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Uhfgood, skip the drill sergeants. They're in a different world. Focus on the supportive posts and your own progress.

Great article! Good context for the mental struggle toward fitness and a relief to know others have the same struggle. Thanks for posting the link.

I don't think Ufhgood was describing an easy mile. For him, and for me, that mile is enormous progress over our first walk to the end of the block and will eventually be a marker toward longer and faster runs. The reminder to push our comfort zones is helpful, as is a reminder that comfort zones are self-determined. If I…

With 90 days of tracking my weight every day, I can finally see my pattern as one month of tiny ups and downs, then 2 pounds gone.

I'm with you. No interest in entering a race, don't want to track my personal bests, not trying to re-live any glory years, not judging those who do. I just want the weight loss and wellness benefits of running, along with the extra calories I eat back at 50%.

The taste is good, like fresh cheese. The texture is bouncy, like licorice Nibs. Sometimes they squeak when you bite into them, but not like a mouse, more of a fresh mozzarella cheese squeak. Not that I've ever bitten into a mouse. Come to think of it, the only time I ever ate cheese curds was on a bet. Maybe they were…

There's an Agatha Christie story with a Swiss weight loss clinic that kept its patients sedated for several weeks, providing minimal sustenance through a drip. Go to sleep heavy; wake up skinny.

I'm glad some people read the article and not just its title.

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It has the same importance for me as my horoscope. Both use numbers; both are woo.

Second the Beck books, also The Diet Fix.

A sandwich will not go down my throat without something crunchy and salty on the side. Veggie chips!

Bought six boxes of Girl Scout cookies, divided them into 70-80 calorie snack packs and put them in the freezer. Quite a change from scarfing them down in 2 days and trolling the streets looking for more.

I understand the temptation to find answers in books. Instead of reading a gazillion diet books, try The Diet Fix and The Beck Solution for help with the mental and emotional hurdles to weight loss.

And take off your earrings and blow your nose.

Pootler, I want to print your post and put it on the bathroom mirror to read every morning. Thank you!

They're meh. I think Skinny Cow does chocolate better, although nothing beats a 70 calorie square of Ghirardelli.

Yeah, chiropractic. http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html and this doesn't count the surgical repair to my abdominal wall after a chiropractor "manipulated" my back.

I love MFP's take-no-prisoners posts. No excuses, no whining, no blaming your decisions on "them" and "they". Nothing jumps in your shopping cart by itself. Everything you buy takes several actions on your part--you glance at it, take a second look, reach for it, pick it up, read the label (!), put it in the cart, put it…

My weight comes off the same way--down up down up down up around the same number. Drives me crazy. To deal with it, I weigh and log daily on weightgrapher. The graph there shows me the weekly and monthly losses, the moving average, and current weight compared to 28 days ago. I've also expanded my mental goal weight target…

Slogging through W4D1 of C25K today, the thought that kept me going was, "Imagine how surprised your colleagues will be when they hear you dropped dead while running. They always thought you'd choke to death on donuts."

OP-As long as you're happy with the nutritionist's advice and it works for you, disregard the contradictory advice and questions here. If the advice doesn't work, discuss it with the nutritionist. If you have questions, take them to her. Your post showed a lot of courage and determination. Stay focused and blow off the…

No, a doctor isn't a nutritionist, but if you test as pre-diabetic your doctor will refer you to a nutritionist who will discuss your eating patterns, show you how to use a glucose monitor, and suggest simple changes in your diet. You're not alone and you don't need to guess at possible solutions.

Ha! Only an amateur couldn't hack through frozen dough.

Used to eat: Raw oatmeal and brown sugar, about half and half Raw macaroni soaked in a little water Raw pie crust sticks I still have a thing for cookie dough, cake batter, raw cinnamon rolls, etc. When a recipe says "Makes 3 dozen", I may get get 1 dozen in the oven. Salmonella, I laugh in your face!

Hurrah for you!!! That's my next goal, to go from orange to yellow on the chart. It's good to know it is possible.

I heard Cab Calloway did this to his ribs when he played Kansas City to keep his band members from chowing down.

30°, feels like 19°, and I just finished W3D3. I thought it was too cold but it was either get outside or stay inside with Leslie Sansone. By the end, I was pulling off my headband and neck wrap.

Some diet truths to live by: If you eat something fattening with something healthy of the same color, the second cancels the first; i.e. circus peanuts with carrots or a green frosted cupcake with broccoli or pepperoni pizza with an apple. The calories have fallen out of broken cookies. Anything eaten with diet pop has…