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Vegetarians, Pescatarians out there?
May 5, 2016 was the day I changed my lifestyle forever. It was the single best decision I've ever made for myself. NO it's not for everyone, but it was for me. If this is you also, you KNOW how much hell we catch for this lifestyle. Up until last month, I didn't eat ANY meat at all. I have recently added shellfish and some…
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Losing for GOOD! Would love Friends and Encouragement!
Good morning beautiful MFP peeps! I am re-joining MFP to lose the rest of this weight for the very LAST TIME!!! I have successfully lost 44 lbs and kept it off for 2.5 years. Having said that, I have needed to lose the last 40-45 lbs for the past 2.5 years and am going to lose it now, for good. ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! I'm…
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Decisions and Guilt, could use some advice
So for 57 days I've been going to the gym a minimum of 4-5 days a week doing 60 minutes of cardio and about 45-60 minutes of weight lifting. It's been my escape, my home away from home, the powerhouse, and backbone to my endeavors. Gotten great results. I have loved it. But this week, I was considering taking this week off…
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Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup!
Hi, my name is SHannon and I'm a soup-a-holic. So I fell in love with the lemon chicken orzo soup at Panera and was determined to recreate it. It turned so so yumm. I'll share the recipe with you so you can try it out! I weighed everything with a digital food scale that actually gives you the calories. The best thing I've…
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AVERAGE JOE: A is for Attitude!
Attitude is EVERYTHING! Here's why: How many times have we told ourselves, "I've always been a big girl, I could never be skinny." " I've never been an athlete, I am just not an athletic person." "I can't run a mile, I'm just not a runner." "I can't count my calories, it's too much to keep up with." "I don't have the time…
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SABOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!! New Folks, please read!!!
Sabotage: to deliberately damage, destroy, or obstruct something. -Websters Dictionary Confession: I am an infomercial junky. Yes there you have it. I think they're amazing, I'm instantly captivated by the enthusiastic host and I have my credit card in hand. Thankfully... I've grown up some :) BUT not until I've purchased…
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SABOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sabotage: to deliberately damage, destroy, or obstruct something. -Websters Dictionary Confession: I am an infomercial junky. Yes there you have it. I think they're amazing, I'm instantly captivated by the enthusiastic host and I have my credit card in hand. Thankfully... I've grown up some :) BUT not until I've purchased…
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SABOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sabotage: to deliberately damage, destroy, or obstruct something. -Websters Dictionary Confession: I am an infomercial junky. Yes there you have it. I think they're amazing, I'm instantly captivated by the enthusiastic host and I have my credit card in hand. Thankfully... I've grown up some :) BUT not until I've purchased…
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Surviving Holiday Weekends with food and fun!
Ok..... so I've been somewhat concerned with how things would go this weekend with family coming in and all the delicious things to eat. SO..... I've proven to myself it can be done! Here's how it went... Food: I am the cook (which is convenient) so when I made omlettes and bacon with fruit. I used "Eggbeaters" as my egg.…
