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Keep your mouth and hands busy! For the mouth, chew sugar-free gum or sip chamomile tea or ice water. For the hands, make beaded jewelry, sew Christmas ornaments, paint your nails, solve a jigsaw puzzle. Something that will completely occupy your hands and attention. (That's after you have one of the planned desserts…

Achambers, you're not strange, you're young. I could eat anything I wanted at 21 years old and stay slim. Losing the baby weight at that age doesn't take as much effort as it does for a woman in her 30s. Your metabolism changes as you get older. I appreciate that you are a busy wife, mother, student, and part-time…

Hi mjacob75. I just sent you a friend request because we're the same age and have similar goals. I just joined this site last Friday and am also looking for friends to stay motivated.

Hello, srdunco. I'm a fellow 36 year old mom here looking to look better in photographs. I've slowly lost 10 pounds over the last three or four months, by focusing on adding exercise back into my routine. Now I'm turning to my diet to lose 25 pounds. I've only been using this website for a week, but it's already made a…

Hi Amanda! Sixty pounds in six months, that's impressive! I'm another tall woman - 5'10", currently 215 pounds - looking to drop 25 pounds. I too am built to be thicker and stronger; no string beans in my family. I've lost 10 pounds in the last four months, with moderate changes to my diet and irregular exercise. I'm using…