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Thank you all... makes me feel much better! I didn't plan on giving up... just thought I was doing something wrong.

Thank you both! I knew that couldn't make sense, but everyone was telling me that I was adding muscle.

I'm returning to the site after dealing with being a new mom. I did well with this site last time and I look forward to the same success. Looking for people who would like encouragement and willing to give some too.

Currently nursing 1 yo... adding you now!

Feel free to add me too! I'm working on weaning my 1 yo. I know how hard it is too lose while BF. I'm even more terrified now that we have cut back to 2 feedings a day.

I gained 45 while pregnant. I was 33 pounds into my weight loss journey when I got pregnant to begin with. I needed to lose about 15 more to get to my goal weight. When I left the hospital, I was only down about 15 too because I was full of fluid. I lost about 15 more when I got the fluid flushed out of my system. I'm…

I'm a new mom too and have a similar story. I added you.

Welcome! I added you!

If you don't give yourself what you want, you won't stick with the diet. Give yourself that treat and view it as such. Log it, and just compensate the rest of the week for it. If you need a bad day, have a bad day... you don't have to be perfect every day!

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this topic. It was a lot of help! Also, I'm so relieved to see how natural it is to be craving sweets. I have never had trouble controlling my sweet tooth until now. I was concerned about my feeling dehydrated too... glad to know that's natural as well. Feel free to add me as a friend... would…

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Welcome back! If you need any extra support, feel free to add me.

I have added you!

Welcome to MFP!

I have a HRM... bought mine at Walmart for $45 and have no complaints! I also recommend the food scale, if you don't have one.

Welcome! And this place is awesome!

I've had the same issues many times and have often wondered the same thing. I'm sure the right answer is eat some fruits or veggies, but I would say go for the ice cream. If you want it, don't deprive yourself. When I deprive myself of what I want, that's when I quit eating right and exercising all together.

I looked at your diary from the last few days and I think you need to eat more veggies and fruit. (My issue too) Are you bored with your food? Seemed to be a lot of the same thing. I go to 400caloriesorless.com and use a lot of their recipes. My husband and I have loved all but 2 of the recipes that we've tried. (Probably…

Dana, I'm with you completely! Our stories are so similar. Started after Christmas, lost 11 lbs and have 27 to go. When I first started both of my dogs looked at me like I was crazy. My Beagle actually tried to dance with me... we love to dance. They got used to it and so will you. I love to Zumba! Welcome to MFP and feel…

I eat a piece of toast (Sara Lee 45 calories) with a 1/2 T of creamy peanut butter and an apple. It keeps me full for a while. Yogurt is also a great pick if you need something that's grab and go.

I agree with everyone else, but also make sure you eat at least 1200 calories... in fact, i must eat at least 1400 every day in order to lose weight

are you eating at least 1200 calories a day? are you weighing/measuring your food? i have noticed that if i eat around 1400 that i lose weight faster than i would closer to 1200. not sure why that is either and would love to hear others thoughts on it too.

I have done WW once and was debating rejoining about a month ago. I'm really glad I didn't! This site is better than WW and it's free. At this point I have been working on this for about a month and lost 8 lbs. That's more than I ever lost in a month on WW. Welcome and feel free to add me for extra encouragement!

I told my administrator that I had to have a test run so I needed to be late one morning. She inquired to what test needed to be run... I'm an educator and she misinterpreted the word test. I only needed a mammogram so it didn't bother me to tell her, but she apologized for days about asking what test. I told her it was…

Middle school English teacher... lots of interesting careers here

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I just bought a HRM from walmart for 45. It will calculate heart rate (of course), calories burned, fat burned, and it can also be programmed to where it will beep at you if you go below or above a desired heart rate.

I'm in... that's on target for my goals as well. Trying to find all the motivation possible... not going to stop this journey this time!

My husband bought a stevia plant this year. I don't use sweetener at all, but my husband loves it. He uses Agave too.

I'm not exactly clear as to what you are asking, but will answer what I think you are asking. You have one of two options - 1. You will have to add a recipe under the food tab. Type whatever ingredients are in your chicken or steak dish. 2. You'll have to manually add the food. Unfortunately, the site doesn't have every…