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Bahahaha! I've heard people say he's a quack and I've wondered why. I think I see it now!

I'm super pear shaped. My chest is small compared to the rest of me, and I have a BIG butt, so I'd like to hope that when I lose weight that I'd look like Jennifer Lopez. Hey! We can all dream, right?

My calorie limit is 1,510 and I struggle some days. If I mess up just a little, I go over my calories. Some days I do alright. Anyway, I can't imagine only having 1,200 calories. I have friends who have their calories set to 1,200 and they are skipping meals and/or drinking lemon water in the place of meals. That can't be…

31 female 5'3" 201 lbs Size 16W. I don't think I fit into a regular size 16, but yet my size 18 pants are baggy. My butt, thighs, and lower stomach are a lot bigger than my shoulder's and upper torso, so I could wear a size large shirt.. The only problem is that a size large would fit me right in the shoulders but snuggly…

I've sidelined 30 Day Shred. :( My knees starting hurting me on Monday. I still did the 30 DS that day and my knees were killing me yesterday. They are still bothering me today. Not as bad as yesterday, but I don't want to make it worse again, so I'm taking a break. BOO! I've only completed 6 days.

Oh, that's scary. You're right that if there are problems that I should get them diagnosed, but I'm so scared they might tell me that there's really bad damage. I hope not. Ugh. Gosh darn it! I wish I hadn't been overweight ever since I was 8 years old.

Thanks, guys! I took it easy tonight. I just did a one mile with Leslie Sansone. I then did some dumb bells exercises for my arms. I forgot that I had a Jorge Cruz book with dumb bell exercises. I think I might start incorporating those exercises in with cardio. I hate to drop the 30 Day Shred, but I don't think I will do…

When I was walking around carrying my daughter yesterday, I was wearing flip flops. I'm sure that's what did it. There's no support or padding in them. And like I said, they were already hurting before I did exercises yesterday. When I exercise, I wear some asic sneakers. I don't know if they're good for me or not. I…

I don't know, but have you tried to do 40 jumping jacks? That's quite a bit of jumping jacks, especially for someone who's out of shape like myself. I think it might be possible to burn 100 calories that way. I'm no professional though, so it's just a guess.

I've only completed 5 days. I skipped Friday and yesterday. I plan to do day 6 today. Just out of curiosity, I checked out level 2 and the modified versions don't seem very tough. Haha! But I thought that about level 1 before I tried it, and then when I tried it I was like "holy crap, this is hard!" I'm going to stay on…

I don't know because no one in my family has really traced our lineage far back enough. I'm really interested though. The only thing that I kind of have is that my father told me that his grandmother was a cousin or something to Alfred Hitchcock. I don't know how much credit that has, and I'm not sure if they were first…

For those of you who are moving on from 30 Day Shred, would you say that you've mastered 30 Day Shred? Do you follow Natalie and find it easy? I kind of feel like I shouldn't move on unless it's easy. I follow the modified versions, and find it difficult, so I don't think I should move on until it is easy. Is that not what…

I don't know, but I just wanted to say that I get aches in my feet when I do it too. For me, the sides of my feet hurt so bad. I've also tried different shoes, but it still hurts. I have really wide feet, so I figured that was my issue. I wonder if it's common to get the achy feet.

Oooooh, I really like these kind of rewards. :) My first goal is just to get under 200 lbs, which is only 3 lbs away but is taking for.ev.er. My first thought was something like treating myslf to the Cheesecake Factory, but that would probably just put me right back over 200 lbs. even it is only for a day or so, I don't…

That is really cool! What a great story. Thank you for sharing, and congratulations on your achievements. :)

Oh, thank God! I was so frustrated because I gained 4 lbs this week. I started the 30 Day Shred on Monday and Wednesday is when the scale jumped. Yay! It makes sense!

I have had similar experiences. For the most part, I eat well and I've been exercising a bunch more. I never exercised, but since committing to this weight loss thing, I've been exercising almost everyday. My weight loss has been so slow. It seems that it's the day after I've "cheated" that I lose weight.

I know everyone says not to, but I weigh myself everyday. It's crazy how much my weight fluctuates! I only record my weight once a week, as long as there is an actual loss on my "official weigh in" day. I last recorded my weight on Saturday the 4th. I weighed in at 202.4. The earliest I'll record again will be tomorrow,…

In my opinion, your son doesn't look fat. Maybe he's a little husky, but he looks healthy. And since he's active and eating right, he'll probably thin out a bunch once he hits a growth spurt. I'm really sorry if you feel like these posts about obese children are directed towards you son. But when I think of obese children,…

This is a pretty popular thread right now. Unless there is a medical reason, there is no reason for a child to be obese. I started to gain a bunch of weight in 3rd grade, and that was the beginning of my weight issues. The main reason was because my parents got me my own T.V. and so I stopped leaving my bedroom. I was also…

I did it! Did anyone else?

I can see it too in your waist. Keep at it! Don't get discouraged. You're doing great!

I was so interested in this, until I saw the scary clown on the main page. I'm so scared of clowns.

I've posted on FB that I'm doing MFP, so any friends who've taken notice know. I have a few real life friends who are friends with me on MFP, and my husband knows I'm doing this. I understand the feeling of not wanting people to know b/c you don't want them critiquing everything you put your mouth. And people seem to give…

Do you know what causes you to eat? Is it stress? Depression? Do you eat to feel good? Have you sought out a counselor? ((hugs)) You can overcome this! The first step is identifying WHY you binge. Once you figure it out, then seek out ways to cope w/o food. Easier said than done, isn't it? But You really can do it!

I don't really know. I remember in Weight Watchers we were told to eat extra points to keep the body properly fueled. If there's too big of a difference between calories eaten and calories used, the body will actually burn less since it thinks it's starving. But I don't think exercising is every in vain. It keeps the heart…

I agree. They're not telling you that you're doing anything wrong. They're just giving some helpful tips and letting you know that the wrap's not necessary. It doesn't help you lose fat any faster. Just makes you sweat more. But as for the calories burned, like the above commenter mentioned, it's hard to tell, but the HRM…

Okay. I'm feeling so much better now. I don't know what it was. After the visit to the grocery store and coming on here to gripe about it, I pigged out on some carb rich food. I'm not proud of that. I'm 400 something calories over my goal for today. That stinks, but my muscles started to feel sooooo much better after…

I haven't done it yet, but I was thinking about skipping it today. It hurts to move. I was in the grocery store today, and I'm usually able to walk pretty quickly while pushing a cart. Not today. I felt like a tortoise. I was waddling through the store. Yes. Waddling. Ugh! When does the pain end? Okay. I will try to do it.

We're almond milk users. Ever since my daughter was diagnosed with a milk allergy we've been using milk alternatives. We prefer almond to soy. If you want to drink it straight up, a vanilla flavored one would probably be best to try. You can get it sweetened or unsweetened. The sweetened IMO is too sweet. We use the…