JuliannaUnderhill Member

Bump! I created a group for people losing 150+ pounds - "Ready and Determined to Lose 150 Pounds or More - With a Little Help From Our Friends!" I wish I knew how to include a link to it here. Just ask me ( or friend me) and I will send you an invite. I started on Jan. 2 and I have lost 22 pounds so far. I have a long way…

Joined this challenge a while back, but have hit it already - a smidge over 22 pounds! It's just because I began Jan. 2nd so I had a big initial loss, but I stil feel pretty good about it. How close is everyone else? Do you have any reward planned for March 1st if you make it? March 1st is my birthday so I think my…

I created this group "Ready and Determined to Lose 150 Pounds or More - With a Little Help From Our Friends!" I wish I knew how to include a link to it here. Just ask me and I will send you an invite. Have a great day!

Thanks everyone - I'm not much of a cook but if I come up with a version I like I'll let you know

I want to be able to: Wear my engagement and wedding rings Paint my toenails Walk without pain for as long as I like Wear a dress without feeling like a parade float

Granted, Lane Bryant sux, but Torrid has some awesome stuff!

Mona and Tara - I really like your attitudes. As I am always telling my students, done is better than perfect! If you go a little over your calories, so what? The real accomplishment is tracking them, and learning new habits. Nobody learns new habits unless they make plenty of mistakes. The emotional and spiritual sides of…

You're not a stay at home mom, you work at home.

I have lost 15 pounds since I started MFP on January 2nd.

Just started a new group for positive, supportive people with 150 pounds or more to lose, or who started out with 150+ to lose and are already well on their way. If you would like to join just send me a message!

I lost 15 pound in ten days. Wish I could keep doing that for a while! I know how extreme it is but I think it's because I just started and it's all water weight. Anyway, MFP gave me even fewer calories for this week which seems odd. Any thoughts?

I just noticed MFP has groups...this should be a group, I think. Should I make one and we all migrate to it? What should it be called?

What is your favorite munchies defeater? I noticed a while ago that my daughter, (who is quite thin) often wanders into the kitchen bored-hungry but rarely eats anything, she just has milk. For her, it's out of laziness. Pouring milk is by far her least effort option. But it seems to quash her munchies so I have copied…

Welcome! We all need lots of encouragement and help...it's going to be difficult and take a long time. But it's worth it.

Welcome!

Welcome! And thanks for the add invite!

Welcome! You sound just like me - not ready to add workouts yet, but def in the planning stages!

Me neither, I am having trouble with that myself! Welcome - you are officially joined

That's so sweet! Thanks and welcome.

Well...I forgot to weigh myself yesterday. And I'm not going to today either, because the scale is upstairs and currently the upstairs is about 31 degrees! And it's not much better on the first floor either. My furnace died two days ago, on the coldest day of the year so far in Chicago. It was four degrees when it stopped…

Thanks and welcome! I just realized that when I started this thread, I figured on finding maybe three or four others who needed to lose as much as I do. I am so glad to know I am not alone.

Welcome! Glad to hear you are planning a "long haul" like me...i think we can make it fun! Or funny. Or at least not boring!

Welcome! Please add me if you would - every time i try to add someone this app goes bonkers. That goes for anyone else too, add me!

Awesome, welcome! I'm all about encouragement - we who need to lose 150 pounds or more have so much work to do over such a long time must create a support system for ourselves.

Tomorow is weigh day for me, and I'm pretty optimistic! What days does everyone else weigh on ( if you do)?

Actually it may be cool to vary calories. If you hit close to the make every day, day in and day out, your body becomes accustomed to that. I read somewhere that if your keep your bod guessing (like, 1400 calories three days in a row, then 900 calorie day, then a 1200 day, then a weekend blowout of 1800, etc.) your body…

Hmm. I seem to have forgotten how months work...I probably won't lose 20 by March 1 but I might. 20 is just a goal, not a requirement - I'll be happy to lose 10 while cheering everyone else on! Has anyone weighed in?

THIS. The last time I got the "When are you due?" I replied "Actually, my water just broke. When did you get the hairpiece?" It made one of my co-workers laugh so hard she snorted.

So anyway. Does anyone else know about or use the Pact app? I made a pact to log my food at least six days a week on My Fitness Pal. If I do it, I get a dollar a week. If I don't log more than one day per week, I have to pay five bucks per day I don't log. I love logging my food so it's easy money! You can also make…

I like the incremental goals! I deliberately didn't change my diet until January 2nd because i am superstitious about New Year's resolutions