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I broke my collar bone pretty bad this time last year in a bike accident. Don’t push yourself, try to eat healthy since exercising is pretty tough, and let your body recover. I am back and a bit better shape than I was last year, so it’s like I lost a year, but all in all I feel really good and since it healed properly my…

Welcome! Good luck with healthy eating and I second the above commentors note that you don’t really need a plan to lose weight, just a calorie deficiency and moderately healthy food. I did Atkins in the past, but it was just too hard to keep up! Now I eat a bit less, limit really high calorie foods to a few times a month,…

I wouldn’t worry to much about it-setbacks are a part of life and it’s not easy to be disciplined all the time. I also overeat during the holidays, but over the years I have just realized that I may not be doing the best thing for my weight, but I am enjoying myself by having some treats for a while, and that I will get…

I can relate--I have been married twice and each time I gained weight right after marriage. It just may be that with married life comes a change in schedule and lots more responsibility, more home life, possibly more regular meals. Give it some time to settle down, enjoy this time a bit, and then refocus on losing weight…

Great job!

It’s tough, especially with split kid ages-I have the same age gap (24, 10,8) and my younger kids was much harder on me physically than my older son. You might want to broaden you weight loss time horizon-for me if it takes a year to lose a few pounds then that’s still progress given my time. I also focus some on…

I know for myself I tend to yo-yo on weight and can vary a few pounds from one day to another, and I always weight first thing in the am. You might try weighing in one a day for a week. Also, you could be gaining muscle, which is great!

Great job--14 pounds is alot of hard work!

Congrats on the amazing weight loss! I want to say that I don’t think you should worry about relationship problems related to your weight-I know from my experience that that appearance is not really the issue when you have problems with a husband/boyfriend(or with wife/girlfriend). There are so many other issues that are…

@KeriA I also pop up and down in weight-and I weigh myself only in the morning at roughly the same time-but I think it’s just a part of life and I try not to think much about any setbacks. and if I miss a bit of time I just slowly work back-I take a long view that a missed week or month is a short amount of time compared…

It's tough to keep focused-friends who are doing it with you help the most--but I find when I am slipping that a small bit of exercise will keep me from falling off a cliff. If you feel like you are plateauing with your exercise you can try to do a pyramid or ramp type work out (more if you to weight training). Or, if you…

Feel free to add me-I have been active for over a month and it has helped keep me on track.

I can’t agree enough with the idea that a hobby/activity may help curb the emotional eating. I find that I have the toughest time in the winter-I don’t do as much, as a divorced dad the holidays are tough, and if I sit around the house I will binge. But if I motivate myself to be active, I usually do pretty good-just have…

One tip I have that helps me is that even if I am tired or distracted I will just force myself to do the smallest exercise-maybe even just a couple of pushups or a 10 minute walk. It helps to stop any depressing feelings that you didn’t do anything, especially over a few days, and if you are like me you start exercising…