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Why is surrogacy bad? I want to keep an open mind on this. I'm a woman who can't carry kids and having a surrogate mom is one of the options that was considered. It was only overturned for now because of the expense and fear that someone would take off with my kid. :) I have had a friend offer that when/if we decide we're…

Inspiring and you're doing great!

All of the above! I also found it helpful to remove myself from situations where I would see my ex's FB in any way or anything connected to him. In time, I got over that and became a much stronger person.

Weight can fluctuate 1.5 lbs in a couple of days or even a DAY.

I'm 5 lbs more than you are and one inch shorter. You do NOT look morbidly obese. I do think that the BMI chart is a load of horse poo.

Fact: I started eating better and exercising, hiking, all that. I gained 10 lbs. I'm now down below the weight I'd gained by becoming active and changing how I eat. It's not a fast loss, but I want to do this the healthy way. Magic 8 ball says...Yes, you will eventually lose this weight. Start with some weights too and…

Can I punch her in the nose? Running isn't the best. Because for some of us, it's too high impact. If you want something that gives you the push of running, but is easier on the joints and on helping with that stitch in your side try the elliptical. I can get up to running/jogging speeds on that without causing myself more…

You'r awesome and I'm sorry you had to deal with that crap. You have a great outlook and some people are callous. I tend to have the view...yes I might look chubby or fat in my workout clothes, but I'm DOING something about it which is more than most people are doing. So keep on being great.

Some of the pics people use are revealing enough to make me uncomfortable just because of how...Revealing and nearly sexual they are. Mostly, I view it as "Hey I worked hard and got this and so can you" and they're proud of their journeys.

Loved it all :)

People at my workplace use them. No one makes fun of them

Everyone has a theory about this, and there are MANY different theories floating around. I'm learning to pretty much listen to my body. Make sure you're also drinking plenty of water. I don't eat back most of my exercise calories. It depends on the day. I usually eat at least 1300-1600 calories per day every day regardless…

Around 120lbs thereabouts.

I completely think what we eat even if within our calories matters a lot.

I have the same issue, and I know it takes time to lose from all of my body and that targeting really doesn't tell my body "Lose fat there darnit!!" but I lift and I feel it'll take time to see what's under the flab.

Celery has too few calories for me to up it for breakfast, though not a bad snack. I normally do oatmeal with peanut butter. I sometimes have an egg.

I has kitties! And I loves them. We have Zoey and Sigrid. Zoey is short haired, white and black with the cutest pink nose. Sigrid is her daughter and is a fluff butt. She's also a spasticat. She'll snuggle any piece of furniture in the house, any sock, shoe, bag, chair, anything.

You're doing awesome!

Making me wish I'd prepped my eggs for today. I'm having them tonight as dinner, though. I love eggs, and I notice if I don't eat them, I suffer a lot on energy because meat is sooooo expensive and you can only eat beans so much.

Totally appreciate the feedback here :) Great response all around. I know for now on casual days, my job gets my baggy jeans. I'm losing size faster than my budget will allow :(

My last job had this rule about sleeves and shoulders. Now they're totally Casual, but want nice tops with jeans. My current job is slightly more lenient and weekends are casual. I like the No Flip Flop rule. :) Hate flip flops. It's a "smack, smack, smack" when people walk by and those shoes always look nasty and trashy.…

'm in. 180 is my minimum goal as it is. This week, I have some more work to do! Week #1 -- July 2 -- 8th - 247 / 180 Week #2 -- July 9 -- 15 - 310 / 180 Week #3 -- July 16 -- 22 - 194/180 (spent most of that week sick. Still am, but I'm refusing to give up.) Week #4 -- July 23 -- 29 Week #5 -- July 30 -- Aug 4 Mon: Rest…

One of my best friends got the treadmill going too fast: Crash and burn. For me, my main one is that I tend to try to take a drink and then wear it. I try to put on that, "I meant to do that!" face like I was just...you know...cooling myself off.

My favorite machine in the entire, whole wide world. Now, I use ones in gyms, so I don't know how they are as home machines. I know in the gym you can vary it up and challenge yourself as needed to change your routine.

Skinny vanilla - Iced :) Sometimes with splenda

I'm not the only one who has been with that guy?? What is with their need to control? My ex insisted on submissiveness, would make my plates for me and insist it all needed to be eaten and most of it was Italian foods and pasta. I still to this day hate that kind of food. That was my second instance of that. My first…

i was 35, just moved to a new state and two months later my then husband told me he wanted a divorce and didn't feel like being married anymore (to me...he's married to his girlfriend he had though now. :P) I was like...35, fat (230lbs) and suddenly single? I had also just fallen that same month and tore my ACL. The weight…

If I'm hungry, I eat some back. If I'm not, I don't. The thing to remember is...the goal set is already creating a deficit for you. So if you eat them back, you're still at a deficit. If you don't, you're at more of a deficit. The one thing I don't believe in is the Starvation mode if you're low a few days. I don't have…

It also depends on the job...keep that in mind. I work in call centers because it's the main staple of the town where I live. If you aren't military, in a restaurant or fast food...you're in a call center. Here, call centers don't care generally about small nose piercings or anything like that. They do care about your…

Just because someone might be Goth doesn't make that person somehow a bad worker or mean she'll bring baggage into a job. I wear black, purple, blue, white, though I prefer French tips. I love goth clothing, but I don't wear it to work. I would vote for removing the polish just because it's the interview. It gives you a…