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What is Your Favorite Low Calorie Store Bought Salad Dressing?
Salads have been my go to lunch while trying to lose weight. However, some dressings can be terrible for you especially when having a full size salad. What dressing helped your salad game? For me it is the Panera at Home Poppy Seed Dressing, it goes great with my summer berry salads and it is super low cal because they…
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Looking for Friends
Hello! I am not new to MFP and 10 years ago I lost quite a bit of weight just logging my calories. Since then I have gotten married, had my daughter, and the weight just came back and then some. I really want to lose weight and feel better and the past year and a half I have gained a lot. Now I am at 278 and just feel like…
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Free Online Fitness Videos for Beginners
Anyone know of any good online fitness videos for beginners that don't require any equipment. I thought it would be nice to start a collection of them for others to reference and try out. Current collection: 1. 20 min cardio/dance workout-…
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Calories burned for a mixed cardio workout?
I don't have an HRM yet so I have no idea how many calories I would burn doing a 30 min mixed cardio workout. My weight now is between 215-216. Here is the workout on hulu http://www.hulu.com/watch/117926/new-year-new-you-less-is-more-cardio so if anyone around my weight with an HRM wants to give it a try that would be…
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200+ Pound Twenties (New Group)
Hello I am new to the site and I am looking for some people to join me in loosing weight. Group members should be in their 20s and weigh over 200 pounds. This way we are all in a similar situation and can relate better. Share our problems, concerns, motivations, recipes, ect. I would like to have weigh-ins every week on…
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Favorite Lean Cuisines
Sometimes I want to supplement a home cooked meal with a lean cuisine and I would like to know what your favorites are. A lot of them I find not very filling. My favorite is the Cranberry Apple Chicken. The tray is actually filled to the top with food, which is unusual for a frozen dinner and it is very filling and…
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Great Savory and Sweet Snack Ideas
I am looking for some snack ideas that don't require any preparation (other than microwaving or toasting). For example, take out of box, unwrap, eat.... Both savory and sweet! Currently I have quaker rice cakes (crunchy chocolate and white cheddar), and 100 cal popcorn. But these choices are starting to get boring and I…
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I love Chinese food!
I really love Chinese food, but the places I order from do not have nutritional information available. I used to order 4 lunch specials, split each dinner into two and refrigerate and freeze the food. This way I had 8 dinners for only around $30. But now that I started this diet and keeping my food log I am not sure if I…
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Newbie here!
I just recently began seriously thinking about loosing weight and making an effort. I have always had a love hate relationship with my body. Sometimes I am ok with how I look but other times I hate it. My goal is just to be able to go into any store and buy clothes that fit me. I am currently considered a plus size (around…