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I have three teen boys (9th, 8th and 7th graders), a full time job and I am caretaker for my brother and his wife. During the winter sports/holiday season, I put on 7-9 lbs of the 35 I lost. I think my life is like juggling balls and when they are all in motion, I can make it. But, when one ball gets out of whack, feels…

That it is apparently catching. My husband was so impressed with not only my success, but how much I learned about myself and my body on my journey, that he bought a FitBit and downloaded the MFP app. He is down a few lbs, but also eating and feeling MUCH better. His coworkers noticed...so now they both downloaded the app.…

Yes!!! And finding a tankini was ridiculous...fit the chest, fit the bikini area but baggy in the stomach.

This is why I started with MFP. Tracking what I was eating was important for me to identify trigger foods. I also learned that while the foods are important, the size portions was what disrupting my intestines even more than the unhealthy foods. I document everything in the notes section (scale of 1-10 for stress,…

I think sometimes, they also can't put their finger on what has changed. I went to a gathering yesterday and haven't seen many of the folks in about 6 months. Though I was on my journey then, it wasn't noticeable. Yesterday, I showed up with 15% of my weight gone and I had just left getting my hair cut. So many of the…

I have to double book myself. So, when my kid goes to soccer ... I walk around the field during that time. When my other kid does tae kwon do, I get to a nearby park to jog. Before church and the kids get up on Sundays, I get up at the crack of dawn to run 5 miles. After work, my (older) kids know that I am taking about an…

I have very few shorts because I only wear them on weekends. But, one pair got ruined in the wash and I needed something more than a denim pair for a 'non work but with work people' event. In May, I bought size 10 (US) shorts and yesterday, everywhere I went I was a solid size 8. When I started this process, I was busting…

I just returned from a cruise. I started each meal with fresh fruit or a friendly salad. I ate what I wanted, but I have also found that I fill easier. I don't eat much bread nowadays, but I thoroughly enjoyed it AND desserts on the cruise. I was active and although we were gone 5 days, I only gained about .5 lbs. It's…

I am a big craft beer drinker and as I get closer to my goal, my allotted calories and TDEE rate have dropped making it more difficult. But, there are some basic calorie counts I use when I know I want to indulge (a porter vs. a kolsch) and when I can't fit in a beer I either exercise so I can or go to something lighter in…

Shorter runs I listen to music, longer I tend to do podcasts. I am a sports fanatic so I listen to the Tony Kornheiser show and the Vertical with woj.

I am where you are. My original goal was 10 lbs and then I dropped my goal by 5 each time I came close to reaching the 'new' number. I needed mini goals because I couldn't bite off a big chunk of change in my life. But here I am at 29 lbs! I dropped my final goal destination to a healthy BMI...but this would be another…

I went on vacation with my two boys last week (ages 14 and 12). Not only did they peter out before me, but we DID things together. We SWAM with dolphins and all of us, including their old Mom, were in the water and had two dolphins 'foot push' us so they could glide us in a standing position in the water. My youngest and I…

I have to stay out of my head. I've lost 29 lbs and some days, I feel like a whale. Some days, I want to eat everything in sight. Some days, I don't want to move very much. But it's a constant dialogue I have to have with my stupid brain. Like another poster said, I set small goals. On the hard days, the goals are…

No matter the speed, I always say I jog because to me, I am working more for distance and stress relief than time. I do my 'minimum' 3 miles then sometimes extend that to 5 based on how I feel.

Five years ago I started C2K when my soon-to-be ex husband moved out and I was left alone without my kids half the week, every week. I cried through a lot of the sessions, used my anger to fuel through others and never thought I would finish. I was away from my kids, facing a potentially life threatening diagnosis (it all…

There is no 'too much' but I think you will know when you are doing too little. Cardio and a bit of yoga is all I do at the moment because I have 3 very active tween and teen children. I play Mom taxi and since we live in the mountains, can get a good walk, jog or hike in while they are at their activities. It's not ideal,…

When people press about my loss, I prefer to tell them in percentages. The actual amount is a bit embarrassing and I feel they get a little more 'judgy' about it. But, when I tell them that I have lost 'about 15% of my body', they put it in context to where they are and it's a higher level of comfort for me.

I missed my Memorial Day goal by 1 lb. but I am honestly totally okay with it. I did buy that swimsuit and that was a little more traumatic than I expected. But, I'm almost 6 months into this journey and this last month was taken up with work chaos (overtime, travel, handling some issues between supervisors, etc.) This is…

Stunning!

I still drink it, just not as many as I used to drink. I'm not on a diet, so I figure a more 'honest' representation is best. I'm a craft beer drinker and have traded my stouts for lighter things like Kolsch or white ales. A rum and diet coke is also a fave as well as tequila w/Izze.

Thank you for sharing your story and spreading encouragement.

This is me to a 't'. At the beginning, I could not mentally handle the idea that I was 40 lbs away from a healthy bmi. It was too much and I had failed so many times before. I made it instead about learning more about my IBS. In addition to food and exercise, I use MFP to monitor how I feel from my stress level to how my…

Down 25lbs. Still working but not in any hurry :-)

That I would care more about the ways clothes fit, their fabric, etc. I have never been a shopper, but with more variety, I care now that there is a pull here or a push there with regard to clothing. And, it took me so long to 'grow out' of my clothes despite losing 25 lbs, I now understand that I was likely wearing the…

Holy wow what a difference! I am just now NOT hiding from the camera as much ... maybe I can do the same soon. Thanks for posting!

I'm the opposite in that I want to 'see' a new weight consistently 3x before I log it. I weigh every day and I know how I fluctuate.

This is a constant issue for me. We have 25 craft breweries within our city limits and I adore craft brew. I have to often search the data bases by 'type' of beer ... porter, kolsch, amber, etc. and I know that this is not the way to go...but it's all I have since breweries don't release this info especially for small…

Seeing a difference honestly hits me in spurts. I have lost 24 lbs and 30 was initially my "stretch" goal. Before, I felt uncomfortable because I felt large, clumsy and awkward. Now, I feel uncomfortable because I don't really "know" this size me and I can't quite get it through my head. Yes, I saw that I was losing weight…

I am 5'4.5 inches (yeah, that half inch matters!) and the highest for me in the "healthy" range is 147.5. I am currently at 164 with a SW of 187.5 I honestly had to break this whole thing in to mini goals and I never looked past each goal .... so part of me never expected to get this far! Even in high school, I stayed…