2012

Yes my face was giving me a lot of (new) problems and I tried all kinds of things, but nothing really worked. However, my clarisonic has seemed to help some, I found a really good deal on eBay over Christmas and finally bought one.

Since you like spinach, you should try the recipe Patty posted, here's a link: http://www.smartbalance.com/recipes/chicken-and-spinach-casserole. It's so good! The green giant seasoned steamers are really good too, I just had the Tuscon broccoli with some cheese tonight.

Great job, I'm so happy for you!!

Oh Molly you have me rolling with that one!

I stood on my bathroom sink to reach the top of my mirror to clean it and broke it and had to buy and replace a new one (I rent) and fortunately my dad came in and helped me as I have no clue how to replace this (but now I do, lol). Granted you should not stand on the sink, but still

Hi Chrissy-Chris, go to the Forums Home and you will find a food and Nutrition section that has a lot of recipes. Patty posted this under that area and you can follow that forum for all recipes posted (look for button on top right of forum home page for this section). Also here are some websites with recipes to get you started: emilybites.com skinnytaste.com smartbalance.com/recipes (props to Patty ) sparkpeople.com

You know I've got to try this one! Thank you! Did you post that dessert you mentioned before? I may have overlooked the post.

There are only a few fast food items I will eat now, Arby's roast beef (no bun), Wendy's small chili, or pizza with super thin crust. Sometimes I don't have time and need to make a quick stop but I'm a lot smarter about it than before, no shake, extra large fry, and maybe even another desert to top it off like I would have done before. Sounds pretty yucky to me now, haha

Grapples are so good, I love them! I have not tried fruit skin yet, but I will probably peel when I do. Been sticking to sugar free fruits in the can for now.

Terry, I love your posts, you make me laugh every time I drink 2 cups a day with sugar free creamer and stevia. My NUT was okay with it. I did cut down though, from 4 cups a day. I've been losing consistently (except for 1 month I plateaued, but that happens) and the key is if you track it, then you don't go overboard.

Join myfitnesspal.com and be my friend "2012ALM", all of my friends are banded people from here (LBT). Supportive group.

Thank you! And Missy that's funny you say that because I asked the girl at checkout what size the "normal" side goes up to and when she said 16, that just made my day . It's been a long time since I've seen this number and Patty you will be there soon, I know you are in that February challenge and are doing really good! And remember we are all shaped differently, I was really surprised I got in that size because I'm a pear shape (I think) if that's when you are small on top and big around the belly and thighs, but I lost my butt (fine by me, hehe).

Definitely! I can walk for 45 minutes at a pace of 3.2 without breaking a sweat, but if I go out and shovel snow, I break a sweat easily

Nicely put Missy! Exactly how I feel and will act if I ever get the "balls" to date again .

Look in the coffee isle, there are all kinds of sugar free flavoring syrups, sorry I can't remember the name right now. I found them at Wal-Mart, but I believe I saw them at Kroger too.

I had an episode similar to yours and kept burping a lot, so I contacted my NUT to see what I did wrong and she told me I ate to fast. I didn't feel like I was stuck and was not pbing or anything, but had the burping.

People call it a butterfinger shake, which I'm sure if I'd say it tastes like that, but it's still good, you add 1 T of sugar free butterscotch pudding mix to a chocolate protein shake.

Checking in at 180

Has anyone experienced their soft stop going away? Mine used to a be a little hiccup and I don't experience it anymore. Granted I stick to my 1 cup allotment, but was curious if others lost theirs.

Now I see it, thank you!

What is riced cauliflower? I would like to try this, but I have no clue what this is? I would imagine cut up cauliflower, maybe with a cheese grater or food processor?

That is good news . Do you have to watch carbs at all? I think I would have a hard time uping calories and not going over my carbs. I guess I eat could more meat, but still

I like that and I bet the feathers would hide blemishes better too, I wonder if you can do it with a shellac/gelish polish? Regular polish does not do too well on me and I bought a gelish kit and do them myself and love it! I take breaks between as it can dry up your nails, but mine grow really good when I use it.

That's good to hear, I was thinking I'll never do it because it would cost a fortune .

I usually drink a protein drink everyday, I'm not that hungry in the morning, but I need to take my vitamins and the protein drink keeps me from getting nauseated from taking the pills and gets something in my system to start the day. Then I eat a snack between breakfast and lunch which is more of a food like yogurt or whatever I end up taking with me to work. It's easily portable and my NUT was okay with it and it works for me.