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You look amazing! Congratulations!

Congratulations!!!! This has GOT to feel good! :smiley:

Hey Amy!!! You're son sounds like an awesome motivation!!! Hopefully we can encourage each other along the way. It can take a while to get use to MFP, but I have used it since Oct. 2014 and am really happy with it. :)

Totally been where you are. Hang in there! Like everyone else is saying, it can take a while before you actually start seeing the scale start to move. (I think it was 2-4 weeks for me.) Keep going!! It can be really disappointing when we don't see the results that we expect. Please know that you aren't alone. This does…

Thanks for all the support and suggestions! I am starting to feel better, just not 100%. I am also realizing that I am not able to jump in right where I was with my exercise. Slow and steady it is.

Thank you so much for this post!!! Definitely helpful and encouraging for me right now. Congrats on the loss as well! You look fantastic!

How low are you looking for? And how filling do you need/want them to be? That will always play into what you can find. I usually aim for my snacks to be around 150. Here's what I've found... *Raisins *Apples (they don't really need to be refrigerated; granny smith's taste great with a little bit of tart and sweet)…

One other suggestion would be to limit how many times a week you can have it. That's what I have needed to do with pop and it really helped. Highly recommend what the others have said too: exercise with the intention of using some of those burned calories to eat candy. It can be a self control challenge (coming from one…

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!!! This really helps. :)

I'm right there with ya, finishing up my undergrad and getting ready to pursue a masters. I don't really lose anything during my stressful times, but i have been abke to maintain my weight loss (a HUGE shock). I do a few things to help my stress eating... 1) I keep some water near me...all the time. This goes back to the…

Wow! Congratulations!

I'm 5' 2". Starting Weight: 220 lbs. Current Weight: 200 lbs (as of January; I haven't checked since) Goal Weight: 140 lbs. (at least, Doc has said it may need to be as low as 130)

CW: 208 GW: 140ish. Height: 5'2" Age: 22 (will be 23 next month)

I usually do a combination of calesthetics (sp??) and yoga for 20-60 minutes. It depends on how much time I have that day. I usually eat something small before I work out - an apple or granola bar. Afterwards, I'm usually having a bowl of granola with milk or a smoothie of some type. I usually don't eat right after I work…

As far as diet, I would check out the getting started forum. There are tons of threads with helpful info on getting started. The best ones are up at the top; some with step-by-step instructions on how to figure out how many calories a day you need to eat. Exercise you really have to find out what works best for you. If…

These are awesome! Thanks!

All of you are such an inspiration!! Congrats on all the success. Thanks for all the pics. Seriously cannot wait until I start seeing results!

I'd love to help you out! I'm 23 and finishing up my last year of college. Cheers to you for being a nursing student. I've had a lot of friends in nursing school. You totally go this! Feel free to add me. :)

Feel free to add me too. I'm 23 and from the Midwest as well!

I'm 5'2". SW: 210/215lbs (depended on the day and the scale). CW: 208lbs. GW: 140ish lbs. Feel free to add me!

This is fantastic! Thanks everyone!

Thanks!

You are an absolute inspiration! I'm having a really hard time getting started with my cardio and my resting heart-rate is crazy high. You've encouraged me to keep going! Thank you.

Hey Hayley! I just started MFP two weeks ago. I'm going to be 23 and in my senior year of college. Good luck on this journey! It can definitely a challenge trying to lose weight while in college.