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Pig Pics for People That Like Pigs
Here are two of our pigs enjoying a watermelon.
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Fast Food Nutrition Guide
My daughter brought home this "Fast Food Nutrition Guide" from school yesterday. She was SO excited to show me. She said everybody else threw theirs away as soon as they left the classroom. :( I spot-checked a few entries that I knew off the top of my head and it was pretty accurate. Great little guide to keep in the car…
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My Husband Wants Me to Gain Back Some Weight
A little background (okay, maybe a lot of background so you get the full picture). Over the last year and a half I've lost about 80 lbs. For the past 6 months or so I've been in maintenance, not logging food but trying to incorporate all of the good habits I developed during my year of losing weight; eating healthy, being…
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What to Feed My Husband?
My husband was diagnosed as prediabetic, with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. He's lost about 60 pounds since then and is at the lowest weight he's ever been in our 16 years of marriage. He's currently 5' 10" and 170 lbs. His normal weight when we were married was 190. He was a serious weight lifter back then and…
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My Anti-NSV
I love the NSV thread, but this morning I had the opposite of a NSV. I recently bought a pair of tights, which were available in three sizes: A, B, and Q (Queen). I bought a size "B," which was supposed to go from 100 - 165 lbs. I'm currently about 130 but pear shaped so figured I should be safe. I tried putting them on…
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I Am STARVING!! Close to Maintenance. Is This Normal?
I am a 5' 4" female, currently weigh 133 lb. I've lost 68 lbs. in the last 9 months, and did fine with my allowed calories after the first few weeks. Basically, once I figured out what and when to eat to keep me full the longest. A few weeks ago I started feeling hungry all the time again. I'm almost to maintenance, just…
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Kudos to Hostess
This morning I had a very good workout and thought I might try to fit a Ding Dong into my calories for the day. I checked the nutrition label and saw 330 calories. Not too bad but I'd have to be careful with the rest of my choices for the day. Then I looked at the serving size- 2 Ding Dongs!! What!! A serving size is 2…
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No More "I can always eat"
It's been 7 months since I've uttered the words, "Well, I can always eat," in response to the question, "Are you hungry?" Now, what flashes through my head: -How many calories do I have left for the day? -Am I really hungry, or just bored or need more water? -Is the food being offered worth the calories? -Does the food…
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Does Gardening Count as Exercise?
I looked up what counts as "sedentary" versus "lightly active" and gardening was on the list of daily activities that counted as sedentary (found here: http://antranik.org/proper-activity-level-for-calorie-intake/). But, MFP has gardening listed under cardio when adding exercise. So, is gardening actually considered…
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What Just Happened??!!??
I had an unbelievable experience today!! Today was day #5 of walking/jogging (mostly walking with very slow jogging). I live in the country so use telephone poles and mailboxes to track my progress while jogging and have been trying to go a little further with each session. Day #1 I thought I was going to die!! I made it…
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Tips for a New Jogger?
Hello, everybody. Recently my daughter signed up for Girls on the Run and asked me to be her running buddy for a 5K run that will be held on May 17. I agreed, figuring it would give me extra motivation to get in shape. I've been exercising at home and walking, but recently started trying to jog. Today was day #2. I…
