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My daughter is graduating with a joint law degree/MBA on May 19th. I shamelessly want to look good in the photos. My other three kids are also aware that since it will be the first time the entire family will be together in a few years (scattered all over the world), we will be taking a lot of photos. Everyone is in a…

I don’t have a food scale, but I measure EVERYTHING! I’ve found that by seeing how many useless calories are in many condiments as I measure them, I’ve opted out and switched to spices.

What always amazes me are people’s eyes! Look how much better your eyes look! Good for you! I agree, I am really benefiting from tracking my meals! Very happy for you!

I, too, blamed my weight gain on being older and slower metabolism (I’m 54) but I realized I was just eating all wrong. I grew up in the southern US, where dinner could be eight different vegetables and no meat. Until I went away to college (at my same height) I never weighed over 100 pounds... then at the end of college,…

Coffee. You went there. Lol. Sooooo.... for as long as I was employed, I was a high school teacher and worked nights and weekends at a major airline. My hubby, who was a pilot with lots of days off, would sit on the lanai watching the ocean every morning he was home with a cup of coffee topped off with Bailey’s Irish…

I cut out any processed foods, except Ezekiel bread. No dairy. I have been keeping my meals under 400 calories each, which takes some planning, but worth it. Lots and lots of vegetables -like four or five at each meal. No fruits really except for grapefruit. I sit down to eat and I put everything into MyFitnessPal before I…

None during the first three weeks, but I agree with you! Wine, it does a body good. Lol

I tried to post it under a thread for photos only and it posted on the main success stories. Then when I tried to add a caption, I did post it twice and can’t figure out how to delete it because it looks like the threads are merged. If you can tell me how, I would appreciate it! I couldn’t even find the other one to delete…

I tried to post it under a thread for photos only and it posted on the main success stories. Then when I tried to add a caption, I did post it twice and can’t figure out how to delete it because it looks like the threads are merged. If you can tell me how, I would appreciate it! I couldn’t even find the other one to delete…

Thanks! I have a daughter who went from a size 16 to a size 4 and never steps on a scale and encourages me not to. She only watches her calories and nutrients. I’m learning a lot about the process. The biggest thing I’ve learned losing ten pounds is that I want to lose so much more. Lol

Good for you! Looks amazing!!

That’s really the only reason I wanted to post it, because I, too, was disappointed that I was wearing my “same old jeans” until I put them on and noticed how different my shape looked. I probably shouldn’t have been wearing that size before, lol, because they just squeezed my fat up into a nice little muffin top. When I…

Good for you!!!! You look like an entirely different person. But most of all, I bet you feel amazing!

Yes, to be honest, I was surprised how much! Those are the same jeans in both pictures, so just the difference in shape is encouraging . Wanted to encourage anyone who might be thinking ten pounds is not so much. I’ve hit a little plateau after a quick start, but this time I’m really going to stick with it. The next ten is…

There was quite a belly hiding under that bulk, lol.

5’ 5 1/2” . 156>146. Didn’t feel like I was making progress until I saw a picture from three weeks ago. I had a borderline high cholesterol reading so I wanted to make some quick changes