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Actually rewarding non-scale things is a great idea!! Thank you

I guess I'm just stuck on, why would you enter if you had NO intention of trying?! I have people that after 9 1/2 weeks are actually on the positive side by 6%.

Hi!! I am 5'1" and currently about 210. I am looking to get to about 140/145. I am just starting (yet again) and would love support:)

Had my health screening at work this morning, and all my "numbers" have returned to normal range....even the cholesterol!!! My BMI still needs a lot of work, but the others made me so happy!!! Also, a couple people at work this week made very nice comments about my weight loss. It's been a good week!!

To be honest, this is the hardest thing I had to learn during my divorce......he didn't change AT ALL, I did!! I kept saying, "well he does this and I hated that" or "he is so lazy" and finally my mom said "yeah, he's exactly who you married". Unfortunately she was right. It is really not appropriate or nice of you to be…

If no one needed a kind word or inspiration or support, and finding like-minded people, or new ideas and those things didn't change the "head game", then why the forums on this site at all?!!

Not exactly experiencing this, but I do have this lady at work that always talks to me about weight loss (she's "different" so I think she is just looking for a way to relate), which is absolutely fine. I research a ton, and have learned a ton, and have had great success so far (21 pounds in 8 weeks). However, all she does…

Ahhhh should've been quicker and said "you're really cute too, for a moron"......screw that dude, he obviously has issues and I feel bad for the girl that feels bad enough about herself to go for coffee with him

Thank you all very much!! And when I say "I can't" take a rest day or "cheat/indulge"....I just mean for NOW. Like I said, I'm only 2 months in and I've quit and restarted this journey 100 times, and I want this one to stick, so I'm setting permanent habits. I swear, I feel like I've lost the same 20 pounds 15 different…

Thank you very much Adam, thinking about it in those long terms helps immensely. Also, I generally have enough calories from the amount of exercise I do to get some of the things I really want in there. Yesterday I just went way overboard (about 900 calories overboard, not of what I burnt but of my 1000 calorie deficit)…

I tried it......it gave me HORRIBLE nightmares!!! I know that sounds like a strange side effect, but I had to quit taking it because they were so terrible. On the upside, I've not run into anyone who has had the same experience, so hope it is good for you!

Thanks everyone, I guess I just see people who lose 20 pounds in a month and feel like that should be me!!! And yes I have the Fitbit Charge HR.

I feel like I'm obsessed with losing a lot of weight, when in reality, it probably should be "losing volume"

Did it always go down, and was it frustrating when/if it didn't? What kept you going if so?

Oh, I should say, I am down 15 pounds in almost 6 weeks, and have 49 more to go.

I realize this is somewhat silly, but my shadow is different LOL......I used to see a round ball when I looked down at my shadow, now I am seeing a fitter person

I don't mean to equate skinny with happy, or to say that thin people never have bad days. I do, however, think that being obese, you have put more obstacles in your own way.

I just realized that I was spending so much time on people that didn't care about me......I would call them and meet them for dinner or for drinks.....they never contacted me or asked about me when I didn't initiate.....so eventually the problem just took care of itself.....now when those people say "how are you?" I…

1.) A "friend" said, "your mom is so much hotter than you" 2.) My daughter (4) called me "chubby"...followed by "I love you anyway, mom" 3.) I lost 60 pounds 3 years ago, and put it all back on.....I kept referring to "when I did it before" 4.) I became totally obsessed with looking at others and picking which part of…

I love this thread because I notice weird things all the time: -I don't need to use the exceptionally large bath towels I bought because they are the only ones that covered me -I don't have to lift up rolls to shave certain intimate parts -I can snap my bras much more easily -I feel smaller in people's arms when they hug…