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My daughters are 10 and 12 and I have been struggling with this for several years as well. My 12 year old was just told by her doctor that she needed to lose 25 pounds. She is about 5 foot and weighs 130 punds. I do my best to encourage exercise every chance I get and offer healthy foods. I also made it a point to not let…

Thanks for sharing!

Great job!! Awesome!!

Awesome!! What an inspiration!!

You look great!! Keep up the good work!!

My daughter is 12 and was recently told by her doctor that she needed to lose 25 pounds. She doesn't seem to know when to quit eating. We have made some changes that have really been helping. She no longer eats school lunches. We go to the store every weekend and she picks out some healthy options for lunches. This has…

I was reading Bob Harper's fb wall one day looking for some motivation. Someone posted a comment about how MFP has worked for them and how great it was. I went straight to the site and signed up. I love it!! It has been so helpful logging my menus and my exercise and the support has been amazing! I have lost 10 pounds in…

I feel the same way! I am on Level 1 Day 4 and my arms and stomach have been so sore! I hope that means it's working!

I just started today. Are we supposed to do level one for a certain number of days or do we just move on when we feel we are ready?

What a great story! Well done and keep up the good work! You are an inspiration to us all!!

Thanks! Sounds great!

Great job! You have inspired me! I am going to go buy it this weekend and start on Monday! Thanks for sharing your pics!

I think you just have to be ready on the inside to make a change! This site has helped me change the way I look at food. I have been on here a little over a month and I love it! I am now accountable for everything I eat and that is the big difference! I decided I have to change now that I am 40 or I will be 60 and wish I…

Wow! That is amazing!!! Great work!!

Great job!! You should really feel good about yourself!!

I did have headaches for about a week but I was able to stop!!

I struggled for years to quit my habit of drinking Diet Mt Dew from the time I got up til I went to bed. I would drink up to 12 a day. I tried and tried to quit and couldn't. I finally was able to quit after a trip to the dentist a year ago. She told me my teeth were being eaten away by the acid in the diet pop. That wake…

Sounds good!!

Great work! You look awesome! You are such an inspiration!!

Wow! You look great! Good job!

I found myself at the food court in the mall last weekend. I didn't want to ruin everything that I had done for the last 2 weeks so I just sat there for a while. I couldn't get myself to eat without knowing the nutritional content. I finally realized that chick-fil-a had a booklet on their calorie content and was able to…

I have a daycare and when I started on this site a few weeks ago, I realized just how fast a handful of goldfish crackers or animal crackers adds up. I thinks I finally broke the habit of a handful for me but I still have to think about it, especially cooking.

I quit cold turkey about a year ago. It took about 2 weeks to get over the headaches. I had a horrible habit of drinking diet mt dew from the time I got up until I would go to bed. I feel so much better without it now! I now have an occasional diet pop but not diet mt dew since it seems to be so addicting.

I bought the ladies MIO heart rate watch from Sears this weekend and took it back the next day. I used it on my elliptical to compare calories used to see if it was accurate. The watch said I burned 30 calories when I know I burned more like 400. I bought it for the purpose of tracking calories burned and it was very…

I still weigh myself every day but I log my weight on Monday mornings. It keeps me from splurging on the weekends.

Great job! You look great!!

I would sure like to try this! I will give it my best shot!

Turning 40! I have a lot of unhealthy family members and I refuse to be that way in 20 years. I just realized this year that it is now or never. If I still want to to be healthy in 20 years, I have to make a change now! I can either continue to eat too much and not exercise or I can do what I can to change my future. There…

Great job! I have been on this site for a week and a half and I love to see the success stories! It keeps me going!

I used drink diet mt dew all day long and couldn't stop. All it took was a trip to the dentist telling me my teeth were being ruined by all of the acid in pop. I thought since it wasn't sugar it was ok but the acid is just as bad. After that visit, I quit drinking it completely. I didn't have pop for a long time and now I…