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Juice Plus is it really healthier than fresh vegs/fruits?
I have a neighbor who swears that Juice Plus is the way to go. Now mind you, that she refuses to exercise, as I have asked her many times to accompany me on walks, she wont even walk her poor dog. She feels that meditation is enough and her juice plus supplement pills. If I mention to her what my son eats and how picky he…
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Guess What State the Person Above You Resides in?
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Name Two Foods You Would Not Be Caught Eating EVER!!!
Mine are beets and peas. NEVER!!!
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I eat what you eat when I am around you?
So, I've lost a lot of weight. In the beginning, I asked several people to join me on my weight loss journey, including my mother. They declined, thinking I was going to fall off the bandwagon, as people sometimes do once they lose about 10-20 pounds, then they stop eating healthy and, get comfortable and eventually gain…
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What's Your Football Team that Represents Your Hometown?
Mine is the Kansas City Chiefs because I live there! Go Chiefs!
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Need Help on How to Prepare Fresh Cranberries!
On Monday, I had purchased 3 pounds of fresh cranberries, they were on sale for 2.99. Now, the problem is that I have never bought this many cranberries before. In fact, the only time I eat cranberries is out of the can, as a sauce to put on top of dressing at Thanksgiving. I have also had dried cranberries in my salad.…
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Please!!! I need some really active friends who respond!
I have been on here for almost a year and while a few of my friends respond to stuff, most do not. Yet, they want my support and response to them. Therefore, I am looking for active friends who will give me support and vice versa. I'm starting to feel alone out here...
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Do you know what's in that chicken nugget?
I found this interesting article and thought I would share it: http://www.naturalnews.com/041646_Chicken_McNuggets_forensic_food_analysis_strange_fibers.html The author claimed to have gotten some chicken nuggets from a McDonald's and put them under the microscope and discovered strange hair-looking fibers along with an…
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I need a cheeseburger...
I am having the hardest time trying to find a cheeseburger at school...My teacher is making me eat the cheese pizza, my mommy packed in my lunch today...Oh well...Any suggestions?
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My New Weight Loss Causing Some Issues For Others?
Well, in the beginning, I announced to a few of my neighbor friends that I would be losing weight, since all I did was complain about how big I was. At the time, I was bigger than all of my neighbors. Well, one neighbor I was particularly close with, Abby, would say to me, "Do something about it then, if you want to lose…
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Is It Possible to Get a Six-Pack if You use to Weigh ...?
Is it possible to develop a six-pack if your starting weight was on the high end of the 200's? I was 240 pounds and I have had 2 children, even though one is deceased. My stomach use to be big enough where I looked pregnant and I could not see past it. Now, it has shrunk tremendously as I do various strength training…
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Guess the Nationalities of the Person Above You?
Guess the nationalities of the person above you?
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Why do people hide their food diaries on here?
I was just wondering why is it such a big secret what someone is eating...Why do people hide their food diaries on here? Any answers?
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Fat people in your family hating on your efforts to lose
Okay, I have been trying to lose weight for many years, never thinking I would actually achieve this goal. I was always petite and slim in high school. I began to gain weight while I was in college and continued to balloon being at my highest weight of 240 pounds. Now, I am currently 191 pounds and my goal weight was 150,…
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Are We Really Eating Healthy with GMOs in Place?
With the biotech corporation, Monsanto taking over our food chain, can we really say that we are eating healthy? Will the corporation take over and drive the organic farmers out of the market? How can we tell if the fresh produce we are eating is GMO, if the grocery store does not have to disclose this information to us,…
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Guess the Nationalities of the Person Above You Pt 2
Guess the Nationalities of the Person Above You? (Originally)
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Guess if the person above you has kids...what kind?
Okay, guess if the person above you has kids AND INCLUDE which gender combination you think they have. For example, if I were to say that person above me looks like she has all girls and one boy. To keep it simple, only include your biological or adoptive kids. Do not include step-children or half siblings, or the game…
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The Time has come...
Tornado season is here and in effect. I live in Missouri, so this is a common phenomenon. So, what would you do if a natural disaster occurred and there was no electricity,no MFP, no cellphone usage or signal, no fresh foods available, no refrigeration, nada only prepackaged junk to munch on to get you through the days and…
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Isnt it Amazing...?
Isn't it amazing how your 50+ pound or more weight loss can trigger a domino effect causing other people to want to start losing weight because they think you will pass them up real soon? When I first started MFP, no one noticed that I had lost my first 7 pounds except me. Once I dropped nearly 50 pounds, then people…
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Any Gardeners Who Want to Share Tips for a Newbie?
I have always been interested in maybe starting a garden, although I am intimidated by the garden tools and my lack of knowledge on soil or anything else related to gardening. My grandfather was a sharecropper and turned an empty lot into a garden. There are still pear trees that grow over there in his garden, before he…
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Cicadas for dinner anyone?
Sorry, I am posting a lot. I just learned how to post not too long ago and now stuff just keeps coming to mind, but this is the last one and I will take a break for a couple of months. Anyways, I was reading about the cicada invasion and they were just describing how to catch one of those insects and eat them. They also…
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Is it possible to go vegan if you love meat?
I do not necessarily hate vegetables, but I do love meat and I cannot imagine life without dairy or eggs. I was just thinking about a butternut squash soup I like to make and I thought, I could go vegan perhaps. But, then I thought about the chicken broth I use in it and the cream to make it rich and I wondered how would I…
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Would you do this for someone else?
Ever since I have lost nearly 50 pounds, my mom has been infatuated with questions on what I eat, how am I eating it, blah blah blah. It has drove me crazy, I tell everyone that ask me about my weight loss about MFP and it is like they are too lazy to even try to manuveur the site. I do not believe this site is that hard…
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Guess the Person's Weight Above You
Guess the person's weight above you.
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Anyone else craving the unthinkable??
I am seriously craving a gigantic juicy angus burger with cheese, red onion, lettuce, 2 slices of tomato and 2 slices of bacon with french fries and a soda. I havent had a burger of this monstrosity in 6 months. If I ate this burger combo meal deal, then I would have eaten all of my calories for the whole day. Then I guess…
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Green Tea Ideas to make it more tasty?
Green tea has no flavor whatsoever to me, it sort of taste bitter. People always brag about how good green tea is, what are some cool ways to drink this without necessarily having to add sugar? Any suggestions?
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Healthy suggestions for sweetening plain yogurt or greek?
Yesterday, I tried some granola with some plain yogurt and a bit of fresh fruit. The granola was the only good part, as my fresh fruit was not even sweet, even though it appeared ripe. The plain yogurt reminded me of sour cream giving my snack a bitter taste. I have the same problem with greek yogurt. I can eat plain…
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New Suggestions for Consuming Green Tea?
Green tea, despite all of its hype, does not appeal to me tastewise. What are some things that I can add to it besides sugar to give it that zing that makes everybody brag about it! Any suggestions?
