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Crock Potting 101: "Crock Pot Chicken In Salsa"
This is a simple dish that hardly even needs a "recipe" but it is one of my go-to meals and helps ensure that I get plenty of protein in my diet: 1) Buy a big 67oz jug of salsa at your grocery store. The store brand is usually only around $5. It's only 5 calories/tablespoon and, aside from some sodium, is a very healthy…
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Breaking A 4 Liter Per Day Diet Pepsi Habit That Spanned 30
I was a Diet Pepsi addict-- literally. I drank it around the clock. I would have one on my night stand. I would carry one into the shower. I would always keep one or two in my purse. People in town would joke, "If you didn't have a Diet Pepsi in your hand I don't think I'd recognize you." And I was fat. Then I read that…
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If You Want To Win-- You Need To Keep Score
I started a diet on May 18th of this year because I had put on 100 pounds since my daughter was born, 14 years ago. I was too lazy to exercise so I figured I would just do it with diet (I ate WAY too much bread/rice/pasta/potatoes). I got off to a quick start but when things started to slow someone told me about MFP and I…
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32 Pounds Lost, Before/After Pics
I made the decision to lose weight on May 18th of this year. My goal was to lose 2 pounds per week, but once I started eating right and exercising it started coming off a lot faster. I'm posting a "before" pic, taken on May 14th (292.4 pounds) and two "after" pics taken on July 12th and 13th (259.8 pounds) I've dropped two…
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10,000 Step Exercise Tracker?
I am fairly new to myfitnesspal and had already gotten off to a pretty good start on my diet before a friend pointed me here. I started at 292.4 and my goal is a size 12 (whatever weight that ends up being). I am now at 274.8 and have lost 17.8 pounds in the past 28 days-- but things have started to slow down. I'm eating…
