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The latest was an eyeroll followed by "ooooh, do cows have FEELINGS?" Followed by a 30 minute lecture about how he lived on a farm growing up and they were very humane and humans were MEANT to eat meat because [insert false biological "proof" here]. There are some people who just don't get it and never will. For them, I…

Sarahz5, I gained the weight after my husband came back from deployment (fat and happy!) and then we moved cross country and ate out quite a bit. I thought once I went back to eating normally, the weight would drop off. I calculate my cals burned with my HRM. I also keep an eye on the treadmill cals burned vs MFP cals…

I do high-protein meat replacements. We tried the Tofurkey kielbasa the other night- not great- but the Yves Italian sausages are pretty good. :)

Total calorie intake on weekdays would be 1500+ however many calories I burned that day, give or take no more than about 100 calories. So if I burned 400 calories one day, I would eat about 1900 calories. I weigh in about every other day. I notice small fluctuations between 150-152.5 but I never really go above or below…

I'm definitely not NEGATING any calorie deficit as I'm only reaching my daily max, but I'll go ahead and give this one a try. I am always hesitant to give up everything, KWIM? I want to feel like if I really want that cookie, then I can have the cookie! :-D I just have to wait for the weekend to do it. I hate feeling…

Oh man. I am SO there!! I just found this site today: www.mybodygallery.com. You can input your height, weight, size, shape and it gives you random images of women your size. I must admit, I was shocked. The girls my size are HOT! I had to look FORTY lbs heavier than I am to find girls who looked like how I think I look.

UUUUGH! I'm so sorry. >:-( I don't understand it either.

I'm 5'6" and currently 136. My goal weight is 135, but I may decide to lose a few more pounds. I am a size 4. I looked okay at 150, good at 140 but I feel best about myself between 130-135.

I'm currently losing weight. I'm with you, my biggest motivation is that I want to feel HOT when he comes home, not self-conscious. It's been pretty easy since my kids won't eat the same things as I do anyway, so I make their dinner and then I can make my low-cal foods. When DH is home I'm making huge dinners with his…

160 is the amount per serving. The only number you would divide by 12 (for 12 servings) would be the 10 calorie soda. So each slice would be about 161 calories a serving.

Hi! I'm Cass. Hubby is a pilot in the army, currently deployed to Afghanistan. I'm back at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska with our three kids- a daughter, 5 (we also had her on our 1 year anniversary), and two sons who turn 1 and 4 this month. I'm about 5 lbs from my goal weight, but I do plan to reevaluate at that point... I may…

Thank you, Mickmelie!! I could not figure it out. :-/

I LOVE this thead!! I wear glasses because I have to, and well... I really am a nerd. But here I am. I'm surprised WoW isn't on the monitor. :-D Well crap, let me figure out how to fix this...

I had my 3rd baby almost a year ago (December 20th) and I gained 70 lbs. I lost all the weight by 9 months post partum with my 1st, by 6 months with my 2nd and I finally made it down to my pre-pregnancy weight in November (this was by far the hardest!) but I still have 10 lbs to go, as I gained 10 lbs two months before I…

I've had three kids, 2 c-sections and a VBA2C. Last baby was a year ago this month. I'm lucky in that I don't have the "pooch," but my whole stomach does bow out because the muscles are so stretched. :( If I tighten my stomach everything is nice and flat, but I can't walk around like that all the time! Thank you so much…

Look at your itty-bitty waist! Congratulations!!

You look great! And I'm loving the sassy new haircut, too. Keep up the good work!

Wow, great job!

Thought I'd add my $.02. I have a family history of hypothyroidism. I was exhibiting every symptom in the book, but my levels were always coming back normal. I finally couldn't take it anymore and went in just sobbing, saying I could barely make it through the day because I was so tired, I couldn't lose weight, my hair was…

This time last year I was busting out of my size L maternity pants, and in a couple weeks I will have resigned to wearing sweats and yoga pants because nothing else fits. I gained 70 lbs total. After I had him I had to go out and buy a pair of size 14 jeans (I started the pregnancy at a size 4-6, so even my "fat" jeans,…

Okay, since she said it, so will I. HOLY COW YOU ARE SMOKIN'!!! Seriously, you are gorgeous. You and I are about the same size (5'6" and I weigh 144) and I don't look half that good.

Well, you were adorable before, but loving the abs now! Great job!

I think for me personally, diet soda helps me eat LESS sugar. If I'm craving something sweet I drink a soda and I'm good. I don't need a soda AND a candy bar- that would just be too much.

I've seen your pics in another thread and I thought the progress pictures were amazing. These are INCREDIBLE! I didn't even realize it was you until I saw the "old" pics. You look fabulous!

I'm going to be totally honest and say that I am throwing my vegan diet out the window and scarfing on some turkey. It's one day. That being said, I remember many years back when half my family were vegetarians and the other half carnivores. Since my aunt was hosting Thanksgiving dinner and she was on the veg side, we had…

Me! I have three kids and I want to see them grow up. I want to see their kids and their kids' kids. I want to be that spry old lady that still powerwalks every morning with her husband wearing matching jogging suits. If I'm completely honest, a little bit is for my husband. He has loved me at my biggest and smallest. He's…

Wow, congratulations!! You are so pretty!

WOW! You are smokin'!! I'm also 5'6" and I don't look that good at 145!! Gorgeous!!

SAHM to three- my 5 year old daughter, 3 year old son (turns 4 next month!) and my baby who also has a birthday next month.

I admit, when I'm out with friends sometimes it's just easier to order meat/dairy. Up here in Alaska, it seems like EVERYONE eats meat and I'm tired of getting questioned and then lectured about how "stupid" being vegan is. I finally decided to just stop eating out. If I want dinner with friends I make it here. I've made a…