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I started over for the 3rd time! I'm about a month in and joined a running class to having something to keep me accountable. I'd love new friends!

your tush and thighs look super toned! maybe someday I'll find the motivation to do what you do!!

Awesome results. You look fantastic. Thanks for all the tips!

I'm be game. I'm 29 mom to 2.5y/o little girl. :)

ignore your friend. look at heidi klum!

I don't work shift work but I have my diary broken down to time sections. It helps me make sure I am eating throughout the day and not let myself get over hungry. You could set yours up the same way and use it for your different shifts.

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time for a new costume to show off your new figure! Congrats on the weight loss.

you can get thin sliced lunch meat and 6 slices of turkey is 60 calories, I roll them up and totally feel like I'm indulging. You can add a small portion of cheese in there to make it 100. Also, baby carrots, popcorn, bread with butter or jam,

lara bars are weird at first and not what I expected. but then I found myself craving them. a lot of them of sweetened with dates and I think it is really sweet. i haven't had those specific flavors but I like the other ones. if you go into expecting a snickers you won't be pleased. :P Also, I am pretty sure they are…

I'm 5'5" and 29, my goal is 129. That is my ultimate goal. I've been at a plateau for over a month. I'm stuck at 142 and at this point I'd be thrilled just to get to 135. I'm very curvy, or rather pear shaped no matter what my weight is so any lower than 129 and I would look too thin. Even at 129 my family thought I was…

popcorn! You can have a LOT of it for few calories.

honey sunshine is great as a snack. I'm not as big of a fan of it with milk. but it is great if you need fiber too!

Chex, Kix, cheerios. They don't taste like "crap" but they don't satisfy a sweet-tooth either.

some days I give in, other days I tell myself NO! If you have been doing well and want to indulge a little, I say go for it. Try to have small portions and look up how many calories things are ahead of time. If I am going to a restaurant I usually check their website, or MFP database, to plan what I am going to eat, or at…

i would give up on your cheat days. i don't know how far you are going over, but I would try to only go 200-300 over on those days if you can. if you do much more than that you will sabotage your progress. It is normal for weight to fluctuate from day to day. Don't give up on yourself. You can get back down to where you…

lots of veggies!! you can have two cups of squash for less than 100 cals. Roasted or steamed with just a little salt and pepper on top is delicious. Also a big salad with light dressing can be under that depending on what you put in it.

can someone explain what HIT is? I have been at a plateau for the past month and am struggling to lose my last 15 too!

I work from home (daycare) but I try to get any and every one I know involved. Even if they don't want to lose weight it good for fitness reasons. I think the more people that know about your goals, the better. You can help keep each other in line and especially at work. Work can have tons of snacks and food loaded with…

I have read your posts and understand that you are scared about what diet and exercise will do, how slowly it will progress, and how your skin will contract. Diet and exercise is a slow, healthy method, leaving you time to learn, your body time to heal from being starved, and your skin time to contract. Since you will be…

I think you should lay off the HCG. You are at a much healthier weight and you should learn healthy ways to change your life so you don't have to rely on an outside source. You need to diet and exercise and change your life in order to maintain your weight loss. If you are dieting and exercising it will take longer and…

what is HCG?

I made chili tonight to attempt to hit my potassium goal. It had kidney beans, diced tomatoes, V8, and hamburger. I still only got 2500 in for the day. But the chili was good and relatively low-cal

gardening?

a banana only has about 450 or less of potassium so even one a day, won't get you very far! does anyone take a potassium supplement?

i don't come anywhere near mine either and I get light-headed, dizzy a lot too. Even when I try to eat high potassium foods I'm never even close! I'm curious what people are eating who are hitting their goal.

I hardly ever want to drink water. I just got a new bottle that holds 24oz and I try to drink it one sitting. That way I get it out of the way. Good luck!

but you if would have burned them just sitting, it is what your body burns. the exercise burns more on top of that. so just count what is in the database or what your heart rate monitor reads. your body is still working to keep you breathing, blood flowing, etc.

I don't do weight watchers but a friend who does told me I would need to eat 1000 calories for where i am at to be within my weight watchers points. That is way too few. I would stick with MFP and try to get good use out of the calories it sets for you. If says you started in September. Give it time. I am losing ever so…

What are the tri-states? I'm in Vermont.