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YES!!! Thank goodness for: 1. The distance between my bed and the kitchen. 2. Good books. It's the nights that I can't get myself to go to bed before the binge that I regret the most. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

I recommend not getting Paraguard if you have ever had a metal allergy or specifically nickel. I've known folks who got eczema, stomach pains, and even panic attacks and obsessions due to Paraguard. Personally, I have Mirena and have had a great experience with it as I gained weight on oral BC in the past and my very very…

I'm a clinical psychologist in private practice. Helps: I can set my own hours (around my young daughter's schedule) and get to the gym 2-3 times a week. Cons: Emotional stress, and being a psychotherapist doesn't really prepare you to work on your own mental health. I do see that my weight loss has helped me in my work a…

I'm gonna be late for work. In fact, cancel all my appointments.

Sugar snap peas Coconut flavored La Croix Pistachios Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools

@ cynthiaj777 and other fabulous gals... This is kind of off topic but seriously important. That first livestrong article mentions using talcum powder on feet. Don't use it for your crotch, as there is a crazy high risk of developing ovarian cancer (see below). My aunt recently passed from ovarian cancer and it sucks. Pass…

Could it be your clothes? Maybe they smell from previous use/washing but only when they get heated up by your exercising self. It would be easy to put a cup of vinegar in your washing machine on a prewash cycle, to see if it helps. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools

Last week I gave away my bigger work clothes (business casual) but kept my bigger "around the house" clothes. That felt about right to me. Enough to celebrate, but not so scary that it triggered some kind of nasty relapse ;-p Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

Saw "fat, sick and nearly dead" and thought it was a great movie- I think it works well for some people. For me, I did a green smoothie diet before, and started to get yeast infections because of too much fructose (I think, at least that's the only theory I could come up with b/c I can get them from too much sugar). So my…

I'm not as honest as I want to be. I'll often have a bite of what my husband's eating, or taste my preschooler's food before I give it to her to make sure it's ok, and I'm way too lazy to log all that. But I try to inflate the portion of something else I do log to make up for it. I haven't binged lately, but when I've…

(from an earlier post- I can't figure out how to copy) "I remember once my brother and I were at this conference and there was a man who was 400+ pound man in front of us. We were just so amazed that anyone could ever take themselves to that point. An old man leaned forward from the row behind us and whispered "when i was…

Great thread i'm super super lazy, and my husband likes to have potatoes or rice with our entrees, so instead of that I'll shave up some cabbage to put in my bowl (under the stew, curry, lentils, etc.). My four year old likes to much on it, too. It is always crunchy and delicious and I'm so glad I had that instead rice or…

I agree wholeheartedly. Why not target something that's an "edible food-like substance," including all those 'low-fat' foods that are really just made of gelatin and paper. I agree we have a societal problem. We were evolved to be much more active than we are in a much more food insecure world. But the ads in GA shaming…

Congratulations Kimmy! I've only lost 40 so far but I'm lucky enough to have a trainer who looks at my body from week to week and he notices a lot more than than I do- he has noticed that those weeks when I haven't lost weight my skin has tightened up, almost as if one week my body sheds and then the next week is…

This is the hardest for me, too, and I really love reading all these different strategies! The evening is the one time during the day that I get to do what I want without being at my job or my other job (mommy), so I often feel like I "deserve" to indulge. I can only get through it by doing two things. 1) I budget myself a…

can anyone recommend a good Zumba DVD?

I'm a fan of the Clif Mojo line. They are often sold for $.95 or $.99 each and are relatively natural. They don't have any of the fake taste, less carbs, and because of all the nuts, they claim to have a low glycemic index. I like the crunchy peanut butter and white chocolate macadamia.

Congratulations on the payoff for all your hard work and thanks for posting your story!!! I have a specific question about running even though your feet used to go numb, since mine do this. Did that ever stop and if so, do you know why, or how to lessen it? My trainer said to increase fatty acid consumption but so far that…

Phenomenal. Thanks for sharing your story and inspiring me to keep going!