coffee for breakfast, roast beef sandwich and tomato soup for lunch…I took grandaughter to school, ran a few errands and picked her up after school…nothing exciting!

John wanted an Italian Sub for dinner so I picked up a container of Panera chicken tortilla soup for myself….easy peezy!

Yoolypr I usually eat back 25% to 50% of my exercise calories….if I don’t, I am starving later….it’s amazing how a swim break to eat some yogurt or a banana or a protein bar and some water helps you power through!

Laurie you are very much admired, liked, and needed here…but I do understand you needing to do you….please don’t take too long to return…I am just beginning to find my feet again!

Scoutmom, our son weighed 10.9 lbs at birth and at six weeks a whopping 16 lbs!….he continued growing and chubbing up until he was a sophomore in h.s….he grew 5 inches taller in one year!…he is now 49 and he is 6’8” and weighs about 250 to 260!….he is on a police hockey team and twice a year he does 20 to 25 miles on the…

I told my doctor this morning that if I am fat or skinny I will probably be dead anyway in fifteen years…now that’s a cheery thought!

I had a doctors appointment this morning ….it was ok….of course I had gained a ton of weight back but he did give me hope….also started me on a new med to take with the antidepressant I already take….this new one is supposed to help curb addictions to various substances; hopefully food lol…it is also a mood enhancer! I…

Yes, good job…I can’t go into any store without coming out with a cart full!

Last year when I was swimming like I was supposed to be doing ( and will be again in a few weeks ) I burn between 300 and 500 calories from exercise….I ate a protein bar or some yogurt and a banana to keep me from starving and I drank Zero Gatorade or water on swim breaks…I was still burning more calories than I was…

Oh Pav, those were probably cranberries that you saw!….lol….. We went to Outback for lunch so we had a light dinner….still a good day!

I don’t think I am the leader but I knew this small but mighty group had to keep going after Novus abandoned us!…people that need to lose or have lost a significant amount of weight do have unique obstacles to overcome that someone who needs to lose 10 or 15 pounds can never understand!

You can buy little containers of only the seeds!

So take that!….naughty rodents!

Many of the posts from Novus are still available here…he was an extremely private individual with the exception of sharing his weight loss journey….we should thank Pav for so graciously picking up the reins for this small unruly bunch of us…if it were not for MFP and this group I would most likely be hitting the scales at…

Me, too!

I seasoned the chops with 4 tsp flour, salt, pepper,thyme and a pinch of paprika….heated 4 tsp olive oil then I fried them up and blotted with paper towels before we ate them….trimmed the fat and cut the bone out!

We had “ fried” ( if you want to call it that! ) pork chops, sliced tomatoes, cottage cheese, and a Birds Eye Steamer with vegetables and rotini pasta in it….I am stuffed!

I have wondered how he is doing for a very long time….I hope he is healthy and happy….

Everyone should read this post that Novus wrote….I think it is very helpful!

I am lucky that I like almost all fruits and vegetables but unless I am dieting, I usually skip them!…I either do it all or nothing!…( crazy, huh? ) Scoutmom, I love peas and corn and green beans….I do like my mashed potatoes with green peas….I love beans, too….I put diced onions in my tuna salad and in my side veggies…

Let’s see….today I had corn,black beans,tomato sauce,canned diced tomatoes,a half green pepper,a half red pepper,…..I think that was it….car is back so I can forage tomorrow for fresh foods!