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I completely agree!

Marla, how are things going??? D

I just finished reading his book about 3 weeks ago and for that many weeks have started lifting according to his plan. I feel different and people are asking me if I am losing again but my weight is the same as it was 6 months ago. Before reading his book I was lifting using the machines at the Y but now I am using…

I can't remember if it was my 4th or 5th rib but it popped out from where it attaches to my spine. It happened twice within two weeks of each other. After it happened the second time, I knew better and really took it easy. Well, the pain med and muscle relaxant that I was on helped me take it easy. It was truly one of the…

You look amazing! I could lose another 15 and even with weights I wouldn't look like that! Congrats!

Wolfena, Definitely not alone!!! I hate this obsessive part of me. For example, I know that I will be out of town Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun and I am already thinking...ok....really, fantasizing about the food I will eat. I want to eat healthy but allow a bit of indulgence here and there. I plan to exercise like crazy so that I can…

thanks for posting!!

Yikes! Ditto!!!

I was the same as runner. Each year I lost less than the year before and I would go long periods of not losing and then, BAM, lose several pounds for no explainable reason. Just keep doing what you are doing! Congrats on your weight loss! D

These two together are truly the best advice ever!!! D

I have both! But I do find that the more resistance training or weight lifting that I do the better my shape is. D

Congratulations Silvana!! We are all so proud of you!!:flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :heart: :smooched: :flowerforyou: :drinker: Here is the link for Silvana's stats: http://raceday.baa.org/individual.html BIB NAME AGE M/F CITY ST CTRY CTZ 20925 Dereski, Silvana 50 F Wawa ON CAN 5k 0:28:41 10k0:57:10 15k 1:32:54…

Silvana is doing great!! She is almost half way!!!

Agree for the 100th time here!!! Show it to the manager and tell him you plan to go to the police if no action is taken to remove this guy from their membership. If they won't remove him, ask for your money back and go someplace new. Sorry that you had to go through that! What an awful ugly thing!! (((((hugs)))))

shamelessly bumping my own thread!:laugh:

My Filipino mil is that way! We only see them once or twice a year and the first or second thing out of her mouth after she greets us is to make a comment about each of us. What I really hate is when she says something about my kids. Now that I have lost the weight she tells me that I need to work on my husband.:laugh: I…

There is a lot of evidence that suggests that having a week just like you had is actually very healthy for your body. It is called a "rest" week. Light exercise and actually eating! :flowerforyou: Although, admittedly your schedule sounds exhausting. It may take a day or two to get back into exercising. Maybe today, if you…

How about...The opposite of selfish is self giving! D

Marla, you CAN'T quit! There are too many people on here who care about you and your success!!! We need you to succeed so that we know that we can also do it! D

Yes, hormones...can't live with them, can't live without them! For the record ladies, although some researchers say that you plant estrogen cannot replace bio-identical ones, I am having really great success with this Black cohosh and wild yam blend. D

Everything that I have learned from this website so far is that cheat days are necessary! You need to do them once in awhile and really go over your calories. This keeps the metabolism fueled. There is more to it than that and the person to key into is Steve Stroutman...Stroutman81 on here. Read some of his stuff. D

I keep my cell phone with me at the gym because I leave my kids at home and you never know when they might decide to burn down the house or jump from the bunk beds and need an ER visit! :laugh: However, if they do call me which is once or twice a year, I get off my machine, quick wipe it down and leave that area to answer…

You can eat a bigger breakfast today. I know you won't have the thrill of seeing that you were under on your home page for today, but your body doesn't care what your ticker says. You may find that you are more hungry today anyway and the permission to eat a couple extra hundred will be welcomed. D

Susan, It took me FOREVER to lose the weight but I adopted your philosophy that even if I only lost 10 pounds a year it was better than what I had been doing which was gaining 5# per year! As for 10 years of hot flashes!!! I am feeling despondent!!! :noway::sad: :grumble: :laugh:

I too, do the Biotin and it has helped a lot! My hairdresser noticed it also and like you it didn't help overnight but after a few months I suddenly had all of these crazy 2 inch long hairs all over my head! Crazy, because they were sticking straight up like a buzz cut. I have to use a styling product to get them to lay…

Marla, I think this doctor is giving you good advice. The goal should be to be medicine free. Have you looked into homeopathy? Practitioners can be rather expensive but it is such a gentle way of treating the body. Maybe you body needs some gentleness. google homeopathy and edema. Praying for you my friend and hoping you…

I really appreciated this post. I did not read the entire thread, just the OP but I must say it was a relief to read this. I have been trying to lose weight and be healthy for almost 6 years. It took me 5 1/2 years to lose 61 pounds. I am 5 ft 1in and 46 years old, so it was just very slow. I never gave up. I tried not to…

Yuck! I am having a hot flash right now! LOL!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I can tell this is going to be a fun thread! D

Ok...If anyone can answer this I would be so happy. My BMR is less than 1200 to begin with. So, what would my maintenance calories be not including exercise? I increased my calories to 1400 and have been eating most of my exercise calories and for the first two weeks saw only a slight increase in my weight, but now after 3…

Marla, Hope your weekend is less stressful! My kids also drive me nuts but I say that with all the love a mother can possibly have! We have had our best year yet with homeschooling but I think it is partly because I have pulled way back on outside service and because I am now only homeschooling my two girls! My goal today…