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What is happening?
Hi, I keep checking in every few days and nothing is on here for new challenge week etc. Hardly anyone posting. Is this challenge just a dud now? I am so lost on this
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Christmas Jingle I wanted to share with all BL teams
I made this up on my main wall for my MFP friends and thought I would share it with everyone. Please don't critisize it. I did my best here :D (this is to the music "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" song ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ Ho Ho Ho (all the good girls and boys of MFP) Only 8 more…
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Christmas Party.. What do I do, How do I eat???
It is that time of year for all the parties and goodies. Here is my advice on what to do for that party your suppose to attend and want to enjoy________The best thing to do is not starve yourself all day till the party, Eat a lite breakfast, lite lunch etc. Then when the party is going, you will not feel ravaged and won't…
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Don't do this.. Please
I made this up on my main wall for my MFP friends and thought I would share it with everyone. Please don't critisize it. I did my best here :D (this is to the music "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" song ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ Ho Ho Ho (all the good girls and boys of MFP) Only 8 more…
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Better Be Good
I made this up on my main wall for my MFP friends and thought I would share it with everyone. Please don't critisize it. I did my best here :D (this is to the music "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" song ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫ Ho Ho Ho (all the good girls and boys of MFP) Only 8 more…
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How do you resist "TEMPTATIONS"
Hi everyone out there in MFP land. I wanted to put this question to all of you who have managed to stray from the strongest of temptations. What do you do, or say to yourself that makes you stop and ignore that goodie temptation? For me, I am diabetic and what I find works really well for me is, when I want that piece of…
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Where is "The Swole Minister"
Anyone know what happened to The Swole Minister? His account is deactivated and that just isn't like him to up and leave us all without a good bye. And Dave if your out there with a new account, send me an invite plz
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Protein Powders
Hi all, I am thinking of getting some protein powder to add to my almond milk or water. I have a hard time getting my calories up where I want them without raising my carbs up higher than I want. Does anyone here use protein powders that are low in carb/sugars? If so what brand do you use. Thanks for any help you can give.
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Asking for help... yuppers ! ! ! 1
Only you control the hand your fork is in. Author unknown_____I was looking over some of the message boards (forum) and am just amazed at how many are posting a thread about stalled weight, weight gains, plateau's that go on and on for months. When I looked at the food diarys (of those I could), I would see lots of junk…
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Tortilla 9 carb with 4 fiber :D
Hi Diabetic groupies: I discovered a great Tortilla (nice larger size.. about the size of a medium mission tortilla). It is called "Tamxico- low carb tortilla" It has 90 calories (nice), only 9 carbs (super nice), 4 fiber (makes this sound even better woo hoo) and to top it off 5 protein. It is a little higher on sodium,…
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Flax seed
Anyone here use Flax seed for their diabetes?? I was just reading up on the web about the benifits of flax seed and one site i was looking at had this to say "Diabetes -Preliminary research also suggests that daily intake of the lignans in flaxseed may modestly improve blood sugar (as measured by hemoglobin A1c blood tests…
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For low carb and diabetics-Tortilla :D
I discovered a great Tortilla (nice larger size.. about the size of a medium mission tortilla). It is called "Tamxico- low carb tortilla" It has 90 calories (nice), only 9 carbs (super nice), 4 fiber (makes this sound even better woo hoo) and to top it off 5 protein. It is a little higher on sodium, but not that much more…
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Hello
Received an invite to gruop, but don't see any posts.. humm. Anyway, My name is Rainey and I am here on MFP to lose weight like almost all are.
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Jicama
Jicama (pronounced Hic-a-ma) I love this. for 1 cup-It is low in calories (different sites say between 50 to 79 calories). It has low carbs 11, and fiber is 6, so it is very fiberous. It has 1 protein and 195 potassium. only 5 sodium. It is also called Yam bean or Mexican potato. It is a root. Lots of people say it taste…
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Meters... need input
Ok, I checked with my employer to find out what my cost of the A1C would be. It will cost me approx. $108.00 untill my deductable of $695.00 is meet.. Ouch. Then I tried to find out if my strips are covered at all. I found out that my brand. The One Touch Ultra Mini is not covered and will cost me $111.00 per 100 strips…
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Need diebetic friends with open food diarys
Hi, I am new as of 1/16/13 to MFP and would love to get friends with open food diary's that are diabetic. You never know, I may learn something. May find foods I can eat, that I never thought of etc. Thanks in advance and so happy I found MFP and this goup :)
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A friend said to post under Motivation
My losing weight and getting fit (body,soul and mind) is not a miracle that happens over night. It takes dedication, Lots of frustration and stress, trial and error and mega mega hard work. I put my self through all this because I am worth it. I know I will be a better me someday, It won't be tomorrow or next week, but…
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Is losing weight Hard to do? YES ! ! !
My losing weight and getting fit (body,soul and mind) is not a miracle that happens over night. It takes dedication, Lots of frustration and stress, trial and error and mega mega hard work. I put my self through all this because I am worth it. I know I will be a better me someday, It won't be tomorrow or next week, but…
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New to this group and MFP
Hi, My name is Rainey and I just joined MFP 1/16/13. I just found this group and am happy to of joined it. I am 55 now, but when I was 21, I got into selling Shakley (spelling) products. I had a couple cassettes that talked about nutritian, vitamins etc. I remember the one on sodium to this day. I threw my salt shaker away…
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Confussed.. Help needed plz
Hi all, first I want to say, I love this group and MFP. My question is... What should I expect by BS to be after I eat a meal. I have heard it should register now more than 50 above the before blood test (and after taken 2 hrs later). then I have been told no more than 30 higher, and yet others have told me, it should only…
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Making my diet run smoother
Ok, wasn't sure where to post this, but this was the closest catagory I could find: The things I need to make my dieting/healthy eating run smoother are: 1.) A weight scale (a good one that is acurate, not a cheapy one that is off umpteen lbs everytime I step on it (talk about getting depressed) 2.) mega mega lots of…
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Open food diary
I am new here and discovered your food diary is closed to everyone untill you change the settings. So for all of the newbies and oldbies (if don't know this yet). To change the settings. 1. click the food tab at top 2. on second line that shows tab for food diary, go to the far right side and click setting tab. 3. Check…
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Healthy eating
Hi, I just joined MFP 1/16/13. I am wanting to add friends who are serious about losing weight and have open food journals. I am not into the fad diet stuff at all and don't care to see fad diet journals. I am into eating very healthy to lose my weight. I make almost all my foods (not forzen dinners or fast food stuff).…
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Food Diary
I am new as of 1/16/2013 here and I just love the Food Diary (now that I figured it all out). I always kept a food journal in a notebook. Some days I just didn't have time to list all the values and add them up (very time consuming). Now most of the foods are in the food data base. I just type name in, find food I am…
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New to MFP and introducing myself
Hi, my name is Rainey and I have struggled with my weight for years. My highest was at 262lbs and I am now at 225lbs. I also am type 2 diabetic. I have learned to watch/count my carbs. I use to lose weight by cutting carbs way down, but found out with being diabetic, that just didn't work. A dietician told me to eat 45…
