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Where's my friends at?!?!
I've recently become a single momma of five!! Yes, I am insane. I have been on MFP for a few years, and have definitely slacked off.. Way off.. So who wants to be my friend? Help keep me motivated?!?! Feel free to add me! But only if you are crazy, funky, cool.. Cause I don't have time for any boring fuddy duddy's in my…
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No packaged, no processed food ideas..
So I decided to give up all packaged and processed foods for 7 days... No yogurt, cottage cheese, condiments.. pasta, bread, rice.. Nothing. I set my goal at 7 days, because I honestly thought I MIGHT make it through two days.. But I did it! So now I have decided to do it 6 days at a time.. With the 7th day being my reward…
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Low sodium, heart healthy?!
So the hubby's BP was 168/100.. Needless to say we are having a diet revamp in this house!!! So any low sodium, heart healthy recipes out there? quick and easy, long and detailed.. Snack foods.. desserts.. I need them all!!! :-) Thanks in advance!
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Motivation, don't fail me now!!
So now that I have gained back almost 20 of the almost 30 pounds I had lost... :-( I headed to the store today to buy me a new handy dandy digital scale.. And new tape measure, to obtain those not so friendly larger numbers of my hips and thighs! Double ugh! My amazing sister in law was kind enough to leave two fresh baked…
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Help Please!!
So I started my journey on MFP almost two years ago.. Sadly my motivation only lasted the first 6 months.. and I have gained back 13 of the 25 pounds I have lost.. I have chosen now, just before the holidays (Yay me!) to get my but back in gear.. I did a lot of exercising when I first started.. And my problem now is, I am…
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? on logging stairs
So every night I work.. I walk all the way down to the basement.. and go back up to the top of the 10th floor, then back down to the 5th.. sometimes I will go all the way back down, and back up to the 5th (the floor I work on) three to four times a night.. skipping every other step.. I have been logging it as "walking…
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Anybody wanna start 30 day shred with me??
So I got my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred in the mail today... I was thinking if a group of us started it together.... We could help motivate each other?? Make a challenge out of it?? How much are you hoping to lose in the 30 days?? Let me know if anybody is interested!! May even throw in some weekly or bi-weekly mini…
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Been off the wagon..
So I have been off the wagon for about a month now.. Gained back between 2-3 pounds.. (I weighed myself after eating and drinking all day for the first time since I don't know when.) I'm not sure what made me slip off so bad.. I was SO motivated. Stress would be a key factor.. then vacation.. stress.. work.. stress.. 5…
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Teran learns to roll a thread!
ok... Now I need all my girls to find me!!!! :-)
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Super bowl!!
super bowl is upon us!!!! Anybody come up with any healthier junk food ides?? I plan on munching on some homemade hummus and pita chips... Fresh veggies.. I'm making a mini Mexican fiesta for the family... Milanesa meat marinating for tacos.. On corn tortillas... Gonna make up a pot of pinto beans.. Some I'll mash thick to…
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It's the little moments...
So I'm feeling a little proud of myself... After working Thursday night, staying up all day, and taking a late two hour nap... I ended up running late evening and night errands and by the time I got home, did my 30 day shred workout, and got settled...I was hungry... And it was midnight.. And I was wide awake.. It was 1am…
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Ugh!!!
So I'm posting this under motivation and support, cause I need some motivation and support not o go into the kitchen and cook and eat everything in sight!!! It's 3am and my 7 month old is WIDE AWAKE!!! I was doing fine when he first woke up, but Noe he's been up for 3 hours, and still going strong, and now I'm hungry!! I…
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High Cal low fat??
I need some high calorie low fat/sugar ideas.. I always have between 600-1000 calories left at the end of the day! I'm adding in my extra 300 for breastfeeding.. And I exercise everyday.. Thus requiring even more calories to eat. I'm losing weight like crazy, but I don't want to end up in starvation mode!! Feel free to…
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Stupid sugars!!! >:(
So I keep going over on my sugars.. And my sodium but that's a whole other matter!! Most of my sugars are from fruit.. So how many of you pay a lot of attention to natural sugars?? Feel free to look at my diet and give any suggestions... I'm thinking I might actually come close to meeting my calorie goals for the first…
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Newbie so be easy!
I foung the MFP app while searching for diet apps from my iPhone.. And actually didn't like it at first cause I thought it only calculated calories.. Until I went to another app.. hated it.. Decided to suck it up and figured counting calories was better than nothing.. When.. what's that I see? Ahh, a nutrition tab, to…
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Help!!!
I'm day 4 into this and have yet to reach my calories!! I'm still breastfeeding so when I add that in, it automatically adds an extra 300 calories that I'm supposed to eat!! I know I need to be eating my calories to prevent starvation mode, but when I get in the mindset that I'm gonna diet.. I tend to focus on low calorie…
